H-B-NO

With the current season of Entorage still on (although the plots are getting more stale and more predictable by the show) and the new season of Curb coming up, it's safe to say that I'm not going to be cancelling my HBO service anytime soon. That doesn't mean that I like the new breed of programming that they have on, though.
I like Flight of the Concords. A lot. The first time. When it was called Tenatious D. This new show is horrible and contrived, with a higher production value and worse writing.
A show that I don't like, in any incantation, is John From Cincinnati (JFC...get it? GET IT??? Vomit). This show is horrible and has no redeaming qualities, except for the fact that Luis Guzman got another paycheck which he deserves. This is a show with no plot, and to make up for that they packed it full of open ended story arcs and mystical hints that tricked people into thinking it was going somewhere. When I tell people that I don't like it, they always say "well you just didn't get it" but the fact is NOBODY GOT IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING TO GET!!!!!! What's the big twist? That Zack fucking Morris is a bad guy/good guy who owns a surf company? You can't have a show and say "we'll tell you the premise, plot, and story later, but in the meantime look how cool it is that this junkie says 'fuck' a bunch!" You can have all the faux mystical crap that you want, but unless you have an underlaying plot and a purpose of the show, it's not going to work.