capri0mni is a cautiously optimistic fan...

[capri0mni]

Back in January, I made a post about my local PBS station's switching around its britcom schedule...

Well, last night, in between programs, post prime-time, there was a quick announcement made in a bad humorous taking-the-piss fake British accent, giving us the new line-up; it's not been repeated since, and the information is not online, yet, so my memory of the lineup may have gaps, but:

Part of the announcement (and this may have been part of the taking of the piss) was that at least five people had voted... So maybe, you, my dear f'listers, did indeed tip the scales.

In any case, here's the lineup, (as far as I can remember it):

Vicar of Dibley
To the Manor Born
As Time Goes By
Blackadder
(Just reheard the announcement;
the one I'd forgotten was "Yes, Minister") and
Doctor Who

So that's very yayful... except the promo photo was a picture of Tennant. So maybe I was incorrect in my assumption that it would be oldskool Who, or maybe that was just the default promo picture that the Beeb is giving out to syndicates. I dunno...

So even though I'd rather see Season 20, instead of 45, at least the fact that it's on local TV at all gives us better odds of having a local con at which to gather...

So: thank you, F'list!

Comments

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I would think that the newer Who would be prohibitively expensive for the average PBS station, so I wouldn't give up hope just yet.

And, yay!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Yes... that's partly why I assumed it was Old Who when they first revealed it as an option... That, and all the other choices on the list were from 20 years ago, or older, too (more or less).

[jekesta]

Yay! I hope they give you good who and not just new who ys.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Well, New Who is still better than most of what's on American TV these days (especially if I don't stop to think about it while I'm watching), it's not just as much my cup of tea as the Old Who...

WOOHOO!!!

[barbarafett.livejournal.com]

Yay for Doctor Who! Also, I love "As Time Goes By" and "To the Manor Born." :-D

Re: WOO-*WHOO*!!!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Yes. So do I... "As time goes by" is the only show from the old lineup that I really liked, and it's the only one they're keeping... so I am rather chuffed.

[rob-t-firefly.livejournal.com]

New York PBS has been showing new Who for a while, though they were sticking to Eccles last I checked.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Yes, but WNET has a much bigger audience and budget than WHRO... You can tell by looking at the production values of their pledge drives...

[spiralsheep.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Yippee!