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The Brief: Based on the Steve Martin film of the same name, it's an ensemble drama featuring the extended Braverman family.

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I found it impossible to watch this show without at every step comparing it not only to the film of the same name, but more importantly the well established show Brothers and Sisters. Each show has a large ensemble cast ( Read more... )

Way back in December various websites, magazines and newspapers started compiling 'lists of the decade' and I watched with interest how different those lists were. For a start the lists did different things - "best of the decade", "most important", "most influential", "our favourite" - each allowed a slightly different take on it. But even taking ( Read more... )