TV Chat

I’m a huge Doc Martin fan and trying to “Americanize” it feels like a blatant ripoff being sold to people who don’t know the original. Or maybe designed for Doc Martin viewers curious to see a “car wreck” of a show (eyeballs are eyeballs when selling commercial time). It feels like crass commercialism lacking any artistry.

I haven’t watched American network television since Hugh Laurie starred in “House”. These days I find myself watching either MS Now or streaming British shows. I’m currently bingeing “The Bill” on YouTube. The creators are uploading higher resolution versions of the entire series which ran from 1984-2009 (it sometimes ran 3 nights a week, over 150 new episodes per year).

There’s all kinds of great content out there that’s free to watch without any subscriptions, so I hold no interest in watching “Best Medicine”.