Monday’s “American Only Fools and Horses remake” news

30 January 2012 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

British TV

  • Cast for series three of Luther, BBC America to co-produce
  • Eternal Law beaten by Crimewatch in the ratings  

US TV

The CarusometerA Carusometer rating of 4

Third-episode verdict: Alcatraz (Fox)

27 January 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

In the US: Mondays, 9pm ET/PT, Fox
In the UK: Acquired by Watch

Well, normally I hold out until episode three of a show in case it gets better, since usually you can expect some quality change in a show by that point.

Alcatraz, though, has enviable consistency. After a surprisingly dull first two set of episodes, episode three – its explicit ‘origins’ – proved to be amazingly identical to them in almost every way. The procedural element of the show was just a massive plod through gross serendipity crossed with colossal stupidity. We got absolutely no revelations about the central mystery, only more mystery that wasn’t actually that interesting. Parminder Nagra was still stuck in a hospital bed, not saying anything. And the female lead still looked about 16. In fact, she seems to be getting younger.

Beyond Sam Neill and the vague possibility that there’s something good hidden deep inside this mystery, there are no reasons to watch this show. So I shalln’t.

Carusometer rating: 4
Rob’s prediction: Should stagger on until the end of the season at least. Could possibly even get a second season. But it doesn’t deserve to.

 

Sitting Tennant

Friday’s Sitting Tennant (week 4, 2012) plus the winners of the January 2012 Sitting Tennant picture competition

27 January 2012 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Sister Chastity's Sitting Tennant

Shilohforever's Sitting Tennant

And we have our first winners of the year! With 35 points apiece, Hebbie and Sister Chastity are the joint medal winners in January’s Sitting Tennant photo competition. Well done both of you! Enjoy your laurels as crowned champions.

Next week, the points will go back to zero in the picture competition for February, but everyone’s points will be kept and tallied up at the end of the year to announce the overall 2012 champion.

Good luck picture next month hunting everyone!

  1. Hebbie, Sister Chastity: 35
  2. shilohforever: 20
  3. Janice: 10

Don’t forget Tuesday’s caption competition!

Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable and doesn’t obviously infringe copyright, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery. Don’t forget to include your name in the filename so I don’t get mixed up about who sent it to me.

The best pic in the stash each week will appear on Tuesday and get ten points; the runners up will appear on Friday (one per person who sends one in) and get five points.

You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points, everyone who contributes getting five points.

Each month, I’ll name the best picture provider and best captioneer, and then at the end of the year, the overall champion will be announced for 2012!

Friday’s “Sky Atlantic’s Julia Davis comedy, Spiral remake and Army Wives (UK)” news

27 January 2012 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film

Theatre

British TV

  • Channel 5 acquires Once Upon A Time
  • Julia Davis to write and star in Hunderby for Sky Atlantic
  • ITV commissions dramas about soldiers’ wives and girlfriends

US TV

  • Fox orders John Wells comedy Prodigy Bully
  • Wednesday ratings: Touch starts well
  • CBS orders comedy pilot from Rebel Wilson…
  • …and three drama pilots, including Mommy Track Mysteries, Quean and a 60s Las Vegas sheriff show from Nicholas Pileggi
  • Bebe Neuwirth to recur on The Good Wife
  • Alias‘s Kevin Weisman to recur on Awake
  • (Nearly year-old news) BBC America remaking Engrenages/Spiral