It would be amazing if has-Leno-taken-back-The-Tonight-Show becomes a perpetual thing like the Abe Vigoda watch.

Sort of like the Sideshow Bob rake thing—where an overly-long joke becomes boring and unfunny before eventually swinging back around to being funny again—I hope the Simpsons never ends now. I don't watch it anymore, and I yearned for it to be canceled years ago, but now—improbably—there's this odd comfort with…

I can't believe I missed this… @badmrwonka:disqus , you might be the only person who made that connection. Seriously. I haven't even read that in any comments anywhere despite all my post-finale hate-reading.

@ffffefjjj:disqus , that just might be my favorite comment of all time.

Sons of Anarchy turned into a legal drama so slowly that I barely noticed.

Sons of Anarchy turned into a legal drama so slowly that I barely noticed.

Yeah, Brody wouldn't have a stripper name. Seriously, though, @avclub-24f6f7a488efc0455e1cb95aea962bed:disqus very nearly ruined "Nikki" as a name for me there. I bet Willoughby is just a sick person who'd probably refer to, say, Ken Jennings as "Jenna" or Liam Neeson as "Lisa" or Dean Cain as "Candy", just trying to…

Yeah, Brody wouldn't have a stripper name. Seriously, though, @avclub-24f6f7a488efc0455e1cb95aea962bed:disqus very nearly ruined "Nikki" as a name for me there. I bet Willoughby is just a sick person who'd probably refer to, say, Ken Jennings as "Jenna" or Liam Neeson as "Lisa" or Dean Cain as "Candy", just trying to…

You're talking about the ringing phone, right? I'm sure that gives couples Vietnam-style flashbacks to their personal who-will-give-in-first moments about taking out the trash or whatever.

You're talking about the ringing phone, right? I'm sure that gives couples Vietnam-style flashbacks to their personal who-will-give-in-first moments about taking out the trash or whatever.

DC was weird. Some bus route-displays said nonsense about going to a place called "Chevy Chase". It was, like, whoa.

DC was weird. Some bus route-displays said nonsense about going to a place called "Chevy Chase". It was, like, whoa.

She has a name, you know: Ilana from Lost. 5/23. Never forget.

She has a name, you know: Ilana from Lost. 5/23. Never forget.

If you think Quinn will be dead by episode seven, based on this show's stellar record of subverting expectations… next week's episode will open with his funeral or something.

If you think Quinn will be dead by episode seven, based on this show's stellar record of subverting expectations… next week's episode will open with his funeral or something.

Yeah, short people are short, and should feel short.

Yeah, short people are short, and should feel short.

Covering a show like Carnivale has to add to the 'overall' pageviews, though, just as a matter of breadth of coverage — in terms of the reach of the site. I liken it to an unprofitable bus route in a city's transit plan — one that maybe even loses money on its own — but which you need to have in order to provide total…

Covering a show like Carnivale has to add to the 'overall' pageviews, though, just as a matter of breadth of coverage — in terms of the reach of the site. I liken it to an unprofitable bus route in a city's transit plan — one that maybe even loses money on its own — but which you need to have in order to provide total…