Bewitched replaced Darren because Dick York was physically unable to work anymore, not because they wanted to bring in another actor for no good reason. It’s a completely different situation from this. This is CBS, which has a history of getting rid of women and replacing them with others, while men stay put. (See:…

No Grey’s Anatomy? Shonda Rhimes actually threw George (T.R. Knight) under a bus.

For the record, a female lead with a traditionally male name has nothing to do with an “SJW” agenda; it’s a trademark of Bryan Fuller’s work, long before anyone started shrieking “SJW,” and had nothing to do with them supposedly being strong or “manly.” Jaye on Wonderfalls, George on Dead Like Me, Chuck on Pushing…

Glad to see Zack back on Trek recap/review duty. Not sure I’ll get to see the episodes (no, I’m not paying for CBS’s service), so looking forward to the reviews.

This. Seriously, the entire linked article is about how uncomfortable he is with attention and how he wants to be alone, so Deadspin puts out a hit on him. Gross.

"Cheers" came first, was a much bigger hit, successfully drew the will they/won't they plot out for more episodes and more seasons, and was a longer-lasting cultural touchstone. Why would "Moonlighting" be the model?

Such a tremendous episode of television, and one of Jennifer Aniston's best performances (for which she wasn't even nominated for an Emmy. She's been in so much mediocrity recently it's sometimes hard to remember now that she's a really good actress. Then I remember this episode.)

Except that improvising material doesn't necessarily equal improvising comedy (as noted above, one of the most famous exchanges from Empire was improvised, and it's not comedic), and the article doesn't state they were trying to turn it into an "improv-heavy comedy." From the article: "But the source close to Lord and…

Sorry to make another comment on this, but despite not getting an onscreen credit due to Writer's Guild rules, the film's producer confirmed that Patty Jenkins (and Geoff Johns) did a lot of the writing that made it to the screen. So it really wasn't written just by men:

Those three may have received the credit on a screenplay that had a lot of hands involved, thanks to WGA rules, but Jenkins herself says she and Geoff Johns were the ones who worked most directly on what ended up on screen:

Do you have a source for that? Jenkins just did an AMA on Reddit tonight, when asked about Snyder and Geoff Johns' influence, she makes it sound like she and Johns worked on the script (though she later credits Allan Heinberg as well):

Just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed reading the coverage this year, since the format seems to indicate the AV Club is either trying to phase it out or minimize it by dumping all the posts in a single page and making the comments hard to access. I hope that's not the case, as the posts have been great reads as…

It's worth noting that the film's failure is at least partly the result of the behind-the-scenes distribution issues. Relativity bought it at Sundance, then went bankrupt. The release date was pushed several times, and Sony finally bought it, and gave it a wide release without seeming to advertise much. (I remember…

Huh. I'd never heard of this, but it was interesting to see on Wikipedia that Kate Hudson and Kerry Washington were originally cast in this, with the director of "Belle" and "A United Kingdom" signed to direct. (Although I don't know why she'd want to be associated with material like this—just to get a Hollywood job?…

In October 2015, when the official word was that Messina was just making a movie and taking time off, someone posted a comment on a Vulture article that he had filed a sexual harassment complaint against Kaling and was actually on his way out: http://www.vulture.com/2015…
A lot of other commenters called that person a…

One correction for the article: Assuming you're talking about the Oscars, two songs weren't nominated for Original Song—three were. "Belle" was nominated as well.

Susan Harris said last month they've been approached repeatedly for a redo, and her response has always been no.

Agreed. Was so happy to see it mentioned, since it seems like it never is on lists like this.

So, do we think Howerton was serious about maybe not returning next season, or just trying to maintain the cliffhanger? Because I don't see the show working without him (or any of the gang), and can't believe any of the creators would think so.

Howerton says he might not be back next season :o