Coupling

[InspectorExstead]

Coupling, Jay Harrington's new show, will be premiering tomorrow, Thursday, on NBC at 9:30 PM. So far, based on the tons of commercials I've seen, it looks like it's a good show, but entirely based on sex. Jay looked really hot without his shirt though. Looking really forward to seeing this....

DON'T MISS IT!!

[Crimson and Clover]

I thought that Coupling wasnt going to be able to air because of all the sex jokes.

[nancyrulz]

I can't wait to see this show....Jay without his shirt I saw that, mmmm.....

[Swimfan85]

people at school were talking bout how they wanted to see this I was like, "Jay Harrington whos on the show lived in Wellsley (our rival) and was on this show on lifetime..." they didnt care

[InspectorExstead]

Originally posted by Swimfan85
people at school were talking bout how they wanted to see this I was like, "Jay Harrington whos on the show lived in Wellsley (our rival) and was on this show on lifetime..." they didnt care

lol...yeah...most teens go blank when the name lifetime is mentioned, unlike all of us division fans, who perk up at the mention of it.

[InspectorExstead]

I found an article about Coupling in the Calendar section of today's LA Times. I'll type it up for you guys.



Will sex sell this show?

Based on a British series, 'Coupling' hits a new level of network raunchiness.

By Roberty Lloyd


"Coupling," a tiresome new sitcom premiering tonight on NBC, has been cloned from a British show of the same name, which itself bears a more than passing resemblance to "friends," the departing series it is being positioned to replace in spirit and (the network hopes) ratings, if not in time slot. Three men and three women of similar age and income go round and round in a do-si-do of attraction, repulsion and indomitable companionship. As in the BBC original, they are named Steve (Jay Harrington), Susan (Rena Sofer), Jane (Lindsay Price), Sally (Sonya Walger), Jeff (Christopher Moynihan) and Patrick (Colin Ferguson), and they stand int eh same relation to one another and the world that they did in the British show. They are six characters in search of...something less than love but more than a hickey.
Described by corporate voices as " 'Friends' with sex" (and I thought "Friends" was "Friends" with sex), "Coupling" is not so different in kind from previous frisky American prime-time sitcoms as it is in the frequency, specificity and explicitness of the naughty bits. ("Seinfeld," that other former star of NBC Thursday, is another clear influence, for the frequence use of social shorthand- "the giggle loop," "hand stamp," "the window," "decoy dates" are some of the concepts covered here0and the idea that what dooms human relations is the fact thay they involve humans.)
While cable television is routinely naughtier than this, and has been for a good long time, "Coupling" does achieve a level of raunch new to broadcast TV - what is sometimes amusingly called the public airwaves.
It wasn't all that long ago that sex had no place on TV. Writes found other subjects - talking horses and cars, Old West spies. There were "sexy" characters, like Elly May Clampett and Catwoman, Jennie the genie and all those alien girls Capt. Kirk loved and left. But the Act, as anything more than a gleam in the eye or a fade to a commercial, was taboo.
At some point in the last decade, however, driven by cable TV's capability to say or show just about anything, it because the Subject - the obsession of most every sitcom character over the age of consent. Body parts, positions, technical failures became the suff of general hilarity. And there is something to be said for a society that can look sex straight on and s******.
But "Coupling," in its American incarnation, does not make a good case for this trend. There is a thin line between sophistication and puerility, which sometimes comes down to a line reading. Given that the two episodes available for preview almost exactly replicatie their funnier, harder-edged British models, and were helmed by their originiators, the clear inferiority of the American brand must have something to dow with the execution - with the direction or acting or possibly the accents. (Only Price consistently stands out; she's more of a funny little animal than a human girl.) It is stiff and strained; the naughty bits play as labored, and the characters seem interested in each other only because the script says so.
The series has already been pulled by two affiliates (in Salt Lake City and South Ben, Ind.). Elsewhere, it will probably run a decade.

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Yowzas! It took forever to type that article, especially with all the dashes and everything. I have seen the British version on BBC America, but only for a minute. That barely had any information on the show. The writer just rambled on about sex and the media, and the british version of this show. whatev. i am so excited to see jay tonight. and lindsay price, who played Janet on 90210, will also been on the show, which is really cool.

[*Marilyn Monroe*]

Originally posted by InspectorExstead
lol...yeah...most teens go blank when the name lifetime is mentioned, unlike all of us division fans, who perk up at the mention of it.

No kidding...we were talking about what TV stations we watch the most, and I said Lifetime, and everyone stared at me. *sigh*

Thanks for typing that huge article, by the way!

[Jeanie]

Here is a pic of Jay on Coupling.

[*Marilyn Monroe*]

Originally posted by Jeanie
Here is a pic of Jay on Coupling.

Yeah, he's hot.

Thanks, Jeanie.

[InspectorExstead]

Originally posted by *Marilyn Monroe*
Yeah, he's hot.

Thanks, Jeanie.

amen to that!

[*Nancy Mckeon*]

Originally posted by Jeanie
Here is a pic of Jay on Coupling.

which one is jay? hes the tall skinny one right? lol ive only seen 2 eps with him so i forgot what he looks like lol j/k