Monarch is definitely more than a match for just about anything on network TV in the US right now....seriously...no matter when it "jumped the shark"...and I can see how some might feel that way especially because of the "hitherto unkown and not previously mentioned relative of some sort that just happens to pop up" like Paul and Uncle Donald (but you've still got to love Tom Baker...and there seems to be much more of Tom Baker to love since we last enjoyed him in Dr. Who!).

Seems that you have to have a conflicted teen with some kind of supernatural connections and a parent who's a forensic pathologist to sell a TV series in the US these days. I WOULD like to remind everyone of how well Dallas, Dallas and Kojak went over in the UK a while back; hope you'll all get to enjoy One Tree Hill and The OC someday. Hey...we're watching Last of the Summer Wine over here and digging it...I've even met some teenagers (the target audience of One Tree Hill and The OC) who are fans of LOTSW...can you dig that? I read that they even tried to do an American version of Summer Wine and realized that they couldn't sell it.

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