Beyond the Sitcom: Extras

Award Central: Riotous rant wraps run -- Emmy voters have one last chance -- for a while, anyway -- to celebrate television's Kings of Dark Comedy. To understand what the TV comedy world is losing with the departure of the Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant-created "Extras," which aired in the U.S. on HBO, look no further than the climax of the series' two-hour finale. (link)