Current season of NBC's Thursday night comedy line-up

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Which is the best, based solely on the current season?

Poll Results

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30 Rock 32
Parks & Recreation 24
Community 20
The Office 4


congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)

this thread is going to suuuuuuuuuuuuck

congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)

still have to vote 30R but community is definitely close

rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:39 (fifteen years ago)

gillian jacobs vs aubrey plaza vs jenna fischer vs no-one in 30 rock is cute

corporal buzztitle (cozen), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:41 (fifteen years ago)

yea cerie has been mia recently

johnny crunch, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:42 (fifteen years ago)

what no rashida

max, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:43 (fifteen years ago)

no-one in 30 rock is cute

liz lemon is hot fu

rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:43 (fifteen years ago)

she is elderly

corporal buzztitle (cozen), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:43 (fifteen years ago)

what no alison brie

rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:43 (fifteen years ago)

we could make this sitcom smash-off (via codie smulders)

rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:44 (fifteen years ago)

cobie

rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:44 (fifteen years ago)

epi

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:44 (fifteen years ago)

I went from watching and liking all of these shows every thursday night to not watching any of them because I missed too many episodes. community is the best, but I also feel like it's sorta overrated.

iatee, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:47 (fifteen years ago)

it's neck and neck with 30 Rock but i voted for Community. i usually wander away from the TV and check my e-mail between 8:30 and 9:30.

forktongueclovenhoofu (some dude), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:47 (fifteen years ago)

guess i'm the lone 30 rock non-watcher :)

☀ ☃ (am0n), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:55 (fifteen years ago)

Parks and Rec is my answer

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:55 (fifteen years ago)

My favorite changes every week, depending on the episode. It's probably between Community and P&R, though. One came from nothing and turned into a remarkably funny show, but the other came from a severely awful first season and completely reinvented itself into a remarkably funny show (which is surely a harder thing to do).

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:57 (fifteen years ago)

def community

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:59 (fifteen years ago)

Community has been killin' it lately.

no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:02 (fifteen years ago)

Community

Simon H., Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:03 (fifteen years ago)

The real question is: Annie vs. April

no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:04 (fifteen years ago)

Annie, no question. April would be fun for, like, two weeks, and then you'd start to resent her bored/boring approach to life.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:05 (fifteen years ago)

She clearly wants to have fun, though! She is in a boring place!

no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:06 (fifteen years ago)

troy and aped would be way more fun to hang out with than those two

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:08 (fifteen years ago)

^ this

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:10 (fifteen years ago)

Community. P&R a close second.

Super Cub, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:12 (fifteen years ago)

i think Jane Krakowski is kind of hot. anyway I'll stand up for 30 rock because I still have never seen Parks and Rec and I always miss community. I did see last week's office after missing it for a few weeks and even though it was marginally funny the thing reeked of phoning it in and it kind of seemed like the entire cast hated themselves for being on it.

akm, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:12 (fifteen years ago)

I feel bad sort of overlooking 30 Rock now, because it was THE funniest show on television for three seasons. Community and P&R are fresh and new, though.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:13 (fifteen years ago)

i think Jane Krakowski is kind of hot.

cosign.

I did see last week's office after missing it for a few weeks and even though it was marginally funny the thing reeked of phoning it in and it kind of seemed like the entire cast hated themselves for being on it.

They're just drawing paychecks now and little more. They don't even care.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:15 (fifteen years ago)

30R is still amazingly funny, but obviously less fresh than "community".

no idea how ne1 could pick P&R over it.

rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:16 (fifteen years ago)

P&R is a slow burn.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:20 (fifteen years ago)

Parks and Rec is my answer

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:55 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark

A capella key change in "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips (Pillbox), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:24 (fifteen years ago)

30 rock still my favorite by a wide margin. P&R has improved, the rest i don't care about.

mizzell, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:42 (fifteen years ago)

Community for me. The recent scene where Jeff breaks down after seeing his exgirlfriend wasn't all that funny; getting consoled by Pierce over how he had to watch Glee in the relationship was _really_ funny.

requiem for crunk (kingfish), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:47 (fifteen years ago)

I just don't understand the appeal!

no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:48 (fifteen years ago)

xp community. only watch 30 rock and community tho and that probably won't change

sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:49 (fifteen years ago)

no idea how ne1 could pick P&R over it.

― rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:16 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I like Community a lot but it still has too many "life lessons." Admittedly P&R has forced relationship b.s. but it takes up a pretty small proportion of show time.

