Awww... I love that show.

Another British actor with a fake accent. They had a whole segment on The Culture Show about this fad.

I think there's an assumption amongst casting agents that all British actors are classically-trained master thespians... and it just isn't true.

Not everyone is as good as Hugh Laurie.

The girl on the Bionic Woman show, for example, is just a soap star (and not a particularly gifted one).

Who are you talking about on Pushing Daisies, chuck? Do you mean Anna Friel? Her accent's okay, I thought, some minor overcorrections but nothing too noticeable. Otherwise Jim Dale's accent is English, isn't it?

Yeah, Anna Friel. I wasn't harshing on her, particularly (she's OK in it, right?) - just on Hollyweird's current obsession with casting British talent on the cheap and passing them off as Yanks.

I watched part of last night's show with my hubby. He loves it. I actually enjoyed it.

The subset of shows that both my husband and I can stand to watch at the same time is so small that this could be considered a miracle.

I like the premise of the show and the look-and-feel reminds me a lot of The Avengers, but the main character is just too much of a doofus and the blond is just too stereotypically blond. Also, why are the guy and the girl involved in the investigation after he does his touch thing? He obviously does not want to be there, so why is he?