I heart reality? or just a scottish woman?

I'm not one for reality TV. I like my entertainment scripted. I'm a bit behind, but recently this woman has taken the internet and the British people's hearts by storm. I saw this after the BBC chatted about the incident about 15 times and I don't like not knowing what everyone is talking about. I'll admit I too have a very soft spot for Miss Susan Boyle after watching her audition. The CBC has a wonderful article about it here (watch the video first!)....

Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent
by dwarthy

good bye miss brahms

growing up in a relative english household meant that when my dad got to choose what was on tv - it was normally an english show. I was aware of Monty Python, Black Adder and such at an early age (English soaps were never considered viewable...). However 'Are you being Served?' was watching with alarming regularity. It was on every night at 8 p.m. and my dad and I watched it despite the fact that I had clearly seen every episode at least three times over. I can't imagine how many times he had seen it.

Unfortunately Miss Brahms (Wendy Richard) passed away yesterday. Apparently after 'Are you being served' she went on to a soap opera called East Enders. Soaps here have a way of being part of everyone's daily chatter and their 'daytime emmys' are like the night time emmys in America.....

It's sad to see her go.

simpson and draper

A little escape - the Halloween episode airs this Sunday on the Simpsons. While I'll admit the show doesn't deliver the way it used to - this looks amazing.

Mad men+ Simpsons = one of the best Simpsons intros yet.

Link courtesy of Videogum.

small screen rage

In the world of television - England isn't just a few months behind on picking up new series or starting new seasons. They are years. We have soaps that play in the evening, monopolizing primetime... or shows that have been off the screen for years (Friends...)

Recent frustrations have raged in our household over minimal good 'new' shows on our freeview. We are just getting this new series 'Samantha Who'.. there's no Weeds, Mad Men, Big Love, Entourage and I pretty much pine everyday over the fact that the new J.J. Abrams show has no chance. I can't watch them on CTV either because it has noticed that I'm not in the country...

It doesn't matter if it's a hit or not ---- we get some of the worst shows possible from last season, but only 'it's all new in September' ie Gossip Girl. I miss good television. Image via