Tuesday 10 January 2012

Body of Proof and Shameless: That's What I've Been Watching on TV Tonight.

Body of Proof shown on Channel 5 is the new thing from abc Studios which features Desperate Housewives' Dena Delany playing Megan Hunt the neurosurgeon who was forced to become a pathologist following a road accident that left her hands numb. She was also playing the actress Jewel Stait from Firefly alongside that big bald cop who was most certainly in the Mentalist, that guy from Southland playing a butcher Patrick Jane from the Mentalist and Sonya Sohn from the Wire. I guess that's as close as Jews get to charity - explaining Desperate Housewives to stoners.

Shameless is Channel 4's big effort set on the fictional Chatsworth housing estate in Manchester. The first three series were good but after that they started to lose it so I lost touch. Now we're into about the 15 billionth series I think they're either going to need to give up or get relegated to the NHS channel where they educate dole scum how best to cheat the system.

Mainly though I hope Channel 4 and Channel 5 finally resolve the dispute about the latters stealing of the Big Brother brand. So far all I've managed to see of the current Celebrity Big Brother Series is the behind the scenes show which reveals that I am now clearly much older then most of the production staff so I will try to tread lightly.

Clearly though Gareth Thomas has got to win by virtue of being the only actual celebrity. He's the most capped Welsh rugby player and former captain of both the Welsh team and the British Lions team. He is also the first professional player of a team sport to come out as homosexual and continue playing. If you've ever seen a rugby match that's quite an achievement. As a reward he's in discussions with Mickey Rourke to make a film of his life and has had world famous designer Christian Laboutin dedicate a pair of shoes to him.

Imagine how gutted Micheal Madsen is because 18 years after Reservoir Dogs all he is is Mickey Rourke's stunt double.

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