FX has set Monday, August 17 for the Season 18 premiere of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It returns with an expanded 10-episode season, up from eight episodes in the previous three seasons.

In season 18, Charlie, Mac, Dennis (Howerton), Dee (Olson), and Frank (DeVito) are wrapped up in salvaging inheritances from a dead woman, surviving tent encampments and the great inside-outside divide between the haves and have-nots, withstanding job loss at the hands of workplace automation, embracing a newfound appreciation for neurodivergence, questioning the fabric of society against conspiracy theories, and of course — the biggest elephant in the room — outlasting the public’s pendulum swing against drinking. Not to mention battling nerds, LARPers, and a particularly petulant McPoyle clan at the Renaissance Faire or sportswashing their way back into the good graces of their community by sponsoring a Little League team. All the while trying to maintain order in their personal lives and at Paddy’s, which have become increasingly lawless and erratic.

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[–] 17 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Now with 100% more AI slop

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    The characters look like classic 3D scans of the actors, but the text underneath each character is sure suspect to me.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Nah, the characters look like slop as well.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Something about it really seems full of the type of imperfections that you get from 3D scans, which are imperfections that you would not expect to see when asking an LLM to generate a depiction of a character. I do think those 3D scans were heavily manipulated, possibly even by passing the images through a slop filter of some sort. But I do think this image did start out as the five actors sitting and having their heads scanned using traditional 3D scanning. Any slop was just added on top of that.

    I don't think this image was created by someone asking an LLM a bunch of variations of "create an image of the gang as beer handles". I think it started with traditional 3D scanning techniques and may or may not have had additional AI-assisted manipulation on top of that.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    I watched from season 1 til the season with the ass pounder 3000. the show is still funny, but boring to watch

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    The only episodes I can think of that I found boring, were the gang gets whacked.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    "Waiting for Big Mo" is easily the most boring. That, or "The Gang Does a Clip Show", for obvious reasons.

    EDIT: I just can't get over someone thinking "Whacked" was boring. Just off the top of my head, that involved:

    • fixing the circuit breaker and discussing how to insulate oneself from electric shock
    • discussion about society's unsolvable drug problem
    • Bingo the shady people smuggler
    • Nose clams and green people from history times
    • the mobsters
    • Peter Nincompoop and Buster the lawn jockey
    • Dennis becoming a prostitute
    • Dennis getting slapped
    • Charlie and Dee on cocaine
    • Cricket really starting to descend by getting addicted to drugs
    • Cricket's sweet kettle drums
    • hips and nips
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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    A ceertain somethin' which may or may not have fallen off a certain truck, huh? And the certain somebody that we know thinks they saw that certain someone pick it up and take it back to that certain bar which may or may not be the place that we happen to be or not be talkin' to a couple of certain somebodies right this very second. Capisce?

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    [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    It is sad to see that ten episodes is considered "expanded", but I guess I'll take it.

    EDIT: I didn't read that article because I want to avoid as many spoilers as possible. Did it mention anything about the release cadence? Will the entire season be available at once, or will it air one episode per week like last year?

    EDIT 2: Reminder of what happened last year:

    Season 17 premieres on July 9, 2025, with a two-episode premiere on FXX. New episodes will be broadcast each week at the same 9:00 p.m. ET/PT as usual [...] Season 17 will be made available to stream on Hulu in the US one day following their linear TV airdate on FXX.

    https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/it-s-always-sunny-philadelphia-season-17-release-date-news-streaming-details-cast-details

    EDIT 3: According to Wikipedia, it looks like it will be the same release cadence as last year. One episode every Monday, but two episodes on the first day. The season will be complete on October 12, 2026.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Always_Sunny_in_Philadelphia_season_18

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I'm currently in the middle of my umteenth watch-through. I'm excited, but naturally nothing can really top the earlier seasons. And that's ok. Any Sunny is better than no Sunny.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I loath sitcoms like Friends, Big Bang, Theory, and the like with laugh tracks.

    I do like The Office, Parks and Rec, and Community.

    I've great things about Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, should I give it a go?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    They have an episode that makes fun of laugh tracks. S12E03.

    IASIP is not for everyone. They are purposefully crass, annoying, and loud, but funny.

    I also love Parks & Rec and The Office. IASIP is not those shows, but you might like it.

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