Given how many shows have tried the Curb approach and failed (lookin' at you Paul Reiser)—and given how many shows tried to ape Seinfeld and how few succeeded—I might be willing to elevate Larry David into the pantheon of inimitable geniuses. With, you know, David Lynch, Terence Malick, Robert Altman, i.e. people who…

It was ruined by Neil Strauss's involvement.

Well, they'd be able to get a hell of a product placement fee from Panda Express, at least.

Worse showrunner we can never get rid of: Tim Kring or Brannon Braga?

Rob Ford just went into the wrong career. If he'd been a musician instead, nobody would throw up any fuss at his antics.

Basically, the people watching for character and story are gone, and the people watching for pretty costumes and posh British accents are still there. As are probably a few people still hoping it will improve or fall far enough to become a FlashForward-style trainwreck.

Almost like LOST and BSG after they wrapped. Both were obsessively discussed during their day. Then both had crappy finales and vanished, except for discussions of terrible TV finales. Compare this to, say, The Wire, which people still watch and discuss (to the chagrin of David Simon).

The final scene of the series will be one where Lord Grantham has been murdered, Thomas is accused and they have airtight physical evidence that he did it because only he and Bates were there. Then you see Bates walk out of Downton Abbey, tossing the cane and straightening out his walk. Then you find out that all this…

Oh, you people whose parents let you watch R-rated movies! My parents only had one TV by design, and every Sunday we had to catch a new "Touched by an Angel"

Hannibal is an amazing show. But the public's interest in Hannibal Lecter as a character is limited to when the character is a complete theatrical nutcase. They didn't buy tickets to Manhunter and, sadly, they're not tuning into watch this show.

Hey, it's not their job to cover the wave of homophobia in the country hosting this winter olympics!

From what I understand, top scientists are working on mapping Garry Marshall's brain, and after that's done, they'll just be able to use it to generate new premises constantly.

Yup, Quantum Leap has to be next up on the reboot machine.

Gotta find the AV Club article from a few months ago where a NBC affiliate just reaired a two-hour Matlock special instead of the network's primetime offerings. Apparently the ratings were pretty much the same.

Showbiz types always do remakes because of built-in audiences. Of course, often these take the forms of "reimaginings" that shitcan most of the elements of the original series, thus irritating the built-in audience. And everyone else just ignores it because they didn't like the original.

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Stephen King?

Ya know, I've never watched an episode. Love Fillion but I can't stand anything with even a hint of procedural.

It really wouldn't work. Seinfeld has become a really annoying presence in recent years. If he tried to write more Seinfeld it would probably be at about the quality of "Jerry"

Watching the clip of Murder, She Wrote from this site's Megan Mulally interview was mindblowing. It was like a SNL sketch without jokes. So, essentially, like most SNL sketches.