Anybody actually watch The Firm? Is ti any good?

flipping between stations ive stopped way too often on the spanish channels

/uno de estas dias voy a aprender espanol
//sabado gigante!

farbekrieg: flipping between stations ive stopped way too often on the spanish channels

/uno de estas dias voy a aprender espanol
//sabado gigante!

What's that one in the morning with the booty shaking? Muy Buenos Dias?

PizzaJedi81: Anybody actually watch The Firm? Is ti any good?

It was like watching a good book tumbling in the wind. I don't know what that means either. I kept waiting for Tom Cruise to dangle his baby off a balcony. I would give it fourteen out of thirteen billion stars. The show would be ten times better if my mom was in it. My mom would be f$@ked up for life.

The only thing worth watching on NBC is Parks and Recreation. The Office is a sad phantom of what it used to be, and nothing else is anything special.

Strolpol: The only thing worth watching on NBC is Parks and Recreation. The Office is a sad phantom of what it used to be, and nothing else is anything special.

"Grimm" is pretty good. But that's the only show I can think of that I watch on NBC.

Strolpol: The only thing worth watching on NBC is Parks and Recreation.

I'm really, really late to the bandwagon, but Community is a good show that airs on NBC, right?

/thanks, assorted Farkers, for helping me see the light

NBC/ABC /CBS dominance died years ago. Obselete. Buggy whips.Out-of touch. Has-beens. Nobody cares. Yesterday's news. Finished. Done.

Anybody care to explain why even though Fox is not in the Top 8 we're making fun of NBC?

rocky_howard: Anybody care to explain why even though Fox is not in the Top 8 we're making fun of NBC?

Because 10 PM Fox is local news. They're not ranked because they're not even trying to play.

FirstNationalBastard: If they'd just put their faith in Conan and told Leno to FOAD, They wouldn't be in this mess today.

Hilariously, TFA notes that even if they'd kept Leno in primetime, they'd STILL be doing better than they are now. This is officially in "trainwreck" territory.

rocky_howard: Anybody care to explain why even though Fox is not in the Top 8 we're making fun of NBC?

Because at that hour FOX isn't even participating. They've already gone to local news.

As a Canadian, I'm wondering why NBC cast so many Canadians in "The Firm".

Molly Parker is a talent, but c'mon; no amount of network-exec blowjobs is going to make Tricia Helfer believable as an actress.

MORE COMMUNITY, NO WHITNEY! !

I just discovered The Big Bang Theory thanks to another Farker.
All I have to say is I'm kicking myself for not being aware of this shows existence sooner.

Strolpol: The only thing worth watching on NBC is Parks and Recreation. The Office is a sad phantom of what it used to be, and nothing else is anything special.

I agree, with the stipulation that technically Community is also still on NBC. 30 Rock peaked three seasons ago. Community is so good that it should be on cable where it can be appreciated and given some room to grow an audience. Otherwise, Parks and Rec is definitely the only good thing about NBC that is airing right now.

Community, Parks and Rec, and Craig Ferguson are the only current things I like watching on any of the big networks. And go back a season or two and you could add The Office and 30 Rock to that list. So not that it means much to them, but NBC is good with me (compared to the other three).

It is no surprise that a broadcast in Spanish would dominate, at any hour. Think about it, if you moved to Russia (legally or illegally), and you watched tv and only one station played shows in English, that is what you would watch. People of Latino race dominate the population and it is amazing to me that Univision does not pull in Superbowl ratings every night. I speak Spanish and I hate the shows, but the rest of my family are part of the population that are leaving "The Firm" in the rear view mirror. The only Spanish speaking show that i ever liked actually resembles this....

Why does everything on Univision look like porn with the sex scenes edited out?

Any show that has 2 Cylon's from BSG is a hit in my book.

Because Latinos are farking awesome

Only funny network sitcom right now is Modern Family. NBC has complete shiat except one procedural that's decent. CBS has some decent dramas.

Even though 30 Rock and The Office are past their prime, I think those two shows sandwiched around Parks and Recreation is a decent hour and a half of television. If Community was still in there, it would be an even more solid two hours.

Show sucks.

bhcompy: Only funny network sitcom right now is Modern Family. NBC has complete shiat except one procedural that's decent. CBS has some decent dramas.

I would put Modern Family at about the same quality as Friends. I get why people like it, it just seems like it's trying too hard to be hip yet appeal to the masses at the same time.

When is someone going to cancel NBC as a network?

