I had the exact same thought [as the headline] when I watched this. Depp is spectacular, and it holds together because of him. Although Alfred Molina's first scene is definitely a highlight.

Great article, and great header image. I could actually name all four characters and what shows they were from. I'm just curious about how the ranking was done, because I really feel like Sue Ann Nivens should be much higher, possibly even number 1. Part of that though is because Rhoda is my favorite character, so…

Insightful. Way to go.

Not The Last of Us, that's for sure! Best last line ever. Though I realize you didn't ask for video games.

I appreciate the premise of this article, since The Americans is the best show on TV right now. But I also love me some Veep and Game of Thrones, and I do enjoy Silicon Valley as well. Reading through the whole list, it didn't strike me as if HBO were particularly over-nominated.

"The story, sadly delivered by his right-hand woman Monica and with increasingly confused interruptions by Richard and Erlich, is as strange and hilarious as the character was, and gives Peter a fitting exit."

I'm so very tempted to rant about how, IMO of course, Seinfeld is the most overrated pop culture IP in history (first point in short form: every sitcom is about nothing; just because they were the first state that overtly does not make it innovative), but I'll just leave my initial reaction (beyond that first,…

It's amazing how subjective comedy is. I find absolutely nothing redeeming or funny about Curb Your Enthusiasm, or Seinfeld as many people are predicting will be in the top 10. Those shows just annoy me. I find nothing special or gut-busting about How I Met Your Mother or Modern Family. They're fine shows, but…

Great article. I'm glad my opinion that Batman Returns is better than Batman is shared by actual movie critics, even if all my friends disagree.

This is great! The three final shows are three of my favorite from last year! Hooray ToE!! (I've still only seen the pilot of Breaking Bad)

It's widely accepted among commentators and folks who work for professional sports teams that the Spurs are the franchise to admire and emulate. You hear it all the time when you hear people talk about the Spurs, but you in fact never hear it because you hardly ever hear people talk about the Spurs, except when they…

I really wasn't going to fanboy geek-out, but literally no one was talking about the Spurs, so here goes:
Hooray for Sonya and the AV Club! Spurs fans don't care if you are a fan, a bandwagonner, or just hate the Heat, we'll cheer for the Spurs with Anyone! They are the most admirable pro sports franchise today after…

I had a whole list, that I couldn't whittle down any further than this:

Adam Guettel, without a doubt. "Floyd Collins" is perhaps the greatest musical theatre score outside of "West Side Story", and "Light in the Piazza" is similarly breathtaking. Plus, "Myths and Hymns" doesn't really do it for me, so he's really only written two shows in the last 20 years that I can get into.

I agree with your wife re: Jeff's "hob" joke. It was the only joke of the nught that fell uncfortably flat, like so much of season 4.

"One joke that didn’t really work for me: Abed doing his little riff on CBS procedurals…'Painful writing' wasn’t a great punchline."

It really bugs me that my mom loves this show. She usually has such good taste. She loved the first two and change seasons of Community!

Now do Big Spender! Or anything from The Life.

"Knowing McQueen, presumably his past involves watching puppies get murdered, and 'entering high society' is a euphemism for being thrown off a skyscraper."

HE WAS SO GOOD IN HOW TO SUCCEED!!!!!!
I love this man. Where can I pirate The John Larroquette Show? It was so awesome for the first season or so while it was also so, so sad. In fact, maybe if that premiered during the Golden Age of anti-heroes on TV, it may have survived…?