Friday 15 February 2013

TV

Dexter
6x06 Just Let Go
Halfway!

The Graham Norton Show
12x16 (8/2/13 edition)
Mark Wahlberg's behaviour caused quite a stir, and... yeah, it was distinctly odd. People speculated he was drunk -- considering he began the show going on about how bad it was they offered the guests drink, I'd say it's pretty darn certain that was the problem.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]

The Last Leg
2x03 (8/2/13 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]

Room 101: Extra Storage
13x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Articles

I Think I Invented Netflix, So Where's My Money?
by Stephen Gallagher (from Hauling Like a Brooligan)

with TV... I believe the pirates have set up a genuine model for the future... Broadcast TV is only good for soaps, news and reality now - background stuff... Drama, being immersive in its nature, struggles to thrive in that environment... no one wants to settle in for that long, or focus that much, at a time that doesn't necessarily suit them. There's always going to be an appetite for TV drama, but people have definitely lost their taste for being scheduled.

I had to really chop up a few paragraphs to get the main point across succinctly. But go read the whole thing, it's full of correctitude.