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This Week’s Top 5 TV Moments

By Sarah Fonder on

There are scores of TV shows out there, with dozens of new episodes each week, not to mention everything you can find on Hulu Plus, Netflix streaming, and HBO Go. How’s a viewer to keep up? To help you sort through all that television has to offer, we’re compiling the five best moments on TV each week. Season finales made this a particularly rich week for TV, and this round sees the end of The Office, the long-awaited reveal of the mother on How I Met Your Mother, and a New Girl cameo from Taylor Swift. … Read More

Television

‘The Office’ Comes to a Poignant, Lovable Conclusion

By Jason Bailey on

Last night on NBC, with the appropriate pomp and fanfare, The Office did what it should have done at the close of season seven: it came to an end. The American version of the British classic had an appropriate cause for conclusion when star Steve Carrel made his exit, but the Peacock wasn’t ready to let one of its few successes go quite that easily. So things got bumpy in Scranton, during an eighth year filled with miscalculations and peculiarities. But when original showrunner Greg Daniels was brought back in to steer the show snugly into port during its last season, a funny thing happened: The Office started to work again. And last night’s series finale was a fine, poignant wrap-up of an erratic but lovable show. … Read More

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What’s On At Flavorwire: Links You Need to See

By Lillian Ruiz on

With The Office finishing its run tonight, Vulture has prepared the show a Six Feet Under style send-off. Speaking of killing your idols (sorta), check out this piece on why you sometimes have to end a series to save it. Shaun of the Dead turns ten today (what?!) and A.V. Club is celebrating… Read More

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Mapping the ‘The Office’s’ Slow Decline

By Chloe Pantazi on

For the dedicated fans of The Office who haven’t been offended/ disappointed/ heartbroken enough by its gradual decline over the seasons to abandon it entirely, tonight’s series finale may be its biggest disappointment yet. For all the show’s flaws, the Dunder Mifflin employees have indeed become something like family — not just among themselves, but to those committed viewers who have stuck with the gang through the good times and the very bad ones. Now that it’s time to bid the show goodbye, here’s our guide to the show’s steady descent, in a series of moments that made The Office really start to suck balls. (That’s what she said.) … Read More

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Let’s Overanalyze These Stills From ‘The Office’ Finale

By Chloe Pantazi on

NBC has released a series of promo stills from the upcoming finale of The Office, and the urge to over-analyze them is just irresistible. Following Vulture‘s mild spoiler, which hinted at a possible wedding, it looks like this will indeed be the case — but who’s getting hitched remains the crucial question. Take a look through the photos below to hazard a guess and hypothesize over what else will be happening to the Dunder Mifflin employees as we bid them our last adieu. … Read More

Television

The 12 Best Non-US Sitcoms of the Past 30 Years

By Tom Hawking on

You may well have been following Vulture’s ongoing Sitcom Showdown™, if only to ask quite how in god’s name anyone ever thought Sex and the City was funnier than 30 Rock. If so, though, you may well have noted that consideration for the best-sitcom-of-the-last-30-years crown was limited to US-made shows. But there have been plenty of English-language sitcoms from outside this country that have been just as good, if not better, than most of the Vulture list. Here are some of our… Read More

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10 Reruns Networks Should Show Instead of Their Current, Low-Rated Series

By Jason Bailey on

Here’s one of those instances where you have to remember that The Onion and A.V. Club are separate entities, so when you see a headline like, “Things are so bad for NBC, The Office and 1600 Penn are being bumped in favor of Matlock reruns,” you realize that this is not a parody story, but a thing that actually happened. Yes, WKYC, the Cleveland affiliate for NBC (which finished the last sweeps period in fifth place, behind CBS, Fox, ABC, y Univision) preempted last Thursday’s reruns of The Office and Law and Order: SVU, and a new episode of 1600 Penn, to air a two-hour Matlock episode from 1992. And here’s the best part: in the first hour, WKYC got better ratings for a show old enough to be a drinking human than it did for brand-new programming from the struggling Peacock. The Cleveland station may be onto something: what if networks replaced new shows dwelling in the ratings cellar with reruns of classics that would appeal to the same (or a larger) audience? We’ve got some suggestions after the jump. … Read More

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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds In Our Office

By Alison Nastasi on

Today at Flavorpill, we celebrated Taylor Swift’s twenty-third birthday like it was her fifteenth. We caught up with the history of that rare Metropolis poster that was auctioned off today. We talked about The Office with a real-life Scranton reporter. We found out who the famous artists are whose works will be entering the public domain in 2013. We explored a list of top-selling movies, music, TV, books, and apps on iTunes in 2012. We looked forward to watching Judd Apatow’s 60 Minutes profile this Sunday. … Read More

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Rainn Wilson Reveals His Angus T. Jones-Inspired Feelings on ‘The Office’

By Judy Berman on

“Dwight from The Office is nothing, OK? The Office is nothing, all right? If you watch The Office… please don’t watch The Office. I’m on The Office, it’s filth.” Oh yes, TV fans, it’s happening again. Inspired by 19-year-old Two and a Half Men star Angus T. Jones’ now-partially-retracted YouTube video denouncing that show, Rainn Wilson has been moved to tell us what he really thinks about The Office. And in homage to Jones’ clip, he even appears with an eerily silent buddy for moral support: Craig Robinson, who is killing it on the viral video front this week. So, which sitcom star will have a faux religious revelation next? Amy Poehler? Donald Glover? Mindy Kaling? Here’s hoping this will start a full-on meme. … Read More

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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Alison Nastasi on

Today at Flavorpill, we learned about a bizarre love triangle between a man, his virtual girlfriend, and his real-life bride. We explored the craziest and most lucrative thrift store finds. We spotted some never-before-seen sketches from Muppets creator Jim Henson. We talked to David LaChapelle about fame, bullying, and… Read More