"Go On" was a short-lived sitcom (one season, 22 episodes) starring Matthew Perry of "Friends" fame (he's done other things, but that's still what everyone references ...). He's sports radio host Ryan King, whose wife died in a car accident. When he tries to return to work too soon it goes badly, and his manager and best friend (John Cho) forces him to attend a grief support group. While he initially denies his need to be there, he eventually realizes he has a lot to work through. True to the sitcom set-up, the group leader Lauren (Laura Benanti) is severely under-trained, and the group members are all exceedingly eccentric. Ryan's in-your-face antics liven the group up and help many of them progress.

Ryan often starts an episode doing something stupid that turns out to be related to his grief, and during the course of the episode he learns a lesson (or everyone learns a lesson) and he (or several people) behaves better. Episodes are roughly 22 minutes each, which means they go for massive character quirks rather than actual character development. And they don't even stay true to the characters: Ryan's not a genius, but he's not stupid. But in one episode his best friend declares him a moron - and for the duration of the episode, for comedic purposes, Ryan is a moron. Other characters get similar treatment, although the moron bit was probably the worst case. And then there's "Mr. K" (Brett Gelman), the weirdest member of the group. Every writer who came up with a joke so weird it didn't work for any other character just tacked it onto Mr. K, who's a hodge-podge of different behaviours that make no particular sense.

Obviously I was pretty annoyed with some of the problems with the writing. But the characters avoid the worst of the clichés, and most importantly, the show is very funny in places. And while they make jokes about grief and death, it's never making fun of people for grieving. I enjoyed watching one season.