I think a BBC America hour is about 42-45 minutes or so, same as other U.S. cable channels (but I have no idea if they sometimes reduce the commercial load occasionally to accommodate longer episodes and still end shows on time at the top of the hour). After some googling, I found a link from 2011 suggesting ITV 1 is…

I guess it would be too obvious for him to be the killer, right? I mean, that's a good attempt at misdirecting someone if you're the killer: "I'm a psychic and the killer is someone you know really really well!" (That's assuming you're persuasive enough or they're gullible enough to believe your psychic shtick.) Then…

"Similarly, Danny’s friend Tom can no longer just play peacefully in the skate park, but is besieged by questioners."

You're not the only one, @avclub-6e6ba8f8387793dc7660178e8b68beb8:disqus. I was also hoping against hope to remain unspoiled. Oh well, at least I'm commenting in this thread about something other than Christina Hendricks's boobs, and I didn't think that was going to be possible. That annoying spoiler totally…

I hope you're right, but I got the distinct impression that TBS merely outbid Fox for American Dad, rather than it getting "canceled" by Fox per se, and as for the Flintstones reboot, I'd like to think everybody including MacFarlane just came to their senses on that one and realized it was a horrible idea. I could be…

I'm glad I'm not the only one to be driven crazy by that — giving unwarranted kudos to materialistic popular filth (mostly) instead of more stuff like Killer Mike or Blackalicious et al. Unfortunately this is a common ailment among indie rock types, I've noticed, even extending to a few WFMU DJs, who really should…

Ha ha ha!

We can only hope. Sadly, The MacFarlane is now considered some kind of comedy deity in Hollywood and Fox is probably not permitted to cancel his programs. I mean, except for stuff that The MacFarlane already lost interest in anyway, like Cleveland Show (or whatever that awful-looking Family Guy spin-off was called).

I would normally agree, but I want several seasons of Broadchurch… but mainly just to keep Chibnall away from Doctor Who. (But also, he's much more suited to this kind of stuff, and I like this show. It will surely wear out its welcome and turn mediocre if it goes more than a couple of seasons, but I'll take that in…

I applaud you, sir, for this excellent comment. With the sound of one hand clapping, of course.

I'm in your camp there, although a lot of people around here seem to disagree with you re: American Dad, but I still don't get it.

Actually, when I originally watched the show, my expectations for Jothee were so incredibly low — due to the awful example set by Alexander Rozhenko — that I ended up thinking he wasn't all that bad. The actor did a pretty decent job of not being too whiny, although the scripts didn't do him any favors. Even so, my…

When it's produced by Seth McFarlane, who's considered a comedy God in Hollywood right now? Not bloody likely.

No, no, that one had infants or something, instead of old guys. Which is perhaps an even worse idea, if that's possible.

Well, it's from Seth McFarlane, who is basically able to print money with the great ratings that Family Guy gets in syndicated reruns, so Fox is going to give him a lot of rope on this one, probably. Shows by influential producers don't get canceled all that easily. But if it's as bad as it looks, I hope the show…

ITA. The All-Powerful, All-Knowing, Genius Serial Killer thing really gets on my nerves.

Sherlock is overrated IMO, but the way they present texting is outstanding. The Bridge could've just lifted that wholesale and they would've been a whole lot better off than using that ridiculously garish font and those godawful colors. Or they should've presented it like subtitles.

Mainly they're worried about what the advertisers will think. The cable channels' standards-and-practices departments will bleep or blur anything they assume will upset the advertisers. Overall, I assume advertisers seem to be getting more permissive, but I wonder if they pipe up with complaints occasionally, since…

@sarapen:disqus If you haven't watched since Tennant then I'd say season 7 is the LEAST essential, as a whole, of the things you've missed. Even the good bits of season 7. You missed season 5, which was easily one of the best seasons of modern Who. It certainly has some duds too, but nothing really awful, just some…

I presume that the Emmys were even more provincial (and anti-genre) back then than they are now, and since Farscape was filmed in Australia, I would imagine it never stood a chance. Actually, PKW getting a nom for ""Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special" in 2005 is pretty surprising,…