Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: COBRA

2020-11-17 Thread Adam Bowie
I've just realised that this has pitched up in the US on PBS which surprises me enormously. I assumed it would be somewhere on Peacock (it's a Sky One show in the UK, so shares a Comcast owner). It wasn't massively well received over here. But I didn't watch it. That said, it's been recommissioned

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: COBRA

2020-11-17 Thread 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV
Gee, maybe they could do what Sorkin did on "The Newsroom;" take events from a couple of years ago and hector them about how they should have handled them if they were only as smart as he. Shoehorn in some Gilbert and Sullivan, and it would be indistinguishable. --Dave Sikula On Monday,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: COBRA

2020-11-16 Thread Kevin M.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 2:20 PM Karen Owen wrote: > I thought it looked like the UK version of 24. I looked to see if > > is coming back and saw that it is with the same actor and actress > > as the Prime Minister and his chief flunky. > It was promoted as a “realistic” portrayal of how the UK

Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: COBRA

2020-11-16 Thread Karen Owen
I thought it looked like the UK version of 24.  I looked to see if is coming back and saw that it is with the same actor and actress as the Prime Minister and his chief flunky. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- You

[TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: COBRA

2020-11-15 Thread Kevin M.
Remember the cheesy melodramatic made-for-tv disaster movies/miniseries they used to broadcast on ABC, CBS, and NBC in the ‘80s? Turns out they still make them in the UK. The overacting is strong with this one.-- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Cobra Kai

2020-08-30 Thread Kevin M.
So many good shows people could discover on streaming sites while the pandemic slows/stops production, and THIS is the series that people glom onto? Ugh.-- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this