Bogwitch

Smart comedy” doesn’t mean that it will make you smarter, but rather that it actually took some intelligence to create. What makes the NBC comedy so great is that week after week it features lines, jokes and situations that not only make the audience howl with laughter, but make your jaw drop in awe at the creativity and wit of the writers (not to mention every episode is densely layered, which makes each one infinitely rewatchable). The only explanation for the lack of viewership is that people aren’t watching television to be entertained anymore; they’re simply watching it as a diversion.

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What The Community Hiatus Says About The Current World Of Television (via robot-heart)

…Or that some of us who care deeply about smart comedy are twenty- & thirty-somethings who have to watch our shows online because we work multiple jobs & life is kinda crazy & it’s next to impossible to be on the couch at 6:59 every Thursday night.  Can somebody please update the ratings system for the 2010’s?  Because I don’t know if you know this, but media has changed, is changing.  There is a thing now called the Internet.  And I will happily go out of my way to watch my shows through sanctioned, ratings-compatible sites or whatever, but you gotta work with me where my generation is, make our viewership count too.

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