LOL Sunday on FOX
So, what does everybody think of the Sunday-night lineup (aka the LOL SUNDAY NIGHT) on FOX? it starts with the Simpsons, then the Bernie Mac show, then Malcolm in the Middle, then Arrested Development.
Personally, I think it is great Sunday night TV. Although, I don't watch the Bernie Mac Show
Personally, I think it is great Sunday night TV. Although, I don't watch the Bernie Mac Show



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The Simpsons has jumped the shark.
Malcolm isn't as funny (speaking of jumping the shark -- a baby?), but it's still pretty funny. Bernie Mac is very funny often if you can keep up. Arrested Development still has the new show shine to it.
I haven't really given bernie mac a shot, i'm too upset that it isn't Oliver Bean.
As a side note, i'm watching the first part of Simpson's season one DVD right now (day-after-thanksgiving best buy $11.99 special). The show is sooo much different now. Bart used to be a serious brat and homer was very very mean.
Furthermore, did you know the Simpsons started as a christmas special? That Smithers was black? I've noticed lots of little differences. Most of the supporting characters didn't even exist. I recommend getting season one on DVD.
Bart was the focus of the show originally, as he was in the Ullman sketches. He was supposed to be a juvenile delinquent. Homer wasn't so much stupid and insensitive as he was a typical football-loving guy's guy. They changed the focus of the show to Homer during the second season I think, when viewers related to him more and Bart's shock value had worn thin.
One of the reasons that Sam Simon doesn't like the show any more is that he feels that Homer is too stupid and too insenstive and cruel now. In early episodes, Homer does stuff like brings the family into therapy because he's embarassed by them. He's a lot more in touch in early episodes, and is sort of a caricature of himself now.
[added]Smithers wasn't supposed to be black, but in one early episode the animation/color at the time painted him that way since he wasn't enough of a mainstay to know any better. I think it was Groening who said to imagine that he just got back from a long tropical vacation when you see that episode.
...okay, every once in awhile I watch a little Football on Fox.