Category: US
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Must See TV: Blackout Night
At the height of its Thursday night dominance, NBC was still trying to find ways to grab more viewers. And so they hit upon the idea of a themed night of shows, where all four of the big sitcoms would have a sort of overlapping thing going on. In 1994, they chose a black out…
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The First Key & Peele Sketch
The thought that goes in to the choice of the first ever sketch shown in a new series must be a headache. The first sketch we see in the series proper for A Bit Of Fry & Laurie for example is Parent Power, with Hugh telling off Stephen’s headmaster for suggesting his child is the…
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Mr. President
When the Fox network launched its weekend evening schedule in 1986, it somehow managed to begin with some shows that would last forever, or ones that spawned other shows that did much better. Married … With Children was a staple of the network for years, The Tracey Ullman Show launched careers and other shows, and…
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Stand By Your Man
Today I learned, belatedly, that FOX remade Birds Of A Feather for the US network. Stand By Your Man follows the same premise as the original, and features Rosie O’Donnell and Melissa Gilbert Brinkman in the main roles. The show was developed by Nancy Steen and Neil Thompson, and where it diverged from the source…
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Making Of The Office Pilot
Here’s a short video posted on Peacock’s channel about the making of The Office pilot. It’s interesting seeing them compare it to the original, before it eclipsed that show so enormously. It’s still clearly apeing the UK version in that first run of six, but the moment they fix all that show’s flaws, and Michael…
