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March 12, 2007

Alert the Media: New Sitcom Blows

So, yes, it’s been a while. I missed you too, blog. I wish I had some good news to report, but the only note on the culture front I can think of concerns the new Rob Corddry sitcom, The Winner, which I am sad to report is an absolute piece of crap. It was all I could do to make it through the first five minutes, which were jam-packed with tired characters, ancient jokes, and a ridiculously obtrusive laugh track. Supposedly Seth MacFarlane of The Family Guy is involved with this abortion, though it’s hard to see how. This show makes Chris Elliott’s Get a Life—from which it cops its premise wholesale—look like T.S. Eliot.

I hope Corddry didn’t give up his day job—I mean, night job—on The Daily Show for The Winner, which should be gone mercifully soon. Then again, maybe it’ll become a huge hit, while the rest of us continue to wait for the DVD of Andy Richter Controls the Universe. Who knows.

Now I must go watch several episodes of 30 Rock to get this bad taste out of my mouth.

The sacred box
Posted by bill at March 12, 2007 6:42 PM

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