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   The True Melissa to All   
   Re: Selected programming for Dec. 29, 20   
   07 Jan 26 17:27:15   
   
   From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article <10jm6g6$qq30$4@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com   
   deliver unto us this message:   
   >   
   > On Jan 2, 2026 at 8:16:43 AM PST, "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.   
   > >   
   > > Martin Clunes is an excellent actor, and I like Caroline Catz also.   
   > >   
   > > The show ran for 10 seasons and has an 8.4 IMDb rating:   
   > >   
   > > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408381/   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > Are American remakes of foreign shows ever any good?   
   >   
   > THE OFFICE stands out.   
      
   Three's Company was also hilarious in its American version. The American   
   Ghosts has been quite popular, too.   
      
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   Pretty words are not trustworthy.   
      
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