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Old 29-07-2009, 5:29 PM   #1
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Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

Good news for Medium Fans !

Living snaps up Medium | News | Broadcast
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Old 29-07-2009, 5:32 PM   #2
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Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

No BBC showing is bad news for me.


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Old 29-07-2009, 6:06 PM   #3
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Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

Yes another free channel programme snapped up by a PAY broadcaster yet since it wasn't SKY1 the usual suspects over on DS have remained mute

Then again they are a year behind the US by screening season 5 (V1 two years?) and no guarantee there will be a seventh, same for Supernatural which only got another season as the studio demanded it and it seems most of the cast and crew were looking at new horizons.

It probably says a lot about ITV letting Supernatural go but a little head scratcher over the BBC dropping Medium or was it simply they had a budget and Living outbid them?
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Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

Maybe it'll attract a bigger audience on Living, it should at least be shown in prime time and not stuck in a late night slot with little or no promotion on the Beeb.

It's such agreat show, it really deserved a 9pm slot on BBC2 at the very least.
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Old 30-07-2009, 10:39 AM   #5
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Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

Does that explain why the Beeb are showing all the seasons in a row, are they losing the rights to all the previous seasons?

It's a shame the Virgin1 pq on freeview is awful, & not to mention that stupid red devil over half the screen

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Old 30-07-2009, 11:19 AM   #6
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Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

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It's a shame the Virgin1 pq on freeview is awful, & not to mention that stupid red devil over half the screen
I hate logos which is why I won't be watching.


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Old 30-07-2009, 12:00 PM   #7
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Exclamation Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

Hi,

Also, don't forget folks, that both Living and Virgin don't show proper 16:9 programming. What you get is cruddy 4:3, with miniscule black bars at the top and bottom of the image, that results in a totally pointless "Widescreen" look, that bears no actual relation to the proper Widescreen format the show is filmed in.


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Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

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Hi,

Also, don't forget folks, that both Living and Virgin don't show proper 16:9 programming. What you get is cruddy 4:3, with miniscule black bars at the top and bottom of the image, that results in a totally pointless "Widescreen" look, that bears no actual relation to the proper Widescreen format the show is filmed in.


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Living will have an HD channel very shortly (next month??), I wonder if Medium will be in HD (and 16:9)?
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Old 31-08-2009, 12:58 PM   #9
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Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

Starts on Living on Friday 4th sept at 9.00pm with the first two episodes.

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Old 02-09-2009, 8:07 AM   #10
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Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

Living is in widescreen...OH watches private practice and its definitely in widescreen.

Was the last series on the BBC series 4 then?
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Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

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Was the last series on the BBC series 4 then?
I'm not 100% sure it was. I know they showed the first 2 back to back in one continous run, then they showed season 3, I can't remember if I watched 3 on BBC or not.

Isn't season 5 imminent? Or is it one of the shows starting in January? So we're already a year behind.
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Old 02-09-2009, 10:50 AM   #12
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Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

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Living is in widescreen...OH watches private practice and its definitely in widescreen.

Was the last series on the BBC series 4 then?
Also pretty sure that Living is in widescreen, thought it had been for a while now.

BBC have shown s4 as that's the only place I've watched medium. I think it was around March time.

Series 5 starts on friday at 9.00pm on Living.

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Re: Medium S5 to be shown on Living then Virgin1

Is it me or is this season 6 now on Living?

Where did season 5 go?
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Is it me or is this season 6 now on Living?

Where did season 5 go?
No, it's season 5 on Living at the moment, I don't think season 6 has even started in the US just yet.
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Quick heads-up to say that Season 5 of Medium starts on Virgin1 on Thursday (6th May) at 10pm.

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Still no word on a BBC showing?

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Still no word on a BBC showing?

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I would assume the BBC have no rights to the series with both PAY and Free rights being owned by the UKTV group.
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I would assume the BBC have no rights to the series with both PAY and Free rights being owned by the UKTV group.
Hell of a shame. Guess I'll have to wait for the DVD or the Blu.

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Hell of a shame. Guess I'll have to wait for the DVD or the Blu.

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Why? No freeview? Or just really averse to onscreen logos?
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Or just really averse to onscreen logos?
I hate the beggers as I suspect you may already know.

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Still no word on a BBC showing?

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Yes. It was reported in the Radio Times last year that the BBC had dumped Medium.
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Yes. It was reported in the Radio Times last year that the BBC had dumped Medium.
of course, if the Beeb had put it on at a decent time things might have been very different.......
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Yes. It was reported in the Radio Times last year that the BBC had dumped Medium.
It had to be be their best import. Damn!

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It had to be be their best import. Damn!

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well since Miami Vice anyway
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well since Miami Vice anyway
Dear me I'd all but forgotten that. Not a patch on Medium.

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Dear me I'd all but forgotten that. Not a patch on Medium.

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Shocking !
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