NBC Thursday Comedies - Week 5

Whew, finally caught up.  A normal week this time, too.  Just three shows and three reviews.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Weeks 3 & 4

30 Rock premieres for its final season!  With Community moving to Fridays (premiering someday) and most likely going to be cancelled and The Office and 30 Rock announcing final seasons, Parks and Recreation may be the only survivor of the two hour comedy block I loved.  I enjoy Go On, so there's promise in the NBC comedy lineup, but most of the new stuff is crap.  A presidential debate preempted everything except 30 Rock on Week 4, so we've got two reviews for that this post and one of each for the other shows.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Weeks 1 & 2

I'm back!  Time to get some major blogging done.  The first two weeks of the season had Weekend Update Thursday in place of 30 Rock.  I'm therefore combining the two for a four episodes post.  Last year I said I was done with The Office, and I meant it at the time, but then they had to go and announce that it was going to be the final season.  I've been watching for eight years, might as well finish it out.  I don't have particularly high hopes, though.

Programming Note - Orioles Magic

Most years when the fall premieres roll out, the Orioles are way out of contention, sometimes in dead last.  This year has been wonderfully different, the O's are in the postseason for the first time since 1997.  This had led to the time that I would usually spend in front of the TV watching the new fall shows being spent watching the Orioles instead.  Sometimes at the stadium, eating up even more TV watching time as I sit through rain delays.  Put that on top of all the other things going on (a trip to New Orleans, going camping, Ravens games, my actual job, etc.), and there is precious little time left.  It's been a great ride, but the lack of TV watching means a lack of writing about TV.  I've caught up with a few shows, many I'm still slowing working on.  I plan to get out my weekly NBC comedy posts, one about new shows, and even one about the recent half season of Breaking Bad I've had brewing for a while, when I finally have the time (maybe November?).  So for the five of you who actually care, posts are coming...eventually.

Ain't the beer cold!  Go O's!