Blackadder from this series ranked number three in a list of the top 25 television "putdowns" of the last 40 years by the "Radio Times" magazine: "The eyes are open, the mouth moves, but Mr. Brain has long since departed, hasn't he, Percy?" "Blackadder the Third" is set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period known as the Regency. In the series, Edmund Blackadder Esquire is the butler to the Prince Regent, the Prince of Wales (the prince is played by Hugh Laurie as a complete fop and idiot). Despite Edmund's respected intelligence and abilities, he has no
Dish Nation affiliate is one of that network's weakest affiliate stations. The show's median age of viewers was 43.1, the lowest among all entertainment magazine shows, according to Twentieth ("TMZ" 43.7, "Access Hollywood" 52.3, "Extra" 54.2, "The Insider" 55.2, "Entertainment Tonight" 56.6, "Inside Edition" 58). Prior to the 2012 NATPE conference, 20th Century Fox announced that "Dish Nation" would return for a 52-week, full series run to premiere September 10, 2012. After the rating success of its first 100 episodes, Twentieth Television announced on January 25, 2013 that "Dish Nation" had been picked up for an unprecedented Season Two. Viewers "are constantly