Members Sylph Posted September 16, 2008 Members Share Posted September 16, 2008 Has anyone here watched this series? I did, and even though it was unbelievable cr*p, I highly enjoyed it. Lori Volpone was such a great character! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted September 16, 2008 Members Share Posted September 16, 2008 i *loved* this show. It was not an amazingly scripted show, however it was fun to watch. it was about behind the scens of a network and Tuc Watkins was the lead. his char was a gay guy. Carol kane was amazing in it. I wonder if its on DVD.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted September 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2008 I loved it, too! The extremely b!tchy female executive fighting with an equally b!tchy, evil gay guy (was Nigel gay?), Rob and Cecile and tantric sex (wait, maybe I'm confusing something here, did they practice it?)... Fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 17, 2008 Members Share Posted September 17, 2008 Wow I totally forgot about this show. I got to tour the set and meet some of the actors and crew (sadly not Tuc) in a Summer pre college program thing in Vancouver--and then I watched for the show, but it didn't air here in Canada until like 5 years back when I'd catch some of it at like 2am on Canada's Bravo. It did seem like it was pretty bad, campy, *fun*... I guess it was an earlier attempt of Showtime to have a big show that didn't catch on like some of their shows immediately after. Looking at the cast list it's FILLED with soap names--even less common ones like Brian Kerwin, Rudolph Martin from AMC, William DeVry, Serri Saum, etc... The writer names aren't exactly the most prominent (created by Peter Lefcourt and Brandon Tartikoff). There arne't even many clips online http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB4DYf-is4Q (It's kinda too bad some shows missed the TV on DVD boom by a year or two, yet now every crap never took off show seems to get a release) It did get an Emmy nom though (and a GLAD one) (For some reason I got this mixed up in my head witht he flop Showtime drama Leap Years by the two hacks behind Sisters and the Queer as Folk remake ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted September 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 17, 2008 Tartikoff is a BIG name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 17, 2008 Members Share Posted September 17, 2008 Yeah if you'ree a Trekkie, or belove Punky Brewster I stand corrected--but they're not names of shows I watched I guess he actually passed away just before B&C started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted September 21, 2008 Administrator Share Posted September 21, 2008 I've always wanted to watch this show because I love to watch tv shows about behind the scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted September 25, 2008 Members Share Posted September 25, 2008 Wasn't this the show created by Claudia Lonow who starred on Knots Landing as Diana Fairgate? I recall reading that one character (whoever was addicted to coke) was based on her. Considering how much I love Knots, I'd love to see this series someday. Lonow is still writing, most recently for Cashmere Mafia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sedrick Posted November 30, 2008 Members Share Posted November 30, 2008 No doubt about that...along with Bill Cosby, Tartikoff gets credit for basically saving the entire NBC network in the 1980's after the company nearly imploded in the late 70's and early 80's. He was first president of the network under Grant Tinker (ex-husband of Mary Tyler Moore and co-founder of the legendary MTM Enterprises) and then succeeded Tinker as chairman of NBC. He left NBC in at the end of the decade to become the head of Paramount Pictures, a move that wasn't too successful. BEGGARS & CHOOSERS was his last project before he died of cancer at age 48 in 1997 (he'd been battling cancer on and off throughout most of his adult life). Mr. Tartikoff was perhaps the last of the great television programming giants. He worked his way up the ladder swiftly thanks to his genuis, hard work, and the fact that he truly loved television. He appeared in the final episode of GENERATIONS in 1991 in the show's last scene. He played the hotel bellboy who walked in on Doreen Jackson straddling Henry Marshall on the bed following Henry's heart attack in the series cliffhanger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brimike Posted February 8, 2009 Members Share Posted February 8, 2009 WOW! A B&C thread?!?!?! How did I not know this was here? LOVED this show... I'm still bitter that I can't find it on DVD. I even trolled message boards for years, looking for someone who had all the episodes on VHS, willing to pay top dollar. I don't understand why Showtime hasn't released it - last I heard, it was something to do with music rights (it always seems to have something to do with music rights). Kerwin, Watkins, Charlotte Ross... God, the cast was great, and so much fun. Yeah, it didn't change the world or anything... but I was GLUED to this the whole time it was on. I really, REALLY miss this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 I loved this show! I don't think it was cheesy. It was campy in a smart way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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