Articles by Rob Buckley

About Rob Buckley
I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.
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Review: John from Cincinnati 1.1

15 June 2007 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

John from Cincinnati

In the US: HBO, Sundays, 9pm ET

In the UK: Not yet acquired.

Repeat after me: “I’m sorry. Did I miss something?”

Go on.

I’m sorry. Did I miss something?

Easy huh?

That’s lucky, because you’ll need to use this phrase a lot if you choose to watch John from Cincinnati, the new show from Deadwood creator David Milch. It could well be the most brilliant hour of television yet devised. Or it could be the most awful. I’m really not sure.

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Friday’s funtabulous news

15 June 2007 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Don't forget Utopia tomorrow



Film

British TV

  • Channel 4 and E4 have picked up the forthcoming Dirty Sexy Money and Reaper from ABC
  • The Beeb, ITV and Channel 4 are working together on a video download service
  • Virgin 1, Virgin’s rival to Sky One, has picked up Fox’s The Sarah Connor Chronicles
  • ITV1’s going to focus on 9pm dramas to turn itself around
  • Wish You Were Here returns

US TV

Review: Kyle XY 2.1

14 June 2007 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Kyle XY

In the US: ABC Family, Mondays, 8/7c

In the UK: Trouble TV at some point

Characters re-cast: 0

Major characters gotten rid of: Several

Major new characters: 2

Format change percentage: 25%

Ah, the Aspy propaganda show returns. Yes, the good-looking genius with poor social skills, muted emotional reactions, monotone voice, obsessive interests and an affinity for computers is once again back and boosting ABC Family’s ratings through its (not especially high) roof.

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Thursday’s news news news

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Doctor Who

  • It’s like crack: here, have a cheap sampler DVD to get you addicted to the old show

Film

British TV

  • Steven Moffat would like to bring back Press Gang
  • Channel 4 has bought CBS’s forthcoming Big Bang Theory
  • An online ratings system is getting closer

US TV