Chip Off The (Comparatively Because It's The Entertainment Business) Old Block

I think ABC is very smart to follow NBC's lead and create a block of comedy shows on Wednesday nights. I have absolutely no question that NBC's decision to tie Community, 30 Rock, The Office, and Parks and Recreation (I refuse to acknowledge Outsourced) is the reason I watched The Office at all even though I find awkward humor extremely painful; that I kept watching 30 Rock through what I believe was a precipitous decline in the show's quality; and that I checked out Parks and Recreation at all. There are very few nights where I'm actually going to sit down and devote several hours, in real-time, to television shows that aren't the Patriots or the Red Sox. Making it easier for me to do it is a big selling point for me to tune into a network. I've said before that I would probably pay as much as I do for cable now for access to a couple of networks and shows if I could get them selectively, and whenever I wanted them. Scheduling changes like this make it easier for me to live with the old system.