Austinist: Summertime, and the Shows Are Still Addictive

bob

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:11:37 -0600

I started watching Saxondale on BBC2 recently (downloaded) and it's pretty great so far. It's Steve Coogan of Alan Partridge, etc., but this character isn't so 2-D and easily despised (as Partridge). Also, I think they were running Spaced (1999/2001) and The Thick of It (2005) on BBC America recently, both of which are gold.

McChris

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:13:17 -0600

Lordy, lordy, lordy, I ignored it until this summer, but "Rescue Me" is brilliant! (Of course, this is the first summer in many years that I've had a TV.) I started watching FX's original dramas for the campy fun of "Nip/Tuck," but I think "Rescue Me" is a genuinely good show. The characters seem psychologically "real," and many of the situations seem familiar from my own life. Even the title sequence is worth watching over and over again. I'm surprised no one has mentioned it. I think "Saved" is boring as all get out. The past two weeks, I've turned it off half-way through.

AEW

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:20:06 -0600

Big Brother All Stars, I can't help myself. Go Janey!

Lee

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:11:48 -0600

Hex on BBC America (Thursdays, 9pm). It's almost over though.

eliz. s.

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:35:35 -0600

Sunny - I like Ivan's hiphop, but he is far from the stongest dancer. I don't get why the judges fawn over him, honestly.

eliz. s.

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:27:12 -0600

I started watching "Saved" and couldn't really get into it. Tom Everett Scott is a cutie, though. =)

sunny dae

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:21:32 -0600

Ivan? You hate cute young Ivan?? Say it isn't so - Ivan is the best! So glad that cheezeball Dimitri is gone!

caleaelena

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:11:30 -0600

I'm digging Saved.

Ellenore

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:19:24 -0600

Big Brother All Stars. *hides face*