This past weekend, NBC premiered About a Boy a sitcom based on a movie based on a book by Nick Hornby.  The premiere episode was a nice, pared-down update.  Whether or not the premises gets fleshed out into a viable weekly will be interesting to see.

Which brings to mind another adaptation of a Hornby novel coming soon to the big screen (at least in the UK).  A Long Way Down was one of the first Hornby books I ever read (definitely the first in hardback).  It’s a wonderfully twisted take on the importance of community.  Not sure when or if it will make it to the States, but the trailer dropped a few weeks ago.  Check it out.

About a Boy airs Tuesday nights after The Voice on NBC.