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NBC Makes Bad Decisions

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NBC makes bad decisions. I’ll start with how this affects us in a positive way. Look at this promo for Conan O’brien’s new show on TBS.

Short but sweet. Python-esque. I’ve seen it about 8 times already and I still want to see it more. A beautiful advertisement for something that I am extremely excited about.

It will be great. NBC makes bad decisions.

But hark, there is more. I say hark to hearken back to a simpler time. The time of pilgrims. It would be pretty bad to make a sitcom about pilgrims. We all learned our lesson from Cavemen. So let’s just set it in a Pilgrim village “living museum.” Modern people + butter churns = Laughs for the whole family? Brave New World will be produced by Peter Tolan, last known for creating Rescue Me. Really? I thought Denis Leary cobbled that together from second-hand accounts, fever dreams and material stolen from better comedians. (But honestly, my firefighter father likes the show. Except it’s much harder to see in a burning building. That’s his big complaint.)

Does anyone think this gimmick would fit in with the beautiful little Thursday night line-up that NBC has made? I guess the idea is that they need something good for after Steve Carell leaves The Office. And Community might get squashed by The Big Bang Theory. I’ll miss it. NBC makes bad decisions.

One more — The show Outsourced is reason enough to say NBC makes bad decisions.

(Had to add that. Comedy Rule of Three.)


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it’s made by Peter Tolan, last known for creating Rescue Me.

What is?

Posted by: Jay at August 11, 2010 6:18 PM

(Yes, I'm razzing you, but you did leave the title out)

Posted by: Jay at August 11, 2010 6:22 PM

There's some "The Ring" fuckery happening at the end of the video.

Posted by: Pithy"Name" at August 11, 2010 6:30 PM

I am trying REALLY HARD to not hate on Outsourced because I know someone on the show and it's totally his big break. That being said, however, Outsourced makes me sad with it's awful unfunny.

Posted by: JenVegas at August 11, 2010 6:48 PM

Also -- NBC cockteasing the producers/writers of Chuck and requiring them to come up with a full season docket right as they thought they would be canceled-slash-done with an abbreviated season. So, they blew their load and got Chuck and Sarah together. Made me stop watching.
NBC makes bad decisions.

Posted by: Jim Doggie at August 11, 2010 7:17 PM

What's this you say about Community?!?! I NEED DETAILS!

Posted by: megaroniandcheese at August 11, 2010 7:23 PM

This might be the least coherent blurb on Pajiba in quite some time. Thank you, Adam. You successfully made me more confused with each line of text entered.

Posted by: Zerath at August 11, 2010 7:46 PM

Like the Python homage in the Conan O'Brien trailer. I'd like to see the "It's" Man show up, and cut to John Cleese saying, "He's a crawling little bastard, isn't he?" in response.

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Posted by: chloe at August 11, 2010 8:51 PM

..... Bring back Journeyman. What. Up.

Posted by: logar at August 11, 2010 8:51 PM

I agree with the title of that piece, Adam; however, ABC and CBS had their fair share of low points sitting in the bottom of the ratings, too.

NBC and CBS were the only true contenders in the 50's, but both were immensely popular;

CBS was THE network to watch in the 60's, whether you like those old shows now or not, i.e., LOVE 'Andy Griffith', detest 'Beverly Hillbillies'& the other cornpone crap they piled on;

for the best part of the 70's, ABC finally started to give the other two some competition: 'Happy Days', 'Love Boat', 'Starskey & Hutch' 'Three's Company' 'Baretta','Laverne & Shirley'- they had a juggernaut of shows that dominated the Top 10 every week.

And even though Chief of Programming Fred Silverman's pet project 'Supertrain' all but derailed his NBC career in the late 70's-early 80's, the network RULED the decade and gained record numbers of viewers throughout-'ER', 'Friends', 'Cosby Show', Johnny Carson, 'Cheers', Frazier', 'Homicide', 'Law & Order', et al.

Yeah, NBC has been making shitty decisions these last years- but even CBS had a Jackie Gleason game show in the 50's that was so horrible he told the audience, and every viewer in America, live on the first show, that he was sorry and there wouldn't be another one! Ouch!!

Also, Jim Doggie, you left a vital part out up there:

"...NBC (pea)cockteasing the producers..."

'Cause you noticed that classic original 'living color' peacock pic at the top of the page NBC started using in the early sixties?

Just sayin' you missed a golden opportunity there.

Posted by: abliac at August 11, 2010 8:56 PM

And I'll be watching NetFlix and Hulu based on this.....

Posted by: Kahntahmp at August 11, 2010 9:52 PM

NBC isn't worthy of such punnery.

Posted by: Jim Doggie at August 12, 2010 2:15 AM

Is it just me, or does the new Conan promo seem to recall You Can't Do That on Television more than it does Python? Anyone? Just me? I'll go back to listening to Ironic by myself then...

Posted by: RobP at August 12, 2010 10:06 AM

I think I might have had a minor stroke when you mentioned my beloved Community possibly being crushed by Big Bang Theory. What is WRONG with people??

Posted by: pajamas at August 12, 2010 10:50 AM

re: The Big Bang Theory: People like to laugh at nerds/geeks/etc. I think it's popularity really is derived from the Tea Party/anti-education supposedly non-elitists. The show only pays lip service to geeks and always gets the details wrong, which if they were really into geek culture wouldn't happen.

But Community is the real deal and a great show. So, of course, it will lose that battle.

Posted by: RobP at August 12, 2010 11:46 AM

NBC cancelled Life, which was an amazing show. Enough said.

Posted by: Katie at August 12, 2010 3:22 PM

I love RobP's line: "The show only pays lip service to geeks and always gets the details wrong, which if they were really into geek culture wouldn't happen."

Of course, you could replace the word 'geek' with an infinite number of pronouns that network TV always seem to come off totally ignorant of.

But 'Big Bang Theory' is a shining example of this.

Posted by: abliac at August 12, 2010 6:15 PM

I would LOVE to watch that schlock! I have ONE CHANNEL -- and it's FOX! HELP ME!

Posted by: ChinaCat at August 13, 2010 6:15 PM