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1 December 2006 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Just a few snippets of early morning news fun

CBS pulls 3 Lbs.

30 November 2006 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Ooh, they’re vicious at CBS. The show’s only reached episode three, yet CBS has just pulled 3 Lbs. because of low ratings. Hang on, didn’t Smith get cancelled in the same time slot because of low ratings? Dear oh dear.

The show’s producers had a chance to shoot eight episodes, so maybe we’ll find ourselves in a similar situation to Smith and thinking the show could have been good, given half a chance, once they’re aired on Innertube, etc.

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David Tennant to host The Friday Night Project

30 November 2006 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

David Tennant in velvetThe Sun reckons David Tennant is going to host the first episode of the next series of The Friday Night Project. Did he do something wrong in a previous life? Did he build a house on an Indian burial ground?

Incidentally, Daniel Craig is now saying the next Bond film should have gay scenes*, potentially involving 007. He cites Doctor Who as an example of their new-found acceptability with the masses. Who knew Craigy was a Who fan?

* No explanation of what exactly a “gay scene” is. Gay sex scenes? Bond noticing two gay men walking around? Talk about hedging your bets…

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One British network gets vodcasts

29 November 2006 Rob Buckley Post a comment

History Channel vodcastAll the talk of late (at least, among certain groups of people. Probably not in Tescos though) has been about podcasts and how great they are. Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Lost and others have all got their own variants. But despite being about tele, few of the regulars have embraced video podcasts (aka vodcasts), with only Lost producing a vodcast and that was a one-off.

One network has gone further though. The History Channel. Weird, huh? The ubiquitous Adam Hart-Davis* has put together four vodcasts to accompany his show, How London Was Built, that give you a guided tour of London. You can either watch them online or download them to your MP3 player (aka iPod) and watch them as you tour the streets of London. How useful’s that, history buffs?

* To be fair, he’s ubiquitous because he’s very good.