Community, the tv show

Yeah, but Shit My Dad Says got pretty universally panned by critics beforehand and by tv watchers on twitter after its premiere. I bet the second week numbers are considerably less.

I didn't see it, so I don't know how bad it actually is.

Its only the first week, I'm not going to worry about those numbers too much just yet. Lets see what October brings.

Outsourced had the benefit of The Office being a lead-in. Where are the numbers for how many of those 8 million people tuned out before the half hour was up?

good ep. I really wanted to see Aison Brie's post-punch reaction play out more just coz I imagine it being insanely great

GRATE ep.

this and the league are the only two comedies killing it right out of the gate this season

oh Mordy, you just blackened my heart right there

Really really really hate The League

from what i can tell via twitter, community folx were pleased with the ratings -- everyone was expecting a big drop due to Big Bang Theory, but in reality they were slightly higher than the ratings they were getting last season at 8:00. it's folly to compare community/30 rock ratings to the office/outsourced ratings, because people are still watching the office in large numbers for some reason.

also people were worried about My Generation potentially being big competition, but i heard it did pretty badly.

lol The League is kinda a joy for me but maybe only bc I'm into fantasy football.

Community numbers were level with last season, so yeah, the lack of drop-off is a good sign. Still, it was a bit of a shock that it was renewed in the first place, so with no improvements I worry how they'll handle it. I don't know what effect Zucker's exit will have.

I'm sure I'm not the only one, and I think the show is great on its own merits, but half the reason I love it so much is because all the cast members are on twitter all day long acting just like friends I have in real life. I've even had Donald and Gillian respond to things I've written to them directly, which seems inconceivable for any other show/cast currently on tv. c0rNy, sure, but when Thursday rolls around, I feel extra motivated while watching.

The League is the TV they show you in Hell

never in my life do I want to see Nick Kroll's face again

the league is so, so bad

co-sign on that

pssst i think you want 2010 Fall TV Premieres: What's good and what's not so good?

sorry. I love Community and I am not at all sick of Senor Chang even though I know in my rational mind that I should be and Donald Glover in the Spidey pjs made my heart hurt because he would have been great casting

xp There was some previous discussion of The League upthread.

this and the league are the only two comedies killing it right out of the gate this season

― Mordy, Friday, September 24, 2010 7:54 PM

my bad

These chloroform gags are killin it.

maura tweted something about glover channeling gene wilder when he's hopping around the janitor and I thought that was pretty OTM and awesome

All I heard was "suck."

Animated prank at end credits knocked me out of my chair

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"Shirley, don't sue a stripper. Life already sued her, and she lost."

I think this has pretty clearly zoomed past even 30 Rock now. I had to pause several times last night to catch my breath.

this show is killin it

funnier than 30 rock or himym right now

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/09/alison_brie_on_mad_men_communi.html?mid=twitter_vulture

o_o

We’ve heard about a Claymation Christmas episode. Will that be the topper to last season’s paintball episode?

I think just in terms of the whole outlook in the season, the ante has been upped. It’s not just about having huge fantastical episodes, which there are, but in general I think the whole nature of the show and how silly we can get is being pushed more and more. The Apollo 13 episode — where we kind of go to space, so to speak — that’s going to be one of the more ambitious episodes that we’re all sort of hoping will have a similar if not better feel to the paintball episode. And the Halloween episode, which we just finished, is scaled up. It’s definitely a full-on horror-movie episode and really well done.

I think I prefer the less out-there episodes. I was disappointed to read that interview with the creator guy where he said they were going to try to make more paintball and chicken fingers type episodes. Chicken fingers was by far my least favorite episode from season 1. I don't think it's possible to ever, ever get good comedy out of mafia spoofs (esp. Goodfellas) again!

In fact, the fewer genre spoofs of any kind the better

would rather have stunt genre episodes than stunt guest stars/casting

Rob corddry was pretty good! But yeah, not looking forward to all the Betty White we're presumably going to be exposed to this season.

Did her character get fired or something, and all the students got automatic A's?

She was suspended, I think. I don't think there's any guarantee she's coming back, so I don't think she's going to show up in many episodes.

Yeah. She was just stunt casting for the premiere.

Drew Carey's hole in the hand just amazed me, like, where does that even come from. Comedy-wise, I mean. I love this show.

I think John Oliver's character is coming back to fill in as the Anthropology prof.

also whaaa at drew careys weightloss

Yeah, I don't ever see TPIR, so that was kind of a shock.

yeah I was actually prompted to google it to be sure

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It suddenly occurs to me that the oldwhitemansays gag was/is probably a swing at Shit My Dad Says, in the same way they were ripping on Glee last season...

It most definitely was.

Drew Carey looks, just, wow. Like, it's not him but it's him...crazy.

Loved the "pop!" his hand made when he swung his hand in to shake Jeff's hand...that hand gag was total
gold

Ugh could I please say hand a few more times, jeez

thought this was a weaker episode but the chloroform gags were hilarious

hey guys I think maybe in next week's episode jeff is going to think that he's too cool for the group and then at the end he's going to realize that even though they aren't cool, they care for each other and that's what's important

I know it's dumb to complain about the plot in a show like this but I'd rather they abandon the concept of plot entirely and just have 26 minutes of unconnected jokes than see them use that story again

1st ep this season was great but this one was just awful imo

bewildered to come here and find ppl loving it like there's no difference

yeah, this week's 30 rock was better. although this was plenty entertaining... I don't watch anything else.