Sore Eyes

Have never 'commented' before but I have to say I totally agree about C4. They drive me nuts by importing great series from the US, waiting until they have a good following, then showing the next series on E4 and making those of us who stick to terrestial wait forever to see it and then it is on at some godforesaken hour! I too thought that the 'first' episode of Without a Trace seemed to lack an introduction to the characters. Now all is clear!

I didn't mind the "show new seasons first on E4" policy all that much - in the end, they've got to persuade people to subscribe somehow - but it's the post-midnight timeslots and/or next to no advertising that get to me.

I really can't understand why they're cutting out large chunks of the first season of Without a Trace. Unless whichever executive bought the rights to the show has moved on and his/her successor has decided to ensure that the show gets low ratings.

The pity of it is, the only terrestrial channel which offers any sort of competition for C4 for these shows - BBC2 - is equally leery of showing imported shows in weekday prime time. It's as if they're conspiring to force us all to switch to cable/satellite TV.

Just so you know... the only reason why LaPaglia may not have the best British accent is because he's actually an Aussie, and as you should notice, they're not the same thing.

Not to be a pain, but just something to know.

I know LaPaglia's Australian, but that doesn't excuse that accent.

It's probably as much the fault of the producers as it is the actor: after all, they thought Daphne's Manchester accent was a good idea, which tells us all we need to know about their commitment to accuracy in accents.

As a londoner, I'd say that LaPaglia's accent on Frasier is one of the best I've heard by an "american" actor. It is OTT but it's still got the essance of a London accent, compared to say Dick Van Dyke's accent in Mary Poppins which was OTT but sounds american underneath

I'll have to defer to your expertise on that point: I just hear the OTT-ness, but I'll admit to being something less than an expert on London accents.

[However, I can't resist observing that comparing LaPaglia's accent favourably with Dick Van Dyke's effort is the very definition of the phrase "damning it with faint praise."]

Lol!

Well my example was meant to represent those actors who get the OTT bit but still sound like an american trying to sound british

BTW, did you see my post about Mathew fox?

Yes, I saw your other comment. I'm dividing my time this evening between catching up with weblogs I've neglected to read and catching up with comments I'd neglected to reply to. I'm planning to at least catch up on the comments front before the night is out, but even if I don't rest assured that I always read comments as soon as I'm notified of them: it's getting round to framing a coherent reply that's the tricky bit...

Cool, I just thought you might have missed it.

Oddly enough tonights Without a Trace guest stars Tom Irwin, Angela's dad on My so-called life. What a coincidence!

And oddly enough I'm watching it as I type this, and I was going to mention that very same point.

Spooky...

Did you recognise him then? I have to say I thought I recognised him but wondered if it was the actor who played Phil in Neighbours but a search revealed the truth

Yes, I spotted him immediately.

Besides, the only former Neighbour who seems to be getting work in US TV nowadays is Jim Robinson. (See The OC, 24, ER, The West Wing.)

Not entirely true (though Alan Dale's done surprisingly well)

Guy Pearce, Russel Crow (admitedly they're more film people)

Kimberly Davis (I think) was in an ep of Friends the other week.

Melissa George is doing really well (though she was in H&A)Can't stand her though

Kimberley Davies seems to be working steadily, but mostly in little one-off roles rather than in series. Who knows, perhaps her guest-starring role in Friends will open up some doors. (I don't know how big her role was, because I don't think I saw that episode - I lost interest in Friends a couple of seasons ago.) Perhaps all her lack of success proves is that an actress who looked a total knockout in Ramsay Street looks pretty ordinary by Hollywood standards. (I know, it's not just about her physical attributes and appearance. But for an actress trying to break into US TV it's mostly about that, at least until she can luck into a role that lets her show whether she can act.)

I know Russell Crowe was in Neighbours way back in 1987, but somehow I don't really think of him as a former Ramsay Street resident. Guy Pearce I'd forgotten about, but rather than concede the point I'm going to jump on the "but he isn't doing TV now" exception you so kindly pointed out. :-)

Without a Trace is my favourite TV show of all time, for the future which i am hoping to achieve is similar to the show. But the person who really inspires me to achieve my goals is Eric Close who works on the Missing Persons Unit as a detective. i know that TV shows and reality do not compare to eachother, however, they do realte and a relation is all that i need to forefil my dream

One paparazzi? Did anyone else spot the less than deliberate error (over and over again) in tonight's script? I thought they purported to be portraying intelligent FBI officers!

Nope, I missed that one completely. (Assuming, that is, that you're alluding to the fact that the singular noun is "paparazzo".)

Heh. My wife knows someone whose cat is called "i Pagliacci" (apart from the sheer pretentiousness, the owner has failed to grasp that it's plural, so the cat's name is "the clowns").