Non-Japanese TV Shows (broadcast, cable, etc.)

Some silly domestic soaps are being re-run during the summer :beaten:
Can't believe that one silly soap has been airing successfully for 5 years!!!! That's a new milestone for a domestic soap! I've never liked the series anyways, hehe.
Actually the tv programmes are pretty dead in the summer, re-runs and re-runs, sports are exceptions, Euro 2004 :drooling:

Hi everyone...

Here's a few photos of you know who :)

Unfortunately, wasn't able to see her this past Friday (for the taping of "On Air with Ryan Seacrest"), had to prepare for an interview for PMX but she's a cool person and family friend. I'm putting the J!-ENT (J!) on the photos though.

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kndy

You like Jasmine?

She is a cutie, I have to admit. :)

zchendevlemh wrote:leave it to me

*snipping at William Hung's forehead*

That's impossible to miss, cause he has a very wide forehed i'm sure that we can even land a plane on it.

Hijikata wrote:That's impossible to miss, cause he has a very wide forehed i'm sure that we can even land a plane on it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... *hits floor with a thud, laughing*

See? I didn't bring that one up.

Yet, the subject just keeps getting mentioned and mentioned and mentioned. Without The Man's help.

5 years? the heck?.... pemu what are the domestic soaps like over there?.. i would love to know and see what kind of shows tv in ur area air.... they're not like those silly british sticoms with old ppl... are they? :beaten:

hmmmz dramas huh i watch almost all the WB dramas like charmed smallville gilmore girls everwood and also like will and grace and everybody loves raymond but lately since its summer i go to the store and rent chinese films translated into viet haha

OMFG, anyone just see that Sopranos season finale????? :google:

KouSeiya315 wrote:OMFG, anyone just see that Sopranos season finale????? :google:

No, how was it?
I bet The Man has seen it.
I haven't watched since the first season. Couldn't keep my interest.

KouSeiya315 wrote:OMFG, anyone just see that Sopranos season finale????? :google:

Oh, yeah, I saw that last night.

You wanted to know the ending or . . . are we commenting on it? Shocking, relieving, satisfying is my three words to describe that last episode.

Shall we get into specifics :D ?

babyguh wrote:hmmmz dramas huh i watch almost all the WB dramas like charmed smallville gilmore girls everwood and also like will and grace and everybody loves raymond

lol i used to LOVE smallville.. but then its got too 'dawson's creekish' so i stopped..

babyguh wrote: but lately since its summer i go to the store and rent chinese films translated into viet haha

LOL! same here..except they're translated into english! :beaten:

The Man wrote:

Oh, yeah, I saw that last night.

You wanted to know the ending or . . . are we commenting on it? Shocking, relieving, satisfying is my three words to describe that last episode.

Shall we get into specifics :D ?

I've seen it, so we can discuss it :mrgreen: Aww man, it was AWESOME when Johnny Sacks and Tony were talking at Sack's house, and all of the sudden Tony takes off running and Sacks is like "WTF?" and all these feds come :rofl: And GOOD, Tony B is gone. I was a bit shocked that Tony was the one to whack him. 2 more years for the FINAL SEASON :mecry:

I'm still disappointed about Adriana getting whacked....I liked her :(

I'm still shocked about Vito in the truck with that security guard :nut:

lovelessemotion wrote:5 years? the heck?.... pemu what are the domestic soaps like over there?.. i would love to know and see what kind of shows tv in ur area air.... they're not like those silly british sticoms with old ppl... are they? :beaten:

hehe! we don't have domestic sitcoms over here (stupid hahahaas in the background). Salatut Elamat (The Hidden Lives , in English), the series I was refering to. The most successful Finnish soap! To me it's unsuccessful, hehe. As for the story, soapy and draggy, never ends unless there are lack of viewers (US soaps end in that way). http://www.mtv3.fi/salatutelamat/. 700-800 eps have been aired since the debut, that's lot for a finnish soap! Currently old eps aired everyday, from 170th ep till September.

The other tv programmes are:
- Finnish Idols
- Miljonaari Jussi (Millionaire Joe)
- Finnish Robinson (Survivor)
- Soppamies (Soup dude). Chef dude visits finnish ppl homes and cook unique-dishes for them.
- Haluatko miljonaariksi? (Who wants to be a millionaire?). Ironically, the jackpot isn't a million euros. It was based on old currency, 200 000 euros is the jackpot. Ppl being scammed, if they win, they ain't no millionaires!?!
- Mallikoulu 2005 (I_want_to_become_a_top_model) reality tv
- Kotikatu (Home street). Finnish weekly drama, aired since....can't remember but for very long.
- Krisse. A silly blonde interviewin her guests.
- Isanmaan toivot (The hopes of the home country). A finnish sitcom with no hahahaa's in the background.
- Kokkisota (Chef war). The celebrity chefs and celebrity guests compete each other. They make food (creatively) from the ingredients the celebrities bring.

