Subj : Re: From the Continent
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Wed Oct 22 2025 08:19:44

RM>> Yes, I watched the original All Creatures back when it was current,
  >> or at least current rebroadcast in Canada. When the new version came
  >> out I first wasn't that impressed but it grew on me over time.

MP>I don't know if the original ever ran here on our PBS network, at least not
  >since the 1990s when I started watching the "non-US" shows.

Probably the original series was less complex than the new shows
but you do get used to the characters..

RM>> Sort of like Heartbeat. It is still pretty good but the two main
  >> characters that it started with are long gone. If I recall, in
  >> one episode they said that they had moved to Canada..   B)

MP>I have never watched that one, but have followed other stories where all
  >the original main characters are gone.  The classic TV Show "The Naked
  >City" was like that.  Most of the original cops -- the two main characters
  >in particular -- were either gone or relegated to supporting roles about
  >midway through the 4 or 5 year run of the show.  IIRC, "Arcaro" was the
  >only regular character that was on the whole run of the show.

Yes, another thing they do is create a spin-off show and flip a
couple of characters over to the new show and then shut down
the original. Like this month they brought out a new show called
Boston Blue, which it turned out is a spinoff of BlueBloods which
I don't think is coming back..  But they bought one of the main
detectives to Boston after his son was injured there and had him
help them with the case, and now they are talking him into moving
there, and he shows up as a main charcter, not a visiting one.

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