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BobB
05-28-2008, 09:50 AM
Not to be confused with Bad Girls Club, this one is a US remake of a well-regarded British series about a women's prison. See http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-hboalanballbadgirls,0,7040198.story

Granted most such remakes fail miserably (The Office being the only exception I can think of), but the pedigree is good, so there is reason for hope.
crowfan
05-28-2008, 10:09 AM
Isn't he also coming back with True Blood in December?
VegasVic
05-28-2008, 11:14 AM
A female "Oz" huh. Well HBO could use another good show, I like most of Ball's work.
59er
05-28-2008, 02:50 PM
Granted most such remakes fail miserably (The Office being the only exception I can think of), but the pedigree is good, so there is reason for hope.
There's a long history of successful British remakes, such as ALL IN THE FAMILY, THREE'S COMPANY, and so on. Perhaps not in the recent past, but certainly it's an old game.
sharkster
05-28-2008, 04:16 PM
I think the original Bad Girls, from the UK, plays on LOGO...that is, unless I am mistaken and that's something entirely different. It's on at midnight, right after QAF.
BobB
05-29-2008, 09:29 AM
I think the original Bad Girls, from the UK, plays on LOGO...that is, unless I am mistaken and that's something entirely different. It's on at midnight, right after QAF.

You're right, that's the one.
BobB
05-29-2008, 09:30 AM
There's a long history of successful British remakes, such as ALL IN THE FAMILY, THREE'S COMPANY, and so on. Perhaps not in the recent past, but certainly it's an old game.

You're right, I was thinking of more recent flops like Coupling and Men Behaving Badly.
marksman
05-29-2008, 10:10 AM
The problem with making a good remake of a british show is the horrible source material.

:)
analog4
05-29-2008, 01:05 PM
A female Oz?

If there is enough same-sex "sex" as there was in the HBO show "Oz" - sign me up.
Amnesia
05-29-2008, 01:10 PM
There will be two new British remakes on network TV this fall: Life on Mars (http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/lifeonmars/index?pn=index) and Eleventh Hour (http://www.cbs.com/primetime/fall_preview_2008/video.php?cid=746965641&pid=KcrSgqs87RoCIEvq_EwCGuHaDGTPq9Vm&play=true&cc=0) (video link, sorry).
VegasVic
05-29-2008, 02:52 PM
A female Oz?

If there is enough same-sex "sex" as there was in the HBO show "Oz" - sign me up.


That's what I was thinking. :)

Oz is probably my favorite HBO show.
busyba
05-29-2008, 04:37 PM
A female Oz?

If there is enough same-sex "sex" as there was in the HBO show "Oz" - sign me up.

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