Brandon Nowalk, Joe Reid, Scott Macdonald, Joshua Alston are all gay IIRC

So, what about this show called "Brothers"?

95% of all sitcoms that aired around that time made every episode about how straight the characters were.

I find that bizarre too. And then there's another long break about two thirds through!

Reading Books Festival instead of Reading England Festival.

Is that really so unbelievable? It's still occasionally controversial even now (I remember there being a bit of a fuss about teenage gay kisses on Glee).

That's true. More than the books it's the audio plays* which are still very popular and cult among the generation that grew up with them.

I love that even on Reddit he calls Walt and Skyler "Mr. and Mrs White".

I recommend the episode that came after this one, in which Ellen came out to her parents. It's really touching and funny and features great performances by Alice Hirson (especially) and the late Steven Gilborn, aka Kevin Arnold's math teacher.

Both of Enid Blyton's girls-in-boarding-schools series ('St. Clare's' & 'Malory Towers') were continued with additional books in Germany. Malory Towers went well beyond the original story: the lead character goes to college, becomes matron of her former house and finally the school's principal. The St. Clare's series…

Going to a porno theatre in this day and age is just such an adorably out-of-touch old man action. I imagine he did it because he couldn't find the "Internet" button on the keyboard of his grandson's computer.

Season 7 has a few amazing episodes that are rarely brought up: Scenes From The Class Struggle in Springfield, Lisa The Iconoclast, Marge Be Not Proud, Home Sweet Home-diddly. Not as jam-packed with jokes as stuff from the Mirkin era, but extremely well-written. Bart on the Road is a personal favorite of mine too.

I'll keep waiting for Ratatoing 2: The Second One.

I think the argument is that Pitchfork is so notorious that a comment section would attract trolling masses of an hitherto unknown dimension. The Dissolve wasn't gonna have that problem, especially considering its staff consists mostly of beloved former AVC writers.

" I do think it's hilarious how the show has undergone multiple (awkward)
retooling phases and not looked back, simply because it's too damn
lucrative to die."

A little bit of everything.

That we never met any siblings of Seinfeld characters - all except Kramer were said to have them IIRC - is definitely a huge missed opportunity.

It's also what finally brings Ron and Hermione together; his realization that they can't force them to fight for the humans.

I trust the writers, but considering for how long the show has gone without a backlash it would be kind of hilarious if they just completely blew the final stretch

It's an example of an early series plot thread that isn't developed more because the series goes into a different direction. In BB's case it was probably supposed to be centered more around the family and show how everyone breaks bad in some way, but then they decided to go for a narrower focus where everything is at…