Month: June 2006

Film

How to compound an already bad idea

22 June 2006 Rob Buckley Post a comment

The Pink PantherWe hold certain truths to be self-evident: Mick Fleetwood and Sam Fox must never host another Brits; Kelly Brook must never be asked to read an autocue again; and the one thing you should never ever do is remake the Pink Panther. We do so because we know, with every fibre of our being, exactly how’s it going to turn out before it’s even started in each of these scenarios. Look what happened when Steve Martin did the unthinkable? He remade the Pink Panther and it was rubbish. We knew it would be from the first moment we heard about it.

But now someone’s thought the even more unthinkable. How about not just one but two sequels to that remake? Sacre bleu! How can they not see what’s going to happen next?!

What to do if your pilot isn’t picked up…

22 June 2006 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

…post it to YouTube. Nobody’s Watching is from the writers of Family Guy and Scrubs. It didn’t get picked up by the US networks, probably because The WB got merged with UPN into The CW and there were enough shows to go around already at that point. But they’ve posted the whole thing to YouTube anyway so you can watch the unaired pilot. It’s in three chunks, because of YouTube’s 10 minute video limit, but it’s watchable all the same.

News

Alan Sugar regenerates into Greg Dyke

22 June 2006 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Greg DykeChannel 4 have a new Apprentice-style show coming out soon. In Get Me The Producer, Greg “Not at all bitter about the Hutton Report” Dyke will oversee the antics of two teams of TV producers, who will compete to get a lucrative TV production contract. Each week, the teams will have to make a different genre TV show, with Dykey firing the worst-performing candidate at the end of it. No doubt he’ll pick whichever producer drinks the fewest low-fat lattes and talks the least about synergies, brand extension and “the viewer’s journey”.

Channel 4 to start streaming its shows

22 June 2006 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Got broadband? Now here’s a chance to really enjoy it. As of Tuesday, according to Broadcast, Channel 4 is going to simulcast all its programmes on the web. They won’t be streaming any US shows, since they don’t have the rights, but negotiations are under way.

Later in the year, Channel 4 also plans to expand on that nice beginning by offering on-demand programming. By which time, of course, the BBC’s iPlayer will be around, subject to Ofcom and the Governors, of course.

It’s all go on the Web, isn’t it?