Thursday, January 13, 2011

viewers like you

Have a gander at this post of Nanny Goats in Panties who has had a bit of a rant on her blog that may or may not be an over reaction to this article in the Daily Mail.
Either way, it is a telling tale of what some in the UK inaccurately assume of Americans and public television.
Viewers Like You who watch PBS do not like to be patronized.

10 comments:

  1. Reading to the end of the article I discovered that Downton Abbey is simply having adverts cut out. The original production remains as it was.
    I watched it and thought it very good and I'm pleased that there will be a sequel later on. Are you also getting 'Upstairs, Downstairs'? (The new adaptation)

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  2. Jabblog: It is frustrating that we get these 'rumours' of stories being dumbed down, or cut for American audiences almost every time there is a new production (that is not Austen).

    according to my PBS newsletter, the new Upstairs Downstairs is coming in April and I am quite excited (one cannot get enough Art Malik IMHO)

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  3. Well, it was a great rant! Speaking as an Oxford-educated hob-nobber, I have to confess that I found Downton Abbey a little disappointing and (whisper it) *slow*. Maybe I am a spiritual American?

    OK, I'll leave now before any of the mud pies hit me.

    (BTW, I'm with you on Art Malik. Ever since Jewel in the Crown...)

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  4. Beastie: I enjoyed part one (I guess you are lucky the mud is all frozen)

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  5. I don't watch TV anymore, even the good stuff! I'm sure I would enjoy this show, but I am in bed by 9, and I don't seem to have time to watch before that. :|

    Thanks so much for your friendship and visit on my anniversary.

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  6. In French we would call that "prendre les gens pour des cons" but I cant help thinking that reducing the length might also be due to the commercials that interrupt the broadcasting of films in the USA (which I find difficult to stand!). Have a great Sunday. Mine is over already.

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  7. I love Margaret. It was a spot-on rant.
    cheers, jj

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  8. Yeah, the wind got blown out of my sails when I found out most of the cutting was commercials, and I just didn't have the strength to keep it up with, "Oh Yeah? Well then, why cut 10 minutes???" I couldn't bring myself to get THAT upset about it. However, Lesson Learned: The Daily Mail can bite me.

    :)

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  9. NGIP: still, that headline was a rude and totally inaccurate assumption on their part and it is annoying beyond belief the idea that Americans (and by some extension Canadians) are too dumb to understand anything funny/intellectual/British.

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