The Office returning to NBC?

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  1. the Weimar Beer Belly

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    Simpsons
    Seinfeld
    King of the Hill
    South Park
    Mystery Science Theatre 3000
    The Brak Show
    Bob's Burgers is holding up really well so far

    If we include our neighbors across the pond:

    Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
    League of Gentlemen
    Monty Python's Flying Circus
     
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  2. Degausser

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    Never could get into scrubs. Something about the way it looked on tv annoyed me.
     
  3. GrizzliesDrew

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    Musical episode of Scrubs is one of the best TV episodes ever.
     
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  4. Lyrtch

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    Scrubs is fine

    the last season was an abomination and was basically theft

    it's nowhere near the other shows being talked about in here, if you work in/around hospitals it gets overrated by those people
     
  5. RoyalShocker

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    Scrubs is #2 at NBC behind Seinfeld.

    Your take is so hurtful and awful that I can't continue being friends with you.
     
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  6. laxjoe

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    Honestly, the moral if the thread, as mentioned earlier by Clown Baby, I think, is that NBC had a god damn murderers row of comedies, AND NO ONE FUCKING WATCHED
     
  7. Clown Baby

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  8. laxjoe

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    I'm assuming you're referring to the "spin-off" season (it makes it easier to ignore)?
     
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  9. Clown Baby

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    The other doctor? Oh, that's my brother Randy. Tomorrow, he's going to jail for the rest of his life.

    Hey Randy, wanna get Taco Bell for lunch?!
     
  10. $P1

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    Scrubs was incredibly meh.
     
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  11. OopsPowSurprise

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    current sitcoms who could get a seat at the table in a few years

    Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Bob's Burgers, Kimmie Schmidt
     
  12. Clown Baby

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    I can't think of anything analogous to having so much talent yet so little success (the metric being fucked maybe).

    But I do think The Office deserves credit for Parks being allowed to hang around longer than it probably should have given the ratings. Also, Tina and Lorne's standing at NBC gave 30 Rock a couple of extra years too.
     
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  13. OopsPowSurprise

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    I think the first person camera work is amazingly done for that show
     
  14. jhooked

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    Like clockwork, Brooklyn Nine-Nine's ratings have been plummeting since last season and it's on the bubble for cancellation after this season.

    :killme:
     
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  15. OopsPowSurprise

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    Really? Damn
     
  16. Clown Baby

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    Love all three. Man, the first page of the Bob's thread is soooooo bad.
     
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  17. laxjoe

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    If one wants to call it a comedy, bojack horseman is the best "comedy" on "tv"
     
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  18. laxjoe

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    Fuck you

    (I had somehow not seen that).
     
  19. OopsPowSurprise

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    Yeah I'll add that, really dark but pretty funny at times

    Oh yeah I'll also add You're the Worst to that list, dark too but hilarious

    And I'm probably one of few watching it on TMB but Black-ish has been amazing for a while now
     
  20. jhooked

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    Yeah their ratings took a huge drop last year and Fox stuck with them because the it was still getting a positive reception from critics, but they haven't really picked up this year. They'll be close to having enough episodes for syndication after this season so hopefully that's enough of a draw for Fox to give them at least one more.
     
  21. three stacks

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    i need to rewatch 30 rock.

    The projects I lived in were named after Zachary Taylor - generally considered to be one of the worst Presidents of all time!
     
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  22. jhooked

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    Love Black-ish
     
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  23. Degausser

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    I like New Girl a lot. I don't know if I'm alone there. Nobody has mentioned it, so I probably am.
     
  24. OopsPowSurprise

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    You know what sucks now? Modern Family
     
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  25. Clown Baby

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  26. Daddy Rabbit

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    Worth watching for Haley and Alex.
     
  27. laxjoe

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    When I'm having a bad day, I open that thread and read the first page. Works like a charm
     
  28. laxjoe

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    Gonna start black-ish soon. Hear great things
     
  29. jhooked

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    You are very, very wrong.

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  30. Doyle McPoyle

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    Veep is the best comedy going right now:twocents:
     
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  31. GrizzliesDrew

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    Just wanted to post this.
     
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  32. three stacks

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    agreed, but i think people are only discussing network comedies itt
     
  33. the Weimar Beer Belly

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    If you like dark comedies, League of Gentlemen is very weird and very dark. It's like Hammer horror films meet Monty Python. But I actually laugh unlike Bojack Horseman. (The saving grace being Vincent Adultman). The second season the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was an annoying calvacade of stupid 90's references to me. Way too millennial centric. The first season was funny but maybe it was saved almost solely by Jon Hamm's court room stuff at the end.
     
  34. Pelican

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    Marine biologist is still the only Seinfeld episode I've seen. Need to change that.

    Watched some of Community and mostly liked it. I remember there was a Batman episode that I loved.

    Huge fan of The Office.
     
  35. laxjoe

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    You ain't alone. Lots of us posting in that thread on a weekly basis.
     
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  36. Name P. Redacted

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    I will fight all you scrubs haters IRL
     
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  37. GrizzliesDrew

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    Team love The Office, Scrubs, New Girl, 30 Rock, and Parks and Rec.
     
  38. BellottiBold

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    I was really prepared to 1) talk shit about community and 2) whine about how the thread morphing into "hey everyone list all your favorite comedies from the last several years (+Seinfeld) ranked" was annoying - but now you have distracted me. Home Movies was amazing. Dr. Katz is crucial too.
     
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  39. TDCD

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    How can you watch that episode and then not immidiately finish the entire series
     
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  40. Pelican

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    Good question. I'm going to do so. It was fantastic.
     
  41. Clown Baby

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    Save it, Liz. I already booked the 911 bird. Winston here saved his owner by dialing 911 and yelling fire...but only because he didn't know the word for rape.
     
  42. The Walrus

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    The Office was my favorite TV comedy until P&R hit its stride. Loved Community, but haven't bothered with any of the episodes post-cancellation.

    Never watched 30 Rock while it was on, but I've watched a few episodes here and there and can definitely see why people love it. I plan on plowing through the whole series eventually.
     
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  43. TDCD

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    #embracedebate

    How about best sitcom characters of all time?

    Top 3 is pretty much a given:

    1. George - seinfeld
    2. Dennis - always sunny
    3. David Puddy - seinfeld
     
  44. three stacks

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    1. homer simpson
     
  45. three stacks

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    and lmfao at dennis being top 3. he's not even top 3 on that show
     
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  46. GrizzliesDrew

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    He totally has become #1. His development (as a sociopath) over the course of the show has made him the best character now.



     
  47. OopsPowSurprise

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    Mac and Charlie > Dennis

    Mac being gay is amazing. Charlie has been the focus of the best episodes of the series
     
  48. three stacks

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    while i love the show and i certainly agree that dennis' character has only gotten better as the years have gone by, i respectfully disagree. charlie/ mac/ frank are all funnier to me
     
  49. Shawn Hunter

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    Agreed. I first started watching the show on Netflix, stopped after two episodes. Didn't give it a second chance again until I saw a couple episodes from other seasons on FXX one afternoon. Just toughed my way through the first season and fell in love after that.
     
  50. ElectricDreamMachine

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    I love David Puddy but he's way too infrequent a character to be in anyone's top three. I'd go 1. Constanza 2. Michael Scott 3. Homer Simpson or possibly Gob Bluth
     
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