Topic: What would you do with the Simpsons?

[S-U-P-E-R]

Fortunately for those of us who like funny, you guys aren't television producers.

Also, bring back Conan O'Brien as a Simpsons writer, I guess?

[nickmitch]

Yeah, because that guy has nothing else going for him right now.

[EasyCure]

Fortunately for those of us who like funny, you guys aren't television producers.

Also, bring back Conan O'Brien as a Simpsons writer, I guess?

Subjective, because I can list numerous things I find much more humerous than that stuffy old Office. You people take your own opinions way too seriously Then again Super is a known troll so responding to you directly was probably your intent. Still love ya though!

Yeah, because that guy has nothing else going for him right now.

Well the show hasn't been the same since he left NBC, since he can't do a lot of his old bits and a lot of the new ones are just lacking.. I wouldn't mind seeing him write on the simpsons again.

[nickmitch]

Andy Richter really makes that show for me, to be honest. I wish he still had his own sitcom. :^/

[NWR_insanolord]

Andy Richter really makes that show for me, to be honest. I wish he still had his own sitcom. :^/

I loved Andy Barker, P.I., but apparently no one else did.

[Khushrenada]

Andy Richter really makes that show for me, to be honest. I wish he still had his own sitcom. :^/

I loved Andy Barker, P.I., but apparently no one else did.

I watched every episode. I thought it was great. Lately, Conan has started doing a bit more of the comedy he did on Late Night. But I agree that it hasn't been the same. I'm rather tired of the whole fan corrections but I get that he does it as a way to acknowledge the fanbase that has stuck with him. Honestly, when he did The Tonight Show, he was really good and it was the best The Tonight Show had been since Johnny Carson left. Blast NBC and their love of Leno. Funny enough, I just took out a book from the library about that whole debacle to read more about what when on behind the scenes.

And I just want to clarify that while Parks and Recreation is shot in the documentary style of The Office, they don't really treat it like a documentary or go for the awkward humor that The Office tries for. I would actually compare it to the show Newhart if any of you are familiar with that. Both shows were set in a small town full of quirky characters and the laughs come from the relationships of those characters and the townsfolks quirky idiosyncrasies.

[EasyCure]

Andy is the best and I was sad when he left Late Night..

has anyone seen that Conan documentary on netflix, Can't Stop? THAT was awesome..

[NWR_insanolord]

I've had it in my queue forever and haven't got around to watching it.

[EasyCure]

DO IT NOW! /cona'simpersonationofahhhnoollddd

[nickmitch]

It was absolutely AMAZING! It kind of kicked off a documentary kick I had last spring.

[TJ Spyke]

Blast NBC and their love of Leno.

Um, Leno had nothing to do with it. It was because ratings of the show with Conan as host were TERRIBLE. The show was bombing and losing to Letterman badly. If the ratings had stayed the same, he would have stayed on as host of the show. Conan does not have the mass market appeal he thinks he does. I like him, but his failure to attract viewers led to him leaving (and he was not fired, despite some people saying NBC fired him).

[EasyCure]

Blast NBC and their love of Leno.

Um, Leno had nothing to do with it. It was because ratings of the show with Conan as host were TERRIBLE. The show was bombing and losing to Letterman badly. If the ratings had stayed the same, he would have stayed on as host of the show. Conan does not have the mass market appeal he thinks he does. I like him, but his failure to attract viewers led to him leaving (and he was not fired, despite some people saying NBC fired him).

so you're saying he chose to walk off the biggest late night franchise ever, willingly, and NBC paid him handsomely for it? Wish I could do that with my job.

[TJ Spyke]

He and NBC had a contract. He wanted to leave, and NBC wanted him gone because he was killing the show with his dismal ratings, so they were happy to buy him out (I do admire that he made sure part of the deal was that his employees would get paid too). The ratings under him were the lowest in many, many years and it was making NBC lose money and the talk show wars with Letterman. They couldn't just fire him without getting sued, so they agreed to buy out his contract.

[lolmonade]

Blast NBC and their love of Leno.

Um, Leno had nothing to do with it. It was because ratings of the show with Conan as host were TERRIBLE. The show was bombing and losing to Letterman badly. If the ratings had stayed the same, he would have stayed on as host of the show. Conan does not have the mass market appeal he thinks he does. I like him, but his failure to attract viewers led to him leaving (and he was not fired, despite some people saying NBC fired him).

For what it's worth, Leno was given a show just prior to Conan's version of the Tonight Show, so it gave Leno's fans no reason to bother checking out Conan's show if they could essentially get the same thing they wanted, just earlier.

I can't speak to the mass-market appeal of Conan, but I think not mentioning that as context makes it seem like Conan's lack of appeal is the ONLY reason things didn't go well in the transition.

[Plugabugz]

I've never understood these "late shows". They've always been a dead zone here post 11pm.

[Plugabugz]

In an twist which only validates my point that the US TV system is at fault, Charlie Sheen's Anger Management has been granted a 90 episode (45 episodes a season!) production order.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a449806/anger-management-for-two-year-run-45-episodes-per-season.html

Insane.

[nickmitch]

They're obviously trying to kill him.

[TJ Spyke]

In an twist which only validates my point that the US TV system is at fault, Charlie Sheen's Anger Management has been granted a 90 episode (45 episodes a season!) production order.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a449806/anger-management-for-two-year-run-45-episodes-per-season.html

Insane.

That has nothing to do with the TV system in the US, more like FX wanting to secure Charlie Sheen and also have enough episodes to license into syndication. They will film like 3 episodes a week, the show is already getting terrible ratings. It was like when TBS granted Tyler Perry a 100 episode commitment.