Category: US
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The Dozen Golden Girls Remakes
Brighton Belles, the British remake of The Golden Girls for ITV, is infamous for being so ill-received by viewers that it was yanked off the air after only a handful of episodes. We might have a closer look at it soon, and maybe do a side-by-side comparison of the first episode, like we did with…
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Schedule Spotlight: Fox Sundays 89-90
We’re going to skip CBS on Sundays in our schedule spotlight, because it’s just 60 Minutes, Murder She Wrote, and a movie. Fox on the other hand, is much more interesting. They began their Sunday evenings with Booker, a police procedural series co-created by Stephen J Cannell. It has a title sequence that manages to…
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Schedule Spotlight: ABC Sundays 89-90
This is the first in a returning series of posts looking at the 1989-90 US network prime time schedules, with an emphasis on sitcoms. To being, we’ll look at ABC on Sundays. Like CBS and NBC, ABC dedicated most of its evening to a movie from 9pm till 11pm. But the evening began at 7pm…
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The Golden Girls Extended Universe
It was nice to see that Disney+ has added the complete run of The Golden Girls, which I shall certainly be watching slowly. The show was created by Susan Harris and ran for 180 episodes over seven seasons. It also spawned a number of spin-off shows. After Bea Arthur decided not to sign on for…
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The Office Matrix
Peacock, the online streaming service for NBC Universal, is adding a lot of extra content to some older shows, not least The Office. Here’s an extended and ultimately cut cold open from the final season. There’s some good stuff in here, not least the extended role for Hugh Dane, who nails it. But you can…
