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As Ronnie mentioned, Skins seems to fit right in with the Channel 4 objective, one I would sum up as “edgy”, to borrow Ronnie’s term.  And edgy it is, but only for one particular reason, in my opinion. I hated … Continue reading →

While watching these two episodes, I kept going back and forth on what I thought of the show. I felt connected to the characters because they were so relatable and intriguing and I wanted to root for those we got … Continue reading →

The Director General of the BBC is stepping down after the Olympics.

The first word that usually comes to mind when discussing “Skins,” E4’s wildly popular teenage drama, is controversy. I knew that before even seeing the show because of MTV’s failed attempt at adapting the series for American television. While the … Continue reading →

After all the hullabaloo with Skins on MTV in the United States, I was expecting the original British version to really shock me, considering that regulation of racy content in the UK is much more lax (though oddly much more … Continue reading →

So I went back and revisited the Skins episodes to refresh my memory and I was left with the same impressions. The series resembles more of an HBO or Showtime type of program in terms of some of the content … Continue reading →

Some bits of news: BBC’s The Voice and ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent are in a scheduling battle, premiering on the same night and likely overlapping a time slot (BBC source: “”It is disappointing they chose to launch Britain’s Got Talent … Continue reading →

I found this interesting article from The Philadelphia Inquirer about NBC potentially dropping the ball by not picking up Downton Abbey to run on the network. Unfortunately, it only really sort of grazes over everything, beginning a few interesting threads … Continue reading →

Channel 4 is starting a new channel, called 4Seven (no, really. Cool logo, at least). It will play shows from the previous week that got a lot of buzz, but one journalist doesn’t think it will work, because people will … Continue reading →

The seventh series of Skins next year will be its last.

As Becker mentioned yesterday, minority religions and how they’re depicted on television has owned my life for the past year, so it really interested me when Pat said that it seemed like Ofcom’s rules for religion seemed to specifically target … Continue reading →

Issues of class apparently even affect acting jobs in British TV, as the actor who plays the footman Thomas on Downton Abbey has complained that “posh” actors have an easier road on TV than working-class ones.

The other day in class we were talking about potential remakes of both Misfits and The Inbetweeners, and I started thinking about where these shows could go if they wanted to appeal to the same demographic that E4 and ITV2 … Continue reading →

As I watched “Misfits” on Monday, I began to think about our fascination with the antihero. There are several American shows that feature an anti-hero as their main protagonist. The first network that comes to mind when I think of an antihero … Continue reading →

As a tie-in with a new reality show about diverse members of a British town trying to  get along (a show which has gotten at least one dreadful review), Channel 4 asked British people to tweet single words that define … Continue reading →