Inquisitionist

I tend to cut comedies a lot more slack about professional details than, say, a procedural like L&O. :-)

"Oh my god, I'm a lesbian." Also love the reaction of the nuns who decide they can't accept this "donation." One of my other favorites is "Snow Days," especially when Debra makes up with Frank outside.

I never said it was. But it IS Doug Judy's last name, and unusual in that context.

Ack, that GG episode was such a waste of the Hamm charms.

I assume so. "Judy" is rather unusual as a last name, isn't it?

I recently heard those lyrics from the L'il Sebastian song correctly at last. I always thought Andy was saying something about "satisfaction." Oy.

I often save Wednesday's recording of Black-ish to watch on Sunday just before B99. They make a great pairing!

Good lord, it's one freaking missed period. Until a pregnancy test has been taken, going to the see a doctor would be a waste of her/his time and of health care dollars. (and I'm well past 40...)

There are a lot of "fresh faces" in the Comedy Series category:

My movie-going has trailed off since 2000-ish: I haven't seen any of the movies AA did from 2000 - 2005. I have seen The Departed and The Big Year, but have no recollection of him in either of those. But as soon as paulvdb said "Lord of the Bling" from VM, I knew that's where I'd seen him.

GG's are for the calendar year. Both MM and P&R aired half a season in 2014, but in the spring. I don't think the GG voters can think back that far.

And the show was snubbed, too: The 2nd season of The Americans was better than DA, TGW, and HoC -- I haven't watched the other two series.

By some accounts, yes.

Michael Gross would be a great, age-appropriate choice (b. 1947 to Alda's 1936). He'd pair up nicely with either Alfre Woodard (1952) or Lynn Whitfield (1953). They have to age Laurence Fishburne (1961) quite a bit for his role (Jennifer Lewis, too, 1957).

Francis McDormand is nominated for a Golden Globe, as is the mini-series itself, but Richard Jenkins' fine performance couldn't elbow its way into the Lead Actor category.

After winning Best Comedy and Best Actor in a Comedy last year, no B99 love from the Golden Globes this year. At least Modern Family isn't nominated for anything this year either.

I don't buy that. One can critique on the basis of analytical thinking without being smug. Smug means "having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements." I have worked with many very smart people, including actual (not pretend*) Nobel prize winners in economics, who are more humble than the average Sorkin mouthpiece. This is what grates. Sorkin sets his characters up to be "the smartest person in the room" without the humility that truly smart people have of understanding that they can't know everything and always be right. And then, more often than not, the characters' arrogance is shown as justified because, lo and behold, they were right (as the storyline played out). *ETA: Making Jed Bartlett a Nobel Prize winner was typical Sorkin overkill. He couldn't simply have been an economics professor turned politician. No, Sorkin had to put the sheen of Nobel on him (smart! smart! super-smart!), which was kind of ridiculous.

The Matisse/Magritte issue was clearly factual. The announcer's statements were open to interpretation. So in the situations presented on the show, I think the distinction was pretty clear, both to the viewers and to Dre. But yeah, "take your discussions about potentially racist comments private" is also good advice.

I hope S2 is available for Prime streaming on amazon.com before S3 begins. I need to get my husband into this series!

B99 also snagged a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. The other nominated series are: The Big Bang Theory (watched once; the laugh track gave me a headache), Modern Family (no longer watch; played out, IMO), Orange Is the New Black (watched one episode; not a comedy, IMO), and VEEP (have watched a few times; good cast).

Perfect!

Amazon isn't any help either. I started watching Justified through my Prime membership in January. I don't recall the exact timing, but I think S4 was available through Prime while S5 was airing on F/X.

Amen. No one seems "hungry" any more. Most cast members seem to be "putting in their time" for the inevitable break into movies. I don't know why I bother recording it. Each episode is lamer than the last.

Because Sorkin wrote the story that way. Nussbaum's point was that he didn't have to. He chose to.

Ah, that's where I've seen him. Thanks!