Doc Martin returns to Portwenn on public television

The 5th season of the everyone’s ‘curmudgeonly lovable’ Doc has recently begun to broadcast on public television stations, your home for Doc Martin in the States.  FYI, North Texas viewers of KERA can see the premiere of series 5 this coming Saturday, May 5 at 7:00pm CT. For long-time fans of the Doc Martin series […]

Read more

Ah-ha! Alan Partridge movie set to begin

With his beloved Rover and Lexus cars and Bang & Olufsen stereo system in tow, Alan Partridge, host of Mid Morning Matters on North Norfolk Digital radio, will debut on the big screen in 2013. With the very creative working title of The Alan Partridge Movie, the film will be exec produced by Armando Iannucci, […]

Read more

Naming rights to Only Fools and Horses USA

Looks like plans for a U.S. version of Only Fools and Horses is moving right along. Should the pilot, starring John Leguizamo as Del Boy, Dustin Ybarra as Rodney and Christopher Lloyd as Grandad, be picked up for a full series, it would air later in 2012 on ABC. The series has just recently added […]

Read more

Dawn French on writing with Jennifer Saunders

When the great comedy duo of French and Saunders (Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders) went their separate ways back in 2010 following the end of Jam and Jerusalem, there was more than a bit of sadness in the air. Wanting a bit of time to focus on individual projects sounded great on paper, but there […]

Read more

James Corden – from Gavin & Stacey to Broadway

At the ripe old age of 33, James Corden has made good use of his post-Gavin & Stacey time. Corden co-created and co-wrote the popular British comedy series with G&S co-star, Ruth Jones, which ended after three seasons in 2010. So popular was it that in three short seasons, the series went from a rather […]

Read more

In the BBC comedy pipeline – Me & Mrs. Jones

There are but a few times you can point to in your telly watching career where you see a perfect storm on the comedy horizon. That said, unfortunately, the last time I can remember this happening was mid-1993. This is when I first heard of the most recent brainchild from the great Richard Curtis starring […]

Read more

Jimmy Fallon is the Earl of Downton Sixbey – Who knew?

8:15 of Latenight with Jimmy Fallon brilliance As most are aware, Jimmy Fallon is the current resident of NBC’s Studio 6B. You may not be aware, however, that he is also the Earl of Downton Sixbey. As you can imagine, this brings with it more challenges that one Earl alone should have to handle. He […]

Read more

Save Downton Arbys!

For more years than I can remember, PBS has been on the receiving end of their fair share of parodies. Some good, some bad. Some, however, are too good not to share. The brilliant silver lining thing about being the butt of a parody is that you have something worth parodying. Enter Downton Abbey. This […]

Read more

From the vault: Robot Wars w/ Craig Charles

As we move closer to the long-awaited, highly-anticipated, Red Dwarf X, I started thinking about all the other great series that the Boys from the Dwarf did over the years to pass the time between the greatness of RD. Over the years, Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) has been quite the busy Series 4000 mechanoid acting in […]

Read more

Lego Shaun of the Dead anyone?

From the department of too good to pass up….as I began writing this, the CUUSOO team over at Lego were in need of about 5,000 supporters in order to create a Lego set for the great Simon Pegg / Edgar Wright zombie invasion comedy film, Shaun of the Dead. The Make the Winchester project is […]

Read more