It's no secret that NBC has been the leading producer of comedy shows on prime-time for the last two decades: with shows like Friends, The Office, 30 Rock, Cheers, and Seinfeld. All of these critically acclaimed shows - which are not the only comedies NBC has to offer - are branded "Sophisticated Comedy": smart jokes with complex characters that are easily relatable. All of these shows have won awards and had (mostly) great ratings - so great that no other channel put any comedies on Thursday nights because that was the NBC Comedy Block.
But if they were doing so well with these smart comedies, why are they refusing to make anymore - and keep the current ones on the air? The simple answer - FOX and ratings. In that past few years, FOX has introduced three new comedies that rival anything on NBC right now: New Girl, The Mindy Project, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine - funny enough, these shows star or have regular guest stars that we're on NBC's biggest comedy, Saturday Night Live. FOX has made it very clear that they are moving away from their short-lived family comedies to smarter comedies. And NBC is making it very easy for them to take over as the new leader of comedy.
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This Sunday something huge will happen. Something that never happened before in history will commence. Something so big, the biggest thing in the world will look lame. This is something is The Walking Dead season four premiere. If I said I was excited, that would be such a huge understatement. I have been looking forward to this ever since last April, when season three ended. It has been very traumatic to say the least and to say the most, it has been very traumatic. There are many reasons why this show is my favorite, reasons you most likely don’t want to know. Last season, we left off with some dramatic deaths and people from Woodbury left the evil Mayor and came to live with Rick, Carol, Daryl, and the rest of the group. This season will definitely be eventful, from what I can tell from the trailers. I’m so nervous and I can promise that if Daryl dies that will be the end of the show for me… Anyways, I highly recommend this show and if you’d like to watch it, the seasons are all on Netflix. Anyways, you are probably wondering what the show is even about. The show is about a zombie apocalypse that has taken over the world, pretty much. There are very few people still alive and some of those people are within this group. Together, they are all trying to survive the apocalypse and carry on with life. But, aside from that, there is also death and romance and adventure so it never seems to get boring. (By Sophie)
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