Californication

By AlexM There's something special about houses that feature in television shows. They somehow become a part of the furniture of your mind. TV production designers do wonderful things with locations and sets, turning flat walls and furniture into characters of their own.

Among the fast-tracked shows, only House is holding its audience -- consistently around 1.5 million. Of course, there are good reasons for some of the declines. Californication removed most of the nudity and black humour after its second episode and the writers gave David Duchovny a borin...

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