In fact, reading the above posts, does anyone actually watch terrestrial TV any more?
All the time mate. Mind you now I have decent broadband things may change.
"On New Year’s Day, British viewers sat down to watch
a new episode of Sherlock – the 11th broadcast since its launch in 2010 – and sighed as they realised that the show they loved had transmogrified into a programme all about the secret history of Sherlock Holmes’s best friend’s wife. “What happened to the mysteries?” they cried. “Isn’t this supposed to be a crime show? Oh Christ, we’re not getting another
wedding episode, are we?”
Guys, let me reintroduce you to
Elementary. If Sherlock is the party guest who bursts in late, superficially charms everyone in a slightly self-satisfied way and then never replies to your texts, Elementary, which reimagines Holmes in a modern-day New York, is the guy you actually want to be friends with. There’s no mucking about with Elementary. No convoluted backstories where Sherlock’s best friend’s wife’s former colleague once hid a USB stick. Head down, power through, let Holmes do his business and move on: that’s the Elementary way."
Q - Why watch ?
A - Lucy Liu
"Want an arc about Moriarty? Check out the tail end of season one. Feel like exploring the relationship between Holmes and Watson? Watch the 12-episode season-three stretch. Just, for old time’s sake, want to see Sherlock Holmes actually solving stuff? Go crazy. There’s one where a vigilante superhero gets murdered, and one about a rogue cryogenic facility. There are shootings and poisonings and mysteries at every turn and, almost without fail, they’re solved by Sherlock in a rush of staccato babble in the final act. It isn’t a perfect series, but it does feel quite faithfully Holmesy."
Caught it on some freeview channel last night. Seems as though it will be decent light entertainment. The Christmas UK Sherlock bored me to tears as it was so convoluted and oh so clever.