[hrothgar]

New series on Showtime titled "Episodes"

I'm cautiously optimistic.

Sadly, its a series that I like, which means its bound to be cancelled after 9 episodes...

[hotShot]

hrothgar, on 2011-January-18, 06:06, said:

New series on Showtime titled "Episodes"

I'm cautiously optimistic.

Sadly, its a series that I like, which means its bound to be cancelled after 9 episodes...

It won't be canceled after 9 episodes, the first season has only 7 ......

And it is a cooperation with BBC2 so if the British people like it, there might be more.

[PassedOut]

I found it smart and funny. Hope it catches on.

[paulg]

It is being shown on BBC2 on Monday evenings. It does reinforce all our prejudices about shows that migrate to the US and is quite funny. Too early to know whether it will have the legs for a second series.

I think Tamsin Greig's best work was in Black Books.

[hrothgar]

paulg, on 2011-January-18, 07:54, said:

It is being shown on BBC2 on Monday evenings. It does reinforce all our prejudices about shows that migrate to the US and is quite funny. Too early to know whether it will have the legs for a second series.

Many classic British shows failed to survive the transition to the States.
I absolutely love "Coupling". The American remake was cringleworthy.

I do think there have been some translations where the American version has been better.
For example, I acutally prefer our version of The Office.

I haven't had the balls to watch the SyFy version of "Being Human"

[paulg]

hrothgar, on 2011-January-18, 08:08, said:

I do think there have been some translations where the American version has been better.
For example, I actually prefer our version of The Office.

We were quite happy with just the fourteen episodes

[y66]

Will check out this series.

One of my favorite BBC productions of all time was Traffik. I love that scene in the mountains where the protagonist smokes opium after having his eyes opened by his Omar Sharif styled guide. The American movie remake was decent.

[kenberg]

On the basis of this thread I tried it. It's promising. I had to start with episode 2 but I suppose I can find episode 1 on the net somewhere if I feel the need. Meanwhile I set the tv to record episode 3.

[Aberlour10]

Ultimate episode? No doubt, "The Germans" >>>Fawlty Towers heh

[luke warm]

hrothgar, on 2011-January-18, 08:08, said:

I haven't had the balls to watch the SyFy version of "Being Human"

i watched it... it might be too early to tell, but at first glance it is inferior to the bbc version... they have all new actors, don't know yet if that's good or bad (though i did like the other ghost)

there are some other good ones upcoming, on showtime and hbo... book of thrones and the borgias

[barmar]

hrothgar, on 2011-January-18, 06:06, said:

Sadly, its a series that I like, which means its bound to be cancelled after 9 episodes...

Thankfully, that doesn't happen as much with shows on cable as it does on the broadcast networks.

I think many people were worried that this show would focus too much on the "star", Matt LeBlanc. But it seems to be mostly about the writers, their fish-out-of-water experience in Hollywood, and satire about Hollywood in general. I wouldn't put it in the same class as Larry Sanders, but that seems to be where they're aiming.