The Funcooker

Good, if predictable, list.  -Lemon.

Since I can’t reblog myself, this’ll have to do.  Enjoy!  -Lemon.

A really interesting discussion of death on network TV.  Including this gem:

NBC is a disaster, so you can’t really make any broad statements about its handling of death. The “Law & Order” shows follow the CBS model. “ER,” now deceased itself, was the master of the November/February/May death, whether it involved the show’s main physicians or just a well-known guest star. “Heroes” manages to out-do “Lost” when it comes to the afterlife fake-out. When Landry killed Tyra’s assailant on “Friday Night Lights,” it quashed an entire season and has become something so verboten that even when it would make sense to discuss it — Tyra’s college essay should have been “Really, I Want to Leave the Town Where My Sister Strips and My Boyfriend Murdered My Attempted Rapist,” a tome that could have gotten her into Harvard — it’s off limits. Nothing harshes the comedic buzz on “Chuck” faster than a mention of the main character’s mother. And on “Medium,” the main character sees Dead People. See? It’s all over the map.

-lemon.

As much as I’ve lost faith in Grey’s Anatomy, I have high hopes for this.

-lemon.

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