…What? You didn’t know I had pals? Well, maybe I won’t after this. But I gotta be honest, you know?
NECESSARY ROUGHNESS
So many jocks. So little game.
THE FIRM
So many gambits. So little result.
…What? You didn’t know I had pals? Well, maybe I won’t after this. But I gotta be honest, you know?
NECESSARY ROUGHNESS
So many jocks. So little game.
THE FIRM
So many gambits. So little result.
Yes, sitcoms have stories. At least, they’re supposed to.
This is the second part of Ken Levine’s class in Comedy 101. You probably should read the first part before venturing further.

…Is it just us or has the current hiatus been going on way too long? ‘Cuz if feels like it’s never coming back.

Why aren’t you in the room, hard at work? %#@! writers!
EDITED BY LB TO ADD: Um, minion, sorry to tell you this but RAYMOND’s been off the air since 2005. It just looks like it’s still on because every local/cable channel on the planet shows the reruns. Like FRAZIER, and GOLDEN GIRLS. Guess RAYMOND’s become a classic.
Out with the old. In with the…almost, kinda, sorta not-so-old:

TNT Says Goodbye to The Closer, Hello to Major Crimes – by Adam Bryant
The Closer‘s series finale finds Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) trying to put away slippery defense attorney — and suspected serial rapist —Phillip Stroh (Billy Burke) once and for all. And although the climax of the Stroh storyline heavily impacts Brenda’s future, it’s the introduction of another character — an orphaned teenage hustler named Rusty (Graham Patrick Martin) — that may ultimately prove to be most important. So much so that he’ll also be a focal point of Major Crimes.
…for Steven Moffat and Caro Skinner, the show’s two Executive Producers, to answer. And we know that if TVWriter™ ‘s visitors know how to do anything it’s ask questions:

Ask the Execs: Put Your Questions to Steven Moffat and Caro Skinner! (BBC.Com)