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TunedIn JmsP post re Happy Endings reliably funny now, having like Cougar Town dropped premise to be: Here is a group of people who will be funny every week. /mm community = comedy The Morning After: New Beginning for Endings - Tuned In - TIME.com [dlcs'd]
Also mentioned Happy Endings in connection w New Girl (Fox) bcs Damon Wayans was in the pilot for that but had to be written out when HappyEndings (ABC) was renewed bcs he stars in that. The Morning After: Who’s That Guy? It’s– - Tuned In - TIME.com
Wayans int bcs b ~ 1960 so 20yrsish older than costars in both shows? also news to me that Elisha Cuthbert from 24 in HappyEndings, huh. and set in Chgo. but, saw bit tonite, d n appeal.

but now on mind, why *were* there so many of these relationship sitcoms all at once? d n pay attn except th in Febr prob read sth re debuts of Traffic Light and Mad Love, bcs was aware of those. the latter seemed eh. the former seemed not so bad and saw praise fr someone I think tim goodman. in cnnxn w those prob saw mention of PerfectCouples. knew there was some kind of phenomenon ~ bcs of Modern Family being successful, that was why?
yes, all midseason Jan then Feb and Feb, with HappyEndings later in April. on each of big four networks.

just dlcs pgmrkd wkp HappyEndings and took notes:
#HappyEndings ABC Apr-Aug11. renewed in May for 2nd seasn. th series was initially negatively compared w several similar "relationshp sitcoms" that premiered earlier in th season:
#PerfectCouples NBC Jan-Apr11 officially cancelled in May. re three couples, cast incl Mary Eliz Ellis (w long blond hair as saw on her in guest appearance last nite on New Girl, d n know where so fmlr fr: Always Sunny) and #FriendswBenefits NBC; delayed til airedAug-Sept. incl'd RyanHansen of vm.
#MadLove CBS Feb-May2011. NY 30sths Jason Biggs, Sarah Chalke, Judy Greer, Tyler Labine. two meet fall in love, their friends skeptical. chars in bar at end ea epsd. /saw bit, eh./ #TrafficLight FOX Feb-May2011. Tues 9:30 pm replacemnt RunningWilde, followd RaisingHope /thrf I saw a bit. seemed not bad, maybe better th bit saw tonite of HappyEnds. & tim goodman I think also said not bad, maybe I saw th on his power rankings.

then ggl Perfect Couples, Mad Love, Traffic Light - Google Search >> hits:

[ reeltv.sidereel.com four disturbingly similar midseason relationship comedies. Learn how to tell the difference btw Perfect Couples, Mad Love, Traffic Light, and Happy Endings ]

TV review: Perfect Couples; Happy Endings | Television & radio | The Guardian Sep 8, 2011 –
-Having seen all 13 episodes of Happy Endings it improves after the first three or four episodes, which are concerned with the relationship between Dave and Alex. Once they establish the group dynamic it starts to become worth watching. Eliza Coupe was great in seasons 8 and 9 of Scrubs, and Damon Wayans Jr has the comedy timing of his father (though not his uncles), and Elisha Cuthbert is reasonably good at comedy (which she showed a little of in Old School). Casey Wilson was once on SNL, so she has good comic timing. And unlike Perfect Couples, Mad Love, Traffic Light and Friends with Benefits (the TV series not the film) it has a second season.
In the US Happy Endings was broadcast out of order, E4 should stick to the production order if they want to get an audience.
-Yes, Happy Endings improves markedly even by the second episode and even more so as the season progresses. Worth a second look for anyone on the fence. Perfect Couples is god-awful, though.
-Happy Endings gets better as it goes on. It's no Arrested Development, but nothing is. The best comedies on TV right now are Community and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

--> Why I liked Happy Endings More than Perfect Couples, Mad Love & Traffic Light: April 13, 2011 bigtvfan.wordpress.com...

--> Why Do All The Networks Have New Romantic Comedies ... xfinitytv.comcast.net.. Jan 26, 2011 –
So why the trend? “Comedy started to get harder, mean and more cynical and the natural blow back from that is romantic comedies, says “Mad Love” show runner Matt Tarses. “There was and is a lot of workplace comedies and family comedies, but no romantic comedies and I think we all saw that.” Jon Pollack, show runner of “Perfect Couples,” says that the success of ABC’s “Modern Family” opened the door to this new wave of rom-coms. “‘Modern Family’ is very relationship-oriented, though focused on family, so there was space for relationship-oriented shows focused on couples.”
... Though the four new shows in question – “Mad Love,” “Happy Endings,” “Perfect Couples,” and “Traffic Light,” might share a genre, they are all vastly {c'mon} different. Let's break em down.


100 Currently Airing Television Shows Better than "Perfect Couples" Feb 28, 2011 –
www.pajiba.com ... By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under TV Reviews
On Friday mornings, I compile a list of what I think are the ten (or so) best one-liners from the NBC Thursday night comedies, along with frivolous grades for each show. I do this mostly to provide a space for folks to talk about the Thursday night shows, to mull over the best quotes, and maybe offer up their own favorite one-liners.However, recently, I stopped including both “Outsourced” and “Perfect Couples” for one very simple reason: They are terrible fucking shows. “Outsourced” could occasionally be tolerable, but now that it’s last on the Thursday night schedule, I feel no remorse in turning off the television at 10:30 and finding something more productive to do with my time, like play in traffic. :) Nevertheless, each week since I began excluding “Perfect Couples,” there have been comments asking why, suggesting that’s it’s not that bad, and a recent comment that stated, “At least it’s better than 90 percent of the crap on TV right now.” No, it’s not.
I started compiling a list of the shows I’d watch before I’d watch another episode of “Perfect Couples.” Many of the shows on this list are bad, but none of the 100 below are worse than “Perfect Couples,” which means — by my calculation — that there has to be 1000 shows currently airing on television for “Perfect Couples” to hit the 10 percent cut-off, even assuming that it would be 101st on the list below.
We bitch and complain about our lack of television viewing options, but if you look closer, there’s plenty to watch out there, and probably 20 really solid hours of television entertainment each week, which is more than enough for most people to avoid “Perfect Couples.”
Below are 100 shows currently airing that I’d watch before “Perfect Couples.” Some of them aren’t currently on the weekly schedule, but they are ongoing, which means you could spend the time during “Perfect Couples” catching up on them on DVD, Netflix, Hulu, or the network websites. Or you could {do nothing}. Either way, if you’re not watching “Perfect Couples,” you come out ahead.

hmm this site & rvwr new to me. also by Dustin Rowles:
All Those Network TV Shows that You Barely Know Exist? Yeah, Those are the Most Popular Ones Y'all want to know what the Top 20 Shows in Primetime were last week, the second full week of the premiere season? Here they are. There’s exactly one show {prob Modern Family} actually worth watching among the top 20 (three if you count football and the football pregame).

and bringing it back to where my int started:
The 10 Best Television Episodes of the Week: "What? Oh Now a Brother Can't Twirl?" -by Dustin Rowles | Pajiba .#7 “Happy Endings”: Damon Wayans, Jr. is the best thing in sitcoms this side of Troy Barnes {Community} and Ron Swanson {Parks&Rec}. Is there a “Fuck Yeah! Brad Williams” tumblr yet?