Premiere List

[BobtheDrog]

I think it's important to let everyone know at this point that if a show is on Sky Atlantic it will probably not be shown on any other channel for the forseeable future. When Sky buy up the rights to show any of these series they attempt usually successfully to insert a clause which prevent s the show from being sold to anyone else who might compete with them. There are a few exceptions such as Blue Bloods which is shown on RTE (irish television channel) because the show was bought by RTE before Sky, Sky attempted to prevent RTE gaining access to season 2 but the makers refused on the grounds that RTE had come in first.

hope all that made sense, brain is very fried today

[Bouncy Castle]

Fair play to the makers. Morals over money. That has to be a first in the television industry!

[raptornx01]

They must do things different. here, its all about syndication. (well mostly) getting a show popular enough, to last long enough, to get it into syndication where it can be bought by other networks and more money made on reruns.

[Bouncy Castle]

Yes, in the US, 100 episodes is the magic number!

[Bouncy Castle]

And talking of episodes......

The second seasonof Matt Le Blanc's comedy/drama Episodes:

Friday May 11th., BBC2 & BBC HD, 10.00 pm (11.00 pm in Wales).

[Bouncy Castle]

Oh dear Om, this is funny.

http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/episodes-headsto ... nd-up.html

[raptornx01]

Whats funny is, no one thought that maybe it was deliberate

[raisindot]

Oh dear Om, this is funny.

http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/episodes-headsto ... nd-up.html

It might have been deliberate. Shows use the little side-jokes all the time.

One recent one I caught was on an recent episode of The Office. It was the one where Jim took a week off pretending to be on jury duty. To 'prove' that Jim was lying, Dwight brings in the owners of a Hispanic food truck that fed the jury pool. As they're coming in, Dwight asks the food servers if they recognize Jim. One of them points at Jim and asks, "Quein es el hymie?" which roughly translates to "Who's the Jew?" ('Hymie' being one a lesser-known epithet for Jews). There was no reference to the line in the show itself, which made it even more hilarious--even I wasn't offended.

[Tonyblack]

I'll bet it was deliberate.

[Bouncy Castle]

I can't see the funny in that at all.

Then again, I can't stand The Office, so the US version wouldn't appeal either!

[Penfold]

Thank goodness, I thought it was only me who didn't think 'The Office' was funny.

[Bouncy Castle]

I tried to like Extras, and although it was a bit better, I think I'm just allergic to Gervais.

Can't stand the man.

[Tonyblack]

I found The Office painful to watch and I have to agree about Ricky Gervais - I can't stand the guy.

[Dotsie]

Then again, I can't stand The Office, so the US version wouldn't appeal either!

Having Steve Carrell made it a completely different character, and I loved the US Office (but not the UK one). Some of the storylines were the same, but not all.

[Bouncy Castle]

As at 12th July 2012

BBC

Doctor Who - Sat, August 18 (TBC) on BBC One
Merlin - Autumn on BBC One
Sherlock - Late 2013 on BBC One

ITV

Downton Abbey S3 - Autumn on ITV1
The X Factor - August on ITV1

Channel 4

Fresh Meat S2 - Autumn on Channel 4
Friday Night Dinner S2 - Autumn on Channel 4
Homeland S2 - Autumn on Channel 4
Suburgatory S1 - Tue, July 17 on E4
The Angelos Epithemiou Show - Fri, July 13 on Channel 4

Channel 5

CSI:Miami, S10 - Sat, July 21, at 10.10pm on Channel 5
Dallas - September on Channel 5
Person of Interest - August on Channel 5
The Lying Game S1P2 - Mon, July 16 on 5*

Sky Atlantic

Boardwalk Empire S3 - September on Sky Atlantic
Girls - September on Sky Atlantic
House of Lies - Summer on Sky Atlantic
The Borgias S2 - Sat, July 21 at 9pm on Sky Atlantic

Sky1

An Idiot Abroad: The Short Way Round - December on Sky1
A Touch of Cloth - August on Sky1
Futurama S8 - July on Sky1
Mad Dogs S3 - Early 2013
Mount Pleasant S2 - August on Sky1
Raising Hope S2 - Sun, July 15 at 6.30pm on Sky1
Sinbad S1 - Sun, July 8 on Sky1
Strike Back S3 - September on Sky1
Touch S2 - October on Sky1

Sky Living

Supernatural S7 - Wed, August 1 at 10pm on Sky Living

And the rest...

A Gifted Man S1 - Aug, Tuesday 7 at 9pm on Watch
Arrested Development S4 - 2013 on Netflix
Burn Notice S5 - Mon, July 16 at 9pm on FX
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Mon, July 23 on Comedy Central Extra