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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。

　　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.

　　Three roommates on the autism spectrum find a way to live together and strive for similar things in life.

　　Ken的姐姐来到了Lichfield。。。怪人家族又添新成员！

　　《海盗旗升起》（非常）松散地改编自18世纪绅士海盗Stede Bonnet的真实冒险故事。
　　在把看似美妙的绅士生活交换为惊心动魄的海盗生活后，Stede成为了复仇号海盗船的船长。Stede一直在努力赢得可能会叛变的船员的尊重，而在与臭名昭著的黑胡子船长发生一场决定性的冲突后，他的命运发生了变化。令他们惊讶的是，截然不同的Stede和黑胡子在公海上找到的不仅仅是友谊……他们找到了爱情。现在，两人必须从中幸存下来。

　　改编自Karen M. McManus的畅销小说，讲述五个学生一起被留堂，却只有四个人活着走出教室，预告中的画外音讲述者Simon死去了，另外四个人中有一个人引发了Simon的死，而“没有一个人是完全无辜的”。

　　一心复仇的女子苦苦追查杀害丈夫的凶手，结果揭开了这个小镇隐藏最深也最邪恶的秘密。

　　The story concerns the Waterbury family who move to "Three Chimneys", a house near the railway after the father, who works at the Foreign office, is imprisoned as a result of being falsely accused of selling state secrets to the Russians. The three children, Roberta (Bobbie), Peter and Phyllis, find amusement in watching the trains on the nearby railway line and waving to the passengers. They become friendly with Albert Perks, the station porter, and with the Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 down train. He is eventually able to help prove their father's innocence, and the family is reunited.The family also take care of the Russian exile, Mr Szczepansky,who came to England looking for his family (later located) and Jim, the grandson of the Old Gentleman,who suffers a broken leg in a tunnel.

　　《美女上错身》（Drop Dead Diva）迎来一则好消息。虽然Lifetime台在年初决定取消该剧，但近日该台已经改变想法，续订第五季。早前制作室和电视台就第五季削减资金问题形成纠纷，现在双方已经达成了协议。志气高昂的模特死后被困到了胖胖律师简的身体里，故事围绕简的律师生涯展开。《美女上错身》第四季结局收视率创造全剧新高，达到276万。该集以一个重大转折收场，简的未婚夫去世，简真实的灵魂回到其未婚夫的身体里。

 ABC宣布续订长寿喜剧《中之道 The Middle》第9季，根据Deadline指所有演员皆签下一年新约。