The other two great Hollywood black comedies are SOB and The Player. Those of us who have watched foreign originals first and then the Hollyweird bastardization knew that the concept for Episodes was long overdue. It has gotten to the point where I start thinking about what Hollyweird would do it as I'm watching a new show. My top pick for this at the moment is Upper Middle Bogan, which is a show about culture clash that could easily happen in any major city in the US. The US version of Rake suffered because is was on an OTA network. It would have been better on AMC/FX and could have reached its full potential on HBO, but at that point, why not just acquire the rights to the AU version (which was perfect) and be done with it. To me, this is the future of Netflix. Bring the originals to the masses for much less $$$. I'm also seeing more houses with dishes pointed out over the Atlantic or Pacific. We are in the third stage of distribution now, going from local antenna, to cable, to satellite/internet.
I think my percentage of Chimp DNA is higher than others. Cleaver Greene
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