Scrubs and 'Til Death Taken Off Life Support

Brad Garrett and Zach Braff, stars of 'Til Death and Scrubs, both unofficially revealed that their shows have been cancelled - and not a moment too soon.  In fact, this probably should have happened three seasons ago for Death and after season eight of Scrubs, which seemed to think it could survive after switching networks and losing most of the cast and the executive producer who made it so good in the first place.  Alas, while there still aren't enough sitcoms on network TV these days, some of the few we do have should follow Death and Scrubs out the door, either because they weren't very good to begin with (like Death) or are getting very long in the tooth (like Scrubs).

Two and a Half Men: I don't care that it's one of CBS's top-rated comedies.  It's unoriginal and it's not funny.  And while CBS might have needed it back in the day to replace their ratings juggernaut Everybody Loves Raymond, the network now has fresher and better shows in Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother that can do that job just fine - and without having to pay their stars nearly one million dollars per episode, only to have to shut down production for a few weeks and cut back on the season's episode order because of that same star's many personal problems.  Plus, the "half man" in the show's title is like 35 years old by now.    

The New Adventures of Old Christine: I like Julia Louis-Dreyfus and I want her post-Seinfeld career to be successful.  But this show is now in its fifth season (which is shocking since I thought it was cancelled like three times already) and that's plenty of time to prove that it can't and won't get an audience.  Pull the plug.

Any (Preferably All) of Seth MacFarlane's Shows: The fact that Seth MacFarlane has three identical shows on Fox Sunday nights says more about Fox's lack of ability and/or desire to put any effort into programming their Sunday nights than it does about his talents.  Yes, MacFarlane's shows are (somehow) successful and they definitely have a fanbase (of which I am clearly not a member).  But we really don't need three of them.  We didn't even need two.

According to Jim: Ph my god, why is this still on the air?  It's not funny, it doesn't get good ratings, and no one believes that Jim Belushi could land Courtney Thorne-Smith in real life.  Wait - what's that you say?  It IS cancelled?  Since the end of last season?  Hooray!  Perhaps there is hope for the future of comedy on television after all.