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Footballers' Wives premieres tonight on BBC America

by Jonathan Toomey, posted Feb 19th 2006 12:04PM

Footballers' Wives - S1Who's gotten bored with Desperate Housewives this year? Okay, that's a dumb question... the sophomore effort of DH has been a waste of time if you ask most folks. But columnist Tim Goodman over at the San Francisco Chronicle knows precisely what's missing: not enough strap-on sex toys. And that's where the new season of Footballers' Wives leaves DH in the dust. The third season (four have been made) of the show has finally made it to BBC America and it premieres tonight at 10 PM.

I'd never heard of it but I'm glad I did because it sounds horribly addicting. I checked out the show's website and the flash opening immediately slaps you with the audio tagline, "Sex. Lies. Murder. Everyone plays dirty, don't you?" Now that sounds like good television. Upon further reading of Goodman's column, the show incorporates all aspects of TV that make a show into a televised bachelor party: breasts, butts, a Thai vacation, gangs, copious amounts of alcohol, and did I mention the sex toys? I mean, just look at the DVD sleeve from season one. This show sounds great, and as Goodman points out, it might make a better pairing with Grey's Anatomy... although they are on at the same time. I'm sure you and your TiVo can figure it out.

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rebecca

when does series 4 premier on bc america? we are hooked!

April 17 2006 at 11:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jeff

too late now, but the 3rd season premiere was available for free on Google video last week. I now make it a point to check out GV on a regular basis. it's worth taking a few minutes to see what might be available.

February 20 2006 at 10:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Patel

I love FW. Totally trashy TV.
Pair up with Mile High it sets an all new high (or would that be low) in trash tv.

I was dissapointed they killed off Jason. He was a sexist, drunken ass, but paired off with his wife, made for the best train wreck ever on tv.

The best thing about the BBC series are they tend to be total different from US tv.
The worst part is the 180 they tend to do bettwen seasons.

Major plot twists, ie the model dying of AN total came out of the blue.

February 20 2006 at 10:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ashley Boyd

Cheers Sean P. Aune. I never did watch FW, as I said. So I was comparing it to Mile High which is about as trashy as I got.

February 19 2006 at 4:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Niklas

Mile High isn't nearly as good as Footballers' Wives.

FW gets even crazier and trashier with time, so just wait until you see season three and four.

February 19 2006 at 3:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sean P. Aune

Yes, it is trashy, it knows it, it embraces it and you love it for it. Blink and you will have missed two plot points. It moves at the speed of lightning and is just mindless fare, give it a try just for the sheer shock factor.

(And to Ashley Boyd, we are in the 2nd series of Mile High now)

February 19 2006 at 2:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jimmy

I tried to watch several episodes and just couldn't get into it. It's a throwback to the 80s soaps in the vein of Dallas, Dynasty, and Falcon Crest (and yes, I'm ashamed that I watched them -- hey, I was just a kid, I didn't control the TV). Maybe for that reason I just didn't like it. I know it was the point of the show to be trashy, Jackie Collins light, but it just didn't work. The stories were boring and the acting was atrocious.

February 19 2006 at 2:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ashley Boyd

Apparently it is purely addictive trash. Never did watch it though. Some very hot people wearing not much though, its purely shameless and is happy to be. Kind of like "Mile High" if that ever gets shown there.

February 19 2006 at 12:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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