To the UK readers on my Flist, The Guardian is celebrating first four series of The Wire that are being broadcast on FX (starting today) by offering the very first episode of the show free for seven days on their site (UK readers only). You can find it here.

The download runs out on Saturday. Go watch one of the best (if not the best) dramas on

Tonight The Sopranos premieres on basic cable net A&E in an edited-for-basic-cable edition. A&E paid a hefty sum for these distribution rights, and spent a lot of money cleaning up the episodes for broadcast. Since HBO is a pay cable channel (as most of you know) they can get away with pretty much anything. A&E is forced to more closely follow ( Read more... )

The Black Donnellys is one of NBC's mid-season replacements, and really the only reason why we should care is because our Ozzie Kirk Acevedo is in the first two episodes (at least according to the IMdB, but who knows). NBC has a preview clip up, and you can see Kirk, along with Chris Bauer who played Frank Sobotka on The Wire, and Mark Margolis who ( Read more... )

Jeez, I'm spammy today. Sorry; I can't focus on work because I keep finding fangirly stuff.

Okay, look, y'all want yet another reason to rent and watch The Wire, aside from the fact that I've pimped this show more than once ( Read more... )