There's less than a week left before Christmas, but that doesn't mean you can't still get the perfect gift. And what better gift than the gift of laughter? Or at least the gift of DVDs that will hopefully inspire laughter? If you want to share the joy of sitcoms with others, check out my TV comedies gift guide for family members, as well as my review of the Merry Sitcom DVD, featuring holiday episodes of classic TV comedies. There's no better way to spend the holidays than watching TV.

• TV Comedies Gift Guide for Families
• Merry Sitcom DVD Review

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My love for ABC's quirky workplace sitcom Better Off Ted has been well-documented on this site, and I saw promise in the network's retooled version of Scrubs earlier this month. But the new scheduling announced for both shows has led HitFix's Daniel Fienberg to speculate that ABC is burning off the remaining episodes of both shows in an effort to get them off the air as quickly as possible.

Starting in January, two episodes of each show will air on Tuesday nights, and with the smaller 13-episode seasons, that means both shows will be over by the end of January (after only premiering in December). Given that new episodes are continuing to air around the holidays, when most shows are in repeats and TV viewership is down, this definitely does sound like a bad sign. But at least the shows aren't being pulled off the air entirely, and ABC does still need a fourth show to round out its popular new Wednesday-night comedy lineup since the cancellation of Hank. So I won't give up hope just yet.

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Are you sick of awards nominations yet? One more organization rounds out the week by announcing nominees for its awards, and after the relative shake-up with Golden Globe nominations, the Screen Actors Guild went with the proven veterans, for the most part. For the ensemble cast award (SAG's equivalent of an award for best show), the comedy nominees are 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Glee, Modern Family and The Office. The comedy actors nominated are Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock, Steve Carell for The Office, Larry David for Curb Your Enthusiasm, Tony Shalhoub for Monk and Charlie Sheen for Two and a Half Men. The comedy actresses nominated are Christina Applegate for the canceled Samantha Who?, Toni Collette for United States of Tara, Edie Falco for Nurse Jackie, Tina Fey for 30 Rock and Julia Louis-Dreyfus for The New Adventures of Old Christine. There are no supporting acting categories for TV for some reason, although they do exist for movies. (Check out the movie nominees.)

The SAG Awards air January 23 at 8 p.m. EST on both TNT and TBS.

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I know, everyone is going on about the best this and the worst that of the '00s as the decade comes to a close, and I'm no exception. But while I was looking back over one decade to compile a list of the best shows, I figured I might as well look back over another decade, and thus was born my list of the best TV comedies of the '90s. I have to say, maybe this is just the rosy-colored glasses of nostalgia, but while this has been an amazing decade for TV drama, and there are indeed some great TV comedies on the air right now, I think the '90s were probably a much better decade for comedy on television. Check out my picks, and then share your own preferences as well.

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