suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
On 1/2/2026 9:32 AM, shawn wrote:
On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 08:19:16 -0800, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
On 1/2/2026 8:16 AM, Robin Miller wrote:
Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 12/30/25 2:55 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
Best Medicine [new] (8 pm, Fox)
Josh Charles plays an accomplished surgeon with poor bedside
manner who leaves his career in Boston behind to become a general >>>>>>>> practitioner in a small coastal town in this American remake of >>>>>>>> the long-running British series Doc Martin. Abigail Spencer and >>>>>>>> Annie Potts also star. Tonight's premiere will repeat on Tuesday >>>>>>>> 1/6 at 8 pm, the show's regular timeslot going forward. 13 episodes.
I might sample this.
The original was vile. Why would you think this would be entertaining?
I don't understand that reaction. I loved Doc Martin. Everyone loved Doc >>>>> Martin. The town where the show was filmed, Port Isaac in Cornwall, was >>>>> full of visitors when the show wasn't filming.
I don't like Doc Martin.
I don't know Doc Martin.
Only Doc Marten I know is the shoe maker.
It's a PBS series, been running for almost a couple decades. Mostly, I
don't like Martin Clunes, or at least the way he portrays the character.
The setup was he had to stop practicing surgery because he suddenly
couldn't stand the sight of blood. I have no idea if that's a thing.
For me, it was the same script from one episode to the next. The
characters were all cardboard. Some crazy character did something to
embarass the lead character, who is some sort of highly repressed
individual in all human interaction. When he gave sound medical advice,
he was nearly always ignored.
I didn't find any of it entertaining.
However, I've seen Martin Clunes on other television and his performance
is fine.
Sunday, January 4
robin.miller@invalid.invalid wrote:
Sunday, January 4
It looks like MeTV has changed their Sunday afternoon lineup to
CHARLIE'S ANGELS
HART TO HART
FANTASY ISLAND
Still followed by THE LOVE BOAT.
Eden (movie) (Netflix, Dec. 23)
A couple eschews German society in 1929 and flees to an uninhabited
island, but their paradise crumbles when others soon follow. 2025 film
based on a true story. Stars Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby,
Daniel Brhl, Sydney Sweeney, and Toby Wallace; 2hr 9m.
Members Only: Palm Beach [new; complete season 1] (3:01
am, Netflix)
Set within the exclusive enclaves of Palm Beach County, Members Only
follows a group of women navigating the unspoken rules, inherited
traditions and high-stakes hierarchies of America?s most rarefied social circles. In this manicured world of privilege and private clubs,
reputations are built over brunch, alliances shift over champagne, and
while wealth is ubiquitous, power, influence and access are the true currency. Eight episodes.
Critical Incident: Death at the Border (documentary) (9
pm, HBO)
Revisits the 2010 death of Anastasio Hernndez-Rojas, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who died while in custody at the border.
Ricky Gervais: Mortality (comedy special) (3:01 am, Netflix)
Follow My Voice (Sigue Mi Voz) (movie) (3:01 am, Prime Video)
After a health crisis that keeps her at home for 76 consecutive days,
Klara does nothing but listen to her favorite radio show, "Follow My
Voice". But one day she wonders: is it possible to fall in love with
someone you've heard on the radio, but never met?
Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 12/30/25 2:55 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
Best Medicine???? [new]????????? (8 pm, Fox)
Josh Charles plays an accomplished surgeon with poor bedside manner who >>>> leaves his career in Boston behind to become a general practitioner in a >>>> small coastal town in this American remake of the long-running British >>>> series Doc Martin. Abigail Spencer and Annie Potts also star. Tonight's >>>> premiere will repeat on Tuesday 1/6 at 8 pm, the show's regular timeslot >>>> going forward. 13 episodes.
I might sample this.
The original was vile. Why would you think this would be entertaining?
I don't understand that reaction. I loved Doc Martin. Everyone loved Doc Martin. The town where the show was filmed, Port Isaac in Cornwall, was
full of visitors when the show wasn't filming.
Martin Clunes is an excellent actor, and I like Caroline Catz also.
The show ran for 10 seasons and has an 8.4 IMDb rating:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408381/
Are American remakes of foreign shows ever any good?
