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Uhh what? Friends wasn't anything too "original" btw. It was just a bunch of white people doing stuff, though it was good.

There are great comedy shows on TV right now: The Office, Scrubs, 30 Rock, Earl is good, How I met your mother, Curb your enthusiasm, etc. etc. They may not be traditional sitcoms, but still.

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He's just jealous because between How I Met Your Mother, The Office and My Name is Earl, people are finally realizing that Friends was terrible.

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obviously he's never heard of THE OFFICE. does arrested development count??

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obviously he's never heard of THE OFFICE. does arrested development count??

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Is this guy kidding? Seriously. There's a huge difference between "originality" and "quality" that he doesn't seem to get. For someone whose claim to fame was about as original as an According to Jim joke (sorry Joel, had to do it) I find it pretty outrageous for him to criticize others' originality. With that said, I do admit that Friends was a show of great quality and therein lies the distinction.

Notwithstanding, this guy lost complete credibility when he used Will and Grace as the beacon of the originality he says current TV lacks. Wow, Kevin - clicheed and repetitive gay jokes, how hysterical and original.

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HAHAHAHA

The guy from Friends complaining about bad sitcoms, then uses Will and Grace as an example?!

HAHAHAHA

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This coming from the guy also responsible for "Joey"...

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At least none of the sitcoms currently on the air are so desperate that they have added a monkey to the cast.

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This guy is an idiot, there are so many good sitcoms on right now

Scrubs
The Office
How I Met Your Mother
30 Rock
Two and Half Men
My Name is Earl

all favorites of mine

The Class is ok, its good filler between HIMYM and Heroes

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The perpetrator of one of the blandest and, as the seasons progressed, most moronic sitcoms in the last decade accuses other shows of being brain-dead? WOW.

...Who exactly is buying that gigantic all-season, every-show-in-the-series DVD set of "Friends", anyway? It's on TV like 6 times a day. I can't imagine wanting to keep & treasure them.

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I can't believe I'm the first to conjure "Arrested Development," which happened "since Will & Grace" originally aired.

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Think 2. said enough.. But seriously this guys only claim to fame is Friends.. if he think theres missing something how bout doing something about?

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I agree with #7's comment, Friends was original? The age of the sitcoms has been overshadowed by the serial drama, but the sitcoms nowadays are 100 times better than Friends or Will and Grace could've ever hoped to be.

The Office and Arrested Development blew Friends out of the water. No more 'one couch' sitcoms!

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There's hardly any great sitcoms on the air right now, the Office being the notable exception. The first year of that show was just okay, but they really hit their stride by the 2nd and 3rd years.

I'm sorry, but I just don't find Two and Half Men funny. I've tried to get into it and have watched on several occasions, and each time I think to myself what is so funny about this show?! It's stupid like Adventures of Old Christine or According to Jim.

Scrubs has been gone for a while now, but I understand is returning. It's really hard to keep up with a show that keeps changning nights. I don't know, this is one of those shows that is sort of near the end of it's life.

My Name is Earl is funny, in an offbeat sort of way, but it's not one of those shows that I have to catch every week.

Have never seen 30 Rock, and only caught How I met your Mother recently, which was surprisingly funny.

There is one new show coming to CBS that I saw during a sneak preview which was hilarious. I'm not sure if they'll keep the title, but it was called Rules of Engagement. If it shows up on the air, be sure to catch it.

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Wait a second, one of the talentless ass-clowns behind the totally by-the-numbers-mindnumbingly-infantile Friends is bitching about TV sitcoms?

While I agree that most TV sitcoms blow, i'd contend they have sucked for 20 years and Friends was part of the problem. The only sitcoms worth watching:

Entourage
The Office
My Name is Earl

50/50 shot at being funny:
30 Rock

Best sitcom ever:
Arrested Development

One similarity amongst all of them: no live audience or laugh track to tell you when to giggle.

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Here's the actual full-length article.
The Digital Spy article was just a brief reference

http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/11/26/back_at_emerson_friends_producer_bright_teaches_the_art_of_the_sitcom/

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You can add "My Boys" to the list of good sitcoms out there now.

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