Ah, Saved By The Bell, arguably the best thing to ever happen to 1989. And then there was The New Class, and The College Years (and that 40-year-old muscle man roommate with the mullet to end all mullets). And then The New Class kept changing. And then you kinda wanted to shoot Screech and Mr. Belding. But before all that, there was just Saved By The Bell. Last night, Zack Morris made a rare appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote the return of his alter-ego's show Raising The Bar. Apparently, Zack became an actor after high school and ...

Try visiting a tv blog or any kind of pop culture blog lately without finding someone talking about how great Mad Men is. What I can't figure out is why think it's so great. I think it's like one of those things people think they're supposed to find great, so they say they do, but they don't (like Dickens novels, and sushi).

Try to pretend you don't have any nostalgia associated with the show for just a minute. And now try to rationally assess the show from the perspective of an adult, with even slightly mature tastes. That's right. It sucks. I, for one, don't have to perform this exercise to know The Nanny is one of the worst, multi-season sitcoms of the 90s.

Inspired by a conversation on BS with Bill Simmons a couple weeks ago, we've decided to introduce a new regular feature to our Xiing Wars. It's called Cast It. On Cast It, we'll name a tv show from decades past and propose that it should be re-made today. Then, with your help, we'll cast its main characters with the actors and actresses of today. Ready? I've decided to start where Simmons began, with perhaps the greatest sitcom of all time, Cheers.

Inspired by a conversation on BS with Bill Simmons a couple weeks ago, we've decided to introduce a new regular feature to our Xiing Wars. It's called Cast It. On Cast It, we'll name a tv show from decades past and propose that it should be re-made today. Then, with your help, we'll cast its main characters with the actors and actresses of today. Ready? I've decided to start where Simmons began, with perhaps the greatest sitcom of all time, Cheers.

Try visiting a tv blog or any kind of pop culture blog lately without finding someone talking about how great Mad Men is. What I can't figure out is why think it's so great. I think it's like one of those things people think they're supposed to find great, so they say they do, but they don't (like Dickens novels, and sushi).