It only got as far as the third episode, but now Runaway has been cancelled by The CW. My verdict on Monday was that Runaway was going to kark it: “I’m predicting a slow, lingering death for this one, unless someone puts it out of its misery.” So I’m feeling suitably justified now.
Year: 2006
US TV
The Class: spot the Brit
Took me five episodes before I finally spotted the Brit in The Class pretending to be an American, something that is almost compulsory in all US shows these days. It’s Sean Maguire, whom you might recognise from an awful long time ago in Grange Hill. Or Dangerfield, apparently.
Five US off to inauspicious start
So Five US, the channel just for me but with the rubbish advertising campaign, launched last night. So far, it’s not crowded with all the delights that were promised us: Shark, Vanished, et al are nowhere to be seen in the EPG. Of course, since TVTV doesn’t yet have Five US in its EPG, that might be the reason.
What is on, so far, are episodes of Joey, Happy Days and the various CSIs. I’m not impressed on the latter score. Five US decided to launch the whole channel with CSI, which would have been fine if they’d actually started with the first episode. But they didn’t. They began with episode two, which was the second half of a two-part story: in fact, it was the second-part of the original pilot episode.
So, to sum up, Five has launched a whole channel dedicated to fans of US programming; yet they’re not really showing anything new, only repeats, and the repeats aren’t in the right order or are missing episodes.
I recorded Conviction though, so maybe that’ll be worth the entrance fee alone.
UPDATE: They also repeated one scene in CSI so it played on either side of the final advert break. Classy.
UK TV
Torchwood is coming
Admit it. You’re excited now, aren’t you? Trouble is, the first episode is on this Sunday and clashes with the second part of Prime Suspect. Fortunately, there’s a repeat on BBC3.
But you’re still excited, aren’t you?
News
BBC4 to celebrate Halloween with Dennis Wheatley
Not content with scaring us last Christmas with a whole load of ghost stories, BBC4 has decided Halloween could do with some subtle chills as well. So they’ve adapted Dennis Wheatley’s The Haunting of Toby Jugg as The Haunted Airman, ready to give us all the shudders on All Hallow’s Eve.
It is, however, worth noting that Julian Sands is going to be in it, so maybe it won’t be that terrifying after all. Except in other ways.
Take a trip to the web site to view some video clips, if you will.