People are tired of jew hating.

Hey, I kinda like


Paul Rodgers and Jimmy Page together... good stuff

What...? It's also a TV show about lawyers? Get out! Really?

browntimmy: bhcompy: Only funny network sitcom right now is Modern Family. NBC has complete shiat except one procedural that's decent. CBS has some decent dramas.

I would put Modern Family at about the same quality as Friends. I get why people like it, it just seems like it's trying too hard to be hip yet appeal to the masses at the same time.

It tries hard, but the trying hard part really is only the Phil/Claire family parts, imho. Jay and family are consistently funny, as is Mitchell and Cameron. Honestly, I wouldn't care too much if it was awful, because Ed O'Neill is worth the price of admission regardless. He's a comedic genius

Not that it doesn't still suck, but TFA says NBC finished eighth in one time slot in one key demographic, not either overall or all night.

envirovore: I just discovered The Big Bang Theory thanks to another Farker.
All I have to say is I'm kicking myself for not being aware of this shows existence sooner.

Really? I hadn't bothered to watch any of this show up until yesterday when I caught the first 5 minutes of an episode. It was borderline painful. It was like it was written by people who've never known any actual nerds and were just writing them as they imagine them to be as they scour the internet for science related things that sound smart.. And, worse, none of it was remotely funny. Did I just catch a bad episode?

milkyshirt: envirovore: I just discovered The Big Bang Theory thanks to another Farker.
All I have to say is I'm kicking myself for not being aware of this shows existence sooner.

Really? I hadn't bothered to watch any of this show up until yesterday when I caught the first 5 minutes of an episode. It was borderline painful. It was like it was written by people who've never known any actual nerds and were just writing them as they imagine them to be as they scour the internet for science related things that sound smart.. And, worse, none of it was remotely funny. Did I just catch a bad episode?

Everything I've seen about the show is that it's essentially written for women who are entertained harmless male geeks, without all the real ultrageekiness. And everything the females at work say about it reinforces it for me.

bhcompy: browntimmy: bhcompy: Only funny network sitcom right now is Modern Family. NBC has complete shiat except one procedural that's decent. CBS has some decent dramas.

I would put Modern Family at about the same quality as Friends. I get why people like it, it just seems like it's trying too hard to be hip yet appeal to the masses at the same time.

It tries hard, but the trying hard part really is only the Phil/Claire family parts, imho. Jay and family are consistently funny, as is Mitchell and Cameron. Honestly, I wouldn't care too much if it was awful, because Ed O'Neill is worth the price of admission regardless. He's a comedic genius

I recently learned he's part of that series so I want to watch it since I watch everything with Ed O'Neill in it. I love him.

But...I get put off by Sofia Vergara. Yeah yeah, huge tits, okay but I can find those through a GIS.

Is her character any good? I live in Dominican Republic and so far the people here who watch the show love it, but I have the slight suspicion they love it because Vergara is speaking mangled English and somehow that's funny to them because they feel identified or whatever, but I kind of hate it. Find it forced and patronizing ("lol she's funny because she has an accent"). I think I'm onto something considering before this show, Vergara was a "never-was," seems to be she found the gimmick to with her boobs.

bhcompy: milkyshirt: envirovore: I just discovered The Big Bang Theory thanks to another Farker.
All I have to say is I'm kicking myself for not being aware of this shows existence sooner.

Really? I hadn't bothered to watch any of this show up until yesterday when I caught the first 5 minutes of an episode. It was borderline painful. It was like it was written by people who've never known any actual nerds and were just writing them as they imagine them to be as they scour the internet for science related things that sound smart.. And, worse, none of it was remotely funny. Did I just catch a bad episode?

Everything I've seen about the show is that it's essentially written for women who are entertained harmless male geeks, without all the real ultrageekiness. And everything the females at work say about it reinforces it for me.

You're onto something. I've encountered way more female fans of the show than male ones.

But yeah, it's an unfunny show.

Why is most of what women like of such a terrible quality?

Twilight, Britney Spears, American Idol, reality shows in general is an industry fueled by women more than anything.

Strolpol: The only thing worth watching on NBC is Parks and Recreation. The Office is a sad phantom of what it used to be, and nothing else is anything special.

I kinda liked last Thursdays episode of the office.....

rocky_howard: bhcompy: browntimmy: bhcompy: Only funny network sitcom right now is Modern Family. NBC has complete shiat except one procedural that's decent. CBS has some decent dramas.

