In the US: January on Fox, maybe. See later though.
In the UK: Depends on when/if they show it in the US
So here’s novelty. Al Murray, top UK comic, gets to make his own sitcom pilot in the US. But get this: he’s allowed to do the same character – a racist, sexist, homophobic, jingoistic pub landlord who hates Americans – that he’s done in the UK.
What do you think the chances of that working are?
Or at least it’s not been renewed for a second season. One for my “Really very good but cancelled” section?
No.
My old pal Joe Nazzaro has got some more info about The Sarah Jane Adventures, over on SciFi Wire. Of note:
Still not sure if K9’s going to be in the one-off special that will launch the series, thanks to contradictory reports, but it’s pretty clear he won’t be in the series itself. Instead, he’s going to be in K9 Adventures (scroll down to find the plot).
There’s an interesting piece over on the Hollywood Reporter about how a good screenplay can persuade actors and directors to drop everything and take pay cuts, simply to appear in a movie. The movie in question is Stranger than Fiction, which I’ve been looking forward to for some time. The trailer is below if you need persuading.
Lost, C4
“On the surface it’s good TV: glamorous, gripping, addictive even. That’s precisely the problem […] Lost is crack TV.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
Lost, C4
“It should have run one season at most, at which span its empty enigmas and casual indifference to its own inventions might not have been quite so obvious.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent
Lost, C4
“There’s a real stirring sense of the writers letting their imaginations fly.”
James Walton, The Daily Telegraph
Lost, C4
“Lost has become the pub bore of the TV schedules, propping up the bar whenever you happen to be channel-surfing, forcing you to take swift avoidance action when you spot it.”
Joe Joseph, The Times
Lost, C4
“The longer Lost limps on for, the more viewers it will lose for the simple reason that, as Phineas T. Barnum said, you can’t fool all the people all the time.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express & Daily Mail
© 2022 The Medium is Not Enough
