Quote: Paul W @ February 26 2010, 11:37 AM GMTDo all British sitcoms / dramas get put on PBS? Isn't PBS seen as a bit of a joke channel that someone watches when sports or porn isn't on?
On network television (received by antennae) PBS is our only choice, cable and satellite has BBC America as an option. I also think that HBO aired The Mighty Boosh and Little Britain.
But depending where in the country you live PBS can be a nice choice. In northern California where I grew up it was horrible. I got Are You Being Served and that's about it as far as British sitcoms. In Minnesota they play a very good selection of British sitcoms for a few hours every night (and even some Canadian sitcoms).
But, yes, it is a bit of a joke channel for most of America. It was the channel that aired educational TV that your primary school teacher would tape and bring into to class when they were too lazy to teach.
But I was always into that kind of stuff. PBS had (and has) some really interesting experimental archaeological programs and great history programs as well as news programs that are much more in depth than the 'Drive-by' 24 hour news organizations on cable.
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ February 26 2010, 11:42 AM GMTIt's supported by donations and government grants, so it can only afford to buy in cheap BBC tosh, but that's fine as it also has a bit of a left-leaning (by US standards) pseudointellectual bent.
HAHA
Not everything was cheap tosh. We got The Thin Blue Line and The Last of the Summer Wine and My Hero.
The rest is spot on.
