Things sure are complicated now that we have cable TV.

Curb Your Enthusiasm was produced for HBO, which is considered a premium channel on cable TV. In other words, it's an optional channel (or group of channels) that you have to pay extra for, over and above the basic cost of cable TV. I get something like 120 channels, but I don't get HBO, so I've never seen Curb Your Enthusiasm.

I suppose I could rent a DVD, or request it from Netflix, but I haven't done so.

How do you get it in the UK? Is it free?

I've never seen Arrested Development, either, unfortunately.

By "Fatty Owls" do you mean "Fawlty Towers"? That wasn't obvious to me at first. I did see, and love, Fawlty Towers.

The idea of having nicknames or abbreviated names for TV shows is a custom that hasn't caught on here, either, to my knowledge. Maybe you have to watch a lot of TV, and discuss it a lot, for that to appeal to you. I don't do that much, and neither do my friends. At least, we don't often discuss "entertainment" shows. If we discuss anything about TV, it's likely to be news and documentaries.

I am very interested in comparisons between British and American culture, and maybe that's why British TV shows appeal to me more than they do to most Americans, and why British TV shows often appeal to me more than similar American TV shows. I appreciate the insight and information they give me about British customs. For instance, I might never have heard of Eurovision if it hadn't been for Father Ted.