From: suzeeq@imbris.com   
      
   On 1/3/2026 8:56 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > suzeeq  wrote:   
   >> On 1/2/2026 9:32 AM, shawn wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 08:19:16 -0800, suzeeq  wrote:   
   >>>> On 1/2/2026 8:16 AM, Robin Miller wrote:   
   >>>>> Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>>>>> Ian J. Ball  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 12/30/25 2:55 PM, Robin Miller wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>>> Best Medicine [new] (8 pm, Fox)   
   >   
   >>>>>>>> Josh Charles plays an accomplished surgeon with poor bedside   
   >>>>>>>> manner who leaves his career in Boston behind to become a general   
   >>>>>>>> practitioner in a small coastal town in this American remake of   
   >>>>>>>> the long-running British series Doc Martin. Abigail Spencer and   
   >>>>>>>> Annie Potts also star. Tonight's premiere will repeat on Tuesday   
   >>>>>>>> 1/6 at 8 pm, the show's regular timeslot going forward. 13 episodes.   
   >   
   >>>>>>> I might sample this.   
   >   
   >>>>>> The original was vile. Why would you think this would be entertaining?   
   >   
   >>>>> I don't understand that reaction. I loved Doc Martin. Everyone loved Doc   
   >>>>> Martin. The town where the show was filmed, Port Isaac in Cornwall, was   
   >>>>> full of visitors when the show wasn't filming.   
   >   
   >>>> I don't like Doc Martin.   
   >   
   >>> I don't know Doc Martin.   
   >>> Only Doc Marten I know is the shoe maker.   
   >   
   >> It's a PBS series, been running for almost a couple decades. Mostly, I   
   >> don't like Martin Clunes, or at least the way he portrays the character.   
   >   
   > The setup was he had to stop practicing surgery because he suddenly   
   > couldn't stand the sight of blood. I have no idea if that's a thing.   
   >   
   > For me, it was the same script from one episode to the next. The   
   > characters were all cardboard. Some crazy character did something to   
   > embarass the lead character, who is some sort of highly repressed   
   > individual in all human interaction. When he gave sound medical advice,   
   > he was nearly always ignored.   
   >   
   > I didn't find any of it entertaining.   
      
   Yeah, I've seen parts of it, and I agree.   
   >   
   > However, I've seen Martin Clunes on other television and his performance   
   > is fine.   
   >   
      
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