There is skill to it. More importantly, it has to be joyful, effortless, fun. TV defeats its own purpose when it's pushing an agenda, or trying to defeat other TV or being proud or ashamed of itself for existing. It's TV, it's comfort. It's a friend you've known so well, and for so long you just let it be with you.
Abed sees the world through the lens of TV, and the TV show he's a character in is often framed around him. This is his little monologue at the end of the series, a little fourth wall break.