I feel the first half of the season is much better, actually. Adam replacing Dr. Walsh as the Big Bad was a real letdown.

Springfield wins, it has the bigger mini-mall.

We are twice as smart as the people of Shelbyville! Just tell us your idea and we'll vote for it!

And it advances the main plot of the season in a terrific way. The ending is so good.

It's the only major nom the entire network of The WB ever got.

Her original fanbase was small - as evidenced by the flop of her previous album, which was also supposedly the one that showed she'd grown up, but without the controversy. This campaign, on the other hand, has apparently been a real door opener for her. People took notice because of her antics, but they are actually…

In entertainment shocker, celebrities have teams behind them that guide their careers.

The AV Club has always, always covered mainstream entertainment? Why is this such a shock now?

I'm pretty sure this site is going to remain The AV Club, with future coverage on her being limited to snarky newswires and maybe a semi-ironic cover by some indie folk band from Massachusetts.

I really love 'The Ghost Inside'.

Well… she's doing pretty well considering.

Well, I'm sure she wasn't deliberately inviting mean-spirited comments on the size of her butt, but with giant teddy bears on stage, foam fingers and vomit-coloured clothing I just think it's obvious that her main intention was to be as random as possible. The tongue thing especially strikes me as an effort to create…

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The VMA performance was hardly about "looking sexy" though. It was intended to come off exactly as ridiculous as it did, which is why I don't get those who berate her for making a fool of herself. Miley's attempting to be the personification of #YOLO/not giving a fuck culture, not some kind of sex symbol. If your…

There's nothing that'll instantly date something to the early 2010's as much as the use of hashtags, just like when artists put domain names in album titles ten years ago (R. Kelly, Cher).

It would influence the sales of all the Dexter plushies?

Just looking at her and realizing his plan was unworkable presumably… you can't really script a baby's lines.

Sam Simon hasn't been involved with the show since about 1993 though, so it's odd to think he just called them up to demand to have his spooky credit changed.

It's clear that Groening's input in the show isn't comparable with that of other TV show creators - he was never a showrunner at any point (Brooks didn't want someone inexperienced, so he brought Sam Simon in) and not a very profilic writer either.