Jan 2, 2026 at 8:16:43 AM PST, Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>: >>Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 12/30/25 2:55 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
Best Medicine [new] (8 pm, Fox)
Josh Charles plays an accomplished surgeon with poor bedside manner who >>>>>leaves his career in Boston behind to become a general practitioner in a >>>>>small coastal town in this American remake of the long-running British >>>>>series Doc Martin. Abigail Spencer and Annie Potts also star. Tonight's >>>>>premiere will repeat on Tuesday 1/6 at 8 pm, the show's regular timeslot >>>>>going forward. 13 episodes.
I might sample this.
The original was vile. Why would you think this would be entertaining?
I don't understand that reaction. I loved Doc Martin. Everyone loved Doc >>Martin. The town where the show was filmed, Port Isaac in Cornwall, was >>full of visitors when the show wasn't filming.
Martin Clunes is an excellent actor, and I like Caroline Catz also.
The show ran for 10 seasons and has an 8.4 IMDb rating:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408381/
Are American remakes of foreign shows ever any good?
THE OFFICE stands out.
Dec 30, 2025 at 2:55:41 PM PST, Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>:
Eden (movie) (Netflix, Dec. 23)
A couple eschews German society in 1929 and flees to an uninhabited >>island, but their paradise crumbles when others soon follow. 2025 film >>based on a true story. Stars Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby,
Daniel Bruhl, Sydney Sweeney, and Toby Wallace; 2hr 9m.
Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby *and* Sydney Sweeney?!?!
Well, with a cast like that, I'd have to watch it even if all they did was >read the phone book for two hours.
Members Only: Palm Beach [new; complete season 1] (3:01 >>am, Netflix)
Set within the exclusive enclaves of Palm Beach County, Members Only >>follows a group of women navigating the unspoken rules, inherited >>traditions and high-stakes hierarchies of America?s most rarefied social >>circles. In this manicured world of privilege and private clubs, >>reputations are built over brunch, alliances shift over champagne, and >>while wealth is ubiquitous, power, influence and access are the true >>currency. Eight episodes.
So basically this is just a remake of THE GILDED AGE in a different time >period, which itself is a remake of DOWNTON ABBEY in a different time period.
Ricky Gervais: Mortality (comedy special) (3:01 am, Netflix)
I usually don't bother with comedy specials on streamers but Gervais >consistently delivers a great show, so I'll check this out.
On Jan 2, 2026 at 8:16:43 AM PST, "Robin Miller" <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 12/30/25 2:55 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
Best Medicine [new] (8 pm, Fox)
Josh Charles plays an accomplished surgeon with poor bedside manner who >>>> leaves his career in Boston behind to become a general practitioner in a
small coastal town in this American remake of the long-running British >>>> series Doc Martin. Abigail Spencer and Annie Potts also star. Tonight's >>>> premiere will repeat on Tuesday 1/6 at 8 pm, the show's regular timeslot
going forward. 13 episodes.
I might sample this.
The original was vile. Why would you think this would be entertaining?
I don't understand that reaction. I loved Doc Martin. Everyone loved Doc Martin. The town where the show was filmed, Port Isaac in Cornwall, was full of visitors when the show wasn't filming.
Martin Clunes is an excellent actor, and I like Caroline Catz also.
The show ran for 10 seasons and has an 8.4 IMDb rating:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408381/
Are American remakes of foreign shows ever any good?
THE OFFICE stands out.
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
Jan 2, 2026 at 8:16:43 AM PST, Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>: >>> Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 12/30/25 2:55 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
Best Medicine [new] (8 pm, Fox)
Josh Charles plays an accomplished surgeon with poor bedside manner who >>>>>> leaves his career in Boston behind to become a general practitioner in a >>>>>> small coastal town in this American remake of the long-running British >>>>>> series Doc Martin. Abigail Spencer and Annie Potts also star. Tonight's >>>>>> premiere will repeat on Tuesday 1/6 at 8 pm, the show's regular timeslot >>>>>> going forward. 13 episodes.
I might sample this.
The original was vile. Why would you think this would be entertaining?
I don't understand that reaction. I loved Doc Martin. Everyone loved Doc >>> Martin. The town where the show was filmed, Port Isaac in Cornwall, was
full of visitors when the show wasn't filming.
Martin Clunes is an excellent actor, and I like Caroline Catz also.
The show ran for 10 seasons and has an 8.4 IMDb rating:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408381/
Are American remakes of foreign shows ever any good?
THE OFFICE stands out.
