They cancelled Bad Teacher, but picked up Bad Judge. Can Bad Horse be far behind?

Due largely to sports, yes. I don't think anyone believes the foundations of NBC's success are especially stable.

Well, that's not his job on that show. He'll presumably have different goals on the next one.

The same things that have worked for the last few years. Police procedurals. Sitcoms, sometimes. A few other things.

Exactly. A one-off thing in the summer on a network that's got a lot more problems than CBS. That's not a real attempt at doing anything.

Because nobody is going to air a variety show. It is 2014. And moreover, it's CBS, so it's not like they need to try things that have no chance of working. "Expressed some interest in the idea" is, I think, code for "uhhh, yeah… we'll… get back to you on that."

I'm glad Brooklyn Nine Nine just puts it right out there every episode.

Two 6-episode orders are bad news.

The funny thing is, when it got picked up, it wasn't even stuck with that name. And I still say more people would have watched Mountain Lion City.

Related question: how long is About a Boy going to survive without The Voice? I have it starting out next season about where MJF/Sean Saves the World ended.

God is Bruce Willis now?

I think it was when Paul Georger got out of the gate really good, and everyone was like, "this is who he is now!"… and then he proceeded to have exactly the same shooting percentage he had two years ago. I was talking to people who legitimately believed that George's shooting, after staying constant Years 1-3, had…

To me, it's not the mental side of the game. He could never rebound, even in college. (And his stats weren't that great even in the two good years, especially considering how many missed shots the Pacers force.) His only good point was his defense… and defense is elusive. It's a team-based thing, even for the post guy…

Yes, the team was bad at defense. They were better with Parker than without him, though. I think Duke's defensive struggles had less to do with the guy who was out there doing the best he could, and better than the other 7 (admittedly not that talented on defense) guys, than the fact that that guy was a natural SF who…

I think the root of it is people claiming the Suns were a bad defensive team. Which they weren't — per possession, they were league-average — and moreover, they didn't really even have the personnel to be league-average, so that was an accomplishment. But mainstream columnists and whatnot, being what they are, looked…

The thing is, I didn't see any of that stuff on the court. I saw a guy who stuck on his man and wasn't especially slow. It sounds like you're reading out pre-season scouting reports. (Or post-season scouting reports, because, oh, SCOUTS.)

Here's the thing. Roy has just been the player that his college performance would have suggested. I find what's happening now a lot less weird than the two years he was a competent starter.

In an ideal world, I'd like to see D'Antoni get the job. That's not going to happen, because Lakers fans are still mad about how he got 27 wins out of a 15-win team, but still.

I don't think wings should be "taking [anyone] off the dribble", though. Score in the post if you have the advantage, or take open shots. I think Parker understands that a lot more than

Nah. Inefficient scorers are inefficient scorers… they extremely rarely "get better." Look at Rudy Gay, if you can bear to.