20th July 2007

SKY DITCHES STRUGGLING SHOW

FX, now trying to show itself as a serious channel after the success of Dexter and NCIS, have decided to sign up the rights of some of the best TV shows around. Amongst it's massive aquisition spree are the likes of Family Guy, Buffy, 24, The Wire and many new series from the states. It appears however that Sky have managed to slip in the rights to Nip/Tuck while FX wasn't looking. A spokesman from Sky, Steve Redford, said "We pride ourselves on having the best and most innovative shows around. Nip/Tuck was a masive aquisition for us back when it started with its edgy storylines and shocking twists. The first three season being particularly good but like most shows it hit its heights with season 3 and hasn't recovered as witnessed by the very poor storytelling in season 4. We felt this was the right time to ditch the series but we knew it would be hard to get rid of it then FX started buying everything up and we saw an opportunity to slip it in un-noticed (that's what I said - ED) and we now have a couple of new directives set up at Sky thanks to Nip/Tuck. 1. No wanky singing in shows. and 2. No wanky future episodes."