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There are plenty of "cop" shows on television currently but one truly stands out as being totally entertaining and that one is Memphis Beat. Comedy, action, and some really good acting as well as scripts that stand out from the rest make for an hour's worth of enjoyment every week. Memphis Beat stars Jason Lee (My Name is Earl, Clerks II) as Memphis PD detective Dwight Hendricks, the self proclaimed "keeper of Memphis". He has several women in his life including his mother Paula Hendricks who is played by Celia Weston (Knight and Day, Modern Family), Memphis PD lieutenant Tanya Rice (Alfre Woodard from Desperate Housewives, Star Trek: First Contact), and an ex-wife Alex (played by Sunny Mabrey from Mad Men, Rules of Engagement) who shows up now and then. He has his hands full with each of these three women but his job seems to be a relief from personal life. Memphis Beat shows the southern charm and easy way of life of the south and even brings in some Elvis Presley music along the way. George Clooney is executive producer.

Living Single was an American sitcom that aired from 1993 to 1998. The show followed the lives of six African American friends, four women and two men, living in a brownstone apartment building in Brooklyn. The characters navigated their careers, friendships, and romantic relationships while supporting each other through life's challenges.

NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly features musical performers, interviews with well known celebrities, plus some topical documentary style programming, all within a half hour format. It has been delegated to super late night (actually early early morning viewing) and follows after a strong lineup which includes The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. This is Daly's 11th season of late night entertainment and some recent guests include Make Believe The Black Angels, Adam Blackstone, Adam Pally, and Ben Schwartz. While Leno and O'Brien have switched their time slots Carson Daly has been solidly in place and earning even more ratings points thanks to discourse between other late night hosts. The documentary segments take Daly out of the studio and on the road to places like Tom Green's home in the Hollywood Hills or on a motorcycle road trip along historic Route 66. Musically and documentary style is a visit to the famous Whiskey Bar and visit with Kings of Leon (Grammy award winning band).

Nominated as "Best Situation Comedy" in 2010, The Inbetweeners depicts life of Will McKenzie and three of his friends Simon Cooper, Jay Cartwright and Neil Sutherland while they are attending the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive School. The main character, Will narrates the intros and conclusions of each episode, and all the TV show action is concentrated mostly on his personality. When his parents were divorced, Will was transferred from expensive private school to comprehensive one. The new environment looked very hostile for him at the first time. However, he managed to befriend with the "gang": Simon, Jay and Nail very soon after his first day at the new school. Meanwhile, they formed some kind of "alliance" of "uncool" persons, as they share many similar traits and behavior clichés: each of them was suffering some bullying and failing the attempts to have sex with girls. The series has gained lots of positive reviews and even has been voted as "Best New British TV Sitcom 2008". The success of The Inbetweeners was repeated by The Inbetweeners movie filmed in 2011 and directed by Ben Palmer, while the screenplay was totally written by TV show creators - Damon Beesley and Iain Morris.

"Looking" is a TV series that aired on HBO from 2014 to 2016. The show follows a group of gay friends who live in San Francisco and navigate their personal and professional lives.

Called an American television sitcom and launched as a midseason replacement for another sitcom titled Man Up that was quickly cancelled we find that Work It simply didn't work! And it was even panned for being insulting for the transgender people out there because it was about two men dressing up as women to keep jobs during this shaky economy. This was in no way comparable to Bosom Buddies which starred Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari and ran on ABC from 1980 to 1982. Lee Standish (Ben Koldyke) and Angel Ortiz (Amaury Nolasco) are unemployed and believe that women are having more luck getting jobs in this recession and decide to dress up and apply as women. Standish find a job with a pharmaceutical company but also find it to be far more difficult to be women than they previously thought. It does show that women and men are treated differently in the working world but ratings were a disaster.