new TV shows AND Educational moral hazard

Human Target, is currently on Fiver in the UK. It is ace! Light and clever and actually like it. This is perfect comic book (DC Comics). Unlike most US shows on Fiver, it is not swamped with too many attractive people which makes up for a lack of storyline or entertainment. It is also a remake. This is the latest US trend. In the US Crime dramas (Procedurals) you have seen a glut of cold cases (inlcuding of course the hit series of the same name), undercover operations with many such series, English accents, and gritty, and lighter.

Microeconmists are justifying their existence by applying commonsense. Let’s hope the UK government employs a few good ones. For instance the graduate tuition fees and loans are going to rocket up. What happens if you decide not to complete your degree. Will you have to pay anything back? So how smart is it to continue with your education if it costs so much and you might not get the degree you want.

Slow to air

Commissioning comedies in the UK which may be topical takes too long. E4 are going to do a comedy: PhoneShop. Too late!…needed to be done at the time of Wyclef Jean in Virgin Mobile ads or say four years ago at least for maximum effect. ITV had Mumbai Calling - about three or four years too late at least! Sit Coms which are supposed to be topical never work when they aren’t. Is the last sentence always TRUE or just usually.