wow, didn't even know there was going to be more Thick of it. Can't wait. I haven't gelled with his HBO show Veep yet. Hopefully that'll pick up soon.

afgavinstan said:

Liveinadive said:

The Americans seem to be pumping out some good comedy at the mo. Not sure what happened in Britain but it seems the rise of stand up on TV has led to every mildly funny and not so funny (Sarah Millikan oooooh look I'm fat and northern) comic getting their own show regardless of quality.

Comissioning decent sit coms seems to have gone out of the window, the writing talent is still here but largely ignored.

Series four of The Thick Of It will be better than everything. Even if there's no Jamie.

Jamie is the reason it fucking works though.

Wasn't Jamie just in the specials though, or am I mixing him up with someone, he's the other Scottish guy who's working with Malcolm for a while before the reshuffle right? The guy who smashes the printer in In the Loop?

rickjoyce said:

Wasn't Jamie just in the specials though, or am I mixing him up with someone, he's the other Scottish guy who's working with Malcolm for a while before the reshuffle right? The guy who smashes the printer in In the Loop?

Jamie is the reason Malcolm works. It creates this perfect relationship of two people who talk complete shit about everyone yet embrace the discussion between themselves. It's an amazing way of writing two 'comedic' characters.

Oh yeah, he's excellent, was just making sure I wasn't mixing up names. They roll with the punches well though, I didn't like series 3 as much, but Rebecca Front does a pretty great job. I wasn't really sure how I felt by the end of it, but I'm excited to see what they do this time, with a very different political landscape to satirise and mock.

Gremill said:

Mad Men is just...jaw droppingly good TV. GoT is going great guns too, in really looking forward to that weaselly wee cunt who molested his sister getting murdered. You know, the iron coast guy who looks like a 1980s photofit of keifer sutherland.
Watched a great Fringe today too, set in the future, with Dennis out of Lost.

The guy who plays Theon is Lily Allen's brother. The one she wrote the song 'Alfie' about.

@RasDum:  I am obsessed with Modern Family.  It has me in stitches constantly!  Some of the oneliners and awkward scenarios are just comedy genius.  My favourite has to be when Phil puts an Ad on his car that makes his wife and daughter look like whores!  I was actually pissing myself.

And Sofia Vergare is just incredible!

The immortal line was:

'Do the carpets match the drapes?  Er...I think so'

"Isn't it enough this family spends a lot of time together? Now we have to inbreed?!"

RasDam said:

Modern Family on the otherhand is absolutely brilliant and I'm ashamed that it's not been mentioned yet. I'm delighted that Ed O'Neill is involved in a hit comedy again. JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Really, I tried to watch that. Watched season 1 occasionally and a couple of season 2.

I really couldn't get on with it. Felt like a poor version of Malcolm in the Middle. Perhaps it got better.

Veep.

Swearing is funny.

stormyskiesahead said:

If
you didn't like season 1 of Modern Family I wouldn't bother with the
rest. More of the same really, although I have to say I do really like
it. 

Just started season 3 of Community. Brilliant.

Edit: Except the episodes that focus on Abed (jesus, chicken..), just awful.

Oops, was confusing it with The Middle actually. Modern Family is most certainly better, though haven't watched a lot of it.

I've never seen The Middle. I feel priviledged.

Yeah, The Middle is horrendous, looks like a very cynical attempt at re-creating something like Malcolm in The Middle, although why anyone would want to is beyond me.

Let's get the mother from Everyone Loves Raymond, that janitor dude off Scrubs, let's get a kid who looks even weirder than the freak off MitM and another couple of brats, what could possibly go wrong?

Also, I quite enjoyed the first episode of 2 Broke Girls, there were a few better jokes than I expected. The 2nd episode was dogshit though, pure dogshit.

I like The Middle :(

Perhaps living with a 15/16 year old brings some awkward recognition lost on most of you.