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NBC would be jumping for joy if it hits 2.5.

For me, the biggest positive change in female characters is that they are increasingly flawed.

I just stumbled over these but don't remember them being posted here before, so:

Jim Rash is going to be featured in every trashy magazine, newspaper and gossip website in America, likely with a reference to his role in Community.

I'll justify my reasoning.

The Social Network.

I do blame them.

My theory about NBC's Thursday woes is that NBC execs liked 30 Rock too much.

Putting Parks & Recreation after The Office makes sense.

I think NBC will renew Whitney if they plan to commission any multi-camera sitcoms next season.

Annie: We do make fun of a lot of what you do and say
Britta: Yeah. Right to my face, because I can take it. Unlike a certain someone else.

If NBC cancel Whitney, Chelsea and Up All Night, the last sitcom that NBC successfully launched was way back in September 2009 when a little-known show called Community began.

I remain convinced that Whitney rose last week because some viewers tuned in expecting a Whitney Houston documentary.

So Glee is tonally deaf and badly written, but that's okay because it's meant to be tonally deaf and no-one who watches it cares that it's badly written?

I disagree. Peep Show, Community and 30 Rock are all too weird to become megahits.

It's because Modern Family looks and feels quite modern while being bland and inoffensive enough to have broad appeal.

Even so, it's pretty incredible that popular UK shows like Mrs Brown's Boys can get 8 million viewers (according to BARB).

I always find the contrast in US/UK ratings/viewing figures quite amusing.

I loved the nod to J. Robert Oppenheimer with Walt wearing a pork-pie hat at the National Atomic Museum.

It's frustrating seeing the writers trying their damnedest to ruin Amy's character when she was the only genuinely good character on the show. They can't help but push everything too far. The realisation of the asymmetric relationship could have been a genuine moment of character development, but instead they