Dee, Dennis, Charlie, and Mac are four "twenty something" friends who run a local pub in Philadelphia. They find it a struggle to keep their bar open and always challenging to make ends meet. But humor keeps them going and often it's the darkest of humor that works best for these four friends. The show is extremely popular due mostly to great writing and a talented cast. The one liners and story lines are so off the wall they are not even something that writers for the Seinfeld series would have proposed to use. But in this particular premise"¦ it simply works beautifully! An Irish pub in the heart of Philly is the background for egocentric friendships among these four who are barely into adulthood, so each finds a way to get themselves into trouble. The one adult on the scene is Frank Reynolds, ably portrayed by Danny DeVito (Get Shorty, War of the Roses) and if you've ever watched him at work you can see how the four pub owners have problems with "the blind leading the blind". Hilariously funny and well written.

As he championed "the new journalism" in the late sixties, Tom Wolfe suggested no one ever would write anything truly compelling"”fact or fiction"”about the suburbs; he asserted, "There is no life there." During the New Depression, however, the suburbs have gone ghetto, suddenly teeming with life and depravity; and television writers are producing all kinds of compelling stuff about what they have discovered beyond the white picket fences. Witness Showtime's smash-hit "Weeds," the life and times of a "proper" suburban widow keeping-up appearances while she deals more dope than a six-pack of Mexican cartels. As in "The Office," the basic premise for "Weeds" is an import from Great Britain, adapted from the British film Saving Grace which showed a widow and her gardener conspiring to maintain the widow's lifestyle by supplying the locals with their favorite herbal refreshment. Critics frequently compare "Weeds" with American Beauty for its exploitation of the idea "Normal is the face we wear to cover how f***ed-up we are." By contrast with "Desperate Housewives," Nancy Botwin, our entrepreneurial heroine, has far more good reason for desperation than her difficulty achieving orgasm; she has a house, a mortgage, two sons, and a reputation. Since Bonfire of the Vanities tanked and "Weeds" flourished, Tom Wolfe may have to consider the distinct possibility that there is no life in Manhattan.

Wilfred is a dog. Wilfred is a man in a dog suit. Either or both may be true but one thing for certain is the story idea and the concept just seems to work for this dark comedy. The Aussie actor Jason Gann (Rats and Cats, Kenny) is Wilfred the eponymous dog whose owner Sarah (played by Cindy Waddingham from I Love You Too and Lowdown) along with her boyfriend Adam (award winner Adam Zwar from Lowdown, The Wedding Party), who looks at Wilfred and sees him as a man who just happens to wear a dog suit. The idea came from an original and award winning short film written by Jason Gann and Adam Zwar. A very popular and AFI award winning television program in Australia which aired there in 2007 and again in 2010, Wilfred is now airing in the U.S. Editor Debbie Lee told them "Go as far as you want with it, the more bent the better" and so they did. This TV program based upon a short film has its silly moments but overall is funny and entertaining due to good acting and writing from its young stars.

"Castle" is the crime drama series premiered in the U.S. March 9, 2009 on ABC channel. "Castle" TV show follows the process of murder investigation conducted by Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic). Unexpectedly she notes the similarity of the crime scene with the same one described by the famous detective writer Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion). Castle becomes a suspect, but upon the investigation completion he proved to be innocent. Using his friendships with some powerful people in the city, he gets the opportunity to attend all investigations conducted by Detective Beckett until he gets enough material for his next book. Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) got the reputation of detective who prefers an unusual cases. She joined the police after her mother was murdered, whose case was never solved. She spent a semester studying in Kiev, where she learned the Russian language. Their sometimes uneasy relationships with the Castle are often ridiculed by other TV show's character: Javier Esposito (Jon Huertas), the Detective and the another member of Beckett's team. He and detective Kevin Ryan (Seamus Dever) constantly mock Beckett, but in fact they are protecting her and treat Beckett as a very crucial part of the team . Next TV show's character is Lani Parish (Tamala Jones), medical examiner, a friend of Beckett, with whom she can talk heart to heart; advises Beckett to develop her relationship with the Castle. "Castle" TV show also features Roy Montgomery (Ruben Santiago-Hudson), Beckett's Boss. He likes Beckett's manner of investigation and her attention to details, but he always keeps his eye close on Beckett activity. He amuses with Beckett and Castle relationship, but he understands that they work well together. Another character is Alexis Rogers (Molly Quinn), teenage daughter of Castle, which much easier communicates with adults than with her peers and often behaves more conscious than her father and March Rogers (Susan Sullivan), Castle's mother, and the former Broadway actress, who dying to find a wealthy unmarried man.

Somebody Somewhere is a TV series that premiered on HBO in January 2022. The show is a comedy drama that follows Sam, a woman in her 40s who is dealing with a midlife crisis after the death of her sister. The series is set in Manhattan, Kansas and stars Bridget Everett as Sam, Jeff Hiller as her co-worker and friend Joel, and Mary Catherine Garrison as Tricia Miller, Sam's sister who runs a store called Tender Moments.

Following a group of teenage high school students from the fictional Greenbelt high is what this reality type program is all about. The usual and typical types are depicted by a The Beauty Queen Jackie Vachs (played by Jaime King) who aspires to be an actress and even though she has appeared in the TV show The Bachelor, her acting career is going no where fast so she marries Anders the token "rich kid" on the block. The Rich Kid Anders Holt is played by Julian Morris and he has mixed emotions over several girls he has had relationships with throughout high school. The Over Achiever and class valedictorian is Steven Foster (played by Michael Stahl-David) is the son of an Enron executive who was put away (in prison) and all family assets were subsequently frozen. Foster then moves to Hawaii and becomes a bartender. The Brain in the group is Brenda Serrano (played by Daniella Alonso) who planned on being a scientist and was also secretly in love with Anders. She instead decides to become a pre law student in Washington, DC where she also becomes involved in politics. We can all relate to one or more of these fictional characters.