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Merlin!
Just found out that the second series of Merlin has finally reached the U.S. and is now showing on the SyFy channel!!!
I stumbled across an ad for it by pure chance, though -- damn, it's hard to watch these shows over here! Last year it was on NBC, this year it's on SyFy . . . and unless you luck out and catch an infrequent ad at the right time as I just did, the only way you would know is if you compulsively check the schedules of every likely channel just in case they've decided to air the thing. I haven't even seen any mainstream media attention for Doctor Who's premiere here, although BBC America has been advertising the hell out of it, bless their hearts -- I'll be watching some old re-run of "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" or something completely random like that, and then suddenly in the corner it says "BBC America" and above it "Doctor Who premiere April 17." I think they've made it a permanent part of their station ID logo or something. Not that I mind!
I wondered if Merlin had been on for months already, but I found the online schedule and compared it to the episode guide, and apparently I've only missed one episode that is getting re-shown multiple times this week (as SyFy is wont to do). So yay! Of course, now I get to be non-current for TWO shows. Doctor Who will only be two weeks behind, though, while Merlin is what, over a year?
Which reminds me of my saddest tale to date on non-currency: I watched the finale of "Any Dream Will Do" where the winner was cast as Joseph in a new West End production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." I decided that since I was going to London, I would try to see the show as it would surely be up and running by then. Well, not only was it up and running by then, it turned out to have closed some time ago by then. I still don't know how far behind we were on getting that broadcast, but apparently quite awhile. Damn you John Barrowman for not aging more perceptibly! *shakes fist*
I stumbled across an ad for it by pure chance, though -- damn, it's hard to watch these shows over here! Last year it was on NBC, this year it's on SyFy . . . and unless you luck out and catch an infrequent ad at the right time as I just did, the only way you would know is if you compulsively check the schedules of every likely channel just in case they've decided to air the thing. I haven't even seen any mainstream media attention for Doctor Who's premiere here, although BBC America has been advertising the hell out of it, bless their hearts -- I'll be watching some old re-run of "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" or something completely random like that, and then suddenly in the corner it says "BBC America" and above it "Doctor Who premiere April 17." I think they've made it a permanent part of their station ID logo or something. Not that I mind!
I wondered if Merlin had been on for months already, but I found the online schedule and compared it to the episode guide, and apparently I've only missed one episode that is getting re-shown multiple times this week (as SyFy is wont to do). So yay! Of course, now I get to be non-current for TWO shows. Doctor Who will only be two weeks behind, though, while Merlin is what, over a year?
Which reminds me of my saddest tale to date on non-currency: I watched the finale of "Any Dream Will Do" where the winner was cast as Joseph in a new West End production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." I decided that since I was going to London, I would try to see the show as it would surely be up and running by then. Well, not only was it up and running by then, it turned out to have closed some time ago by then. I still don't know how far behind we were on getting that broadcast, but apparently quite awhile. Damn you John Barrowman for not aging more perceptibly! *shakes fist*
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I still haven't really watched Merlin. I was put off by the initial description. I'm not the greatest on Arthurian mythology, but I know enough to be going WHAT? on every new revelation. I'm a bit sorry, though - it seems to be fun. Pretty much like my reaction to Robin Hood (isn't that a bit trendy for the 13th C???) which also turned out to be ridiculous and entertaining when someone bullied me into watching it.
Still, we get the delay the other way, too. Having fallen for Angel as well as Buffy, I had to buy the videos, as there was simply no way to watch it on terrestrial TV.
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As for Merlin, I only know popular culture stuff about Arthurian mythology, but even that is enough to make me realize that the show is definitely the "AU" version of those tales. Fortunately, that doesn't bother me at all! And yes, it's a fun show, and you should give it a try. :)
Still, we get the delay the other way, too. Having fallen for Angel as well as Buffy, I had to buy the videos, as there was simply no way to watch it on terrestrial TV.
I'm sure you do get delayed on all sorts of American shows. Angel and Buffy still show up very frequently on cable TV re-runs over here, but a new fan would probably still run for the videos since those types of old re-runs tend to have additional commercials inserted (with footage taken out to make room).
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Hmm. I'll do my usual thing - start watching on the penultimate episode or something, I expect. I did have an Arthurian phase and am the sort of person who sometimes even frowns on Lancelot as being a late addition, so... ;-D