You are wrong about Frasier. It is repeatedly stated on the show (and from early on) that Frasier's show is one of the highest rated on the station. And that's why they kept him on. Plus, the show gave us ample evidence that he was in fact an engaging on-air presence.

"Flirting with Disaster" is without doubt the best American comedy of the nineties. It's a great movie.

Craig T. Nelson must be kicking himself for turning down "Modern Family." That's tens of millions of dollars he threw away just because "the money wasn't good enough."

I guess there is a precedent to comedic actresses dating tennis players: Brooke Shields - Andre Agassi; Kimberly Williams (the sister in According to Jim) - Pete Sampras (who married Bridget Wilson, from "Billy Madison"), all the way back to Tatum O'Neal and John McEnroe.

Excellent point.

Bunk is a sitcom stalwart - he played Gregory Hines' younger brother in "The Gregory Hines Show" and was the best thing about that show. Basically, Bunk elevates absolutely everything he's in.

Thanks for saying you can't stand Marie. I feel the same way, but felt maybe I was abnormal, as that character seems to get so much love on this site.

Melissa Rauch looked exceptionally adorable in episode one, and her scenes with Bialik were terrific. Episode two didn't really work for me. The scenes with shirtless Raj and Howard felt like they from some Adam Sandler movie - and lasted forever. As for Howard as the overly feminine male, the show has historically…

The first episode was really good - I liked the genuinely affectionate tone, and the fact that Sheldon was sweet and not a total jerk (as he was for much of last season). My only criticism is the faculty party subplot: man, did those scenes drag. I can't be the only person who felt the show pretty much stopped dead…

"Ally McBeal" "genre-busting show" or the single most obnoxious, nauseating, cloying, self-conscious, phony, precious piece of putrefaction in recent televisual memory

Also, some of the reviewer's recommendations are baffling. "The Date Night Variable" is pretty bad - what's good about it, exactly? - and "The Staircase Implementation" is an example of a lazy, witless, unnecessary, old-school sitcom plot. The surprisingly poignant, near-perfect "The Closet Reconfiguration," and the…

I'm not sure about this "the show improved immeasurably when the cast expanded" argument. That argument is perhaps true in the general, but certainly not in the particular. Most TBBT fans I know seem to feel that Season Two is the show at its best, for example. I think the show became more fun with the larger,…

I agree. And Andrea's killing not only made no real sense from the point of view of Uncle Jack and his gang, but it felt hellaciously gratuitous, and, as you say, "like emotional shock value for the audience."

At least the ice cream consumption explains Jesse's undiminishing weight gain.

Agreed, although at least they made an effort to show the barman flicking through channels rather than Charlie Rose just being on. With that, they kind of acknowledged the contrivance of the situation. (Although if Walt's ordeal really was huge, national news, there is a better than average chance that he would see…

The whole calling the DEA (and keeping the line open) thing is a great example of the show being too glib and clever for its own good. Aside from that, and the entirely gratuitous murder of Andrea, I thought last night's episode was brilliant.

I was going to say, It's great that Thomas Lennon has a regular acting gig, maybe this means he will stop co-writing terrible movies. But, from the sound of things, he won't have that regular acting gig for long…

Back to the Future = the single most entertaining, rewatchable, downright perfect movie of all time. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deeply suspect and possibly from another planet.

Lots to look forward to here. I'm really sorry that "Sean Saves the World" is so awful. I'm a big Sean Hayes fan and want him back on TV - but I guess this just isn't the show. It does sound awfully retro, or awfully awful.

I've been a huge Andre Braugher fan since I was a kid. I always envisioned a parallel universe when he became a movie star and won tons of Oscars, but of course that never happened. It should have, though. Anyway, I haven't watched Brooklyn Nine-Nine yet, but just weighed in to say that I'm so glad the…