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Season Premiere: Scrubs –“My Jerks” and “My Last Words”
“My Jerks” and “My Last Words” January 6th, 2008 When I heard that Scrubs was given an eighth season, I was frustrated: this is a show that has been proclaimed dead more times than I can count, and...
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Series (Season?) Finale: Scrubs –“My Finale”
“My Finale” May 6th, 2009 ABC made a decision last year to save Scrubs, which at the time seemed like a mistake: the show was struggling mightily with its creative focus, and if you go back and read...
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Series Premiere: Cougar Town –“Pilot”
“Pilot” September 23rd, 2009 Pilot season is really kind of an awkward time, when you think about it. If you’re going to be a “breakthrough” show (like Modern Family, which aired before Cougar Town),...
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Cougar Town –“Don’t Come Around Here No More”
“Don’t Come Around Here No More” November 4th, 2009 It’s been a while (since, you know, the show’s pilot) since I’ve visited Cougar Town from a critical perspective, as the show has largely stood to...
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Cougar Town –“Rhino Skin”
“Rhino Skin” January 6th, 2010 I think a lot of people have chosen to judge Cougar Town entirely based on Courteney Cox’s performance as Jules, which was perhaps fair early in the season – the show...
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Cougar Town –“Everything Man”
“Everything Man” March 31st, 2010 I feel as if “Everything Man” was written as some sort of ridiculous joke, fitting for the night before April Fool’s Day. My point is not that the episode wasn’t...
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Cougar Town –“Feel a Whole Lot Better”
“Feel a Whole Lot Better” May 5th, 2010 In Scrubs’ first season, J.D. and Elliot were two people who should logically be together: they were clearly attracted to one another, they were both young and...
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Cougar Town –“Makin’ Some Noise”
“Makin’ Some Noise” October 6th, 2010 There’s an interesting duality to Cougar Town: the series is more consistently driven by change than any other television sitcom, and yet at the same time it...
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Sitcom and the Standup Experience: NBC’s Undateable
In January, Warner Bros. Television gathered journalists in Pasadena for an event built around their comedy slate. Although there were screenings for both long-standing hit The Big Bang Theory and...
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