Monday, 17 May 2010

No love for Glee and The Pacific?

Monday, 17 May 2010
I've noticed a lack of comments for reviews of Glee and The Pacific. Are those shows nobody here is watching, or cares about? Glee was one of the most active reviews when it started on E4 earlier this year, but now the UK's closer to the US broadcast the comments have nearly dried up. A little strange! Has Glee's bubble burst? Is there nothing fresh to say about each episode now? Or have potential commenters exhausted giving their opinion by the time E4 catch-up to Fox? A lot of Glee's earlier comments here appeared to stem from Americans while the show was on hiatus in the US, so maybe that has something to do with it?

The lack of response to The Pacific is perhaps easier to explain; it's on subscription-only HBO and Sky Movies on both sides of the pond, so viewership's a lot lower. I guess a lot of people will just grab the box-set later. Most comments the show got over its opening episodes were largely negative, so perhaps people just gave up early? Or possibly everyone's following US-pace and are ahead of my "outdated" reviews? A peril of deciding whether to follow US or UK pace with TV shows, that I've encountered many times before.

Anyway, I'm interested to hear why the response to those shows has been so muted in recent weeks, if you care to share.