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- First two Oliver! performances cancelled for more rehearsals
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British TV
- BBC, ITV and BT planning a broadband Freeview service
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- ITV catch-up service viewers up 600% in a year
US TV
- Lauren Graham returning to primetime
- Fox likely to pick up Boldly Going Nowhere and Glee
- Gossip Girl spin-off not happening after all
- Joss Whedon admits to mistakes with Dollhouse
- No Full House remake
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December 12, 2008 | Reply
Can we just discuss the ludicrous way Variety writes its showbiz stories? All "thesp" this and "scribe" that and bonkers grammar. And am I understanding this wrong - in the Lauren Graham story do they really use the word "laffer" to mean "comedy"?
December 12, 2008 | Reply
It's irritating, isn't it? Absolutely daft. But it's been going on for the best part of 100 years so they probably don't know how to stop it - and there's bound to be a few traditionalists who regard it as a Variety USP that everyone loves.
And yes, laffer for comedy. Doh.