Did you watch Michael and Michael Have Issues?
Last night was the season finale of Michael & Michael Have Issues on Comedy Central. Which means fans of the show can look forward either to its second season or its quiet death. With rare exceptions (like Important Things with Demetri Martin), shows come and go on Comedy Central with little fanfare. Mind of Mencia and Lewis Black's Root of All Evil weren't renewed, but their cancellations were never really announced, just mentioned by the players on the shows themselves. So here's your chance to weigh in. Did you like MMHI? Were you one of the fans who attended the "blarties" and "twarties" (blog parties and twitter parties)? Did you pick up The State on DVD and watch for nostalgia? What did you think of the sketch show within a show format?
I enjoyed the show, and I've usually enjoyed Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black. And I think the format offers some flexibility, allowing the Michaels to do whatever kind of sketches they want within what is basically the framework of a sitcom about people working on a sketch show. But, as with the constant outlandishness of Stella, I can see the theme of the friction between Showalter and Michael Ian Black being very hard to maintain over multiple seasons.
Curb You Enthusiasm managed to keep up the tension over the seasons, but if MMHI hopes to do something similar, the other characters on the show will need to better developed in season two as foils for the Michaels. I'd like to see Rob Huebel and Jon Benjamin return as the downstairs rivals from another sketch show. Both are fun to watch and strong enough to compete for your attention when they're onscreen with the Michaels.
Fans, post your ideas for the show, whether you watched every week, if you're looking forward to another season.

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