NewsRadio - Season 4

So what is funny?

It’s the question we’ve been asking ever since this reconsideration of NewsRadio began three years…

There’s nothing inherently wrong with Walt — at least with Walt as an idea.  He’s just The New Guy, and The New Guy…

A sitcom, like any other cultural institution, is a set of conventions. We sit in front of the TV with certain…

It’s time to talk about Matthew. And that means it’s time to talk about Andy Dick. I’ve known this day would come…

This week’s pair of episodes wraps up a lengthy story arc and returns to stand-alone episodes. Out in the real world…

In nearly all sitcoms set in the workplace, the characters’ actual work tends to fade into the background as the…

When Andrea Planbee made Lisa the news director, she also rearranged the "situation" part of this situation comedy.…

Conventions sometimes frustrate me to the point of physical distress.  I'm not opposed to conventionality, not in…

If you like Dave Foley reacting to things, have I got two episodes for you.  While both "French Diplomacy" and "Pure…

Season 4 doesn't fool around, does it?  Already the all-time classics are coming thick and fast.  I know some of you…

Two scenes in our inaugural set of NewsRadio Season 4 episodes — one from "Jumper," one from "Planbee" — illustrate…