Episodes 3 and 4 of the second season of comedy-drama Clara Sheller aired yesterday. With ratings down 30%, the French seem to think that the entirely renewed cast is far ... ...

A number of years ago (that number of years being something close to a decade now, I suppose), I was giving my then-recently-retired mother a list of movies and TV shows she should watch on DVD. Since my mother can be high-strung and squirrelly, I was helping her find things to fill the oceans of idle time she suddenly found herself floating in post-retirement.I recommended that she watch Absolutely Fabulous. I mentioned that it was a British show...and that it was campy and hilarious. I figured the show would give her a kick.A few weeks after I made the ...