Monthly Archives: February 2009

It’s Classic Clip Friday: WKRP In Cincinnati – Turkey Drop

More share options A couple of weeks ago on Classic Clip Friday, we featured Jim’s driving test scene from 70s US sitcom Taxi. This week’s classic clip comes from one of Taxi’s contemporary comedies, but one that is even less … Continue reading

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Top Of The Pops Thursday: Muse

Something a little more up to date this week, courtesy of Muse, probably my favourite currently active band. I could list dozens of their songs here (and no doubt we shall return to them in future TOTP Thursdays) but for … Continue reading

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TV Newsround: More Of The Same

The CW has ordered new seasons of no fewer than five of its highest-profile dramas. Superboy drama Smallville will be back in the Autumn for its ninth season, Supernatural for a fifth and One Tree Hill for a seventh. Newcomer … Continue reading

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Pilot Watch: Kutcher’s Latest Model And An Order In Place

The CW The Beautiful Life: Ashton Kutcher is producing this drama about the day-to-day highs and lows of a group of male and female models who live together in New York. It will primarily focus on two of the beautiful people: … Continue reading

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Battlestar Galactica Spin-Off Caprica’s DVD Details Revealed

As previously announced, the pilot episode for Caprica, the spin-off/prequel to the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, is out on DVD in the US on April 21. A UK release has yet to be announced. It won’t air on TV until early … Continue reading

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A Word From Our Sponsors… Tennent’s Lager: Caledonia

I started this classic adverts feature with a selection of the best commercials for McEwan’s Lager, so it’s only fitting that at some point we have a look at their rivals Tennent’s, Scotland’s biggest lager brand. This choice is more … Continue reading

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Tuesday Is Theme Tunes Day – Space: 1999

September 13, 1999. A date that will live in… geeky sci-fi history. Why? Because that was the day that the moon was ripped from Earth’s orbit by a nuclear explosion, of course, sending it – and the crew of Moonbase Alpha … Continue reading

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