Scott Reynolds wrote:
> On 7/8/2003 9:30 AM, John Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
> 
>> Scott Reynolds wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> I remember watching Mr Bean on the local PBS station in Chicago in
>>> about this time period, and it was not my impression that it was
>>> unsuccessful. In fact it seems to have one of the more popular
>>> shows among the -- admittedly rather Anglophilic -- audience that
>>> watches PBS on a regular basis.
>> 
>> OK, I stand corrected (I guess).
> 
> Yes and no. PBS does not have a real mass market following. That a
> show was a hit on PBS does not necessarily mean that the average Joe
> Sixpack knows or cares about it.

Mr. Bean also ran on the premium cable channel HBO for a season or two.

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