Why am I not surprised ? RTE started 2010 with 3 examples of potential and creativity - a) Maeve Higgins' quirky (and quite funny) take on Christmas, b) the superb documentary 'Things that went boom in the Bust' (with fluffy Marty Whelan) and c)  the relatively good 'Your Good Self'.Yep ...

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I lasted less than 10 minutes. 2/3 of Mr Trellis and some others made a complete mess of doing a straight lift of Have I Got News For You.From the €2 backdrop to the sound of an audience of 5 people in a toilet, this was a cringing embarrassment only ...

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 that guy who was supposed to be the waiter at the end was absolutely animal. real good actor . seems like an overall nice guy and i gotta say .... kind of dashing!!!!! hopefully we get to see him in the nip in the next series. mmmmmmmm big bugle on ...

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A new and utterly charming US comedy drama about men in their late 40s. Resonated strongly with this 41 y/o ...

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Brilliant in so many ways. All of us gutted with the end of this Doctor but what a way to go. Legend.Sure sure, the plot was as ropey as ever but this one fitted together better than most and seemed to be more internally consistent than usual.John Simm as The ...

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Loved last night's show, the first of the semi finals.  Michel Roux Jnr is very cool and articulate with his comments and gave very constructive feedback for the aspiring chefs.  Then along came Gregs comments that is after he has stuck a whole spade full of food in his mouth ...

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The death of "investigative journalism" in 30 minutes? The worst half hour of TV the BBC have possibly ever broadcast? A non-story in every way. Serious conversations need to be had about the direction of fact-based (and I use that term loosely) programming in the BBC.Earlier yesterday I watched a ...

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This show got quite a strong pre-push during the summer but seems to have been unfairly overshadowed by the admittedly brilliant Modern Family.The premise of the show seems pretty straightforward and is centered around a Community College. The main character is a lawyer back doing a law degree. I knew ...

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I've been waiting for this so long and then I started getting worried about the hype. But Larry has hit it out of the park with the very first episode. However objectionable his character has been before, he moves it up a few notches and makes this as close to ...

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I just don't know what to make of this double-length season premier. I had looked forward to seeing House in the nut-house all summer but when it finally came, it was Cuckoos Nest Lite with some really cringe-worthy moments.I'm a House fanatic and will forgive it many things. Despite my ...

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