I would put Modern Family at about the same quality as Friends. I get why people like it, it just seems like it's trying too hard to be hip yet appeal to the masses at the same time.

It tries hard, but the trying hard part really is only the Phil/Claire family parts, imho. Jay and family are consistently funny, as is Mitchell and Cameron. Honestly, I wouldn't care too much if it was awful, because Ed O'Neill is worth the price of admission regardless. He's a comedic genius

I recently learned he's part of that series so I want to watch it since I watch everything with Ed O'Neill in it. I love him.

But...I get put off by Sofia Vergara. Yeah yeah, huge tits, okay but I can find those through a GIS.

Is her character any good? I live in Dominican Republic and so far the people here who watch the show love it, but I have the slight suspicion they love it because Vergara is speaking mangled English and somehow that's funny to them because they feel identified or whatever, but I kind of hate it. Find it forced and patronizing ("lol she's funny because she has an accent"). I think I'm onto something considering before this show, Vergara was a "never-was," seems to be she found the gimmick to with her boobs.

I find her amusing mostly. She has good timing, and part of it is definitely because Ed O'Neill makes everyone around him better. Her son in the show is also funny, and the three work well within the show. As far as her looks, they don't play a part in the comedy for the most part. Her ethnicity does more(cultural differences rather than accent)

Seth'n'Spectrum: Strolpol: The only thing worth watching on NBC is Parks and Recreation.

I'm really, really late to the bandwagon, but Community is a good show that airs on NBC, right?

/thanks, assorted Farkers, for helping me see the light

I almost hate to say it because it makes me seem jaded and one of those "hate it when it becomes popular" people but this current season is really bad. It seems to have fallen into the trap of lazy writing where every character becomes nothing more than a caricature of their old selves. Plus it suffers from the same problem as The Soup wherein Joel McHale is really not that funny or likable.

Not to say they can't turn it around, because I felt the same way about Always Sunny for a couple years and this season has been great. Mostly because they decided to tone down the characters (the biggest example is that Charlie is no longer, for lack of a better word, retarded, but instead back to his old, more manipulative self)

And Modern Family is a funny show that is often times hurt by the tacked on moral lesson of the week that they throw in at the end of the show (plus Manny is terrible). I can see people finding the Mitchell/Cameron scenes offensive and being put off by that, but the Phil and his son Luke segments are fantastic.

I don't watch alot of TV during the week and pretty much just football and some pre / post game shows and the number of times I saw an ad for the show realy got annoying to the point I didn't want to see it anymore. sort of what happened with Sherlock Holmes, I felt like I saw the whole movie in the ads.

FirstNationalBastard: If they'd just put their faith in Conan Leno and told Leno Conan to FOAD when he threatened to go elsewhere in 2004 unless they guranteed him The Tonight Show even though Jay was doing fine and still #1, they wouldn't would still be in this mess today because late night has absolutely NO effect on prime-time ratings.


Fixed for actual history.

Big Bang is on every channel, all the time.
It's All in the Family for hipsters.

NBC wants to save itself with night viewers, it seems pretty simple. Just hit all the audiences possible.

Science fiction (x-fileish, fireflyish) theme for 1 of the nights
Super-natural (vampires, ghosts, troll hunting anyone?) theme for 1 of the nights
Sports type theme for 1 of the nights
Gay & lesbian theme for 1 of the nights
Crime & law (mix a western type aspect) theme for 1 of the nights
Affordable (under 2k) house pimping projects themes 1 of the nights
whatever crap the bimbo sleeping with the exec wants to put out 1 of the nights

peterthx: FirstNationalBastard: If they'd just put their faith in Conan Leno and told Leno Conan to FOAD when he threatened to go elsewhere in 2004 unless they guranteed him The Tonight Show even though Jay was doing fine and still #1, they wouldn't would still be in this mess today because late night has absolutely NO effect on prime-time ratings.


Fixed for actual history.

Leno still sucks and Conan is funny. So who gives a shiat how the bus got there.

/fixed for accuracy.

envirovore: I just discovered The Big Bang Theory thanks to another Farker.
All I have to say is I'm kicking myself for not being aware of this shows existence sooner.

Careful around here with those statements. The Fark Hipster Brigade ^TM has declared that show unwatchable, a travesty, and a warcrime. The fact that you like it makes your wealth as a human being nonexistent and you should be ashamed for admitting it. You should be watching what the FHB tells you they are watching, not what you want to watch. How else can you be cool and trendy?