‘High fantasy nonsense’ is the entire basis of Star Wars though. It’s a farmboy finding out he’s the chosen one and being given a magic sword by his wise mentor to fight a dark villain.

Yes, they’ve started to move away from it somewhat with things like Andor but the majority of the time you’re not going to escape it…

“How much does the Mandalorian get done this week?” is apparently the new “when do they get to the fireworks factory?” 

I think Seasons 7 and 8 of The Simpsons are probably their best, but it’s almost not even fair to include it in the discussion. Even still, I would rate Simpsons’ Season 10 as better than plenty of other shows’ best seasons.

I disagree with this - I don’t think you can really cut any episodes from S1 and S2 and end up with the same product. I also think S5 is two seasons masquerading as one so AMC didn’t have to renew contracts with actors.

I think TV is already being treated more like movies, thanks to the rise of the binge model, and everything being serialized. But they want to have their cake and eat it to, by continuing to use things like cliffhangers to end the year. That’s not to say it doesn’t work, but it’s a matter a preference, I suppose.

Can’t wait!

Eh, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul each needed more than four. I could see cutting BCS to five but not lower.

Rules like this don’t mean much, the real truth is that shows should end while they’re still good which is a tall order for any showrunner. 

I can think of plenty of shows that were still going strong after four seasons. Cheers and Seinfeld remained pretty strong throughout their runs. Buffy and Angel’s respective 5th seasons are their best. Ditto TNG’s fifth season , and DS9 was just getting started by season 4. Justified took a noticeable dip in season…

Supernatural ended well with season 5, but they beat that dead horse for 10 more seasons. I watched during the pandemic since but gave up at the start of season 11.

I’m so sorry you think that. 

At this point a reairing of This is Us finale would draw bigger numbers then the Academy Awards.

Please don’t contaminate Bob’s with this nonsense.

“Abby” might not have worked as a sketch, but what I love about Heidi’s work is that she consistently gives performances - not just “sketch performances,” but committed work, both physically and vocally. I think she’s the best actress in the cast right now.

• It felt like “American Girl Café” was missing a little political commentary around the children culture wars going on right now and the hysteria concerning child safety.

That was such a damn fun episode. I’ll admit that I was a little bit worried during the opening monologue, not because it was bad, but because you could see Kelce is doesn’t have a natural relaxation in front of the camera. But the show did a fantastic job in building around that and make it work.

Anywhere there’s a captive audience. Prison, old folk’s homes, hospitals etc. etc. 

Most people exposure to it is in the break room at work. Even then they are on their phones not really paying attention to it.

I’ve seen textbooks left out in the rain and they were effing hilarious.

“…is about as funny as a high-school textbook left out in the rain.”

You say “PG-rated dad jokes” like it’s a bad thing.