They're a media company with tons of money and a desire to sit at the big boy's table. Doesn't really seem all that bizarre.

We all can't live the big city slicker life, hanging out at toy stores that were purchased by giant conglomerates more than a decade ago. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to attend a book burning rally at my local Olive Garden.

The NBA was already experiencing a huge decline in popularity before the brawl. 2003 was the 2nd least watched Finals in history. There were no real marketable stars besides Kobe and Garnett and the race-baiting drivel that keeps Colin Cowherd employed today was pretty commonplace back then.

Rodman is about as far away from hip-hop as you can get. He was just a singular force of crazy aided by years of emotional trauma and alcohol.

Fair point. Admittedly I'm talking out of my ass, but doesn't it stand to reason that FOX would have to at least listen to Groening and the other producers if they just said they don't feel like doing the show anymore? I don't think it's exactly a 1,000 monkeys chained to typewriters scenario.

I guess it's a testament to how integral The Simpsons has been to popular culture that anyone actually gives a shit about this when the show stopped being relevant 15 years ago.

The trailer alone is funnier than 99% of the comedies released in a given year.

I think 35 million viewers is pretty much out of the question in 2015. Sixteen million was the baseline for a blockbuster show ten years ago, now it's considered a mind-boggling success. Plus you factor in how differently people consume TV nowadays, I don't think anything besides a NFL game will ever grab that many…

Ten years ago this week Tarantino directed the season five finale, which attracted 35 million viewers.

At the rate they keep deleting their own content Buzzfeed will cease to exist by 2016.

I think that's how every single Southern rapper lived. McMansion, candy painted American cars, a few dogs and a super fat personal chef.

I'll never forget Shaq's giant bed in the shape of the Superman logo. Pretty sure there are Manhattan apartments smaller than that thing.

There was a big longform piece about him on some entertainment site right before his first Tonight Show and he basically came across as a giant dudebro until Lorne Michaels decided that he would be the next favorite son. Leno may have devolved into hackery but you could never knock his hustle. Fallon just seems like…

That seems really fucking shady. It was one thing when Rabin kept shitting all over 30 Rock and also writing poor reviews, but pulling someone off a show just because fanboys can't handle the slightest bit of criticism is absurd.

There's also the whole invisible dinosaurs thing which…yeah.

My favorite running gag at Grantland is how many times Simmons brings up terrible TV pitches. He's mentioned rebooting Entourage with black people about a billion times (nevermind that Kevin Hart already did that on BET) and his TV critics always just have to nod and agree.

Probably because they were too riddled with AIDS, contracted from an African prostitute.

I'm amazed at how well they manage to balance the cast. Very few ensemble casts actually interact with each other and are merely indicative of a sprawled out narrative. Veep reliably inserts 7-8 people into the same half-hour of plot on a weekly basis.

House of Cards is like a dramatic reading of Wikipedia articles. It's so full of pointless political jargon and rambling explanations with the assumption that people actually give a shit.

Also he's a douchebag who actually gave good advice. All these internet companies do in fact get huge payouts not for concrete results but for the aura of limitless potential. Snapchat was created to send dick pics and now they're partnered with major media corporations. The idea of Pied Piper is way more profitable…