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　　本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为题材和对象的系列情景喜剧，创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构成很容易使人联想到当时正走红（其实已经在走下坡路）的《Friends》，因此很有不少根本没看过本剧的媒体人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》，而在那些有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看来，《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多方面所达到的水平，要比《Friends》高几个档次。相比之下，《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的好作品而已。当然总体来说，英剧的水准本身就高于美剧，这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的，美剧的创意一般也就为最初几集编剧，以后主要的编剧工作都是由其它编剧根据最初的角色设定来自由发挥，编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化，老的走新的来，造成美剧情节连贯性差甚至前后矛盾，故事往往缺乏深度，人物性格平面化，缺少发展。这都是题外话了。《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟的帅哥Steve，Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff，头脑简单、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热中的男士，以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作武器的Jane，Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同事、曾经非常“不羁”（包括和Jeff还有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的莫逆、对衰老和肥胖极度敏感的美容师Sally三位女士。本剧的主线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正式起来的关系，Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的种种意外以及后来和上司发展出来的一段关系，Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到若即若离再到情深难舍的感情发展，还有Jane在事业和异性关系中的各种奇事，等等。本剧在情节设计中所达到的精致和完美程度让人叹为观止，而六位当时并不算大明星的青年演员的所展现精湛演技更是具有顶尖演员的水平，无怪乎播出之后立刻走红大洋两岸，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度。

　　当一名上流社会成员被严重谋杀时，多伦多的精英阶层陷入恐慌；一个被称为寡妇的杀手正逍遥法外；侦探肯尼斯·里克斯被指派去帮助受害者的妻子雷吉娜·希姆科寻找一个了结。

　　The second series, Ben Harper, husband and father to three different and often difficult children has spent his working life as a dentist. Just as well as most of his life seems rather like pulling teeth. His wife Susan is usually busy showing foreign tourists around London, a place she knows much better than her own kitchen. Ben and Susan have been married happily enough to have three children. However, Ben has the feeling that most of the time his children seem to speak a different language. Nick (20) has persuaded his parents he would benefit from a gap year to see something of the world. To date, he has hardly seen anything beyond the confines of the sofa. Janey (17) is into boys, fashion labels (expensive ones) and getting her own way. Michael (14) is the brightest of the trio. He is seriously into computers, and, not so seriously (yet) into girls.

　　Ken的姐姐来到了Lichfield。。。怪人家族又添新成员！

　　A dramedy that tells, with irony and humor, the adventures of Eliseo, the janitor of an upper class building, who, behind the back of the managing company that employs him, uses his position to surveil and be intimately acquainted with the building's tenants.
　　The building is a universe whose ecosystem has specific dynamics and rules, and Eliseo knows them all by heart. There he lives, works and absorbs every detail of the life of its residents. However, underneath all his humility, he hides a talent for manipulating them. A facade of servility and sincerity is his most effective weapon he uses on them. His power is knowledge. He knows everything about his neighbors: their names, schedules, jobs, relationships, weaknesses, likes, etc. His mind registers everything that goes on in the complex. With this advantage over his "victims", he devises strategies to influence each tenant and can calculate precisely how they will react. This game of power over the neighbors is akin to playing cat and mouse. Depending on his whims, his mood or his need to protect his position at all costs, he is capable of causing wide ranging damage. He also dispenses justice and protects those he sees as weak. He is a God on his own turf.

　　西西里检察官尼诺·斯科特拉罗 (Nino Scotellaro) 毕生致力于打击黑手党，却突然被指控为黑手党成员。被定罪后，尼诺变得一无所有，并决定实施权谋报复计划。

　　亚当（本·威士肖 Ben Whishaw 饰）是一名在公立医院里行医的妇产科医生，在公立医院里，无论是医疗设备还是人员配给都要远远糟于私立医院，在这里，亚当不仅要面对无休无止的加班，还要和刁钻苛刻的病人斗智斗勇，长期都处在巨大的压力之下。但幸运的是，在医院里，亚当还是交了一些朋友，比如初出茅庐的实习医生姝娣（安比卡·茂德 Ambika Mod 饰）。
　　亚当有一个相恋多年的男友哈里（罗里·弗莱克-拜恩 Rory Fleck Byrne 饰），两人之间的感情虽然稳定，但是亚当至今都没有向父母坦露自己的性取向，更别说介绍哈里给他们认识了。一场意外中，亚当的误诊导致了一个婴儿的早产，这件事情成为了在他脖颈上不断收缩的绳索，令他渐渐窒息。

　　HBO Max打造的《美少女的谎言》续集剧集《美少女的谎言：原罪》敲定两位主演：钱德勒·金尼(Chandler Kinney)、玛雅·莱弗科(Maia Reficco)。故事设定在一个住满蓝领工人的小镇，20年前这里曾经发生过一系列悲剧，20年后，故事将围绕另一群新的少女们展开，她们发现自己被一个不明身份的袭击者纠缠，被迫为父母当年犯下的秘密罪行而赎罪。《原罪》被描述为“黑暗，愤怒而又恐怖的。”
　　该剧由丽莎·索珀执导前两集，罗伯托·安古列·萨卡撒、林赛·布灵操刀剧本。这部《原罪》依旧与之前的系列一样，根据萨拉·谢泼德(Sara Shepard)的畅销书系列改编。该剧将于今年夏季在纽约开拍。

　　FX续订《#白粉飞# Snowfall》第二季，预定18年播出。

　　该剧讲述了一群橄榄球员的职业生涯与私人生活。巨石强森在剧中出演一名退役的橄榄球员。夏天看这部剧再合适不过，肌肉、热血、沙滩、美女、名利场无不让人热血沸腾。激情与汗水齐飞，权力与欲望交融，HBO此剧大有看齐《嘻哈帝国》的野心。

　　列维·施瑞博尔、强·沃特主演Showtime剧集《清道夫》宣布续订第7季，明年春天开拍。