[Nad]

Here's the first part on an interview with LoM Exec Producer Josh Appelbaum - it is slightly spoilery to anyone who hasn't seen the UK version, so I'll just post the link.

[Tennessee Whiskey]

Thanks for that Nad.

[infallible love]

Gretchen Mol will soon experience "Life on Mars" | AfterEllen.com

An older article about Gretchen being on LOM, with a pretty picture.

[Gizziefan1]

Any one gather how the ratings were the first episode?

[infallible love]

Found this here.

It was neck-and-neck for dueling newbies Life on Mars (11.6 million) and Eleventh Hour (11.59 mil), though ABC came out on top in the demos. As a Grey's lead-out, Mars improved on Big Shots' year-ago performance by three million. Eleventh Hour, meanwhile, showed 50 percent retention of CSI's premiere audience, whereas Without a Trace delivered 67 percent last September. At 9.35 mil, ER surged 18 percent from its season premiere.

Wow, that is really great!

[Tennessee Whiskey]

Wow! Great numbers. ....I've been watching CW shows for so long that I forgot a show can actually pull in that many people. I'm glad they had a strong start, hopefully they have an even better number this week.

Thanks for bringing over the ratings.

[Andie]

Thanks for the ratings

That's pretty impressive in my book.

[infallible love]

No problem guys.

I hope it keeps up!

[Tennessee Whiskey]

It has a great lead in so it should stay up there.

[Nad]

Thanks for sharing the ratings

It's great the show is off to such a great start - I hope it stays up there *fingers crossed*

[Tennessee Whiskey]

I've been hearing mixed opinions on it, the people who are fans of the orginal LoM were not overly impressed by this one, but people who have no clue of the other version, love it so, hopefully there is more people that haven't seen the Uk verison.

[Andie]

'Life on Mars' premiere: Is it bloody great or what? Oct 10, 2008, 09:40 AM | by Aubry D’Arminio Lifeonmars_l David E. Kelley, David E. Shmelley. Some assumed when the TV-guru left Life on Mars' production team the show was dead. Others thought it bit the dust when ABC reshot the pilot with a whole new supporting cast. I, for one -- being an anglophile who adores John Simm and Philip Glenister, the one two punch of the British original -- thought it was all over the day some fool got the crap idea to remake my favorite show. Then there was that moment during last night's premiere when it hit me: Lord, was I wrong. I LOVE Life on Mars. Sure, you can't tell that much from just a pilot, but just think about it. The show has brought The Sopranos' Michael Imperioli, The Wire's Clarke Peters, and The Cosby Show's Lisa Bonet all back on TV. And during the same hour! More than that, it got Harvey Keitel on series TV in the first place. And he's great (sorry, Philip, still love you though). Lead Jason O'Mara, on the other hand, is a freakin' revelation. Sure, he rocked The Closer, but I didn’t expect this. This is good. Oh, and the show itself has some pretty good lines ("I have an ass that can fart every Peter, Paul & Mary song ever recorded," "Let’s not wait until another girl ends up with her dead on"), great tunes ("Life on Mars" and "Baba O'Riley" in the same episode), and a pretty good mystery. Why is Sam stuck in 1973? Will he get back to 2008? And, if you’ve seen the Brit show, will this one end the same as it did in England? So who else watched Life on Mars last night? And who else was as taken as I was? Or am I totally alone?

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[Tennessee Whiskey]

Thanks for that Andie.

[Nad]

Thanks for sharing the article, Andie

I'm still not sure what to make of the remake, but it seems like it's doing pretty good on it's own

[Tennessee Whiskey]

Any ratings news for last night?