May 20, 2012

which is my favourite show.

yeah sure Game of Thrones is epic and Mad Men is dramatic and Breaking Bad has some of the best cliffhangers ever, but Community manages to be fresh and real and interesting every damn episode and particularly the 3rd season which has the episode with the multiple storylines, the two-part pillow fort vs blanket fort episode, an Law & Order spoof episode and the one where it's all in a videogame.

it's funny and quirky and weird and so meta has some of the best writing I've ever heard in a tv show. which for some reason means that NBC decided not only to move it to a Friday slot where it will most likely get cancelled because Friday nights are where tv shows go to die but they've also replaced Dan Harmon, the creator of the show, for reasons that even Harmon himself doesn't understand.

Community has a huge cult following, it's original and creative television and there isn't anything else like it and right as the show is gaining momentum the network is pulling the plug and for what?

so other fine NBC programs like the following can have more airtime:

The Celebrity Apprentice
America's Got Talent
The Biggest Loser
Fashion Star
Who Do You Think You Are?
Off Their Rockers

why is it that shows like Arrested Development and Community have to bite and claw to stay on the air (and we all know what happened to Arrested Development, another fantastic show) while trash like Jersey Shore and Toddlers and Tiaras are given prime-time slots and pushed down our throats?

what does this say about our society that 'popular television' isn't shows where clear thought, time and love have gone into writing and producing each episode, but rather glamourize addiction, pressure to be thin, or lunatic mothers who think dressing their little girls up to look like prostitutes? what is wrong with us?

what happened to Dan Harmon, and is happening to Community, is just another example of how stupid and ignorant people in our society are becoming. that we'd rather watch fat people try to lose weight than a show that makes us think, laugh and feel something.

so in summation, FUCK YOU NBC. you've officially destroyed a wonderful program that nobody but your corporate executives wanted to see go away.

take a long walk off a short pier, you ignorant jerkoffs.