I agree, although it *is* sort of depressing. That's kind of what I like about it, though. It acknowledges the shitty things in life while suggesting you can work through them if you surround yourself with the right people. Parks & Rec had that vibe too, although it kind of lost it in the later years.

Agreed. I think there are some great arguments for Hillary/against Bernie, but the "whatever, who even CARES that she used evil corporations to finance her campaign, you guys are DUMB for caring about that!" argument that some otherwise progressive people are making for Hillary is really depressing and worrying to me.…

Broad City!

I think you could squeak out something interesting reviews of Seasons 10 and 11 because they're the years the show really started to fall apart, but what is there to say about 12-22? "This episode wasn't that good." "Neither was this one." "Nope, not this one." "Hey, this one was pretty okay!"

Season 11 is a pretty interesting season because it feels like the year that the show very clearly changed into something else. Lots of status quo resets (Barney's sobriety, Maude's death) and just a different type of humor than the show had done before. After that though it's pretty much wall-to-wall mediocrity, with…

Some shows still do, especially network animated sitcoms. With the exception of the 2-part Wharf finale, Bob's Burgers' finales are usually "normal" episodes.

I've always felt S11 was the hard cut-off point, and I am always surprised whenever anyone lumps it in with the classic era. Barney getting sober, Maude dying, no more Phil Hartman…it just feels like a different show by that point. S10 is of lower quality but parts of it can still hang with the classics, after that…

I feel weird saying this about a new NBC sitcom but I'm kind of really enjoying Superstore? It's weirdly reminiscent of early Community - not as good, but a similar tone.

Elements are there for sure, but in general she's a mess that season, defined mostly by her mystery. And there are episodes where it just straight up felt like they were writing for Amy Pond (Nightmare in Silver being the most obvious, but a few others too.)

Oops, probably should've specified I haven't seen Torchwood yet.

Moffat had a great episodic track run during the RTD era though, and even RTD is a better episodic writer than Chibnall (nothing he's done comes close to Midnight or Waters of Mars.) Honestly, he is a pretty bad episodic writer but I'm just hoping he's better at showrunning than writing.

I think they redeemed him in the last 2 seasons, but he was really, really awful in Seasons 3 & 4.

Yeah, Mike Scully is actually a pretty good writer, judging by his episodes of golden-era Simpsons and Parks & Rec. That doesn't necessarily make you a good showrunner, though.

Uh, how many sitcoms AREN'T a place to escape from social issues? The Carmichael Show is one of the only shows that would cover a topic like this, hence why it's newsworthy.

Season 4 is patchy but there's some stone cold classics in there (Dealbreakers, Anna Howard Shaw Day, The Moms). It's definitely the weakest season overall though, the show starts repeating itself too much and gets bogged down in some not-very-interesting arcs. Seasons 5-7 are much better.

I think FOX will at least give it a short victory lap season, and I can't imagine it'll do worse than The Grinder or Grandfathered.

They got engaged in the finale last season. Pretty fast, but they actually executed it surprisingly well.

It's already in syndication on MTV and TBS.

It never quite reclaims those heights again, but last season was pretty strong. I too kind of forgot about it over the break though.

Now that Yahoo is dead can we get Season 6 on Hulu? It'd be nice to have the whole series in one place, and I'd rather watch it on Hulu then whatever Yahoo's shitty player is going to become.