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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 151973" data-attributes="member: 27">I remember The Paul Hogan Show, which they ran two times (maybe three) and another sketch show I sampled but did not continue to watch (too many &quot;in-jokes&quot; that were probably only funny to Aussies).&nbsp; Hogan ran prior to his movie career making him a celebrity here, so I was surprised they didn&#039;t try to run it again.&nbsp; Probably became much too expensive to buy after that.PBS was not keen on running soaps...I guess they wanted to keep some of their &#039;high-brow&#039; image.&nbsp; It was well into the 2000s before one or two PBS stations started airing EastEnders, and even then it was sporadic and in late-night slots.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think they&#039;ll ever jump into that area with much enthusiasm. Probably the most unique Australian import I saw in that time period aired not on PBS but on WGN Superstation (a cable channel) in the late 1980s/early 1990s.&nbsp; It was an Australian teen soap opera called Paradise Beach that was so awful that I couldn&#039;t help but watch--in much the same way you can&#039;t help but look at the aftermath of car accidents as you drive by. <img src="http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/hand-gestures/facepalm-smiley-emoticon.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":fp:" title="Face Palm&nbsp; &nbsp; :fp:" data-shortname=":fp:" />&nbsp; A very young Ingo Rademacher was on it (eye candy then and now) and Olivia Newton-John&#039;s ex-husband Matt Lattanzi...the very sort of &#039;teen soap&#039; that promotes tooth decay and doesn&#039;t do much for your brain, either.&nbsp; It made Saved By The Bell look like Shakespeare.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 151973, member: 27"] I remember [I]The Paul Hogan Show,[/I] which they ran two times (maybe three) and another sketch show I sampled but did not continue to watch (too many "in-jokes" that were probably only funny to Aussies). [I]Hogan[/I] ran prior to his movie career making him a celebrity here, so I was surprised they didn't try to run it again. Probably became much too expensive to buy after that. PBS was not keen on running soaps...I guess they wanted to keep [I]some[/I] of their 'high-brow' image. It was well into the 2000s before one or two PBS stations started airing [I]EastEnders,[/I] and even then it was sporadic and in late-night slots. I don't think they'll ever jump into that area with much enthusiasm. Probably the most unique Australian import I saw in that time period aired not on PBS but on WGN Superstation (a cable channel) in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It was an Australian teen soap opera called [I]Paradise Beach[/I] that was so awful that I couldn't help but watch--in much the same way you can't help but look at the aftermath of car accidents as you drive by. :fp: A very young Ingo Rademacher was on it (eye candy then and now) and Olivia Newton-John's ex-husband Matt Lattanzi...the very sort of 'teen soap' that promotes tooth decay and doesn't do much for your brain, either. It made [I]Saved By The Bell[/I] look like Shakespeare.:D [/QUOTE]

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