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"; Ent_FiveTop_060317.appFooter = " By Jon Bonné, Lifestyle Editor"; Ent_FiveTop_060317.rowSpacer = "20"; Ent_FiveTop_060317.rowAlt = "F7F7F7"; Ent_FiveTop_060317.appNavStyle = 3; Ent_FiveTop_060317.appLayout = 1; Ent_FiveTop_060317.copyMargin = 9; Ent_FiveTop_060317.copyBorder = 0; Ent_FiveTop_060317.sBodyFont = "font-size:12px;"; Ent_FiveTop_060317[i++] = new Array("","","","","","Throws", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "97", "148", "", "", "", "", ""); Ent_FiveTop_060317[i-1].body = "

Pam and Jim, \"The Office\": It’s not like NBC’s little sleeper hit needed the extra buzz, but the always unspoken longing between these two Dunder Mifflin coworkers has garnered more attention than a box of free Krispy Kremes on a conference-room table. What’s so appealing? For one, receptionist Pam (Jenna Fischer) and sales rep Jim (John Krasinski) are adorable, but they’re both a bit shlumpy, not the usual TV cute. And their tension is played for drama, not laughs – unless of course TMI-loving boss Michael is around, at which point the laughs are painfully spot-on. Plus, Fischer has said she’d like Pam to end up with Jim rather than marrying dull-but-dependable Roy. Krasinski, like his character, isn’t as convinced it’ll happen. So cute! They’re acting almost like, dare we say, a couple in the making."; Ent_FiveTop_060317[i++] = new Array("","","","","","Ross and Rachel", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "97", "148", "", "", "", "", ""); Ent_FiveTop_060317[i-1].body = "

Ross and Rachel, \"Friends\": These two often played their seasons-long romantic tension for drama as well. But the much-loved “Friends” duo, who connected and split up enough times that they verged on self-parody, provide some valuable lessons in TV coupledom. Lesson No. 1: You can only drag the tension out for so long. About the time Ross (David Schwimmer) had helped Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) deliver her baby, you started thinking, \"Enough!\" Lesson No. 2: Once you get together, you can’t go back. Each time you flip the love connection on and off like a light switch, the stakes are raised. A show that banks on tensions like these had better have a whole closet full of story arcs in reserve."; Ent_FiveTop_060317[i++] = new Array("","","","","","Seven Days in May", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "97", "148", "", "", "", "", ""); Ent_FiveTop_060317[i-1].body = "

Will and Grace, \"Will & Grace\": Well, here’s a couple in no danger of hooking up. That Grace (Debra Messing) and Will (Eric McCormick) were originally together in college – prior to Will coming out – was a brilliant upending of Lesson No. 2 (see \"Friends\"), and set the stage for the two to explore the emotional nuances of their very copdendent relationship without falling back on the usual tropes. Grace has endured love and even marriage, and Will has endeavored to find romance too, but the show hinges on a mutual emotional reliance so strong that it dominates their relationships with anyone else."; Ent_FiveTop_060317[i++] = new Array("","","","","","Deterrence", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "97", "148", "", "", "", "", ""); Ent_FiveTop_060317[i-1].body = "

Maddie and Dave, “Moonlighting”: A show that demonstrates the inherent conflict between Lessons 1 and 2. \"Moonlighting’s\" regular viewership was built on the slow-burning attraction between private eyes Dave (Bruce Willis) and Maddie (Cybill Shepherd), who preceded Mulder and Scully in showing the world that sleuthing is even more fun when you’d like your partner to be just that ... in every sense of the word. The charged banter between the two was absolutely pivotal to ABC’s mid-‘80s hit -- and then they promptly destroyed it all by sleeping together. The final two seasons were spent trying to recover from this slip, but all the pregnancies, contrived romances and trips to Chicago in the world couldn’t put things right again."; Ent_FiveTop_060317[i++] = new Array("","","","","","Fail-Safe", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "97", "148", "", "", "", "", ""); Ent_FiveTop_060317[i-1].body = "

Simon and Paula, \"American Idol\": Yeah, yeah, it’s all about the singing. Honestly, where would \"Idol\" be without Simon skewering every hopeful young thang who dares stand on stage, with only dippy cheerleader Paula to defend them? That clash of opposites is pure gold, which is why Simon and Paula’s bickering and endless sniping make them seem like they’re either an old married couple or else sublimating a heckuva lot of sexual energy. What’s next: Passing mash notes under the judges’ table? Paula’s endless dating woes only add fuel to this fire. Yet ... if they were actually an item, \"Idol’s\" spark would fizzle as fast as William Hung’s 14.5 minutes of fame."; // END editorial data