Are you being rebooted? Well, in the case of classic BBC comedy Are You Being Served? the answer is most definitely yes.The BBC has announced that it’s heading back to Grace Brothers’ department store for a revival of the smash hit comedy series.
I am a fan of this classic Brit-com. This is a great workplace comedy with some great dialogue and writing. One of the great things about this show is the cast which was top notch.
I don’t watch “Scandal” or “The Bachelor”. Back to your regularly scheduled blog posts.
I don’t understand why it’s always a pretty white gal and guy who are in the movie to save the day? To me it seems like diversity is a strength and there are many capable actors and actresses of color who can be the super hero. It really doesn’t send a good message when its all about the brave and the beautiful. Can the brave be average looking? Is there a rule that the hero has to be a hunk or the heroine supposed to be hot? Also do the heroes have to be always slender, like they might need to eat a sandwich or something.
I really don’t mean to be judgemental like I mentioned in my previous post but this is a real world problem that spills out into the cinema and on TV. We could say it’s the writers who make this happen but just think if Harry Potter was of Asian heritage or if Katniss Everdeen were African American. Maybe there needs to be a change in how the world is looked at. Heroes come in all packages and shapes and colors. It’s kind of how we were made. Just saying.
For nine years on Fox’s hit sci-fi show “The X-Files,” FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully searched for an alien truth that was seemingly hidden in the skies. But as they return to screens this week, the truth might be much closer to home.
Source: ‘X-Files’ reunites Mulder and Scully in search for a truth closer to home | Reuters
The X-Files was a staple of Sunday night TV for years. It’s return is a walk down memory lane for many and a introduction to others of some great characters. I want to believe this will be great.
I am a child of the 1970’s and 80’s and I grew up on network TV. From WKRP in Cincinnati, Alice, All in The Family, Maude, The Golden Girls, Growing Pains, Night Court, Three’s Company, Maude, Good Times, One Day At A Time and the list goes on and on. Call me old fashioned I am still a fan of watching a TV show on an TV, live and in colour. And as a little kid I watched via an antenna over the air.
Netflix and Hulu as good as it is for binge watching it does not have the same communal feel. There are many moments on live TV that everyone experienced together at the same time.
Back in the day it was about water cooler conversations about what you saw the night before. I do realize TV is changing but it isn’t the same. I am still a fan of watching something as it comes from the source. It is also about anticipation of the next episode and watching it at the same time each week. Yes it used to be appointment TV and for many it still is. My local broadcaster also has a vested interest in my viewing for their revenue from commercials and the like.
This week we have watched some shows we hadn’t seen before and enjoyed them very much. In the world in which we live we need to laugh more, to not take life so seriously and relate to the world through comedic license. So turn on the tube and find something to laugh about.
Michael Weatherly concludes his run on NCIS this season after appearing in every episode for over a decade.
Source: Michael Weatherly Leaving NCIS At Season’s End – Today’s News: Our Take | TVGuide.com
To do one role for over a decade is a fete in modern TV when there is such flux and fluidity in the medium. Best wishes to Mr. Weatherly and Agent DiNozzo
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