As you can seen there are too much of reality tvs on tv. Domestic stuff expensive to produce, they rather buy foreign programmes (mostly US) and feed us with them. cheap wise and makin more money.

Showtime pay cable puts out a terrific little show called:

"Dead Like Me"

They did about a dozen hour (give or take) long episodes last year, and they start their second season late in July.

It's about an 18 year old girl who dies in a freak accident, and though no one will tell her why, she becomes a Grim Reaper, collecting the souls of the dead, and ushering them into whatever comes after this world.

There's some wonderful dark humor to be found in the sotry of an 18 year old girl who thinks her after life, and her job suck.


Another show that's must see for me is "Coupling". Not that awful attempt that NBC made last year, but the original British show. It's on BBC America here, and I think it's earned a place on my all time favorite sitcom list.

And of course, coming back soon for a 4 part wrap-up, the best sci-fi series since the original Star Trek, "FARSCAPE"

So I've got:

"Dead Like Me" filmed in Canada.

"Coupling" filmed in England

"Farscape" filmed in Australia

Yup. I love American TV.

Geezer wrote:So I've got:

"Dead Like Me" filmed in Canada.

"Coupling" filmed in England

"Farscape" filmed in Australia

Yup. I love American TV.

:hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

Pemu wrote:
- Finnish Idols

hey pemu thanks for the lesson....
i would personaly watch finnish idols just for the cnahce to see hot finnish blondes..
*hahahahaha's in the background*

hey man that reminds me..i'll pm em ya (but since we're both hardly ever on this forum i'll tell ya here also) i have this crazy video U'VE JUST GOTTA SEE!!!.... trust me its the kinda of stuff u like to watch... ;)

Hi everyone,

I`m fascinated by peoples (my own included!) obsession with J-Dramas,

I wonder if this obsession exists for other countries too? Are there websites and bittorrent sites for Japanese people wanting to watch obscure dramas produced in the UK and US?

I`ve only been watching J-Dramas for a few years, but it seems to be a three tier system as far as I can tell, and i`d love to be involved in any stage of it!

I`ll start at "our" end, the consumer:

1. Consumers: We who gobble up all the releases availiable. ("us" with the digital-copies, translated... *AND* the original NATIVE VIEWER market)

2. Capture/Translators: Perhaps some of them aren't hooked on J-Drama at all, they just treat it as a job, but most love it!

3. Native Production Crew: The people who write the script, act the parts, shoot the scenes, edit the tape, dub the sound effects, and broadcast it.

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I`d love to be involved in any stage of the above, but i`m fed up of being a consumer on the "translated digital release" end (dont get me wrong, I love to watch the shows as much as the next man!!) - but I dont live in Japan to be able to capture the shows I love so much!

This is why I wonder if there is a similar fanbase/website/distribution network for ENGLISH DRAMAS in Japan? Hey! *anywhere else* for that matter...

Surely someone else here has wondered the same, and perhaps went on a hunt to find a digital-online-community of people crying out for English people with TVCapture cards?


...just a thought.
- KelmoTapi

kElmo wrote:Hi everyone,
I wonder if this obsession exists for other countries too? Are there websites and bittorrent sites for Japanese people wanting to watch obscure dramas produced in the UK and US?

u'd better belive it dude... there is big fan base for current U.S. shows in japan, i know some japanese ppl whoget a steady stream of U.S. shows... they actualy asked me to tape them for them in 2000, but after last year i couldn't help them anymore becuase i didn't have tivo nor a dvd burner.. now all the shows they get is on DVD... i belive on of them told me that they're airing the 5th or 6th season of 'friends' over there.. so yeah he said they don't get sh!t over there.. that's why they're alwasy looking for ppl from other countries to trade with.. but since BT has arrived now its the same for them.. only a handful of ppl capture it.. and then tthey release it online...

on a side note: they don't even care if its RAW.. some say its better if it's not japanese subbbed... they say they like it better that way.. :google:

Hi,

Your response is intriguing!

Do you know the URLs of Japanese sites for UK/US tv or was your trading done on a personal basis?

Have you any further advice on how I can become involved in trading Japanese TV shows for UK/US ones. (Did you meet the Japanese friends, hungry for US tv, online for instance?)

I would love to become involved in this free mutual exchange of pop-culture.

Thanks!