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WEIRD & WILD: There's 'Life on Mars' (and death on 'Mars')

Big week on Mars.

Some bad news: ABC cancels the American version of the retro copfest Life on Mars, ending its run after this single season.

Some good news: Acorn DVD says they'll bring us the original British Life on Mars, releasing its first "series" (as the Brits call seasons) on July 28.

And more good news: BBC America begins airing that show's spinoff Ashes to Ashes this Saturday (March 7) at 9 p.m. ET, reshaping the '70s flashback premise for a female detective who bounces back to 1981 (and Mars' politically incorrect cowboy cop Gene Hunt).

But how weird is it that Acorn's announcement comes the same day as news of ABC's cancellation?

It's almost as weird as Mars itself.

Themselves.

See what we mean?

1 Comments

Curtis said:

I've actually been hoping that this would turn out to be a limited series - one that has a definite finale - ala LOST. American tv needs more of this. I liked it a lot but the story needs an ending. Hopefully it will be a good one.

March 20, 2009 5:20 PM

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Diane Werts has been glued to the tube since she can remember, growing up in a household where the TV came on first thing in the morning and stayed on till bedtime and beyond. She worked for the USA Film Festival, then for The Dallas Morning News writing about everything from Shakespeare to macrame art to rock music (and has the hearing loss to prove it). She moved to New York's Newsday to edit their glossy TV magazine, then returned to writing about television, specializing in its stranger permutations. She's a past president of the Television Critics Association.

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