Great News Season 2

After a perfect and impressive first season, the second season of Great News was fantastic and made it one of the best new series on network television.

Considering this is the series' second season, it's still fresh from its first season, with great storylines for the characters to expand. From Diana, St. Tropez took over the news company and tried to make the news station move to the 21st century instead of just doing the news. Katie tries and gets advice from Diana and, for one day, takes over The Breakdown successfully but realizes that she would instead do what she wants: cover a news story and not take Greg's job. Diana insults Portia, and the two go into a "Squad Feud" with a very Taylor Swift-like music video to win over Diana until she takes Portia's social media followers.

Carol, who's still an intern, tries her best to step up and get a promotion but realizes that Greg won't give her one; she quits and heads up to "My Morning Wine Up." But Katie learns that her mother is only there because she's easy to make fun of on television, and soon Carol quits that job and leaves ultimately.

Katie and Greg's relationship grows into what we all hoped was to be a couple. Briga performs best in the episode "Catfight," when Katie tries to prove that she and Greg are right for each other over him and his girlfriend, Cat. Greg finally decides on their relationship at the end of the season; they are a couple.

And let's not mention John Michael Higgin, who plays News anchor Chuck Pierce, given such a significant supporting role this season and steals the show. In this season, Chuck gets fried from a news story that sparks a business executive and tries to fix it. Katie and Chuck go their way as journalists to uncover why this person hates Chuck and tries to hide his life secret.

Season 2 of Great News was an intense season of solid writing, outstanding performances from this ensemble cast, and strong character development. I agree with critics that this show is the closest thing to 30 Rock with all the vibes and jokes. The exhibit should come back for a third season. You don't see many shows making fun of the news business these days, and this one hits the nail on the head. What can I say? Great News makes my Thursday nights a whole lot better, along with the other comedies.