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Articles by Rob Buckley
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News: ITV to launch ITVBe, Juliette Lewis returns to TV and HBO adapts Utopia + more
Film casting
- Richard Dreyfuss joins Zipper
UK TV
- Digital episode of Inside No 9 made available
- ITV to launch free channel for young women, ITVBe
- Tuesday ratings
US TV
US TV show casting
- Krista Allen to guest on Mistresses
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan to guest on Shameless
- C Thomas Howell to guest on Grimm
- Gregg Henry promoted to regular on The Killing
- Emily Rose to recur on Graceland
New US TV shows
- HBO greenlights: adaptation of Channel 4’s Utopia
- Fox greenlights: Will Forte’s Last Man on Earth
New US TV show casting
- Juliette Lewis joins ABC’s Secrets & Lies adaptation
- Criistin Milioti joins NBC’s A to Z
- Sarah-Jane Potts replaces Georgina Rylance on Fox’s Broadchurch remake Gracepoint
- Donal Logue joins Fox’s Gotham
- Oscar Nuñez joins USA’s Benched
- Jeffrey Norling and Christina Chang to recur on ABC’s Sea of Fire + casting on ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder
- Jamey Sheridan joins TNT’s Agent X, Rose Rollins to star in TNT’s Guilt By Association
- Idara Victor to recur on AMC’s Turn
Do you suffer from FOMOOT?
If so, you need to buy a PVR. Or learn how to use the iPlayer or something.
New social phenomenon revealed: FOMOOT*
*That’s Fear of Missing Out on Telly
New research has revealed that over a third of Brits admit choosing to stay in to watch their favourite programme rather than go out. This new TV trend and social phenomenon has been coined – FOMOOT (Fear Of Missing Out On Telly).
With the average Brit watching over 4 hours of live TV a day*, those afflicted by FOMOOT, a term coined by Freesat and an update to the well-known term FOMO (fear of missing out), will stay in to watch that favourite programme, even if that means missing out on an important event or commitment.
Research by the subscription-free satellite TV provider, found that Brits are going to extreme lengths as a result of FOMOOT, with nearly a third of Brits (31%) admitting to missing a friend’s or family’s birthday celebration to watch their favourite programme, one in 10 have pulled a sickie to make sure they’re at home to catch the latest episode of a series and a sneaky 4 per cent also admit to watching their favourite programme at work. Seven per cent have even left a wedding or funeral early to catch a much-loved show.
More than one in 10 of us have fallen out with friends or family due to our TV watching habits, with that figure rising to one in five for 16-25 year olds. Bad reactions to missing a beloved show include sulking all night (12%), blaming your partner (7%), throwing the remote control 4%) and even crying (2%). Two per cent of us have even tried to lie about having seen a programme, just to keep up with conversation.
The top 5 programmes Brits don’t want to miss are:
- Sherlock (21%)
- Doctor Who (17%)
- Coronation Street (15%)
- Downton Abbey (15%)
- Mrs Brown’s Boys (13%)
No indication of the methodology used for this. I’m sure it was entirely scientific and not at all just a weak attempt to get publicity for something Freesat-related.
Do you suffer from FOMOOT?
If so, you need to buy a PVR. Or learn how to use the iPlayer or something.
New social phenomenon revealed: FOMOOT*
*That’s Fear of Missing Out on Telly
New research has revealed that over a third of Brits admit choosing to stay in to watch their favourite programme rather than go out. This new TV trend and social phenomenon has been coined – FOMOOT (Fear Of Missing Out On Telly).
With the average Brit watching over 4 hours of live TV a day*, those afflicted by FOMOOT, a term coined by Freesat and an update to the well-known term FOMO (fear of missing out), will stay in to watch that favourite programme, even if that means missing out on an important event or commitment.
Research by the subscription-free satellite TV provider, found that Brits are going to extreme lengths as a result of FOMOOT, with nearly a third of Brits (31%) admitting to missing a friend’s or family’s birthday celebration to watch their favourite programme, one in 10 have pulled a sickie to make sure they’re at home to catch the latest episode of a series and a sneaky 4 per cent also admit to watching their favourite programme at work. Seven per cent have even left a wedding or funeral early to catch a much-loved show.
More than one in 10 of us have fallen out with friends or family due to our TV watching habits, with that figure rising to one in five for 16-25 year olds. Bad reactions to missing a beloved show include sulking all night (12%), blaming your partner (7%), throwing the remote control 4%) and even crying (2%). Two per cent of us have even tried to lie about having seen a programme, just to keep up with conversation.
The top 5 programmes Brits don’t want to miss are:
- Sherlock (21%)
- Doctor Who (17%)
- Coronation Street (15%)
- Downton Abbey (15%)
- Mrs Brown’s Boys (13%)
No indication of the methodology used for this. I’m sure it was entirely scientific and not at all just a weak attempt to get publicity for something Freesat-related.
Third-episode verdict: Rake (US) (Fox)
In the US: Thursdays, 9/8c, Fox
In the UK: The Universal Channel.
Time to cast our eyes over the first three episodes of Rake, Fox’s lacklustre attempt to remake Australia’s popular show about a rogue lawyer who’s gone off the rails a bit (Richard Roxburgh as the eponymous Rake) by diluting it down to the point of non-existence and casting Greg Kinnear as the not-eponymous Keegan Deane.
This is what it should look like:
This is what it actually looks like:
As a show, it just sort of exists. It’s not especially fun. It’s got almost nothing interesting to say about the legal system. Rake’s Deane’s flaws, including gambling addiction, aren’t really terrible and no one really does anything to him (goodies or baddies) as a result of the thefts, deceptions, etc, he commits, so they just seem like harmless quirks. Greg Kinnear is woefully miscast as Deane, not having the charm or ability to portray the darkness of character needed for the role.
So all it is is 40 minutes or so of Kinnear running around being mildly annoying to people, mildly unreliable and mildly incompetent as a lawyer. Despite the occasional guest actress (Alex Breckenridge in episode two) or guest star (Tony Hawks in episode thee) doing their best to enliven proceedings, they’re always better than the show itself and nothing about any regular aspect of the show makes you want to watch it, unless you’re desperate for a screen saver on your TV and can’t be bothered to stump up for one of those fireplace DVDs.
Avoid.
Barrometer rating: 4
Rob’s prediction: Will be cancelled before the end of the season