Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brothers in Law (TV series)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Alpha_Quadrant    (talk)    16:12, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Brothers in Law (TV series)

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This article has yet not established the show's notability. Has its episodes survived or been wiped? "The world may never know," quoted the Tootsie Pop commercial. Also, the citations are databases and archives of a dead link; therefore, I consider their reliabilities. Previously PRODded a month ago: contested with "improvements" to keep this article. Gh87 (talk) 07:13, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 13:35, 4 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep but amend title. Whether or not the TV tapes survive the radio version with substantuially the same script and cast does and was re-broadcast by the BBC only this year. The cast and writers in themselves give this series notablility. The audience of the original TV broadcast was probably well over 10 million. --AJHingston (talk) 16:12, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - Sources exist. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 16:20, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:TVSERIES, which seems to indicate that if it airs on a notable network then that is all that is needed. Tarc (talk) 16:26, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - didn't we go through this before when it was proposed for deletion? It features the first major TV appearance of a famous actor (Briers) and led to several other series, a radio series, etc. It was aired on BBCtv in 1962, which pretty much means that it was aired on the main UK television channel at the time, and thus would have been seen by millions. Note the cited Mark Lewisohn article (which by the way, is actually an internet version of the Radio Times Guide to Comedy by a pretty respected writer on media), which states "The TV show had some far-reaching effects." All indicate notability. Whether it needs improvement/expansion/clarification in certain areas is not an issue to raise by AFD but on an article talk page. Bob talk 18:02, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Keep per Peregrine Fisher's sources → Σ ⚑   ☭  07:02, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: I recently found out the show's status: its episodes are currently missing. No episodes are yet found.  I just added one citation.  --Gh87 (talk) 07:41, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
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