I'd go P&R>community>30 rock>office

congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:50 (fifteen years ago)

yeah that life lesson shit is horrible but then you have abed doing his don draper and vampire shit

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:53 (fifteen years ago)

community is corny no doubt (as as modern family, which I like just as much) but at least it has a steady stream of lols

corporal buzztitle (cozen), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:57 (fifteen years ago)

if someone put a gun to my head and forced me to draw an analogy between ABC's "classic period" TGIF lineup (1989-1990) and NBC's current (2009-2010) Must-See Thursday lineup, I would probably do so as follows:

Full House = Community (laid-back sunny california vibe)
Family Matters = 30 Rock (popularity of each driven by nerd appeal)
Perfect Strangers = The Office (main characters hate each other but ultimately get along at the end of the day)
Just the Ten of Us = Parks & Recreation (basketball/recreation themes)

iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:58 (fifteen years ago)

i have a pretty high life-lessons tolerance level, but ne way community sends 'em up most of the time.

rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 18:03 (fifteen years ago)

the 'lessons' on Community are so clearly arch and intentionally corny, and so clearly a nod to both the educational theme of the show and all the meta references to classic sitcoms, that I'm not sure why people complain about them so much. it's just the structure they chose for the show, and it probably sets up more jokes than it gets in the way of.

xpost mayne otm

forktongueclovenhoofu (some dude), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 18:10 (fifteen years ago)

Community Community Community

ô_o (Nicole), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 18:13 (fifteen years ago)

Someday I will watch Parks and Recreation and Community. 30 Rock is better than The Office these days, though. (I know some people think it's always been better than The Office, but it's only really been this season that I've been down on the latter.)

jam master (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 18:27 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcD_Y838DXA

da croupier, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 18:28 (fifteen years ago)

My friend auditioned for the role of Abed and I'm glad he didn't get it.

no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 18:33 (fifteen years ago)

Funniest one of the bunch obviously it's 30 Rock. Community is cute, but not really funny.

Darin, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 18:42 (fifteen years ago)

it's often cute, but lately it's been really really funny.

forktongueclovenhoofu (some dude), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 18:59 (fifteen years ago)

yeah i slept on it the first year, and just read or looked at the internet, but i've been watching this year and it's great.

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 19:00 (fifteen years ago)

it isn't?

hipster puddy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:01 (fifteen years ago)

even tho i think you can see that they have pretty talented writers, i just think that all of the peripheral characters bring nothing to the show & aren't funny, esp compared to the non-lemon/donaghy characters on 30 rock or the non-michael scott/dwight/jim characters on the office

― hipster puddy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:42 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i don't see what laughs britta or shirley bring to the show compared to say jenna & kenneth

― hipster puddy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:44 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is kinda apples and oranges -- Jenna and Kenneth are 4th/5th billed characters on 30 Rock, and Community has a less clear pecking order in terms of billing or screentime, but has a core group of 7 where all but maybe one or two characters do a lot of heavy lifting in terms of the comedy, which leaves...5 really funny main characters.

j@ggerlovesmanydudes (some dude), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:17 (fifteen years ago)

i wouldn't watch any of these shows if my life depended on it

big (surm), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:18 (fifteen years ago)

also MOST sitcoms have at least one kind of mostly not very funny straight man lead character like Britta, 30 Rock is an exception and not the rule

xpost

j@ggerlovesmanydudes (some dude), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:18 (fifteen years ago)

also Shirley has brought some big lols lately. ok i'll stop now.

j@ggerlovesmanydudes (some dude), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:19 (fifteen years ago)

i wouldn't watch any of these shows if my life depended on it

― big (surm), Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:18 AM (8 minutes ago)

Thanks for participating!

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:27 (fifteen years ago)

yah j0rdan idk wtf ur on - shirley is a solid b+ character and the episode where she bonds w/ jeff over gossip is 1 of the best episodes to date~~~

i mean a lot of what makes her a good character is how she serves as a foil to the other zanier characters but shes got sum good lines too like in the above episode and also the xmas party one. oh & shes rad as the captain in the episode where they take a sailing class - her reaction to letting pierce drown = a++++

alt-3, gold & silver (Lamp), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:28 (fifteen years ago)

xp ur welcome! i felt it was my obligation to make a contribution.

big (surm), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:29 (fifteen years ago)

it occurs to me that i know really nothing about surm's taste in television comedy, so to each his own i guess

j@ggerlovesmanydudes (some dude), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:32 (fifteen years ago)

my bf watches this shit on the reg, so i'm all for harmony in differences <3

big (surm), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:33 (fifteen years ago)

Shirley's one of the characters I feel most protective of for some reason. I mean, if you came in and dissed Abed or Troy, I'd just think you're being challopy. But if you pick on Shirley, it just seems completely unfair.

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:33 (fifteen years ago)

surm, your taste in television teenage dramas is superb tho

Aerosol, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:34 (fifteen years ago)

haha my bf h8s these shows and scowls at them when i watch & hes around (xxp)

alt-3, gold & silver (Lamp), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:35 (fifteen years ago)

Gotta admit that the x-mas Community episode was kind of awesome. The best shows have been when they let themselves get weird and not too comfy in standard situational comedy land.

Darin, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:39 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, the x-mas party and billiards class episodes are an even higher level of goodness than the usual episodes.

