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  Oasis Reality TV? Battling Brothers to Battle Ozzy for Ratings? 


06-06-02 antiGUY
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Who wants to watch Ozzy�s pets relieve themselves on the carpet when you can watch the brothers Gallagher duke it out in the living room?  Obviously that is a question TV producers are asking as the British music mag, New Music Express is reporting that the famous brothers from Oasis may be next in line for a Osbournes like show. 

Noel Gallagher told NME, "TV production companies have already jumped at the idea." But Noel has some reservations,  "Obviously we understand it ('The Osbournes') because that�s the way we talk," Noel said. "It looked funny as f***. I would get too self-conscious � not because I'd look like a knobhead � but because there's things that just wouldn't be real. Unless they hid them [the cameras] in your house and you didn't know. That would be fantastic. But how would you have breakfast with the guy with the big furry [microphone] and someone running around after him with the cable?" 

It�s typical of television networks to play copycat, Fox has been one of the most obvious network to copy the success of their rivals. So it�s no surprise that one TV outlet is reportedly already to take �The Osbournes� on with �The Gallaghers�. NME reported the following, �Jo Pilkington, Sky TV�s senior commissioning executive, was excited about the possibility of �The Gallaghers�. She told NME.COM: �I think it�s a great idea. �The
Osbournes� is great TV and I can�t think of a better set-up to replicate �The Osbournes� than Oasis. Oasis have still got a lot of work to do on the American market, so I see this as a British idea. With Oasis, you take it rough and ready, just like Ozzy. When they�re on a roll, that�s when you get the best stuff.� 

�She added: �I would say that we would be mad not to be interested, although a lot of other stations would be interested as well. But it depends on access. It�s clear that, for �The Osbournes�, it�s 24/7 access. That would have to be sorted. You want them together the whole time. It�s much more interesting to see punch-ups. They make good telly.�"  

But Noel floated the idea of a 24 hour Oasis cable channel, �Maybe on cable we could get our own channel, just me and Liam telling it like it is," Noel told NME.

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