Yeah - I'm pretty sure "box" is a British idiom. See also "the idiot box" or indeed "gogglebox."
As an aside - Strictly Come Dancing was always going to have to change its name to what became Dancing with the Stars because of its contrived title that reference both the Baz Luhrmann film and a mainstay of British TV on the 70s and 80s, Come Dancing, which was a competitive dancing show that aired on BBC1. It was always "series" rather than "season" in the UK. I assume the primary reason was that our "series" didn't run all year around. I know that's not really the case any longer, but then shows aren't "taped" either :-) If you picked up a copy of The Radio Times (the BBC version of "TV Guide" - that mostly covers TV despite its title) you would always see "New Series" in italics above something new. And continuity announcers might well inform the audience during the credits of a series' final episode, that said "series" would return next year. Adam On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 3:35 PM Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> wrote: > > > On Dec 15, 2019, at 4:10 AM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > (since we don't call TV "the box" over here) > > > Tell that to Jeff Kisseloff, author of this book (which I recommend to any > member of this list who hasn't read it): > https://www.amazon.com/Box-Oral-History-Television-1929-1961/dp/0670864706 > > Also, tell that to this forerunner of MeTV/Heroes & Icons/Buzzr: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_(American_TV_channel) > > and ran four series > > > But what we really don't do is use the word "series" in this manner. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5349D686-FA66-4954-B42E-09B3C5E02306%40ellwanger.tv > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5349D686-FA66-4954-B42E-09B3C5E02306%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAr7SB-MRTcPK0RPA%3DEFObLfY1UGp2D%3DObYqCGweR__vw%40mail.gmail.com.
