By the way, it's just been announced that it's returning on January 1st. They screened the first episode last night and the reviews were overwhelmingly positive, one person said that it "easily" surpasses the first series. I am mega-excited.

"I paid a billion dollars for that piece of shit?"

Ratings at 2-month high!
http://www.tvline.com/2011/…

"He took our nachos"
"That's right, Beavis. And that is a crime for which it must be punished."

relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

So, do Americans not watch tv at christmas or what? Why do all the shows go away?

YES.

Do the Father Ted Christmas special, it's brilliant.
In fact, just cover Father Ted in general, it's really, really good.

That's funny, up until now I always thought he said "almost definitely", but now  I check it seems you're right. This has very slightly altered my perception of that joke forever!

Or alternatively they could use his impersonator who sounds nothing like him: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

It's extra crazy since they apparently already finished filming all the episodes a while ago. You should just torrent it when it comes on in the uk in January.

It'll be on in January in the UK I believe, so you can at least torrent it over there.

I saw it. He is indeed very good, but then pretty much everyone else is too.

Ah, fuck this news.

I think we all need to take Scott Aukerman's thoughts on the matter into consideration: http://eardrop.fm/scottauke…

I'm pretty sure she wrote the book with the specific intention of making a living as an author rather than just writing it for her kids, and spent years trying to find a publisher. As for merchandise, I doubt she has even the slightest control over the ins and outs of how the DVDs are distributed. It's all in Warner…

"American TV producers really need to get over their obsession with British TV. Most of it is just rubbish."

So, If the show had ended after season 7 as David apparently wished and this had been the series finale, how d'you think it would be viewed? would it be as divisive among fans as the actual finale? would it lessen/alter the show's legacy in the eyes of the public?

Reviews have started to come in and they've been mostly positive so far. I think the important thing about this film is although it is mo-cap, it's clearly setting out to look and feel cartoonish as opposed to pushing for realism and being creepy.

"The Wire isn't remotely realistic.  Brother Mouzone?  Hamsterdam?  Omar?  Come on."
Ok fine, uber-realistic was a bit strong, it is ultimately still a tv show and features it's fair share of plot contrivances, larger-than-life characters etc. etc. My point is that in general, The wire strives to present a world that's…