The financially troubled commercial network is considering cutting back the long-running cop soap "The Bill" from twice a week in prime time to once a week, giving their Regis-ish morning talk show "This Morning" the summer off and dropping popular scripted dramas "Wire in the Blood" and "Heartbeat" and the long-running bloody arts programme "The South Bank Show," a remnant from the days when they were expected to be at least a little cultural and "public service" as the BBC:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/mar/05/itv-cancelled-shows-bbc "Wire in the Blood" is about the only one of these series that has gotten recent U.S. viewing--"South Bank" was a fixture of Bravo back before it become the metrosexual channel (and I still recall unhappily when, in an attempt to ride on "Biography"'s coattails, Bravo renamed "South Bank" "Bravo Profiles," redubbed Melvyn Bragg's narration with an American voice-over whenever possible and replaced Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Theme and Variations" theme with a synthesized soundalike). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
