NBC promotes it because it can't ignore it, and because it hopes to keep its viewers from switching over to CBS's morning show. I'm just not interested in the stories. But we all have different tastes, which is why God created more than one channel. The pilot, at least, just isn't funny enough for the form. Oh, I don't know.
Shows do sometimes go into slumps, and our expectations sometimes get out of control.
Maybe you should feel sorry for me. And if the show does go to Fox, SMG will go with it, because that's what her contract requires.