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Reply to comment by Neo2199 in ‘Sherlock’ Star Amanda Abbington Says “Nepotism” Helped Her Land Role In BBC Drama by Neo2199
To be fair, this is the BBC where nepotism is rife.
It’s an old boys club, not so much in terms of gender, but the amount of people who make it to the BBC who come from wealthy, connected and independent/privately educated backgrounds. Something like 7% of all people in the UK are privately educated, yet they make up a far higher proportion of BBC ‘talent’.
For a broadcasting service that is supposed to be representative of us - the people who watch and pay for it - it’s pretty disappointing to be honest.
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Reply to comment by pathofdumbasses in Jeremy Strong Will Never Break - Profile by johnppd
They’re the only couple I care about!
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Reply to comment by DisneyDreams7 in Jeremy Strong Will Never Break - Profile by johnppd
Well as the saying goes, you can’t make a Tomlette without cracking a few Gregs.
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Reply to comment by danothabaldyheid in Jeremy Strong Will Never Break - Profile by johnppd
I believe Armstrong has said he has a 5 season arc planned for the show, and there’s no way HBO would deny him that given it’s success thus far.
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Reply to comment by SFHalfling in Vince McMahon Wants $9 Billion for His WWE Wrestling Media Empire by Sisiwakanamaru
It’s a massive and illogical leap to go from 3.2bn people watched at least some of the Premier League (so certainly not even a whole game and no guarantee it was a Man Utd game at that), and then deduce from that the majority of those people know about Man Utd, let alone support it financially (through ticket or merchandise purchases etc), which is what accrues such big value to these brands.
Moreover, albeit according to WWE themselves, their programming reaches over 1.2bn people a year worldwide.
> According to WWE's own statistics, its programming reaches over 1.2 billion homes globally in over 28 languages.
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Reply to comment by SFHalfling in Vince McMahon Wants $9 Billion for His WWE Wrestling Media Empire by Sisiwakanamaru
Are you kidding? WWE has similar, if not greater, reach and popularity in the world versus Man Utd. And this coming from a Brit who has supported the club ever since I was a kid.
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Reply to comment by Gloomy_Travel7992 in Nicole Kidman and Maya Erskine to Star in ‘The Perfect Nanny’ Limited Series at HBO by johnppd
Is this one half of PEN15? She was absolutely hilarious in that show if so.
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Reply to comment by Bettalad in The Traitors on BBC in the UK is the best reality game show in the last 10 years by Bettalad
No worries mate, I’ll persevere in that case 👍
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Reply to The Traitors on BBC in the UK is the best reality game show in the last 10 years by Bettalad
I watched the first episode of it and just didn’t find it that interesting - Claudia was also very annoying to watch at times.
I’m from the UK, but honestly the US Survivor is probably some of the best reality type show I’ve seen (better than The Traitor). The scheming and strategy in Survivor can be second to none, though not every season is great - the current one is in my opinion. Apparently the Aus version of Survivor is even better/more brutal, so I’m looking to check that out too.
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Reply to comment by tinoynk in Is “The Shield” episodic? by saulgoodman673
To this day, still the best finale of any television show I’ve ever watched. The absolute catharsis I felt watching it has yet to be topped in my experience.