You need to have digital tv to get it, though it is free.
Kaylee: Can I? Zoe: Sure. He's out, though. Kaylee: He did this for me, once.
'Safe'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Jars - Jul 24, 2006 12:37:33 pm PDT #9511 of 10001
Katya P - Jul 24, 2006 12:41:02 pm PDT #9512 of 10001
"Look, Fraser, you want to be the love of my life? It's simple. Just stick around. You got nothing else to worry about." Rowan.
I think I'd compare BBC3 more to a premium cable network in the US. It commissions interesting, quality comedy and drama (e.g. Little Britain, Life on Mars, now Torchwood). It is, however, only available as a digital channel and you need cable or satellite to see it. I assume those who are complaining want access to a larger audience - if it's successful it will get a repeat slot on BBC1 (like Life on Mars) and will pick up more viewers that way.
§ ita § - Jul 24, 2006 2:02:19 pm PDT #9513 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I'd known you'd be hanging out with him, Jess, I'd have sent a happy birthday hug or something for him--Saturday was his birthday, and he spent it working.
DXMachina - Jul 24, 2006 2:26:15 pm PDT #9514 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Eureka is being shown on USA, too, apparently.
Laura - Jul 24, 2006 6:48:04 pm PDT #9515 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Finally had a chance to watch Eureka tonight with the boys. Then I had to immediately check to see when I could have more more more. Good timing I'd say. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. That was good fun.
Fiona - Jul 24, 2006 10:14:42 pm PDT #9516 of 10001
Katya, Life on Mars was a BBC1 programme and wasn't shown on BBC3 at all. Perhaps you are getting it confused with something else...? The one BBC3 show I can think of which got excellent reviews and a very rapid repeat on BBC1 was Casanova.
BBC3 and BBC4 are supposed to cater for specialised audiences (young in the case of BBC3, intellectual for BBC4), and had a very hard time at the beginning carving out their own identities. Their teeny-tiny audience shares and frequent repeats were a bit of a joke for a while. However, they've both done very well in the past year or two and have been getting ever higher-profile original programming.
I predict that Torchwood will get the highest-ever ratings for BBC3 and that's part of the point. It's absolutely the perfect show for them, but ratings will still be lower than they would be for BBC1, because many people simply can't get the digital channels.
sumi - Jul 25, 2006 4:22:32 am PDT #9517 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
So, BBC3 is much like Scifi in some parts of the US. (Digital cable only.)
I really enjoyed Life on Mars. (Are we talking about it here? Or in Natter?)
sumi - Jul 25, 2006 7:03:34 am PDT #9518 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Over at the IMDB it looks like Life on Mars is being remade for American tv.
DCJensen - Jul 25, 2006 7:31:31 am PDT #9519 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
They tried that with Red Dwarf. I've seen the result. Well, technically I've sat through and clenched my teeth at only a portion of the result before running away.
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2006 7:33:41 am PDT #9520 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They tried it with The Office too, and that seems to have gone okay. I don't think translation is inherently the problem.