@Kumagoro:disqus I agree with you, my only point was that Community has always been a show in danger of cancellation, and if the production company stopped fighting for it to survive, it probably wouldn't. 

And if we know one thing about Dan Harmon, it's that he never does anything to be mean to people.  Right, Chevy? 

Eh, I think stars have always been above writers in the pecking order.  They're the ones the audience sees.  It's like basketball teams firing coaches instead of trading star players.  And frankly, Community is in a weird situation where Sony fired Harmon for being an undisciplined, selfish brat, not for being bad at…

I think @avclub-c2d8e160dd0b0d87ace52cf8289b26d4:disqus may have stumbled upon part of the reason why The Middle gets positive reviews and good ratings but little buzz: relatability.  It's about a working family with financial stresses, set outside of the traditional TV show locations, where the protagonists go to…

I blame the Classic Rock Effect for people thinking network TV is worse now than ever before.  That, and the exact opposite perception problem when it comes to cable, and its assumed superiority to broadcast networks. 

@avclub-6ca57d2774f04ac8acf3d2b10f0338f4:disqus You should send that analysis of privilege to your women's studies professors, show them that someone actually used what they learned outside of class.  It will totally make them stop questioning the justifiability of their six-figure salaries. 

I actually thought she said she voted twice - that she got the absentee ballot, realized it wouldn't get there in time, and then voted in person. 

You realize you just described every film adaptation of anything ever, right?

She doesn't just portray herself in a sexual fashion on her own show.  Remember her "first time" Obama campaign ad?  She thinks it's OK to sexualize the presidential election, but not her show?  Perhaps I missed the subtleties of the ad and she really said you should vote-bang Obama in a feminist way and not a…

@avclub-0dc58c8b977e3911dc82d204d424551a:disqus She says her show has a feminist point of view and agenda; Hustler has a male-centric point of view.  Why should we think one is objectively better than the other?  Her criticism of Hustler is no different than if Larry Flynt rolled himself out and said Girls was a…

I think @avclub-8df1ec86e39da125b897dcaca5d60281:disqus has the right analysis, but that really is a sloppy system for the machines.  Why make your energy source so vulnerable if you have the option not to?

"Didn't you guys ever go to Sunday school?"

There was a thread in last week's review about what a jerk Elizabeth could seem like, and coupled with this thread, it actually may be that Schmidt is the nice one of the three.

I honestly couldn't care less about some non-feud that came from one of the entertainment industry's most masturbatory events, but I will take a moment to crap on Tina and Amy.  Almost every episode of 30 Rock's first season had some element of "Liz the martyr saves the day," as if Tina Fey's motivation to create the…

Quick aside: has anyone ever wondered why all slang terms for your underwear areas are insults?  From boob to b-hole, it's always a bad thing to be called, even though we tend to be quite enamored with those body parts themselves.  It seems incongruent, is all I'm saying. 

Or you can watch in on Hulu in a week, which makes no sense.  If it were on cable and they replayed it on a daily basis, that would make sense, but I cannot conceive of how Fox would lose revenue by putting this show online the day after it airs. 

I'm sure this has been said a hundred ways on this site just since last night's episode alone, but about your PS to Sony: Dan Harmon was the driving force behind three of the best seasons of television I've had the privilege of watching, but can you imagine the hell it must have been to be Dan Harmon's boss? 

So what you're saying, Todd, is that NBC has gotten into Sabermetrics.  It's ignoring Community's unimpressive surface stats and the grizzled old scouts who say the show just ain't what it used to be, and has decided to renew it based upon its Ratings Above Replacement show (RAR).  Bill James would be proud. 

They will probably all be bad, because most TV shows are bad, which is why most TV shows get cancelled.  But most good shows (or, perhaps I should say, popular within the confines of AV Club) would sound lame with a snarky one-sentence description, too.

It either got better in the second half of the season, or my expectations were sufficiently lowered to enjoy it more.