Year: 2009

The end of civilisation: My Ugly Best Friend

16 September 2009 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Do you ever feel there’s still a respectable use for sarin gas?

MY UGLY BEST FRIEND

My Ugly Best Friend is a brand new show where a glamour puss nominates her ugly duckling best friend for a makeover and we need men to rate these two girls!

Whether you like blondes or brunettes, tall girls or short girls – if you have an opinion and know what you like, then we’d love to hear from you!

You will be watching video footage of our two friends and then being asked to comment on everything from their noses to their clothes but don’t worry; you won’t have to meet the girls in the flesh.

We are shooting the show this Sunday, 20th September at 9.00 in the morning in Brick Lane so if you fancy taking part, then apply now! Remember, this is a show for the chaps. Ladies, we look forward to seeing you one of our other shows!

Everyone involved should be very, very ashamed of themselves/locked in a vault/eaten by weevils (delete as applicable). And no, I won’t link to where you can get tickets for it.

Meme of the week: Fantasy scheduling

16 September 2009 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

So suddenly, you get the call. Despite never having applied for the position, you’ve suddenly been appointed Head of Scheduling at your favourite TV channel. You’ve been given carte blanche to fill the schedules how you like, and you have the budget to acquire and even make whatever you want.

What’s your schedule like?

Obviously, what’s suitable for Saturday night viewing isn’t necessarily suitable for Sunday or Friday night. So you can restrict yourself to a single day or even a single evening. But it’s up to you: any time slots, any channel. 

As always, leave a comment with your answer or a link to your answer on your own blog.

US TV

Preview – Bored to Death 1×1-1×2

16 September 2009 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Bored to Death

In the US: Sundays, 9.30pm, HBO. Starts 20th September

Looking for the one – 30? (Manhattan)

Date: 2009-09-16, 7:36AM EDT

Nice looking, gentle, Jewish non-practicing Vegan, writer, stuck on second novel, just separated from girlfriend. Bored. Will offer services as unlicenced private detective to find missing persons, check on fidelity, etc, for $100/day. Looking for like-minded women for friendship, more? Must like pot, white wine, Raymond Chandler’s Farewell My Lovely.

  • Location: Nyc residents
  • it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 9376906382

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Fall TV previews: White Collar

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I’ve already given you some previews of the new shows coming to US TV this Fall (). However, there’s a lovely YouTube channel that collects together all the trailers for all the shows, including the returning ones, in one big, easy-to-navigate place. Perusing it, I found the following exciting trailer for a show that I haven’t really touched on yet: White Collar – a new show starting on the USA Network about an FBI agent and a conman who team up:

Wednesday’s Lucifer’s Dollhouse news

16 September 2009 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

  • talks about writing for Who [vid]

Film

Theatre

US TV

  • Greg Malins and Arianna Huffington working on congressional sitcom
  • Ron Howard working on IRS comedy for Fox
  • Ray Wise to join Dollhouse
  • CSI, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY to do a in November