I seem to recall that a "season" in the UK is significantly shorter than our standard 22 episode idea. I wonder how artists feel about that.

Well, Chris Eccleston quit doctoring after a strenuous 13 episode season. And I'm not saying it to mock -- the standard seems to be shorter even than that, and I'm not sure if the production timetables are scaled the same way.

"buffistentaries"

Can we find another word? This sounds a little like a digestive disease.

I'm not entirely sure what that's supposed to be a mashup of. Buffistas and...I don't even know. Something -entaries, c—oooh.

Buffistommentaries?

Well, Chris Eccleston quit doctoring after a strenuous 13 episode season.

Yeah, I heard about that. No fun! I'm enjoying him so far, just saw the sixth episode.

I know that even after reading 4 raves, a single reviewer that clearly didn't get what was going on and panned it for the wrong reasons made me annoyed as hell.

I hope enough eps air that we get some second-look reviews as I think The Inside is only getting better as we go.

Okay, buffistentaries was a bad one off the top of my head.

Polter-Cow, in the true tradition of pod casting I think the BG ones were intended to be dloaded to your iPod and listened to on that, while you watched TV.

How about "commentistas?"

Hahahaha, I'm starting to think Polter-Cow and I are long-lost evil twins or something.

Allyson and Kristen could be commentistas.

Holy shit x-post.

Righty-ho, Tim. I will try to quell any Save The Inside campaign attempts as best I can.

I will keep updating TI.org with episode guides etc as I get time (currently spending a lot of time on Serenity in the UK) and leave it online as an archive of the show.

UK TV - it depends on the network. Example: Doctor Who. New series had 13 episodes, aired on BBC 1 at 7pm on a Saturday. Did very well. Coming back for 2 more series now. However, that is a rare investment exception.

Typically, something on ITV or Channel 4 here gets an initial 6 or so episode order - 10 if you are lucky. They tend to shoot everything prior to it airing - it's very rare for a scripted drama to still be shooting during broadcast. Few series get past the first series mark. Very few series have got more than 4 or 5 years in recent years.

To put it into perspective, the entire of Doctor Who's 13 episode run was budgeted at £3m - and that's very expensive by BBC standards. Things are very different in the US as there is a much bigger potential audience to justify spending more.

A lot of our programming comes from the US, which leads to a few layers of humour. For example, Wonderfalls and Firefly have had full airings in the UK, but we won't fund our own drama properly. By contrast, you guys will fund your drama, but won't air it properly.

Polter-Cow, in the true tradition of pod casting I think the BG ones were intended to be dloaded to your iPod and listened to on that, while you watched TV.

But I don't have an iPod either! Will no one think of my needs?!

Hahahaha, I'm starting to think Polter-Cow and I are long-lost evil twins or something.

Heh.

I like "commentistas" better than "buffentaries," because it's been so long since I wrote for Buffy anyway.

I'm in the UK and we obviously don't have The Inside on tv yet (let alone Lost) so obviously i ain't seen it.. (covering legal arse) < /sarcasm >

it is such a good show.. why do fox insist on screwing around with stuff.. it winds me up..

one plan.. we all chip together, and have quality tv shows on open access channels, and eventually (in 94years and 5months time) we'll be beating fox... yaaaaaah!

ok.. i'm going off an a weird tangent there so i'll shut up

Now I feel like a Central American Freedom Fighter.