I agree. I caught an epi today that I had not seen before and I was like, wow, every epi is so full of details and humor and fast paced dialog and physical schtick. Even just watching those little clips on the web site I am like how could these four performers and these producers be so talented and just keep it up week after week. The balance is perfect between school issues, Spencer's projects, family issues and the show. I would hate to see the Tv thing upset that balance. But I have a lot of trust in Dan that he won't let the way the show works get disturbed.

Interesting. Carly and Sam not caring about Freddie is pretty much out of character for the show so far though. I especially can't see Carly just ditching him. And the show would suffer badly if they took out any of the four central characters. We can live without Nevel or Mrs. Bensen or some of the other occasional characters. But without Freddie, Spencer, Sam and Carly, it isn't nearly as good as with all four. I bet Dan knows that.