Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Looks like we've made it to the end
We're going to do that selection box style of update today, but not because we can't find anything we want to write about at length (well, maybe slightly because of that), but more because we noticed a trend in tonight's telly. That's right, folks - lots of things are ending. Because all good things must come to an end, whereas bad things go on forever, which explains why Charmed ran for eight seasons. (Just kidding. We love that show, honestly. Just don't talk to us about season eight, we're still in repression therapy trying to forget it ever happened.) Labels: Brothers and Sisters, Channel 4, e4, TV, What About Brian?, Will and Grace
And so tonight it's time to sing so long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen etc. to three US treats, two of them forever. Bowing out first (chronologically speaking) is Brothers and Sisters on Channel 4 at 10pm as it reaches the end of season one. It hasn't exactly been a ratings grabber for C4, hovering around and occasionally below the one million mark, despite its popularity in the US. Our theory for this is that perhaps the themes of the programme, in terms of its focus on a family at war over US politics and their own boozy, privileged nature, doesn't necessarily travel brilliantly and is perhaps more resonant on its own turf. That said, we actually really enjoyed this show (when we remembered to watch it), and the cast is ridiculously pretty, so we'll be sad if the second season doesn't get picked up by anyone over here.
Behind that is What About Brian on E4 at 11.05pm, which we've only ever caught odd glimpses of, but have also enjoyed in a dripping-with-cheese sort of way. It's bowing out after two seasons, leaving us wondering if the question of Brian will ever be truly resolved. Again, it was kind of hard to sympathise with the problems of a bunch of beautiful rich people, but we'll miss the show, and more surprisingly, we'll miss the trailers, which somehow went from annoying to endearing without us noticing.
And finally it's the swansong of Will & Grace on Channel 4 at 12.05am. In all honesty the show went off the boil years ago so we're not exactly in floods of tears, and if having not one but two live episodes in your final season doesn't scream "look at us, jumping this shark, look!", we don't know what does. But we'll miss the bitchy put downs all the same, and we'll miss trying to be more like Karen in our everyday lives.
So there we go. We're not going to cry, we're just going to focus on the good times and the fond memories. Okay, and maybe cry a little.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Fuck Me Facts!
Labels: Ann Summers, Harry Potter, Kenny Rogers, Sean Hayes, vibrator, Will and Grace
Amazing facts about the day they're all calling Tuesday, June 26:
» The first Ann Summers shop opened in London on this day in 1972. It was the brainchild of a businessman called Michael Caborn-Waterfield. He reasoned that women might not flock to a shop of that name for their vibrating apparatus, so persuaded his secretary to change her name to Ann Summers after she rejected his first suggestion of "Vibrata Tingling-Lube".
» Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone, the first in a series of adventures about a boy wizard by Scottish author JK Rowling, was published in 1997. The book was not a success, and little has been heard of the author or her character since.
» Today's birthday gay is Sean "Jack off Will and Grace" Hayes. He's 37 (it says here), and one of his claims to fame is that he once toured with Kenny Rogers. We're not sure what he was actually doing on this tour, however, and we have neither the time or the inclination to research the matter further.
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