Month: March 2007

In the US: Mondays, 10pm, FX

In the UK: Channel 4, Sky One and Five are all bidding for the rights

Much as we may love him, there’s always something in the words “Eddie Izzard has been cast as?��Ǩ��” that makes our hearts fall. He’s a great comedian, but a great actor? Not so much.

The Riches, therefore, comes as a bit of a surprise. It could have been pure evil. It co-stars Minnie Driver, who’s squandered most of our goodwill since Grosse Pointe Blank. And it features both of them as married con artists who hail from the Southern states of the US. Could anything go wrong with having two Brits as the leads? Hmmm….

Despite all this and Mr Izzard’s slightly dodgy accent, it’s actually pretty good.

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In the US: Thursdays, 9.30/8.30c, NBC. All episodes available online at NBC Rewind

In the UK: No one yet.

Conan O’Brien is a funny guy. You may not know this, but most of his formative comedy career was as a script-writer for The Simpsons, back when it was still good.

He’s now returned to his roots, creating and co-writing Andy Barker, PI, a supposed comedy about an accountant who accidentally becomes a private investigator, for his old pal Andy Richter.

With all this looking for times past, has Conan got his groove back?

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