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Originally posted by SaberBlade View PostUnfortunately it used to be like that, but now it seems if the US decides to have a hiatus, the UK gets screwed over by it too. Most of the time it's not an issue, but Sky One did it with SGU, House, NCIS LA and I think Bones. There is no reason for it, but still the UK gets a delay because the US gets a delay (and I'd bet it's because they don't want US viewers watching UK downloads).sigpic
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Originally posted by Alipeeps View PostAs far as I am aware, that only happens now because Sky starts showing some US shows - such as House, SGU, Lost etc - on or just behind the US schedule. It's understandable that the US channels who fund these shows don't want episodes premiering abroad. I guess for UK viewers it's a trade-off - either we get the shows months behind the US... or we get them on the US schedule and have to put up with the hiatuses/pre-emptions etc.
The UK doesn't celebrate thanksgiving, so when the US skips an episode one week we get the chance to catch up. I've also noticed that the US may end a show earlier in December and start it again later in January (if not February or sometimes March) and with the run up to May Sweeps, can skip an entire month just to make it last longer. It really does come down to the US network and the show, but I believe the UK shouldn't be forced into screwing up our airdates simply because they want May to get the best ratings or for them to get the episode first. The UK should be used as an example for the US networks to broadcast it properly.
It's also the same in reverse, with UK shows being aired in the US. I would hate for a show like Sherlock to go from 3 double length episodes into 6 standard episodes because it allows the US to stretch it out for ratings or profit or for them to delay each part for a few weeks/months like it's the Doctor Who specials.
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Originally posted by Claire View PostYeah! I watched Sherlock. I thought that they were very good. I used to like watching Sherlock Holmes when I was younger. Jeremy Brett and Basil Rathbone were the ones I watched.sigpic
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Sherlock has been recommissioned for a second series, it has been formally announced.
BBC One controller Jay Hunt confirmed today that the modern-day drama adaptation, which wowed viewers and critics, will return for three more 90-minute stories in autumn 2011.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s129/...n-in-2011.html
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Originally posted by Replicator Todd View PostSoo....any plan for a US airing?
Sherlock Holmes stalks again in a thrilling contemporary version of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic, starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Atonement, The Last Enemy) as the go-to consulting detective in 21st century London, with Martin Freeman (The Office UK, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) as his loyal friend, Dr. John Watson, and Rupert Graves (God on Trial, The Forsyte Saga) as the long suffering Inspector Lestrade. Fast-paced, funny, and surreally true to the hero's fantastic gifts for deduction, the series is co-created by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who) and Mark Gatiss (Doctor Who). Sherlock premieres with A Study in Pink (October 24), followed by The Blind Banker (October 31) and The Great Game (November 7).
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/sherlock/index.html
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Originally posted by jmoz View PostWhen is it supposed to start up again? Sorry, but hate the long waits. BBC should just start branching off to different genre based stations. BBC Drama, BBC sci-fi, BBC Crime noirsigpic
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Originally posted by KEK View PostI can't believe how badly they ripped off the Doctor character for this guy, they're virtually the same personsigpic
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