US TV

The rain in Spain actually falls mainly on Scotland

So I’m in Scotland again. Edinburgh this time. Technically, right now I should actually be in the air above Scotland since my plane should have taken off about five minutes ago. Instead, I’m still in Edinburgh airport, clocking up time on a BT Openzone WiFi rip-off scheme. Why?

Edinburgh Airport

Because it’s absolutely pissing it down with rain in Scotland again. QFS. So now my plane is now going to lift into the sky at 22:12 apparently and land in London at about half eleven. Next – and last – train to London Bridge is at 12.15. Sigh.

To save me from night bus and train horrors, my lovely wife who is both lovely and lovely is going to pick me up from Gatwick. She is indeed a wonderful wife.

But that means no proper review of Doctor Who today. No finales guide. Just a rainy picture of Edinburgh airport.

Actually, I’m feeling kind. Since I’ve been bleating on about how House has the wrong theme tune in the UK for ages now, I thought I’d treat you to the proper title sequence. This is how it should look and sound – notice just how perfectly the music suits the titles in exactly the way the lift music they use over here doesn’t. Time to start a campaign, everyone.

US TV

Bring back Bring Back… The A-Team

The A-TeamI failed completely to watch Bring Back… The A-Team last night, despite wanting to see what the cast were up to these days (apart from slagging off the new series of Battlestar Galactica, that is). I think that’s because my extreme loathing of Justin Lee Collins was too much for me; my subconscious blanked the programme from my mind and I simply forgot all about it.

Instead, you’ll have to read Sam Wollaston’s review in The Guardian to find out what it was like. Sorry.

It doesn’t sound like it was that good: they couldn’t get Mr T into the same room as Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz, for one thing, and they failed to even look for the other members of the team – that bloke who played Frankie in the final season, the guy who played Face in the pilot episode and either of the women from the first two seasons. Set their sights a bit low, there. Tsk, tsk.

Fox announces its Autumn line-up

In the wake of NBC and ABC, here comes the line-up for Fox’s Autumn schedule. Not many surprises here, particularly the demise of Stacked.

Returning

24

American Dad

American Idol

America’s Most Wanted: America Strikes Back

Bones

Cops

Family Guy

House

King Of The Hill

MADtv

Nanny 911

Prison Break

The Loop

The O.C.

The Simpsons

The War At Home

Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy

Axed/Ended

Arrested Development

Free Ride

Head Cases

Killer Instinct

Kitchen Confidential

Malcolm in the Middle

Reunion

Stacked

That ’70s Show

The Bernie Mac Show