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There are a lot of good shows on American TV these days, bopth on cable (Mad Men, Dexter, Californication, Entourage) and on the old nets (Pushing Daisies, The Office, 30 Rock, Life). I must admit that my favorite show these days is Skins on BBC America.
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While I have to say that Entourage is shit IMO...I do dig Adrian Grenier....but Jeremy Hairplugs Pivens expiration date is long past due...cocky prick....(He was good in Smokin Aces playing himself though...I used to dig that guy before the attitude surfaced).


We can definitely agree on the Office , 30 Rock, always loved Tina Feys sense of humour & was quite pleased when that show started doing so well.......

And Skins is a fucking awesome show...I am glued to the set when that is on....Dont think any American show compares to that...









I always wanted to watch Dexter...but just missed the boat on it...Heard it was really good.
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ewww i couldnt stand the original kath and kim....bogan/dero/redneck culture should never be parodied.....let alone glorified. WORST SHOW EVER
I couldn't agree more....
Oh I only watch it for Prue and Trude.
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Admittedly, I've never liked Molly Shannon and have a hard time buying Selma Blair as being that dumb.
I have an incredibly hard time trying to believe that Selma Blair is supposed to be Molly Shannons (characters) daughter. Isn't their age difference around 5 years?

Either nobody else would take the part of the daughter or nobody else could play it. Which one?
Selma Blair was born in 1972 and Molly Shannon in 1964. Maybe all the rBGH in the milk caused Molly Shannon to hit puberty early?
This is sort of a Kath & Kim tradition. In the original series, the actress playing the daughter was a year older than the one who played the mother.
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ericalm wrote:
There are a lot of good shows on American TV these days, bopth on cable (Mad Men, Dexter, Californication, Entourage) and on the old nets (Pushing Daisies, The Office, 30 Rock, Life). I must admit that my favorite show these days is Skins on BBC America.
While I have to say that Entourage is shit IMO...I do dig Adrian Grenier....but Jeremy Hairplugs Pivens expiration date is long past due...cocky prick....(He was good in Smokin Aces playing himself though...I used to dig that guy before the attitude surfaced).

We can definitely agree on the Office , 30 Rock, always loved Tina Feys sense of humour & was quite pleased when that show started doing so well.......

And Skins is a fucking awesome show...I am glued to the set when that is on....Dont think any American show compares to that...
Piven is pretty much just like his character in the douchebag department. I honestly can't stand the guy and think this is the only kind of character that works for him.

I didn't see all of season 1 of Skins, just the last 5 or so. It hooked me immediately. It's not a show they could do in the US at all (and I'm grateful for that), but at the same time is everything the new 90210 should be but isn't.
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ewww i couldnt stand the original kath and kim....bogan/dero/redneck culture should never be parodied.....let alone glorified. WORST SHOW EVER
Not my take on the show.

Kath and Kym, to me, is more about a supposed Working Class culture. It takes the piss out of Australians and Australianisms, including "Stirne" more than being a parody of the bogan/redneck/dero culture.

I think Sylvania Waters did more to parody the bogan/redneck/dero culture, and it was not a parody.

There was another show that, IMHO, was more the parody - just cannot remember its name.

Regardless, at least we, as Australians, CAN take the piss out of ourselves, both the best and worst aspects of our culture - see Kingswood Country!.

and of course for the ultimate Aussie Piss Take Leo Wanker
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