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:40 (fifteen years ago)

wtf is community

nijolian dynamite (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)

i just watched the april fool's day episode & it was p funny, much better than the other ones i've seen -- but i still think it's more "cute" than funny in the way 30 rock is -- that episode had a great plot tho -- also the show needs more troy imo

in general tho i think if you like 30 rock but now think that community is better that you prob got bored of your own opinions or something

hipster puddy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)

but i still think it's more "cute" than funny in the way 30 rock is

i feel this

big (surm), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:48 (fifteen years ago)

the april fool's day episode had some good gags tho

hipster puddy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:50 (fifteen years ago)

wtf is community

the loneliest dog blogger alive

alt-3, gold & silver (Lamp), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:50 (fifteen years ago)

Parks and Rec is my answer

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:55 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark

― A capella key change in "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips (Pillbox), Tuesday, March 30, 2010 5:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

69, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:51 (fifteen years ago)

lol lamp

hipster puddy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:51 (fifteen years ago)

this thread is going to suuuuuuuuuuuuck

― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:38 AM (Yesterday)

no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:53 (fifteen years ago)

britta has leveled way the f up since the beginning of the season. i wanted her to die on the way back to her home planet c episode 2 but now she's making me lol at getting spanked etc. i feel protective of shirley as well

A B C, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 22:17 (fifteen years ago)

some TV blogger dude said that the writers of Community are "turning into the skid" with Britta's character, which I think is OTM. she's not really any different than she was in the first episode, but they let up on the love interest stuff and allowed her to be funny within her killjoy role (my fav = the horribly awkward way she high-fived Annie and then turned it into a snake).

idk i enjoy 30 Rock and Community pretty equally when i watch them, but i'm kind of interested in Community as a show more. it takes odd risks and its really dedicated to the ensemble.

the jaws of impermanence and soul death (reddening), Thursday, 1 April 2010 00:58 (fifteen years ago)

guys shirley can be funny! "heeeeere's BROWNIES!" is making me lol as i type this thinking about it.

horseshoe, Thursday, 1 April 2010 01:04 (fifteen years ago)

Parks and Rec is my answer

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:55 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark

― A capella key change in "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips (Pillbox), Tuesday, March 30, 2010 5:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

― 69, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

erma baumbach (get bent), Thursday, 1 April 2010 07:01 (fifteen years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/F2Xcy.gif

corporal buzztitle (cozen), Thursday, 1 April 2010 08:49 (fifteen years ago)

i like this thread coincided with the week NBC decided to run 2 HOURS OF OFFICE RERUNS

naglguccistan (some dude), Friday, 2 April 2010 01:01 (fifteen years ago)

all 3 of the other shows are winners simply because they will never have hourlong wedding/birth episodes

naglguccistan (some dude), Friday, 2 April 2010 01:02 (fifteen years ago)

Five years from now, I don't know if that'll be the case, assuming they haven't been canceled

Nhex, Friday, 2 April 2010 01:51 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Friday, 2 April 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Saturday, 3 April 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

The Office only got four votes! Wow.

no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Saturday, 3 April 2010 23:04 (fifteen years ago)

these results are in fact correct

symsymsym, Saturday, 3 April 2010 23:54 (fifteen years ago)

Well, based solely on the current season, it's pretty hard to argue The Office against any of the other three? The shocker for me is that 30 Rock AND P&R beat Community - I guess it's just got more vocal fans on here.

Nhex, Saturday, 3 April 2010 23:56 (fifteen years ago)

these results are in fact correct

These results are, in fat, incorrect. This is proven scientific fact and CANNOT be argued with.

Tesla, the Electric Jesus (KMS), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:27 (fifteen years ago)

...in fat...

Tesla, the Electric Jesus (KMS), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:28 (fifteen years ago)

itt, loud vocal challops that were squashed by lurkers

STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:29 (fifteen years ago)

re-poll

etrian odysseus (cozen), Sunday, 4 April 2010 09:15 (fifteen years ago)

http://i28.tinypic.com/rgw041.jpg

jihad mane (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 09:21 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, these results are wrong based on the current season. Community should have been number one. The Office got 4 votes too many though.

he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 5 April 2010 15:36 (fifteen years ago)

i am fine with the results

Mr. Que, Monday, 5 April 2010 15:37 (fifteen years ago)

two years pass...

so this is back tnite???

Mordy, Friday, 21 September 2012 00:46 (thirteen years ago)

maybe i'm crazy but office is pretty funny??

Mordy, Friday, 21 September 2012 01:08 (thirteen years ago)

wtf is community

― nijolian dynamite (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:47 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

loooooooool

centibutt hz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 21 September 2012 01:08 (thirteen years ago)

New ep of Up All Night was good. I usually hate it when shows "reset" but I see some things about this I like. Also, I've gone from zero to 60 on loving Maya Rudolph over the last year or so.

Also yeah, Office is good so far.

Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 September 2012 01:09 (thirteen years ago)

wtf how could you ever be at 0 on loving Maya Rudolph? she is a national treasure.

heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 21 September 2012 01:41 (thirteen years ago)

seven months pass...

http://www.amazon.com/Top-Rock-Inside-Rise-Fall/dp/0307739767

comes out this week, co-written by the former snr exec of nbc who oversaw cheers, seinfeld, friends, er and a load of other stuff, and charts nbc's rise and fall. i am going to read the absolute shit out of this book.

great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 5 May 2013 06:49 (twelve years ago)


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