To celebrate the launch of of the new US sitcom Modern Family, Sky1 commission a survey about what a modern family really looks like.
The poll garnered some fascinating observations on today’s nuclear family with 29% of all those polled voting The Beckhams the best representation of today’s ‘Modern Family’, beating Homer, Bart and the dysfunctional Simpsons family by just 1% of the vote.
You might have missed it, but someone told the interweb that Zach Braff was dead. You might have missed it but his Mum didn’t and she was worried by the news that her son had died from an overdose of prescription pills.
Modern Family, a brand new US series celebrating the freaky, frenetic and funny side of family life has arrived.
Teamed with The Simpsons, this skewed sitcom provides giggles and guffaws as part of Sky1 HD’s comedy hour on Thursday nights.
It’s a great week on TV again this coming week, with loads of classic films, new series and the return of some old favourites, so here are our recommendations for the next seven days viewing… Read more & comment »
Courteney Cox has admitted that the character she plays on new show, Cougar Town is her favourite yet.
The former Friends star plays recently divorced ‘cougar’ Jules Cobb on the show. She told Mercury News that she likes “playing this character more than any character I’ve ever played.”
She stated: “I don’t think I’ve ever starred in something where I really am in every scene. I hope this show is a huge hit and that people love it.
Award winning comedy, Modern Family, launches on Sky 1 next week, October 15th at 8PM
After the resounding success of the first series, Ben Miller (Moving Wallpaper) and Alexander Armstrong (Mutual Friends) are back with their crack team of comedy writers and “script guru” Jeremy Dyson (League Of Gentlemen) for a second series on BBC One.
Oh it’s so good to be back with the misfits and freaks in Benidorm! The Oracle, his mum/PA, gayer than gay Gavin and Troy and of course, the leather skinned, miserable and constantly cruel Madge, and the rest of the long suffering Garvey family.
Mick’s still fighting his dislike of step-father-in-law Mel in the hope that when he dies, Mick and Janice will inherit his fortune. And Mel’s got a new business venture to add to that fortune too; selling and hiring out mobility scooters, with his selling point being, “You don’t have to be a cripple” in order to enjoy a mobility scooter; you just have to be a lazy git.
Sheridan Smith added to the going-with-a-bang start to the new series, starring as she did as gobby scouser Brandy, who’s rather inexplicably friends with the buttoned-up Martin. He’s now single, his wife having apparently gone off to be miserable elsewhere, and he fancies a snifter of Brandy… Read more & comment »
This week sees lots of new series starting, and some of our old favourites are back, including Harry Hill and Bones.
So let’s take a look at what else we recommend you take a look at this coming week… Read more & comment »
I’m so chuffed that a new series of Benidorm is starting tonight, I just felt compelled to pen a Why I LOVE about it… because love it I do, as I know millions of us Brits do.
And I suspect we love it so much because there’s someone we all know in that cast of misfits and typical-Brits-abroad who holiday year after year at the all-inclusive Solana resort.
Written by Derren Litten, co-writer of The Catherine Tate Show, the first ever episode of Benidorm aired on Thursday 1st February 2007 and I was hooked, along with several million others… Read more & comment »
Five have axed US comedy 30 Rock due to poor viewing figures.
The show has been a huge hit in The States, where it won 10 Emmy Awards and five Golden Globes but its audience in the UK had dipped to around 100,000.
A spokeswoman for the channel said: “30 Rock just didn’t find a big enough audience in the UK, although it was critically well-received.”
Fans need not worry, as of next month the comedy can be caught on Comedy Central instead.
Pop goddess, Shakira has reportedly landed a guest role on Ugly Betty.
EW.com reports that the She Wolf singer will play herself in an upcoming episode of the comedy.
A source said that Shakira “will be shooting her scenes in New York, but they will [appear] in the Bahamas episode—which will most likely air in November.”
School Of Comedy is a unique sketch show where kids take on the world of adults and stars Jack Harries and Son Of Rambow’s Will Poulter plus a host of young, rising British stars.
Episode 1 features Connie, who runs a pub where it’s always last orders (and no, you can’t bring your kids in); Karl and Marv, Hollywood pitch men who make absolutely no sense at all and The Cabbie, who has absolutely no idea where he’s going, doesn’t have change, but has an amazing Jimmy Saville story.
I’ve only ever seen about three episodes of Doc Martin, and those occasions have really been by accident rather than intent, but after watching last night’s episode, I have to applaud the formula; it’s the same one that makes shows such as Jam & Jerusalem and Vicar of Dibley work.
It seems to go something like this…
Make quirkiness your main ingredient – in this instance, a people hating GP who’s also haemophobic – and lob in loads of other characters with quirks. Mix them all together in a picturesque village setting, add liberal amounts of one-liners and puns then garnish with a love interest or two.
And it clearly works, for Doc Martin has a viewership more loyal than your average Labrador. Read more & comment »
There’s a cracking line-up of telly treats this week as we say goodbye to September and hello to October.
There are brand new series beginning this coming week, such as FlashForward – which I personally can’t wait to see – and the return of some old favourites such as Benidorm, which is guaranteed to bring some much welcome sunshine into our ever drawing-in Friday nights.
So here’s what we’ve hand picked to recommend you watch in the next seven days… Read more & comment »
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