Monthly Archives: March 2012

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 →

As a superhero fan, naturally, I was excited for us to watch Misfits. I love thinking in terms of superpowers and the endless possibilities that amount from obtaining them. Admittedly, I am one of the few people you will ever … Continue reading →

Faye Woods on The Only Way is Essex (and a failed Channel 4 reality show): “The failure of Seven Days in the face of the success of The Only Way is Essex has made me think about what we Brits really want from our docusoaps. … Continue reading →