Friday, January 13, 2012

NBC Thursday night comedies grasp at giggles

Written for Speakeasy Magazine.

The best night in comedy is back . . . or is it? NBC’s Thursday night line-up has hit all kinds of levels of hilarity and complete secondhand-embarrassment garbage in the past few years, with some shows that have changed in quality overtime, (“The Office”), some shows that were always good, (“30 Rock”) and shows that have pretty much always been awful – like, say, last year’s ill-fated attempt, “Perfect Couples.”

This year’s line-up brings a small amount of controversy, with the recent decision to stop airing “Community,” arguably one of the network’s best programs, for seemingly no reason besides low ratings. (One would think that low ratings and a hiatus should have an obvious connection, but with NBC comedies, sometimes it seems as if it doesn’t.)

Read the rest at SpeakeasyMag.com.

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