Community (NBC) — Season premiere. John Goodman and Michael K. Williams join the cast. “Community” might not even be the best comedy on its network tonight (“Parks and Rec” is probably a touch funnier), but it’s definitely my favorite. *blows kisses to Alison Brie… and Joel McHale and Donald Glover*
Parks and Recreation (NBC) — Season premiere. NBC’s new Thursday lineup is perfectly laid out: you can watch “Community” at 8, “Parks and Rec” at 8:30, The Office with new boss James Spader at 9, and then ditch out before the execrable series premiere of Whitney at 9:30.
Person of Interest (CBS) — Series premiere. There’s a great pedigree for this show — stars Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, and Taraji P. Henson; creator Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight); and executive producer J.J. Abrams — and an even greater expectation for it to perform: it’s taking over the time slot that “CSI” owned for the last 38 years. (Followed by: The Mentalist season premiere.)
Prime Suspect (NBC) — Series premiere. Maria Bello wears a hat in the remake of the acclaimed British series. I haven’t seen it myself, but the word on the tubes is that even though Bello’s really good, the show still falls kind of flat. I guess we’ll see.
The Big Bang Theory (CBS) — Season premiere. Back-to-back episodes will ensure that many more people will watch this than the far superior comedies airing on NBC.
Charlie’s Angels (ABC) — Series premiere. Judging by the reviews, this is a spectacular failure: a self-serious bore that can’t even find flattering outfits for its three gorgeous leads — “it’s as if the wardrobe department accepted a dare to see how much they could dowdy up three very beautiful women.” (Sepinwall) That’s unforgivable. I mean, it’s ABC, so I expect the shows to be crappy and tailored to female viewers I couldn’t possibly hold a conversation with, but at least LET MINKA KELLY LOOK HOT.
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) — Season premiere. *queef noise*
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia/Archer (FX) — Finish your night by watching the Gang go to the Jersey shore and Archer get a little too comfortable as pirate king. One of the shows tonight features fairly explicit gay hobo sex, but I’m not saying which.
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It’s Sunny, that show sort of specializes in deviant behavior.
Bieberhole69 at 9:30. Check.
You know what’s awesome? That gay hobo sex can be found in either Sunny or Archer.
@ Freedom Chipmunk: Why can’t it be both?
“Ignoring Gillian… We’re ignoring the G.”
“She’s a GDB.”
/Team Britta
Person of Interest sounds terrible.
People that think ‘The Big Bang Theory’ is funnier than ‘Community’ or ‘Parks and Rec’ are people I never want to talk to because I already hate them.
/Team Annie
Blue medal winner Sgt Stephanie Meyers and Sofia Vergara on Letterman
Person of Interest is pretty fucking good, actually.
Fuck you all, Team Britta and Annie
Bieberhole69 at 9:30. Check.
Horrid jokes and screeching laugh track at 9:31. Check.
What’s on the DVR at 9:32. Check.
The only time I laughed out loud while watching my NBC comedy night was when Ron Swanson turned and ran full tilt down the hallway. That was one epic getaway strategy.
Parks and Rec was easily the funniest of the NBC shows last night. Still way too much Pam and Jim on The Office.
IASIP and Archer were great. Love the scene with Dennis and D and their “new friends” (don’t want to spoil anything) and Pam was great on Archer last night. Nice to see her back tattoo again.
Ron jabbing the shoeshine stand part into the wall was outstanding.
Seeing Natalie Zea on Person of Interest made me realise how much I miss Raylan Givens, am I pregnant?
Rough outing for NBC last night but I like what Community is setting up for the future.
Archer and Always Sunny were outstanding. I’m going to make some Rum Ham’s for the Sunday football.
At least for last night:
Sunny > Archer > Parks > Community > Office
Glad I didn’t know about the hobo sex beforehand it would have killed the moment of me spitting out my beer on my girlfriend.
Also can The Office just go ahead and die? That episode was awful like most of last season.
butt fuckin’ under the boardwalk
Person of Interest is Knight Rider meets Enemy of the State viewed through the lens of Count of Monte Cristo.
I absolutely hate Big Bang Theory, yet almost everyone I talk to loves it, and finds it to be the most hilarious thing they’ve ever seen. You know, because, nerd jokes.
Oh they play video games, har har, and want to water cool an entertainment center, somebody stop this crazy laugh train, it’s gonna go off the rails.
Fuck I hate that show
always sunny in philadelphia is too funny…
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Subway giving away $100 giftcards [goo.gl] …4 their 40th anniversary…next 24 hours only ..i been eating free all week..lol
Ed Helms is subtly brilliant in his new role. It take an even more refined than usual palate to appreciate comedy that small. After the WOW of Michael Scott’s departure I am actually hopeful that The Office can take a step back from the big showy storylines and it’s own reality that has been “loosely held in quotation marks” (to borrow a phrase from Wes Anderson) for the last few years. Just deal with like, actual issues that arise in actual office settings.
Prime Suspect: I like it A LOT. I was strangely disappointed however that they caught the killer/rapist at the end of the first episode. I had somehow come to expect that they were setting up an epic manhunt full of false-starts and close calls where Detective Timony has to keep grinding on the case against all odds for weeks and months. Though well executed, it almost felt like the payoff at the end would have been so much greater if it had been left to simmer for the whole season. I guess what I’m saying is, I am pleased with it as a television series…I would have LOVED it as a standalone mini-series. Too bad American TV execs are so risk averse.