TREAT YO SELF THURSDAY
QUICK NBC RANT
I'm opening Thursday with a little rant on NBC. NBC harbors Community and Parks and Rec which are my two favorite current sitcoms. Parks and Rec will probably go down as my favorite TV show ever. Despite having these shows, NBC fails to promote them. Community was put on the bench for the early part of the year, due to 30 Rock needing a spot in the Thursday block. They removed Whitney and moved it to Wednesday (which is a good move), and added Up All Night to the Thursday block as well. Community was the odd man out, which I'm now okay with just because it has generated a lot of buzz for the show. The show's third season will resume in a couple months. Community and Parks and Rec do not get good ratings. They are very hard to get into, if you don't watch consistently and see the development of the characters. Whitney does not get good ratings either, and i'm assuming it's Wednesday Happy Hour partner Are You There, Chelsea? will not get good ratings either. Both shows feature laugh tracks, lazy humor (if you can call it humor), and very limited story telling. It's bad television, yet you will constantly see ads and commercials for these television shows, while you'll be hard pressed to ever find advertisements or commercials for Parks and Rec and Community. I don't think Community and Parks and Rec are ever going to be ratings giants, America is just too dumb for that, but they already get praise from critics and have a very strong niche audience that will literally fight to keep them on the air. Whitney and the other show, are laughed at not because they are funny, but because they are terrible. That's a lot of menutia I know, but I just wonder if Parks and Rec and Community would get more love if they were promoted as much as some of the other shows on the network.
PARKS AND RECREATION
New Parks and Rec tonight...730 Central time on NBC
APRIL LUDGATE
I've been in love with Aubrey Plaza for a while now. Actually i'm in love with April Ludgate, not necessarily Aubrey Plaza.
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/hitfix-first-look-the-best-of-aubrey-plaza-on-parks-and-recreation
COMMUNITY/30 ROCK RATINGS WATCH
Interesting to watch the ratings for 30 Rock. A big part of Community's chance at being renewed for a 4th season will rely on how well 30 Rock does in Community's former time slot. If the 30 Rock ratings are down, then Community is in good position for a return, proving that it's difficult for any show to do well in the 8/7C time slot. If the 30 Rock ratings are up, then Community could die a slow death after only three season. What a shame that would be. How about a Community clip? Or a "bagel" for breakfast?
THE MODERN FAMILY TRAP
And lastly, like most people, I really like Modern Family. I do have an issue with most of Season 2 and pretty much episode Season 3. They seem to have fallen into the "Full House" trap. It seems like every episode has to end with some type of emotional lesson with the corny music in the background. It's okay every now and then, but now every episode is in that same repeated formula. It's still a good show, but a shell of what it was in Season 1. More Phil, more Claire, and everything will be okay.
Treat Yo Self
KT
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