The try-hard drama school personalities were often talented.  It doesn't mean we hated them any less.

That's true.  This article is as much about "Man, how powerful WAS Bill Cosby in the 80s" as it is about diversity in top rated sitcoms.

As was pointed out further down, none of those shows were "hits" in the traditional sense.  It's not even a question of moving goalposts — none (except for maybe fresh prince) achieved ratings within the top 10 (or, in some cases, 40 or even 50).  "A Different World" was a legitimate top-10 "hit," in a way none of…

No two of the band members are occupying the same space — the entire photo is composite (it looks like Nick was actually in the field when the photo was shot).  They must LOATHE each other at this point, especially since "It's Blitz" was basically their "All Shook Down" (solo album disguised as band album). …

Both shows were long-lived, but My Wife and Kids was never a top 40 "hit".  Wikipedia doesn't have numbers for Mr. Cooper, but I don't imagine it was a ratings monster.

That's such a nonsense premise, and one that's been disproven repeatedly by history.  The problem is that networks perceive a risk in producing "black" anything and therefore do not try or, alternatively, undercut such efforts in terms of production or marketing (presuming a niche market, and adjusting their financial…

First thing I thought of when I read the title.

Literally the first thing mentioned in the article.

You all better get your snarking in now because Willow Smith a) clearly has more than the marginal talent necessary for success, b) has effectively unlimited resources, and c) is going to be STUNNING, if her parents are any indication (Rumer Willis notwithstanding).  I'm guessing she becomes completely unavoidable by…

Never knew that.  Does that mean he's super light sensitive in one eye, if he can't achieve dilation?

***INTENTIONALLY VAGUE SPOILER***Lord Grantham gets REALLY incompetent this season/series.  I think he just stands in for the "old ways" which are wrong in every way and need to be swept away by the advancing 20th century.  It's a hindsight-based view of history that Mad Men, for example, generally avoids (though…

@avclub-a3606ccc20c737974fce876906a56e94:disqus I have no idea what song you're referring to (though I'm kinda glad, I guess).  I Google'd "Karma is Gonna Get You," and the first ten results were John Lennon's "Instant Karma," which made me reflexively angry until I realized you were referring to a different song.

"You got the kind of loving that can be smooth, yeah."  Otherwise you're right.

That's nine cocks that cock nines.

That's nine cocks that cock nines.

Seriously.  I don't care how bad of a miscast it would be, Chiwetel Ejiofor needs to get in more movies.

Seriously.  I don't care how bad of a miscast it would be, Chiwetel Ejiofor needs to get in more movies.

And bass players!

And bass players!

@avclub-b0dae075785888267fc19871f3e7dab7:disqus To be fear, I think Dog Eat Dog would've been more long-lived if they hadn't almost killed somebody during one of the challenges.