As someone else wisely pointed out on one of the NBC renewal newswires, syndication doesn't matter for squat anymore, because Future Us will be able to stream every episode whenever we want; Tuesday or Wednesday, sick or well.

No, it's because of all the target demographics to go after, they go for the one that doesn't watch television in any quantifiable way anymore. Here's the breakdown:

The microwave?

Great to see Paxton getting work.

I disagree about Sue.

I feel like we aren't even watching the same show. Veep (and other similar Ianucci projects) are so deliberately written and clever that the profanity, which is treated as an art form anyway, is just icing on the cake.

And Sunny still has an astounding amount of life left in it. Actually, just switch over to FX.

Now when do we get Much Ado about Nothing?

@avclub-7656b560c7e180f8e0d84ca82ac0d8b7:disqus Although I agree with you, and it's probably two seasons too late, I always like to consider "Behind the Laughter" as the moment The Simpsons died. It has some great moments, but it only half-worked as a "138th Episode"-type premise. A nice, bittersweet opportunity to…

And when someone's wearing that thing, the C string represents the end of a character devoid of all value, rather than the other way around.

Patent pending.

I feel like "paste-c" might be the more accurate name here.

Having only seen Swingers for the first time pretty recently, I can say it holds up fantastically. It's earnest enough that you can both hate and root for Vince Vaughn's character pretty easily, and Favreau is timelessly relatable. That answering machine scene is brutal though.

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It does not.

I legitimately enjoyed the Hatecast. I may have just really liked listening to Amelie's voice, though.

I was wondering how long it would take, but it looks like I missed the inception of this hyper-gimmick by a week.

My like button broke.

Save it for "Veep (Experts)"!

Shit, you're right. I thought there was snare in there.