...as soon as BT get their act together. In the meantime, let's enjoy the annual unveiling of the new Smallville credits. Not too pleased Supergirl has sneaked on there...
Friday, September 28, 2007
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Cooking up Trouble
Despite being an amalgamated rip-off of The Apprentice, Kitchen Nightmares and Our Restaurant Rules, BBC2's The Restuarant looks set to be the reality TV series to get us through the next few weeks. Teaming with less originality than the EastEnders writing team, The Restaurant's a winner purely because of it's whole-scale derivitive concept.
As Kitchen Nightmares and Jamie's Chef have proved, running a restaurant is a stress-inducing, temper-flaring business. Thus, it's perfect TV viewing. While it's too soon to be rooting for any of the couples on The Restaurant - or at least find any that are instantly hateful - we're sure it's only a matter of time before the heroes and villains are unveiled. At which point the series will become compulsive viewing, and finally provide some use for that button marked 2 on our remote control.
As Kitchen Nightmares and Jamie's Chef have proved, running a restaurant is a stress-inducing, temper-flaring business. Thus, it's perfect TV viewing. While it's too soon to be rooting for any of the couples on The Restaurant - or at least find any that are instantly hateful - we're sure it's only a matter of time before the heroes and villains are unveiled. At which point the series will become compulsive viewing, and finally provide some use for that button marked 2 on our remote control.
E4 Finally Sees Sense
One Tree Hill's back in primetime, Smallville's got a good (though rather competitive) Sunday night slot and What About Brian and Brothers and Sisters appear to have been shunted out of their big-league slots. E4 seems to have woken and realised what they're about.
Why anyone thought it was a good idea for a youth channel to buy in thirtysomething dramas like Runaway, Brother and Sisters and What About Brian is a mystery. The latter two are darn good telly, but they're not for E4 - no matter how much Willian Devane or Ron Rifkin you drop in them. Brothers and Sisters has More4 written all over it's classily scripted self. And though The Sopranos is excellent, it no longer fits the E4 remit.
Sadly C4 doesn't seem to have anything new to put on E4 this year - Reaper being the only one that could fit its teen dynamic. Thankfully Ugly Betty's making a sooner-than-hoped-for return in October, and we wouldn't be surprised to find something incredibly similar to Celebrity Big Brother (if not identical) coming up next year. And the series five One Tree Hill reboot should prove amazing.
What other teen has noted that its stars are all too old to be playing teenagers and flashing forward four years between seasons?
Why anyone thought it was a good idea for a youth channel to buy in thirtysomething dramas like Runaway, Brother and Sisters and What About Brian is a mystery. The latter two are darn good telly, but they're not for E4 - no matter how much Willian Devane or Ron Rifkin you drop in them. Brothers and Sisters has More4 written all over it's classily scripted self. And though The Sopranos is excellent, it no longer fits the E4 remit.
Sadly C4 doesn't seem to have anything new to put on E4 this year - Reaper being the only one that could fit its teen dynamic. Thankfully Ugly Betty's making a sooner-than-hoped-for return in October, and we wouldn't be surprised to find something incredibly similar to Celebrity Big Brother (if not identical) coming up next year. And the series five One Tree Hill reboot should prove amazing.
What other teen has noted that its stars are all too old to be playing teenagers and flashing forward four years between seasons?
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