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HI I used to love this topic on the old site , it is really interesting finding out about what everybody is watching around the world, so I thought I would resurrect it here.


Well here in England a new series of Desperate Housewifes started last night when Bree is now a widow (her face does not move at all and is shiny and smooth!) ER has started again (why the gorgeous Dr Kovac bothers with that mardy nurse I don't know)
My favourite British programme has to be Shameless. It is about a family 'surviving' on a Manchester housing estate, it is soooo bad, it really is a gem. This week the DSS moved in onto the estate to check everybodys benefit claims. The family set up an advice centre in their kitchen at £10 a question , and were renting out the kids to other families to substantiate their claims, it was hilarious. There is a brilliant actress in it called Maggie O'Neill who plays Sheila, she was (how to put it!!) helping out a local policeman with a small problem - thank goodness my teenage son had gone to bed!


So what are you all watching around the world????

Love Sue xx

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[yolanda]

Hi Sue,
Nice topic!
I love watching the Gilmore Girls (don't know if you know this show?) and indeed ER is one of my favorites too.
The english show you mention I haven't seen yet overhere is it new?
And Desperate Housewives well I am not too fond of it and don't watch it very often.
Yolanda
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Great topic Suzen

I don't watch Desperate Housewives either~ seems everyone else here in the states does though! But I agree~ Marcia Cross, who plays Bree is the most plastic looking thing I have ever seen! Whats the deal with that???

Now ER has been my favorite since it started years ago. I LOVE Luca!!!! And I don't mind Abby either, it will be interesting to see what they do with them this season now that she is pregnant. I will be watching it tonight

I watch a bit of American Idol~ mainly to laugh at these people that think they can sing. And I do like snide Simon and his comments. He is raw and crass and to the point. He makes me laugh as he rolls his eyes.

Thats about it for me~ I do like the BBC's "What Not to Wear" but we only get that version once in a while. There is an American version as well the the British gals are so witty and snippy~ I love it.

Thanks for the topic Sue

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We have some BBC programs on cableTV and definitely I love "What not to wear"... with my kid at home I don't have much chance to watch anything else than Discovery Kids but whenever U can I like to take a glance at international news (BBC, CNN, TV5) and of course, american sitcoms (old and new) on Warner and Sony. My favourites: Will & Grace, E.R., Ally McBeal, Mad About You.
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We didn't subscribe to HBO before so had not seen the Soprano's, so i am catching up. A very good show. For those in other countries, this show really does reflect on the lifestyle...one aspect I don't seem to see though is the religious side....for every family I've known through classmates or neighbors, at least one child seems to join the priesthood or sisterhood to flee from the lifestyle. I did notice one show mentioned the son's confirmation, so maybe as I watch it, they will show more of that.

I've never seen Desparte Housewives, but it seems popular with lots of people, and both of us hate all the "fake reality shows" including Survivor, American Idol, Bachelor, etc...

Remember the post that Mick made about Simon ? He absolutely dislikes him after the nasty remark he made about Mick. I always hated him. Why not just have a real competition with qualified talent ? Because it wouldn't trick you into thinking that this is a real show, and that they have to sprinkle-in deadbeats because it seems to entertain. Heaven knows why it does.

The old Star Search did a better job, it seems like everyone who appeared on that show eventually became successful, even the losers.

I also like to watch lots of news programs, especially International because you see a different viewpoint of what is going on in the world and more information, more news.

The Ovation, History, Travel, Motor Racing, and Food channels are also great.

Wish the music channels would return to MUSIC, they've drifted away from it. Ovation and PBS show more musical performances.

Love,
Lin+Mark xx

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"Shameless" sounds fabulous. I hope we can get it on BBCAmerica soon.

I watch "Desperate Housewives" whenever my schedule allows. Marcia Cross is supposed to be plastic. She's a "Stepford Wife" type. She's not like that offstage.

I do watch the Discover Channel quite a bit and on Comedy Central I love "The Daily Show" and the "Colbert Report." I TIVO those to watch when I am back from my business travels.

My "guilty pleasure" is watching "The World Poker Tour" on Saturdays. I also TIVO those a lot so I can at least pretend to have a life.

