I don't think they handled the Lincoln character very well (and then there's the whole bts thing with Ricky Whittle that confused me).

I think 100, Flash and TWD have gotten a lot wrong (although some right), but I should have mentioned some of the others.

This character is basically a variation of "Just Jack" or that character on Brothers who was the comic relief best friend of the lead (who was there to be the "normal" gay character). And these characters are always praised as new and groundbreaking because they talk about sex, they say nasty things, etc. But it never…

There are always plenty of unlikeable gay men on TV. Frankly I'm more surprised when they aren't written that way.

The saddest thing about Kevin is that the comic version actually is, somehow, deeper than this. He may not get to talk about the sex he has, but his relationship with his father, even with Veronica, has more layers, and he gets to be a bit bitchy while also being earnest and likeable. Like I said, I never expect…

I certainly agree with you there, I just think that with times the way they are now (I don't mean to make this yet another Trump thread on the AV Club, I'm sorry), and reports that networks want to try to go for that type of viewer, I'm not sure enough is being done. And then I see this with Chuck and it just feels…

Telling us about his relationship with a closet case doesn't really do much to change that 99% of his oncamera material is the usual scenario of dated one-liners while with his female BFFs.

Their tradition of every generic cliche they can find to use for that character continues unabated.

I guess they ran out of dated one-liners for the week.

If that was the show's intention I wish they'd made it clearer, as I saw tons of people cheering Betty and overjoyed that she got her revenge.

I'll give you some characters like Eddie or Diggle, but with characters like Iris (someone the show has consistently seemed very confused and unsure about writing for, even when she was supposed to be the main heroine), or Jimmy (another character they seem extremely unsure about and who now seems to have been…

How many would you give at the moment? There are always a handful, and tons of drek like this.

And yet again we get the idea that female strength means torturing men, which is, like so much else on this show, something that seems to have been dredged up from the '80s and the '90s.

I don’t really expect anything from Greg Berlanti, but I’m saddened that Archie Comics would take a character they created to try to show diversity and acceptance and, at a time when racism is more openly accepted and encouraged than it has been in a number of years, retool him as some walking stereotype for white…

I think it is something that worked better in an earlier era of conservatives, pre "Tea Party" (what a load of shit that was…), but I get what you're saying.

I liked her a lot on SNL but she annoyed me when she did some other shows (like that VH1 panel show Meatloaf hosted).

He did once in 1996. Maybe Farley appeared as a surprise guest.

Thanks. I didn't realize that. It's too bad it didn't work out.

And Stephen Fry too. What a cast for mediocrity. I hope it works out for them but I can't say I'll be watching much.

I think that this will likely be like Leno and Letterman in that Fallon is likely to have a ratings dominance over Colbert most of the time - the main difference is they don't hate each other, and Fallon isn't annoying me with the same Clinton jokes for an eternity.