speaking of nbcs thursdays comedy block, its a shambles at the moment with parks and rec the only hold out from the previous regime. i understand that despite their critical acclaim the ratings werent especially good for any of these shows much beyond the early years of the office, but now they have a bunch of lowest common denominator shows with neither ratings nor cultural cache. they did sign on for a new tina fey sitcom starring the offices ellie kemper but its a long slog back to respectability.