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Not much to watch at the moment down here as everyone is on summer holidays and the telly is crap. Except for those arm chair sportsmen, who are soaking up the cricket and tennis. New French and Saunders, old Ab Fab, Wild West (Dawn French). Not much Australian stuff on telly at the moment. We buy most of our stuff from OS. What a joke, eh?

Off to the theatre tonight at the Sydney Opera House to see LAWN. A story about a couple of Aussie blokes holed up in an apartment in Berlin with no money, no food and no way out. Dreaming of all things back on Australia that is sun, surf, family etc. Supposedly a bit spooky also.

This sick puppy still attached to Eastenders, Corrie and soon to come Emmerdale. As Emmerdale will be new, not sure where they will slot us in.

Pat

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Hi Pat
Summer holidays?????? I know you lot are upside down to us but hearing that brings it all home! It is freezing here and Arctic weather is coming at the weekend.
I loved Wild West with Dawn French, it is filmed in Cornwall a fave place of mine and I have a huge confession - just between us!- i went to the village that they filmed it in when we down in Cornwall the other year, to have a look round.
I am a huge fan of a comedy series called the League of Gentlemen (which they don't show any more) but I read that they all went to a college called Bretton Hall in Yorkshire so we had to have a day out there too so I could look round. The thing about that was that the college was in the middle of this fantastic sculpture park that was free and open to the public, which we didn't know about. You walk round these beautiful acres of English countryside and there are these priceless sculptures dotted round everywhere, including some by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. So me being nosy has found us a really good place to go for days out.
It is Shameless on tonight , so I am in for a night in front of the telly!
Love Sue x

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PS to Pat

The joke here is that we would never get any fresh air if we didn't watch Emmerdale (it is supposed to be about farming in the Yorkshire Dales!)

love sue x

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Thanks for the info Sue. Yes, we are upside down. Can't imagine sweltering at Xmas? Most northerners can't. And many that experience it, don't like it. But that is all we know.

It is nice to come across these little treasures like those you have described. But you do have some lovely old treasures over there. We are only 200 years old, so don't have the architechture you have, nor the history. But we have the sun, surf & sand. Which suits this Leo just fine.

In 1992, I went to the UK with my girlfriend to visit her family at Colburn (near Catterick). The family and me, went for a day trip to Whitby. Interesting place I thought. But thought no more about it. Came home sat down one day and watch the video of Holding Back The Years. I got so excited. I'VE BEEN THERE, I'VE BEEN THERE, I'VE BEEN THERE. Jumping around the lounge room. I just wish I realised this before I visited. Then I would have undertaken a "HOLDING BACK THE YEARS", walking tour. Hey now there's an idea. I'll have to patent that idea.

Lots of English tourists make their way to Ramsey Street in Melbourne for the Neighbours visit. I would like a guest role in Corrie or Eastenders when I'm over there. But I can't see it happening.

Pat

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NOT HAVING CABLE, MY BEST FRIEND BROUGHT ME OVER THE COMPLETE TWO SEASONS OF SIX FEET UNDER. I JUST WATCH THE LAST OF IT THIS WEEK AND REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS PARAMOUNT.
HAVING A DARKSIDE, IT AMAZED ME ABOUT THE TONE OF THE SHOW.
THE TEEN-AGE GIRL WAS MY FAVORITE. I'M HOPING TO GET THE THIRD
SEASON SOON. THE PHOTOGRAPHY IS STUNNING IN THAT PROGRAM.
IT'S INTERESTING IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW TO SEE WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE AND HOW THE PERSON DIED.
I TRIED WATCHING DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, BUT JUST COULDN'T GET INTO IT AND WONDER WHAT THE BIG DEAL IS ABOUT THAT SHOW.
THE WOMEN ARE NOT ADVERAGE LOOKING, AS ONE SAID, THEY LOOK
PLASTIC AND WAY TOO THIN.
THANK GOODNESS FOR DVD CAUSE I FIND THE TELE HERE IN THE U.S.
TERRIBLE.
TAKE CARE EVERYONE.
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DON'T TELL ME ABOUT SIX FOOT UNDER, please. The last season hasn't be played here yet and I don't what to know what happens. Bit like not wanting to know the footie score, but in the female sense.

Pat

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