Norman Lear's most famous shows from the '70s, All in the Family and
Sanford and Son, were adapted from British tv although I don't think
specific scripts were adapted.
Three's Company was an American adaptation of a British series.
Here are two excellent adaptations. Touching Evil gave us both Jeffrey Donovan and Vera Farmiga and was a major role for Pruitt Taylor Vince.
There were some original scripts and some remade scripts.
Adam H. Kerman wrote:
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
Jan 2, 2026 at 8:16:43 AM PST, Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>: >>>> Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 12/30/25 2:55 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
Best Medicine [new] (8 pm, Fox)
Josh Charles plays an accomplished surgeon with poor bedside manner who >>>>>>> leaves his career in Boston behind to become a general practitioner in a
small coastal town in this American remake of the long-running British >>>>>>> series Doc Martin. Abigail Spencer and Annie Potts also star. Tonight's >>>>>>> premiere will repeat on Tuesday 1/6 at 8 pm, the show's regular timeslot
going forward. 13 episodes.
I might sample this.
The original was vile. Why would you think this would be entertaining?
I don't understand that reaction. I loved Doc Martin. Everyone loved Doc >>>> Martin. The town where the show was filmed, Port Isaac in Cornwall, was >>>> full of visitors when the show wasn't filming.
Martin Clunes is an excellent actor, and I like Caroline Catz also.
The show ran for 10 seasons and has an 8.4 IMDb rating:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408381/
Norman Lear's most famous shows from the '70s, All in the Family andAre American remakes of foreign shows ever any good?
THE OFFICE stands out.
Sanford and Son, were adapted from British tv although I don't think
specific scripts were adapted.
Three's Company was an American adaptation of a British series.
Here are two excellent adaptations. Touching Evil gave us both
Jeffrey
Donovan and Vera Farmiga and was a major role for Pruitt Taylor Vince.
There were some original scripts and some remade scripts.
I had forgotten about Touching Evil. Really liked that show.
--Robin
Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> writes:
Adam H. Kerman wrote:
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
Jan 2, 2026 at 8:16:43 AM PST, Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>:
Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 12/30/25 2:55 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
Best Medicine [new] (8 pm, Fox)
Josh Charles plays an accomplished surgeon with poor bedside manner who
leaves his career in Boston behind to become a general practitioner in a
small coastal town in this American remake of the long-running British >>>>>>>> series Doc Martin. Abigail Spencer and Annie Potts also star. Tonight's
premiere will repeat on Tuesday 1/6 at 8 pm, the show's regular timeslot
going forward. 13 episodes.
I might sample this.
The original was vile. Why would you think this would be entertaining? >>>I don't understand that reaction. I loved Doc Martin. Everyone loved Doc >>>>> Martin. The town where the show was filmed, Port Isaac in Cornwall, was >>>>> full of visitors when the show wasn't filming.
Martin Clunes is an excellent actor, and I like Caroline Catz also.
The show ran for 10 seasons and has an 8.4 IMDb rating:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408381/
Norman Lear's most famous shows from the '70s, All in the Family andAre American remakes of foreign shows ever any good?
THE OFFICE stands out.
Sanford and Son, were adapted from British tv although I don't think
specific scripts were adapted.
Three's Company was an American adaptation of a British series.
Here are two excellent adaptations. Touching Evil gave us both
Jeffrey
Donovan and Vera Farmiga and was a major role for Pruitt Taylor Vince.
There were some original scripts and some remade scripts.
I had forgotten about Touching Evil. Really liked that show.
--Robin
Touching Evil was originally done with Robson Green.
Both were good, but I think I remember preferring the original.
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 12/30/25 2:55 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
I can't imagine the draw here if there's no naked nudity as I would
expect there won't be...
IMDb says it?s rated R with moderate sex and nudity
It?s got a couple good looking women as well as Vanessa Kirby
On Thu, 1 Jan 2026 16:42:54 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
I can't imagine the draw here if there's no naked nudity as I would >>>expect there won't be...
Question: what's the difference between 'naked nudity' and 'nudity'?
I'm assuming you're NOT talking about the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
issue or works of that ilk.
IMDb says it's rated R with moderate sex and nudity
And what's 'moderate sex'? Kissing or groping fully clothed?
It's got a couple good looking women as well as Vanessa Kirby
The "Mother of all backhanded compliments..."
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