Why can’t all worthy characters get the shows that they deserve? What more does a quality character have to do to get a little help? In sports they’re called franchise players and teams build around them. Is anyone in TV listening?

An accusation leads to some riveting discussion about what constitutes fluff versus meaningful TV, all ending with an admission worth waiting for. Reading this Quibbling Siblings is better than watching any fluff show!

Budgets and job offers and retconning, oh my! As we leaf through the final chapters of ‘Friday Night Lights,’ our characters are defined by change.

Boy, did the ‘Idol’ hype machine kick things into high gear this week, complete with lots discussions and rumors and promises all would be explained. But, in the end, it was just … hype.

It’s Valentine’s day on ‘Cougar Town’ (how fortuitous that this is episode 2×14) and everyone is losing their damn mind. Luckily, Tom is around to be extra creepy and bring everyone back together.

On Monday night, I though ‘Human Target’ had continuity issues. Perhaps they did, but it’s much worse that that. They may not have quite jumped the shark tonight, but they definitely leapt over the sardine … the stinky, stinky sardine.

This week’s episode of ‘Parenthood’ had some great moments, but Adam accidentally getting high and crashing Julia’s ladies-only party is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.