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Warning: This post contains minor spoilers from Nobody Wants This.

Right from the outset, Nobody Wants This was tailor made for my specific television tastes: A romantic comedy starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. Boom! Say no more, I'm there. They could have been space aliens or talking inanimate household objects, and the show still would have been a must-watch in my book. Some performers simply sell themselves no matter the project.

Luckily, Nobody Wants This is genuinely excellent even beyond its co-leads. From creator and writer Erin Foster, whose real-life relationship inspired the premise of the series, Bell stars as agnostic podcast co-host Joanne as she falls for Brody's handsome and cool Jewish rabbi Noah. Religion and opinions from others threaten to squander their growing mutual connection.

With sharp writing and even sharper acting, Foster has seriously struck gold with an inventive and personal take on the romantic...

Festivus. Anti-dentite. Bad-breaker-upper. Pretty, pretty, pretty good. From Seinfeld to Curb Your Enthusiasm, for 35 years, Larry David has helped to contribute dozens of phrases to the pop culture lexicon. And in the penultimate episode of the final season, Curb may have offered up his career piece de resistance with returning guest star Bruce Springsteen’s unexpectedly hilarious “floor fucker” comment.

Now, it appears the hit show’s lewd phrase has crossed into the real world — and into one of The Boss’ stadium shows.

Springsteen, who first appeared on the second episode in the HBO comedy’s 12th season, reemerged in the March 31 installment because he wanted to meet Larry David, who became a liberal hero after (unknowingly) standing up against a Georgia 2021 voting law that makes it illegal to provide food or water to voters in line at the polls. During a conversation with Larry at the home of Jeff...