TV Shows: Renewed, Axed, Picked Up + News

[Hawq]

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Due to the stuff he wrote about Meghan Markle.

[ian]

I don't think that's true.

And if it is, where's the next show going to be? I only ever gave a shit about Amazon because they continued Top Gear after BBC murdered it. Sure they called it something else for legal reasons, but it's the only car show I'll watch religiously.

So if they have to go somewhere else for a new car show, so be it.
But I don't think there was ever going to be HEAPS more even if Clarkson didn't put his foot in it. Again! For like the 500th time.

They're all getting on a bit, if they all just did a monthly or yearly segment of conversation street on their preferred platform I'd be OK with that.

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[ian]

Aww geez, aww man!

[Skynet]

Really interested to see what R&M looks (or sounds) like without Roiland...

Maybe they'll replace him with this
https://fakeyou.com/

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Fawlty Towers: John Cleese to reboot series with daughter

The much-loved comedy series is set to return with the father-daughter pairing taking on a boutique hotel



John Cleese is set to reboot his much-loved comedy series Fawlty Towers.

The actor and writer will team up with daughter Camilla Cleese, with the pair both set to write and star. The new series will “explore how Cleese’s over-the-top, cynical and misanthropic Basil Fawlty navigates the modern world”, according to early information, with the plot focusing on his relationship with his daughter as they manage a boutique hotel together.

The Cleeses are working with film-maker Rob Reiner and his team at Castle Rock. John Cleese called a first meeting there “one of the best creative sessions I can remember”.

Reiner, who is also working on a sequel to This is Spinal Tap, said: “John Cleese is a comedy legend. Just the idea of working with him makes me laugh.”

The original series ran for two six-episode seasons, and is viewed as one of the most defining TV comedies of all time. In 2019, it was named the greatest British sitcom ever in a Radio Times poll. It followed the staff at an English seaside hotel as they found themselves in farcical situations.

The show was remade in the US three times – in 1979 as Chateau Snavely, in 1983 as Amanda’s, and in 1999 as Payne – but all failed. In 2009, John Cleese said that there would never be another episode of the show.

“I think everyone would be excited if we did it [a new series],” he said. “The problem is, when you do do something that is generally accepted as being very good, a horrible problem arises, which is: how do you top it? The expectation of what you will do is so high.”

Last year, Cleese signed up to become a presenter for rightwing TV channel GB News, complaining that “cancel culture” has prevented him from being on screen. The 82-year-old refers to himself as “an old-fashioned liberal”.

Camilla Cleese has been working as a comedian and actor in Los Angeles.

Source: The Guardian

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[Dr. Zoidberg]

The guys who brought you Super Troopers are going medieval! #BrokenLizards #QuasiMovie, streaming April 20 on Disney Plus.

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[Bandit]

They should just do weirdly worded AI made jokes.

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Can't believe it's already been 15 years since this

[ian]

Well seeing as Conan was the only talk show host in American history to be funny WITH writers, they should bring him back to host every single show without the writers as he was just as entertaining without them, and then just keep him hosting them all when the writers come back. Because he's more entertaining in a single episode than all the other bullshit ones combined are in a month of episodes.