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I know we're not supposed to discuss Broadchurch, but I was thinking last night that one thing that doesn't translate is the concept of the "town priest." In a small British town, yes, the Church of England would be a unifying location, and the priest would be seen as a community leader. In a small American town, the odds that all of our major players would be of the same denomination and all go to the same church are slim. Someplace like Gracepoint would have a Catholic church, a Methodist church, a Baptist church, etc.
S2 of Broadchurch has already been filmed and is awaiting an airdate.. So, likely, if Gracepoint delivers the ratings that Fox wants.. They'll shoot S2 of it as well.
Ratings are at about 3.5 million viewers per week and somewhere around a .8 in the 18-49 demo.
I'd say it doesn't look good for renewal.
"Broadchurch" series 2 is expected to air in January 2015 in UK. BBCA promises to air it "early 2015."
Having this bookended by the original does it no favors, IMHO.
I expect that any decision on a U.S. season 2 will be highly dependent on how well "Broadchurch 2" does overall.
I know we're not supposed to discuss Broadchurch, but I was thinking last night that one thing that doesn't translate is the concept of the "town priest." In a small British town, yes, the Church of England would be a unifying location, and the priest would be seen as a community leader. In a small American town, the odds that all of our major players would be of the same denomination and all go to the same church are slim. Someplace like Gracepoint would have a Catholic church, a Methodist church, a Baptist church, etc.
I agree totally. I think they could have been better served changing the priest to be the mayor or something in Gracepoint.. However, you lose the whole Catholic Church distrust thing if you do that.
And, the whole Broadchurch thing.. It's totally fair in an instance like this.. Where you're doing a comparison between the two. I don't think it would be fair at all to reveal who the killer was in Broadchurch, even though it is supposed to be different in Gracepoint. Or to spoil upcoming storylines.
What I actually thought was odd in Broadchurch was the trailer park. I didn't even know they had trailers in the UK.
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Originally Posted by TigerLily24
"Broadchurch" series 2 is expected to air in January 2015 in UK. BBCA promises to air it "early 2015."
Having this bookended by the original does it no favors, IMHO.
I expect that any decision on a U.S. season 2 will be highly dependent on how well "Broadchurch 2" does overall.
This I disagree with.
I think the ratings of Gracepoint are the number one factor. If it was blowing the competition out of the water, they wouldn't care what Broadchurch was doing.. There would be a S2. IF it was total crap in the ratings, it'd have been moved online or stuck on Hulu to burn off the episodes. As it stands.. It's hanging on by the skin of its teeth, which does not bode well for production of a S2.
TVByTheNumbers tends to agree with me.. They have it listed as certain to be cancelled.
Excuse me for asking a dumb question.. Why don't they just broadcast Broadchurch here in U.S.A.??
Because most Americans can't understand a dang word that Tennant says in his scottish accent.
Honestly, you're right in hindsight.. wasn't any point in blowing the money to remake it with American actors (short of Tennant) and stretching it out to 10 episodes.
The pacing of Broadchurch was bad, but since there were 2 hours less (They only did 8 episodes) it wasn't anywhere near as pronounced as it is with the remake.
Excuse me for asking a dumb question.. Why don't they just broadcast Broadchurch here in U.S.A.??
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Originally Posted by Labonte18
Because most Americans can't understand a dang word that Tennant says in his scottish accent.
Honestly, you're right in hindsight.. wasn't any point in blowing the money to remake it with American actors (short of Tennant) and stretching it out to 10 episodes.
The pacing of Broadchurch was bad, but since there were 2 hours less (They only did 8 episodes) it wasn't anywhere near as pronounced as it is with the remake.
It was broadcast in the U.S. this past summer on BBC America.
Interestingly, by the time it aired, many people here that wanted to see it had already done so, via other means.
Mr. Tennant has a huge number of fans who are not at all put off by his natural accent.
I expect it is all about money, but it seems to me that it would have been a natural fit for Masterpiece Mystery and would have received a much bigger audience on PBS than it did on BBCA, which was one of the arguments for the re-imagining on FOX. It could have also run as a standalone on PBS as was/is done with "DCI Banks" and "Doc Martin" among others.
I read this week that they are planning to do a "Luther" remake (!) as well, another show that has run on BBCA and could logically run on PBS.
FOX doesn't have a great track record but remaking shows that are currently running in other incarnations does seem a rather odd decision, even for them.
In any event, I am looking forward to the final two episodes of "Gracepoint." Very curious to see how it plays out.
While I agree with some of the criticism of the acting on this show, I think the trailer park lady (Susan Wright?) is one of the more fascinating and creepy characters I've seen on TV recently. A really odd bird.
I'm still enjoying this show and look forward to the last 2 episodes.
I have an idea of who the killer is!
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Why don't they just broadcast Broadchurch here in U.S.A.??
