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The Lamentable Passing Of Brighton Belles Into Lore

The Golden Girls was one of the most watched US sitcoms for every season it ran between 1985 and 1991. We’ve looked at some of the international remakes of the show before, but let’s take a closer peek at the British version Brighton Belles. In 1992, Carlton Television was soon to take over the London…

October 31, 2022
Who’s The Upper Hand Boss?

It’s rare for a British network to remake a US sitcom, and even rarer still for that remake to be any kind of success. But in 1990 Central Television began broadcasting The Upper Hand. Produced by Columbia/TriStar, it was a remake of the ABC show Who’s The Boss, which starred Tony Danza and Judith Light.…

May 17, 2021

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Nineteen 90s Shows

I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…