KCSM - 60-2 (San Mateo) MHz network, out of DC.
Get a good strong antenna (Terk seems to have monopolized the market), and aim it towards San Mateo and points north. I get about 65 broadcast channels, overall. Maybe 20 worth watching. --- In [email protected], Bhairitu wrote: > > On WHAT broadcast stations? I watched some of the Swedish version of > Wallander on Netflix. There was a UK remake with Kenneth Branaugh on > PBS (KQED). > > On 01/30/2013 04:30 PM, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > Seen any of these European mystery series? > > > > Don Matteo (Italian) > > Wallander (Swedish) > > Commisario Brunetti (filmed in Italy, spoken in German, subtitled in > > English) > > Maigret (French) > > The Octopus (Italian) > > The Young Montalbano (Italian) > > > > I watch them all the time, for free, on broadcast TV, here in the > > "illiterate" United States, bozo. :-) > > > > PS You are making a lot more unfounded assumptions than usual, these days - > > anything the matter?? Ever since I openly declared my enlightenment, you > > have seemed...agitated, and quick to make ridiculous claims. > > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb wrote: > >> --- In [email protected], Bhairitu wrote: > >>> On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > >>>> "The Killing" was SO much better in its Danish original > >>>> that it makes the American remake pale by comparison, > >>>> and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was. > >>>> > >>>> The best TV series I saw last year, "The Bridge," or > >>>> "Bron/Broen," also from Denmark, looks as if it will > >>>> never get an American release. Instead they are going > >>>> to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both > >>>> of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK, > >>>> although subtitled. > >>>> > >>>> The thing is, the American networks somehow believe > >>>> that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit > >>>> accents in English-language UK series (and they might > >>>> be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one ("Utopia") > >>>> is quite interesting, at least judging by the first > >>>> episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A > >>>> pity that it will probably be remade for the US market > >>>> as well... > >>> The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America > >>> can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup, > >>> dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles > >>> either so "The Killing" got a remake. > >> People are going to think I'm being cynical when I > >> say this, but I really don't think I am. I believe > >> that the primary reason that subtitled movies have > >> lost their market in the US is that many Americans, > >> as many as 50-60%, simply can't read well enough > >> or fast enough to enjoy a subtitled movie. > >> > >>> They also don't like dubbing which is kinda funny as they > >>> denounce 1970s Italian films not knowing that all languages > >>> including Italian got dubbed so they didn't need to stomp > >>> carpenters on the adjacent set to stop hammering why they > >>> shot a scene. The money is to be made on the stupid when > >>> it comes to advertising. > >>> > >>> However some of the foreign languages and UK series do > >>> wind up on Netflix. > >> Lucky for you that they are. Some of the best UK > >> series, not to mention Danish and Swedish, that I've > >> seen in the past few years have still never appeared > >> on US TV (or even on DVD/BR, according to my friends), > >> except as remakes. > >> > >> The French cop series I talked about recently, "Braquo," > >> is headed for a remake, too, which means that Americans > >> will miss out on some *superb* performances by the > >> French actors. > >> > >> I'll bet that there hasn't even been an American release > >> of one of the best UK series of past years, "The Shadow > >> Line," right? > >> > > > > >
