[Mathews]

"My Name is Earl" has a good message. Substitute Karma for God and there you have it. Same network, right?

[Mikey_1962]

I have to say I LOVE 'Earl'... next to The Office, the funniest comedy on TV... salient word COMEDY.

[radioman]

"My Name is Earl" has a good message. Substitute Karma for God and there you have it. Same network, right?

Earl is the only NBC show making money. I watched the first thirty minutes of Daniel expecting a comedy. Daniel stinks. The characters are as shallow as pee on a plate.
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[kidd]

I saw "Earl" for the first time last night.

I laughed out loud.

It was the first time since the Raymond PMS episode that I've laughed at a sitcom.

And yes, when Earl looked up at heaven saying that maybe he was doing the work of "karma", I decided that it was also a clever show.

I will have to watch it again.

[HamiltonJay]

Earl is truly a great show... A commedy, but generally not insulting of the intelligence of its audience. Not mearly sexual innuendos and slapstick trying to be passed of as a sitcom. For a pretty simple redneck, Earl does take on some very interesting issues.. but does well and in the context of a comedy... It never overplays itself. (at least in the episodes I have seen)

The characters are believable, their actions are generally believable as well.. the old style make people act like normal people would never act just to set up a joke is definately not the way this one plays.

NBC does have 2 great comedies right now, 1 is "My Name is Earl" and the other is "SCRUBS"... now why they decided not to use scrubs as a part of their fall line up and use it instead as a "mid season replacement" is beyond me.. that's almost as stupid a decision as airing Daniel.

NBC has 1/2 of the line up it needs to put up a solid "MUST SEE TV" thursday night. (or whatever night)... but trying to push that stinker "THE OFFICE" on folks.. well that thing just needs killed.

If I were an exec, I'd do the following:

Whatever Night, maybe thursday:

8-8:30? I don't know.. Everybody Loves Chris is a very strong comedy, so I would put something new or something with potential here.
8:30 - 9pm - My Name is Earl
9:00 - 9:30 Pick up "Arrested Development" this was a show with potential that just didn't find its audience on FOX.
9:30 - 10 Scrubs (or vice versa EARL and SCRUBS)...

Now that would be a strong night of comedy.

[Uriah_lost]

I'm almost afraid to watch Earl because it seems like every show I've liked in the last few years has been canceled. I think I'm a jinx. I TIVO it anyway and enjoy it more than any show currently on. Perhaps only FOX is susceptible to my jinxitude, they seem to cancel more of my favorites than anyone.