I go back to when he as in total denial. When Sally's teacher tells him he must be hitting on her because all of the suburban husbands are the same (at the eclipse viewing). Don denies he's just like them and she points out all the Dad's are wearing the same shirt. Don looks around, and you know he's decided she needs…

The ending was just right and true to the series. Mad Men has always been about the search for happiness in a world that is constantly telling you how to be happy. In the end, the boring looking guy in the group therapy session had it figured out. We all just want to be acknowledged, to be a significant part of…

The finalists on Top Chef are two Asian women and a Black man (two of them are Gay). But hey, that doesn't fit with your agenda, and without a preordained perspective, you'd have nothing of substance to write. Instead of targeting the Culinary Arts, you could focus on Fox, but they've now got that huge new ratings hit…

Wow, I think your obsession has crossed the line. Did Todd force you to "review" the finale as some kind of therapy. You clearly take yourself a lot more seriously than does this show.

And Grace Potter!

Reading Elmore Leonard should be a requirement before reviewing Justified, and I'm not referring to the Raylan works. Otherwise, hard to see how you can get it.

Great review! Someone always finds it while surfing the channels and pauses…waits until one of the "big laughs" or transitions and then moves on. Everyone here has seen it so many times that it doesn't matter that we tend to now watch it in 6-8 minute increments.

After some consideration, I may have been too tough on Zach. I've read through the comments and, perhaps, he's only playing to his audience. After all the AV business model is predicated on visits to each page. Maybe I'm the one who's out of touch here, time has moved past SOA and it's only cool if you hate on…

I only hope Zach isn't being paid very much as that would match the effort put into this review. This writeup has been foreshadowed for weeks and reads as if he had a bullet list outline ready to go - only needing to jam the finale into the outline and hit the required word count; that and enjoy the giggles along the…

Okay, then post a disclaimer such as, "What follows is dumbed down filler, orchestrated at the last minute and contributed to by writers who drew the short straws. It in no way reflects the brand or business model of this site." Otherwise, people read and react as if it's a serious critique.

Yeah, I'm back. I agree, you'd be hard pressed to sell a series of articles about WKRP. It's iconic for anyone interested in a study of the TV sitcom, but it was on a long time ago, was and is difficult to find (mostly because of the music), and even Lonnie Anderson went on to obscurity before Burt Reynolds. …

We can go on and on. You can map most of the NewsRadio characters, and more than a few of the plots, to WKRP. Taxi was a top ten show, following Three's Company which was the number 1 show. You've convinced me I overstated my original assessment and maybe KRP falls to top 25 or so, but it doesn't change that an…

You ignored the "ensemble" part, but it's not a bad list. I'd remove Maude as it was largely written as the bizzaro All In The Family with "more edge," but would never have existed without it's parent. Happy Days and Three's Company are only interesting in that they were top rated shows and why, and history has been…

If you were to list 10 seminal sitcoms that should be required viewing for anyone writing about American ensemble sitcoms, WKRP would be on that list. It's called context and it's necessary to have perspective and credibility. So, c'mon Todd, the writing pool can't be that shallow that this bunch is the best you can…

Technically it's a duet, but I have to go with Duane and Dickie on In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.

Refreshing to read a review from someone who knows what to do and how to do it.  Cudos!

i went back and read some of Zack's other contributions and he pretty much writes the same stuff about everything (e.g. the Doctor Who Roundtable).  he needs to buy a few more tools to put in that box.

i thought he was doing a parody of leonard's mom, who is, herself, a parody.

bring in a mentor to help the less experienced staffers?  maybe Leonard Pierce? then they wouldn't have to complain about actually having to watch the shows!

keystrokes saved…i agree!