Despite starring in 24, one of the most successful US shows of all time, Kiefer Sutherland has revealed that he had forgotten the feeling of carrying the weight of a new series on his shoulders.
The 45-year-old actor has taken on the role of Martin Bohm in Touch and is also the Executive Producer for the 13-part supernatural TV show made for Fox.
He explained:
“I’d forgotten what it was like to build the framework of a new show. It’s the most exciting part of doing a show, but it’s also the most difficult.
“The pilot script for Touch was beautiful, but if it isn’t fully realised as a series, I’ll feel culpable. So there’s a kind of panic I had forgotten about since we started 24.”
The first episode premiered on Sky One this week and will be shown on Tuesdays at 8pm.
With the final 14 episodes of the final eighth season of popular medical drama House underway again here in the UK, there were many viewers who were hoping that one of the show’s former stars would be back before the curtain draws on the long-running TV series.
Lisa Edelstein, who played the Dean of Medicine and Dr House’s love interest at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, left the show at the end of the last season, but many romanticists would have liked the relationship to have rekindled before the story closed.
However, in keeping with Hugh Laurie’s Dr House, that was never going to be in the script and it is more likely that the character will leave the show in a way which is much more typical House fashion.
It has been revealed that the season two premiere of the hit fantasy series Game Of Thrones will only be delayed by a day in the United Kingdom following its screening in the United States.
Our American friends have traditionally enjoyed watching shows weeks or months ahead of us, but Sky Atlantic viewers will be able to tune in to the channel and watch the premiere on April 2.
With just over two months to wait until the world of George RR Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire is revisited means that fans can now look to what they can expect in the second season.
Jeremy Clarkson, the veteran Top Gear presenter, is never far from insulting someone or something on his popular motor show. However, before anyone dare suggest that he move north with the BBC to Salford next year, he has already decided that the place has little to offer ambitious TV personalities such as himself.
Despite coming from Doncaster in South Yorkshire, unless you “do a Dick Whittington” and head to the bright lights of the capital, you are limiting your ambitions and stifling your talent. But what about those who have succeeded in “the north” as he puts it?
Good old Stuart Hall has stuck up for the city as well as the northern way of life, echoing the sentiments of the shadow culture secretary, Ivan Lewis, describing outspoken opponents of the move as having “outdated prejudices” and “negativity about the north”.
As we approach the final two episodes in the captivating Sky Atlantic / HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones, it seems like the first season of the show has just flown by.
Adapted for TV from George R. R. Martin’s popular book series A Song of Ice and Fire the response has been such that a second season has already been announced.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the eight episodes so far, so much so that I have just started reading the book this show is based on. With such a talented cast and enthralling storylines in the world of Westeros, it seems like HBO have another hit show on their hands.
I was saddened to read that Roy Skelton died yesterday. For those who the name doesn’t instantly ring a bell, in addition to his voiceover work in Dr Who, the actor performed as Zippy and George on the much-loved kid’s TV show Rainbow (between 1972-92).
Recalling the antics of puppets George, Zippy and Bungle as they had fun with presenter Geoffrey Hayes brings back so many childhood memories of mine, as I grew up in the 80s.
Roy was 79 when he died and had put a good stint in, having worked on British TV screens for almost 50 years. Yet he remained almost unrecognisable during this time as a good voiceover artist can blend into society without being noticed.
Sky Atlantic has already brought us one huge new HBO show from the US in Boardwalk Empire and as the first season has now come to an end, this Monday will see the first episode of Game of Thrones.
The production of this fantasy drama series cost even more than Rome, which is certainly saying something – the BBC/HBO collaboration costing less than the $5 to $10 million spent this time around.
So it is fair to say that there will be plenty in the way of special effects used in this TV show, which has been adapted from George R. R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ novels.
Game of Thrones is already highly anticipated so there are high hopes that it will be another hit for Sky.
When most high profile films and TV shows that have been built up finally make it onto the screen, it is usually met with at least some degree of disappointment. However, when referring to HBO’s Boardwalk Empire I would argue that this was not the case.
The show opened in the UK on Sky’s new ‘Atlantic’ channel and 10 episodes have been screened so far. I must say that I have really enjoyed it up until now. It is certainly not fast paced and action packed all the time and some may find it slow going, but for fans of dramas like The Sopranos, which was also penned by Terence Winter, and The Wire, you are bound to appreciate the quality of the series like I do.
As I was saying in my last post, I have only recently discovered the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm, which has been going strong since the year 2000. While I am catching up, I think I must be about 55 episodes behind still.
The life of Larry David, as he upsets and annoys everyone in Los Angeles, makes for terrific television viewing and some of the situations he gets himself in are absolutely hilarious. While you can sometimes feel a bit of sympathy for him, it is usually of his own doing.
This is what makes this an unmissable comedy series. My favourite episodes to date are the beloved aunt typo scenario and the one where he shares at the incest group.
It just happens sometimes that a classic TV series of its time just passes you by. For whatever reason you never end up seeing it, or even hearing too much about it until years later when you stumble across this gem. Well, this is what happened with me and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Now into its eight season, I am certainly playing catch up, but the fact that the American comedy show is airing twice weekly on Sky’s new Atlantic channel means I have finished the debut season already.
I must say that, as an avid Alan Partridge fan, I find this brand of cringe-worthy humour liberating and Larry David is on top form as a fictionalised version of himself.