Here’s odd. ABC is creating a new show, Ordinary Joe, centred on a guy who has a choice of two women to go out with. Twelve years later, the show picks up the plot. But rather than just one plot, it picks up three: what if he’d gone out with his secret love, what if he’d gone out with the woman chasing after him, and what if he’d stayed single.
Sounds cool, doesn’t it? It should be: it’s British! (Cue tuneless rendition of the National Anthem which slowly falls apart as we realise it’s an ITV show… but picks up again when we hear it’s from Kudos, who make Spooks, Hustle and Life on Mars!… but then ends disastrously and with potential deaths when we learn Caleb Ransom, the creator of The Outsiders, is writing it).
The curious thing about this British show is that it hasn’t been made yet. The series is still being developed as we speak. We’ve now reached the point where we’re selling series formats before they’re even shown to be a success. Still, it’s a good idea. Let’s see which is the better version.
Talking of Kudos, incidentally, my old mag, Dreamwatch, has an exclusive, it claims: Kudos is allegedly creating a follow-up series to Life on Mars set in the 80s. Called Ashes to Ashes, it will feature some of the Life on Mars characters later on in their careers and will air in a 9pm slot in 2008.
