Melissa Rauch is fantastic too. I could see her anchoring her own sitcom in the future, if the material was right.

Sounds like you prefer single-camera sitcoms to multicamera ones. Multicam shows (like TBBT, Two and a Half Men, Everyone Loves Raymond, etc) are shot in front of a live studio audience, hence the laugh track. A lot of people share your aversion to prompted laughter, and multicam shows in general. I personally have a…

Well, the actors who play Raj and Howard make far less than Galecki, Cuoco and Parsons - and much more than Rauch and Bialik. It's not exactly a level playing field, like "Friends" was at the end. When the show started, Parsons was making much less than Galecki, because no one knew who he (Parsons) was. Structurally,…

Does this mean that the luminous Norah Zaehtner won't be on the next season of "Maron"? Because that would be TERRIBLE!

"I sort of like it, but I don't think it's good." I feel the exact same way about it.

It's actually pretty damn likeable, brisk, pleasant, fun. Sure, it's unchallenging and at times lazy, but, um, it's on CBS, so you knew that. It's a good show to unwind with. The cast is really solid and fun - they gel from the start in a way that no other cast on a freshman sitcom this year does. Wolk is really…

"The best new show of 2013." Pretty sure you mean the best new show of all-time, ever! A masterpiece of such depth and ambition that the AV Club wisely chooses not to review it, because a mere 1,200-word weekly review of such a genre-redefining, earth-shattering, life-altering show would be quite obviously…

It is weirdly similar to "Just Shoot Me" in some ways. I had never made the connection, but I knew "The Crazy Ones" reminded me of something - I think you've nailed it down.

I'd actually watch that - well, the pilot episode at least.

Um, no, the information channel is way smarter, funnier and more interesting than NBC's Thursday line-up.

My favorite thing about The Goldbergs is Wendy Mclendon-Covey (who plays the mom). She is a revelation to me, just elevating every scene she's in. I had never heard of this actress before "Bridesmaids," but now I think I'm her biggest fan.

A whole new generation could ask their hairstylists to give them "The Rachel."

Pretty sure the Fox show won't get a second season. Also, I think "Sean Saves the World" would be way better if it was basically a show about the crazy Tom Lennon character. And, at the risk of sounding like I want a "New Girl" knock-off, I think "Mom" would be way better if there were no moms involved, and it was a…

Huh? Unless the ratings have been radically revised since this article, B99 got a substantial bounce:
http://www.deadline.com/201…

This show got a big ratings boost last night. Good news for what's easily the most enjoyable new show of the season.

Exactly, well said! It's kind of like that sitcom segment in "Natural Born Killers," with Rodney Dangerfield molesting his daughter, but accompanied by an over-the-top (is there another kind?) laughtrack.

You are totally right. If you think about this show objectively, it is incredibly sordid and depressing. (And, as you say, it's the only network sitcom I can think of in which a grandmother calls her granddaughter a "c___t"!) My feeling is that the only thing separating this "comedy" from being a tragedy is the…

Agreed (and well said)!

I know what you mean. He was great on "Third Rock from the Sun" (or, as a friend of mine who gets her sitcoms confused calls it, "Thirty Rock from the Sun").

I know you're joking, but your assessment is totally accurate and very smart. That's really the show in a nutshell - A acting and C writing.