At major events like those over the weekend, family members and the star player are usually center stage, ripe for TV reaction shots.
More and more 1990s films are getting a revival on the small screen, but while some, such as Fargo and Reality Bites, have been met with general nods of approval thanks to their strong characters and settings ripe for TV transfer, others have been greeted with concern or even disdain.
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In another era, Highbridge would have been ripe for a TV adaptation.
With his affability, natural presenting talent and pre-made fanbase, Deyes is ripe for a TV crossover.
The picaresque world of 70s and 80s snooker was so obviously ripe for retrofitted TV drama that the only surprise is that this feature-length tragicomedy is an iPlayer-only affair.
In addition to the books' being ripe for a TV series, what made people assume that "Gossip Girl" would be a success was the fact that one of the people behind it, Josh Schwartz, had created the Fox drama "The O.C.," which quickly became part of the teen-drama canon.
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Its ancestors are old-school network made-for-TV movies, 1980s "Disease-of-the-Week" melodramas, the telenovela-lite, and over-ripe, over-sexed After School Specials.
Yes, it's ripe for satire – as evidenced by TV show Portlandia, which spoofs their earnest efforts – but there are people who like that sort of thing, and one of them is me.
