Moffat: 'Episodes is painfully familiar'

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Steven Moffat has admitted that he finds the scenario presented in new comedy series Episodes "painfully familiar".



The show, which airs on Showtime in the US and BBC Two in the UK, follows two British writers (Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Grieg) who move to Hollywood to remake their successful sitcom, only to have the project completely altered by network executives.

Moffat, whose own BBC show Coupling was remade into a short-lived NBC series, wrote on Twitter: "I laughed a lot at Episodes. It might be a specialised market, but dear God, those scenes with the execs aren't even exaggerated."

Responding to a fan query, the Doctor Who showrunner replied: "Oh, of course it's not always like that. But it can be like that. Been at this a long time [and] mostly I've had a laugh."

The US remake of Coupling was axed after just four weeks, with seven produced episodes remaining unaired. At the time, Moffat blamed NBC's "continual, flat-footed interference" for the cancellation.