Tag: Television

  • An Idiot Abroad finally comes to the U.S.

    An Idiot Abroad finally comes to the U.S.

    Before Ricky Gervais was pissing people off at the Golden Globes or writing the original version of The Office with friend and writing partner Stephen Merchant, he was marveling at the brain of Karl Pilkington, a radio producer assigned to the duo for their program. In fact, anyone who has listened to the widely popular Ricky…

  • New judges bring much-needed street cred to Idol

    New judges bring much-needed street cred to Idol

    During the past couple of years, many fans jumped off the American Idol train, partly because the show started to feel so formulaic and the judges seemed as uninterested as the audience. After all, the judge’s shtick got predictable to put it mildly.

  • Press release: Ebert Presents At the Movies

    EBERT’S THUMBS RETURN TO TELEVISION Lemire and Vishnevetsky Kick Off First Season of Ebert Presents At The Movies This Friday on PBS Stations Across The Country What: Friday January 21st marks the debut of Ebert Presents At the Movies. Christy Lemire of The Associated Press and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of Mubi.com will host the much-anticipated show.…

  • Karl Pilkington visits Peru

    Karl heads to Peru to visit a tribe of supposed former cannibals and gets a blessing from a medicine man in this clip from An Idiot Abroad.

  • Karl Pilkington visits Brazil

    Karl Pilkington heads to Brazil to participate in Carnival and take a journey to a nudist beach.

  • Karl Pilkington visits Egypt

    In this clip, everyone’s favorite little bald Manc visits one of the most spectacular sights on the planet: the pyramids at Giza.

  • Karl Pilkington visits Mexico

    I couldn’t be more excited to finally be able to watch An Idiot Abroad. As a HUGE fan of Karl Pilkington and his hilarious conversations with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on The Ricky Gervais Show/Podcast, I’ve been bummed that this show only aired in the UK. Now US audiences finally get the chance to…


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