The Winners Sect. A #1 Parks & Recreation vs. Sect. B #1 The Simpsons Who wiped Pawnee off the map? The Simpsons did! The Simpsons did! While I supposed I should not have been too surprised the most quoted TV show and longest-running comedy by more than … Continue reading Screen Scholars Comedy TV “March” Madness: Eight May Be Great, But Only Four May Advance & Here They Are!
We’re down to eight (great? you be the judge) shows remaining in our tournament. Nothing pre-dates 1989, the year two of the most iconic shows made their debut, each changing television in their own way. Also from the ’90s, we’ve got Garry Shandling’s consolation prize … Continue reading Is Eight Elite?: Vote on the Final 8 Shows Left in Our Comedy TV “March” Madness!
Our Sectional Winners Section A: #1 Parks & Recreation vs. #2 The Daily Show Given the exalted status of Mike Schur’s kind-hearted comedy, it was shocking how close the kings of newsy satire kept this match-up. In voting, the show got off to a slow … Continue reading Sixteen Going On Eight! Here’s the Winners of Our Round of Sweetness!
It’s taken months, but we’re almost down to sixteen sweet classic TV comedies in this Battle Royale for the hearts and minds of a dedicated few. In the second half of our Tubular 32, we’ve got the definitive groundbreaking Norman Lear classic, the sketch show … Continue reading Let’s Finish That Sweet Sixteen: Here’s the Final Eight Matchups of the Comedy TV Tubular 32
We’re back and sorry for the delay, but now our championship will coincide with the Fall TV Line-ups (and that’s on purpose… yeah, that’s the ticket!). We’ve narrowed it down from 128 to 64 and now to 32 great half-hour comedies. And you voters have … Continue reading It’s Totally Tubular! It’s Thirty-Two! Here’s All the Shows That Made it to the Third Round of Our Comedy “March” Madness!
The Winners Section G #1 All in the Family vs. #9 The Last Man on Earth As much as we love Will Forte’s unusual (and oddly heartfelt) apocalypse comedy, this one is kind of a no-brainer as Norman Lear’s masterpiece was revolutionary when it debuted … Continue reading The Last of the Scrumtrulescent Become Totally Tubular: The Latest Winners From Comedy “March” Madness Section G&H.
We’ve almost come to the end of our “March Madness” Comedy TV Tournament….’s second round. Oh, no, we have much further to go. Here’s the last ballot for entry into the Round of 32, which may or may not be “Totally Tubular.” On the surface, … Continue reading Will The Madness Never End: Here’s The Final Eight Matches From Our Comedy TV “March” Madness’ Scrumtrulescent 64!
#1 All in the Family vs. #16 Get a Life! It’s not that there was no love for Chris Elliot’s quirky (really that adjective doesn’t even come close to covering it) comedy from the early-’90s; it’s more that it was up against a TV Titan. … Continue reading Nuthin’ But a G Thing: Here’s the Winners From our “March” Madness’ 7th District!
While this feels odd to say as the ultimate arbiter on seeding of this tournament, this may be the strangest section yet. The tournament has had few real upsets so far, although it was not Friends‘ day, month, week, or even its year, and Mr. … Continue reading It’s the Ol’ G’s: Our Seventh Section of Neverending TV Comedy “March” Madness’ Outstanding 128 is Revealed!
Saturday TV is transforming before our eyes–probably partially aided by the pandemic keeping people at home when they might normally be out on the town. However, we cannot remember a Saturday featuring so much new content. However, we will start with the program we most … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/06/2021
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