Have you had your weekly FX?

Do you or have you at any time watched television? Yes. Good because I think, and therefore it is right, that The Wire is the greatest TV show ever made. Yes, that is what I believe and surprisingly it may seem that some people actually agree with me. The Wire has been acclaimed as the most accomplished TV series ever. It started as a cop show set in Baltimore projects with drugs, gangs, poverty, crime and alcoholic police as the cast, but it quickly grew into an epic piece of television drama. Stuck out on Channel FX, you might not have even heard of the show, may I make a suggestion of Series 1 DVD box set my good friends.

Channel FX has been showing a new series from the writers of The Wire called Generation Kill; we’re up to episode 5 of 7 at the moment. Generation Kill from HBO tells the story of the first 40 days of the 2003 Iraq war through the eyes of a group of young US marines. The drama is based on a book by Rolling Stone reporter Evan Wright, who was assigned to a US marine unit during the second Iraq war. The series is mind blowing – it has quick humour, intense set pieces, great cinematography and a script that’s sharper then a marine’s knife.

Could The Wire or Generation Kill been British productions? Never in a million years, never could they have been made in Britain by the BBC, ITV or Channel 4. For those of you that have seen either show, just imagine it being broadcast as a new BBC series on BBC 2 on a Sunday night at 10pm –no me neither. Future series such as The Listener, The Shield and Mad Men are going to be out there, it’s just can you be arsed to find them?

So my advice is to hunt around, most people spend hours watching TV but stick to the same old format of a handful of channels. Channel FX is just one of many, but without it I would have never seen the shows without risking a DVD purchase. Use your remote; you can refuse to watch crap TV if you want to.

Finally hands up who’s watching The Oscars ® tonight.........just me then. Here’s my list of winners, check back tomorrow to see how right I am.

Best Film, Slumdog Millionaire - Best Director, Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) – Best Actor, Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) – Best Actress, Kate Winslet (The Reader) – Best Supporting Actor, Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) – Best Supporting Actress, Taraji P Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button): Slumdog to win at least 5 Oscars ®.

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Selby