Telly News: 9/7/08

Yes, but how much do they save by not giving every house its own prop washing machine?

And more BBC news: annual report time.
One question - if only 23% of 16-34 year olds watch BBC3, a channel which is entirely aimed at, shall we say, the young - what are the rest watching? And do they, perhaps, not want to be forcefed rubbish sitcoms and leery dating shows?

Kevin McKidd is apparently joining Grey's Anatomy. Poor sod.

Survivors remake going ahead. I rented the original in a spate of obsession with post-apocalyptic stories once, but it was so dull I kept falling asleep.

Hmm, how are those American idols getting on?

Churchill teaming up with Doctor Who? This could be either horribly cheesy or kind of awesome. Although he really should have fought the Daleks (which I hope are not coming back for a while, since we're surely all sick of them).

Last night's premiere of Bonekickers (in some areas; showing in Scotland on Friday) has sparked hilarious rage in some quarters of the blogosphere e.g. here or here. Having now watched two more episodes, I stand by my claim that it's madly brilliant. Yes, the plots are unbelievable but given the vast amount of awful programmes around just now, I found it a bit of fun light relief. Plus: Adrian Lester. Pretty.

Personally I think Family Guy is a dreadful, unfunnier reprise of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, but if you disagree, you may want to know about Seth MacFarlane's next project, a remake of Glen Michael's classic show. Okay, no it isn't. Ah, Glen Michael. What moments of happiness you gave me in my extreme youth - I'll never forget the time you read out my letter on its Mickey Mouse notepaper. Now there was a man who knew a good cartoon. I bet he doesn't like Family Guy either.