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Flight of the Conchords gets three Emmy nominations

2008-07-18T05:56:24Z

Great news! Flight of the Conchords has received three Emmy nods for directing, writing, and original music and lyrics. It didn’t get an Emmy nomination for best comedy series, which I think is a sin. Not bad for a show conceived by a bunch of ...

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I thought it was Samantha Hoo, not Who

2008-06-27T10:23:52Z

If ABC hadn’t advertised on Lucire last year with its series Samantha Who? I would have wondered what folks were talking about. For instance, I probably would have thought it was the first proper Chinese–American sitcom, Samantha Hoo. Yes, folk...

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The ﬁrst step to winning back a colony is to dominate the media

2008-05-18T05:59:26Z

The Independent on Sunday has a good article on American remakes of British shows, though I should add that Britain has had its share of remaking others’. Anyone remember how Married with Children (Married for Life) and Who’s the Boss? (The Upper...

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90210 is back

2008-05-09T03:31:15Z

Isn’t it far too early to be nostalgic for a Beverly Hills, 90210 revival? American networks don’t think so: it’s back in the (northern) autumn, called 90210 and produced by Rob Thomas (who’s also doing the US version of Outrageous Fortune, cal...

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The second series of Ashes to Ashes—a preview

2008-04-25T05:48:45Z

Ian Wylie at the Manchester Evening News, a big Ashes to Ashes fan, has info on the second series—and there may even be a third. Highlights from his blog: ASHES To Ashes is set to get slightly darker in series two, on the road to unveiling gre...

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Our boy Tel’s gone and done a redo

2008-04-24T10:16:43Z

There’s now a second video from the documentary The Saint Steps in … to Colour on YouTube, detailing how scriptwriter Terry Nation would rehash his scripts for different series. This would be fine years apart, but one week he got caught out on US ...

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Life on Mars, in a nutshell

2008-03-23T21:59:48Z

We need a break from politics. How about a summary of Life on Mars episodes for those of you who haven’t seen the show? Found on YouTube. I imagine the David E. Kelley version for the US will largely follow this formula.

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Yes, Councillor

2007-09-27T06:40:40Z

I know white people all look the same, but has anyone noticed that Hugh Barr, running for Council, whose advertisement is on Kent Terrace on a trailer, bears a remarkable resemblance to the fictional Rt Hon James Hacker MP? Subtract Mr Barr’s gl...

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CBS renews Jericho, as predicted

2007-06-09T07:04:42Z

[Cross-posted] Call me superstitious, but I have frequently seen a connection between being covered in Lucire and some subequent good fortune. Last year, I interviewed actress Ashley Scott (photographed above by Andrew Matusik) and, soon afte...

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My brother Darryl, and my other brother Darryl

2007-04-07T06:20:21Z

Here’s another series finalé, this time from 1990. Newhart, starring Bob Newhart, ends with perhaps the most inventive finishing minutes—at least till I see Life on Mars next week! Let’s see: he thinks it’s 1990 but in fact … Come to think of i...

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