You don’t hear many people talk about TBS’ small-scale production 10 Items or Less, but I hope I’m not the only comedy fan who enjoys the screwball supermarket sitcom. Nah, I can’t be since tomorrow night, the improv series is wrapping up its third season with the finale “Sesquicentennial.”
John Lehr & Company couldn’t have made it this far without a decent number of viewers tuning in each week. I personally never miss the show, and this season was pretty good with Living Single’s Kim Coles taking over wicked SuperValueMart manager duties from Jennifer Elise Cox (Amy Anderson during …read more

Comedy fans have a whole lotta options tonight because no less than three shows — two sitcoms and a dramedy — return with new episodes for a new year. Here’s a brief rundown, in broadcast order:
Scrubs
My Jerks/My Last Words

On the eighth-season and ABC premiere, NBC’s former long-running staple gets a new boss in the form of Friends and Dirt alumna Courteney Cox, who ends up not being as pretty as that famous face is. In addition to dealing with Sacred Heart’s latest chief of medicine, J.D. must also cope with the hospital’s screwiest group of interns ever, while …read more

Tomorrow is a good day for fans of comedy series on basic cable: DVD sets for ABC Family’s Greek, FX’s Nip/Tuck, and TBS’ 10 Items or Less all hit retail outlets on December 30.
Well, 10 Items or Less was actually released last Saturday, December 27, but people can still get in on the special reduced prices most stores are offering to lure buyers.
Details about the boxed sets follow.

10 Items or Less — Seasons One and Two

Discs: 2
Episodes: 13
Languages: English, Closed Captioned
List Price: $29.95
Extras: A Look Behind-the-Scenes, Coffee Break Blooper Reel, Internet Viral Videos: Choking and Apology, Notes from the Casting …read more

I can’t be the only fan of TBS’ often ridiculous, improvised grocery-store sitcom 10 Items or Less.
My fellow fans should know, then, that the comedy returns at 11pm EST on Tuesday, January 6, to give us a third season with eight episodes.
Currently, the lineup looks like:
January 6 — Turkey Bowling
January 13 — Sesquicentennial
January 20 — Star Trok
January 27 — Eye Can See Clearly…
February 3 — Whistle While You Work
February 10 — One Day at a Time
February 17 — The Milk Man
February 24 — Dancing With Groceries

Original Air Date: February 19, 2008
At Greens & Grains, all of the employees stand around INGRID’s customer service station, watching a video on a laptop. The footage features retail rival AMY ANDERSON having sex with SuperValueMart’s District Regional Manager in her store’s employee break room. Apparently, a security guard with access to the video put it online, and now anyone and everyone can watch it whenever they want.
LESLIE comes over, wondering what his entire crew is doing standing around when they’re all on the clock. BUCK turns the laptop around so the boss can see what they’ve …read more

Original Air Date: February 12, 2008
LESLIE coins a new buzzword — “bromance” — when TODD, who recently won five cows from a mentally challenged player in a poker game, successfully pitches the idea of Greens & Grains selling fresh beef. Although Todd has reservations, Leslie is determined to march into the future with his take on the butcher’s idea, namely offering customers freshly slaughtered, “sushi” grade organic beef at the store.
Since he and Todd are now in a so-called business romance, Leslie combines the two words to create bromance, which is like a platonic friendship between guys, according to …read more

Original Air Date: February 5, 2008
The opening vignette finds the staff gathered one morning in front of Leslie’s latest invention, the Customer Appreciation Corner, where customers can help themselves to free cups of coffee. The problem is that LESLIE just ordered the 45th case of French Vanilla Coffee Mate that week, and he wants to know where the heck all of the stuff is disappearing to.
The culprit turns out to be CARL, who drinks the coffee creamer straight (!), in addition to adding it to all sorts of alcoholic mixed beverages and food recipes. Leslie vows the staff …read more

Original Air Date: January 29, 2008
It’s the one-year anniversary of the death of Bud Pool, LESLIE’s father, and Leslie decides to hold a special remembrance ceremony at the Greens & Grains. After INGRID plays four “mournful tunes” on her accordion, Leslie gives a brief speech, noting how CARL, who’s sobbing nearby, was the first employee to arrive when his father passed out in the bread aisle they’re all standing in. For some unexplained reason, however, Carl, who didn’t know CPR, chose to restock the bread before getting help.
Leslie announces that he’s going to keep the urn with his …read more

Original Air Date: January 22, 2008
Oh no, Buck! The resident bagger arrives at work over an hour late, reeking of alcohol. When RICHARD ask what’s going on, BUCK reveals his buddies took him out the night before, and he drank five Kamikazes because they didn’t taste like they had liquor in them. Worse, on the dance floor, he hooked up with an older, very blonde woman. Richard tries to find out who the woman was, but Buck insists he wouldn’t be familiar with the woman since she was French and from out of town.
Well, who should …read more

Original Air Date: January 15, 2008
The second-season premiere of 10 Items or Less opens with LESLIE and CARL working on a Money Daze booth near the front of the store as retail rival AMY enters and declares that her panties are in a bunch. Apparently, there’s a big sign in her store SuperValueMart’s parking lot diverting customers to a free money giveaway at Greens & Grains, and she wants to know why.
Leslie explains that all of his top front teeth are fake, so when he was eating celery and peanut butter recently, one popped out. When he went …read more