All Good Things Must End…

Cold Feet is by far the cream of the crop of british tv. A rich and lovely series abot three couples in different phases of relationships. the main focus is on Adam and Rachael played supurbly by James Nesbitt and the beautiful Helen Baxendale. They are the “new phase” of love as they meet and start dating. The focus of the show could be construed as a soap, if it were not for the deft way everything is handled throughout the series. Thought and care went in from the very beginning and the talent of the actors comes through at every step in every scene. Never has a show been better cast as this one. Robert Bathurst is a stand out as David Marsden, whose evolution throughout the show is quite remarkable. It is a shame that the entire series is not available to North America, but a region 2 DVD can be found on Ebay quite easily. The quality of the DVDs are ok, but the series its self are more than the lack of extras. Waste no time on other dreck, this show is a gem.

Dr. who, the wonderful first series of the updated sci-fi classic enjoys its second week on Public television. It is a great show for those that want to catch up to a classic cult phenom.

How many times does Fox Network bump a show and then wonder why there is no following. The Network that remade the News Business on cable is the worse programmer of the Networks. It is sad because i believe they tend to have the edge on quality writing. Case in point- Bones. This is a second season show that Fox has bumped a least twelve weeks of the season. How does such a show retain an audience? Same thing with the New Ron Livingston series-Stand off. Started early and then pulled for baseball, then pulled for American Idol. All the same time Fox only programs two hours a night and there have been nothing but repeats of House MD and whatever filler shows that lack anyone watching.

NBC is the same. They bump show after show and constant reruns, it is a big deal if Thursday nights have a new episode for every show programmed. It is sloppy and off putting to people that want to watch what the networks have to offer. Do they wonder why there are few must see shows? Or do they not realize that no one really cares anymore since the networks do not care to produce and schedule a constant slew of programming. With 22 episodes a full season, they already factor in 30 weeks of pre-emption and reruns. They could run two full seasons of show and gain a wider share, but it takes money to make money and the networks are too stupid to realize that. Left to their own devices you get My Mother, The Car and When Animals Attack…