Comments on: Dear BBC America: Would You Please Suck Less?

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:05:16 +0000

So sad that a year after this was written, nothing has changed. Out of 168 hours of television a week to fill, maybe a dozen is brand-new content to US viewers? And that counts the hour (just an hour) of news weekday mornings! And Graham Norton and Katy Brand’s shows air after 11pm on Saturdays! I remember when they actually made an effort to be a water cooler network, and for a brief moment, actually succeeded.

By: Les

Les — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:47:07 +0000

After living here for 10 years I get so frustrated with this channel. BBC America my ar$e…………it is a pathetic representation of the great programmes that have been made over the years. Top Gear – how many repeats ( today we have endless repeats of this show from 2003 !!!! ).Lets drop the station if we cannot show its true colours – or please lets have some respect for what BBC stands for.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:52:17 +0000

I agree with the above comments, I am so sick of Gordan Ramsey and Top Gear. What happened to BBC! They are running seemingly endless hours of T.G. and R.K, this gets old fast!! Mix it up a little!!! How about more Tudors, Luther, Being Human, The Fades, etc….I would much rather see these in marathon runs!! Hope someone out there is listening, thanks for letting me vent:-)

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:11:26 +0000

Got to agree Danny. I’m Engerlish living with my Oregon wife on an Island North of Seattle. BBCA is know as the Gordon Ramsey Channel here. I just want to punch him in the face and I’m a peace lover.
Tonight is second showing of Case Histories though and that tempers it a bit, except that Luther ended on Wednesday…..!

How about the guy who does the BBCA introduction and that made up over the top accent…and I’m from Liverpool.

BBC has the best…and the worst of British TV.

Phew, thanks for letting me vent…!!!! :>)

By: Trailfoot

Trailfoot — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:09:42 +0000

My issue isn’t just the BBC here – it’s all of cable television. Virtually every network has become The Marathon Network – 10 hours a day of one show, day in and day out. It’s insane. There’s room on cable to air all sorts of wonderful shows that already exist, from classics (there’s no way to watch Looney Toons some days. LOONEY TOONS!) to current foreign shows. Instead, there’s four networks showing all-day marathons of crime lab dramas, six doing all-day marathons of cooking-oriented reality shows, and USA might as well change their tagline to “Law and Order Welcome.”

If it were possible to get network television to come in properly where I am without cable, I’d likely cancel cable.

By: Dan White

Dan White — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:10:44 +0000

Hi Danny!
Great post, I agree with pretty much everything you said. BBC America, now WGN with a Brit accent. Too sad! I miss some of the old stuff like Life on Mars, Faulty Towers, the travelogues of Michael Palin and yes, even Benny Hill.

By: Tom Boucher

Tom Boucher — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:52:33 +0000

The lack of HD is your carriers fault, not BBCAm. They carry HD in many areas in the states.

I’m not an expert on television programming but I believe a lot of the problems is that they’ve sold exclusive rights to some of their shows you’d like to see to other people in the states and have to wait for them to expire. Your example of Doctor Who was one that Sci-Fi now Syfy had when BBCAm first started appearing here in the states and they had to wait for that contract to expire before they could air it, and I for one am glad they air Doctor Who as much as they do

I agree though after only visiting London area for a few trips there are a lot of programs that I wish would appear here. Maybe it’s because I’m starved for good programming but I’ve found the BBC shows to be much more intelligent, and much more engaging.

By: Aron

Aron — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:15:53 +0000

We need more comedy on BBC America, namely Mock the Week.

By: Chris Shaul

Chris Shaul — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:58:52 +0000

I just finished the entire 9 seasons of Spooks on Netflix. I think I saw it once on BBCA. I completely agree with you Danny, I don’t know why they are showing 20 year old STNG and even older X-Files. Let’s get some new original programming.

By: Sean Carlos

Sean Carlos — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:29:59 +0000

I hate to rub it in, but the real BBC has just broadcast some great dramas such as The Shadow Line, Luther and Case Histories, not to mention all the documentary goodness of BBC Four. All of course without any invasive advertising. One of Britain's best products IMHO. Too bad that I suspect the Brits take it for granted while private special interests (ITV, Murdoch's BSkyB) want to chop it to bits.