Now That NBC Comedy Thursday is Back...

... I can finally move on with my life instead of being stuck in Summer with some of the worst television programming ever (except True Blood and eventually Jersey Shore).

So, I don't like the new order these shows are in... 30 Rock was great showing last, it kept an audience waiting until the end for the best show (well, maybe not the best with The Office still being on, but still). Instead they moved 30 Rock up an hour and put the new, borderline ignorant (and not the funny kind of ignorant where it's pointing out how stupid ignorant people can be) show Outsourced. However Community and The Office stayed the same. Eventually Parks and Recreation will be back when Outsourced gets cancelled, and I can't wait for that day.

The best show of the night was easily The Office. From beginning to end it was just packed with some of the most hilarious shit. I gotta say, that the intro, was easily one of the best things I've seen all premiere season. It was just an excellent way to get an audience laughing and saying "WTF why are they doing this?" I'm pretty sure from beginning to end this season is going to be one of their best since it is Steve Carrell's final season on the show (which is a completely different conversation altogether. I mean, did anyone watch The OC after Marisa died? How long did That 70s Show last after Topher Grace exited?) Anyway - Stand out of the episode I thought was definitely Kelly Kapur. During her summer she attended a minority executive training class at Yale through Sabre and now wears a bright pink "professional" suit. I soooooooo hope that she and Andy get into arguments over which was the better Ivy. Because, let's be real, Cornell isn't a real Ivy. Besides they've got their own claim to fame, a high suicide rate and a great hospitality program. But seriously, how could you not want to see the ditsy girl claim she now has a better education than Andy because she went to Yale for a TRAINING program? Maybe they're preparing for Kelly to be the new boss at Scranton. I wouldn't be opposed.
Erin should not be with the Sabre guy. I hope this ends like... now. But I will admit, I think he's doing a much better job at being funny now than he was last season where it was awkward, but not funny awkward, just. awkward.
Mostly, I'm just glad to watch new episodes of The Office. I was getting bored of watching the same five episodes on Hulu while anticipating the return.

Community - I would like to thank you for putting Joel McHale in only boxer briefs and working out in the beginning of the episode. Please let this be his only outfit for the rest of the run of the show. Thanks.
Also, thank you for giving Betty White a hilarious role, even if it was only for the one episode. (I got really excited that she was the professor and thought that perhaps she'd somehow be a season regular, or at least common enough that it seemed to be that way).
Finally - Betty White, Abed, and Troy rapping. Enough said.

30 Rock - Good enough. Of course I'll keep watching. Who doesn't want to watch Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey always?

Outsourced - I had such high hopes for this show. The previews were all extremely promising. The premise was a little far-fetched, but whatever, as long as it was funny that could be overlooked. Unfortunately I laughed... twice? Maybe three times.
Basically the premise is your average American gets sent to India to work a call center for a company that sells novelty items, like boobs that jiggly with music that you can mount on your wall, fake poo, and other various items that the Indian workers don't understand. Now, this is where the show tries to show what it is about: How American consumerism is viewed in a country that is supposedly the complete opposite.
Honestly, that's not even the worst part. The worst part is the main character. He's boring, not funny, horrible comedic timing (and the writing isn't anywhere near the level of the other NBC comedies, or really any comedy for that matter). I don't know on what level you're supposed to relate to this character. I don't relate with boring. Sorry. I'm not sure if you're supposed to feel bad for him for being forced into such a different environment than what he's used to, but it doesn't work. Nothing about this show really works all that well except for the hot Indian woman and the hot Aussie dingo (isn't that like the equivalent of calling someone a fox? but in Australian?)

Ultimately, Community, 30 Rock, and The Office are stellar which was totally expected. I had high hopes for Outsourced, but I definitely want Parks and Recreation back.

Fennopian