Borgen

The main program coup that Link TV brought to the KCETLink table, is a Danish drama called Borgen. Borgen literally means Castle, but in this case, means the location of the Government, which is at Christiansborg Palace (the 4th palace or castle that has been built on the site.)

Since the merger, we have aired the show multiple times on Link TV, but never on any of our channels.

Well, that has changed with this current airing. KCET (Channel 28) is running Borgen on Friday and Monday nights at 10PM.

My Husband and I decided to check it out and quickly got hooked.

It is a combination of a political show, similar to The West Wing, and a news show like The Newsroom. There is also drama in the personal lives of the characters, which adds to the whole thing.

We are currently airing a marathon of the first season on our air, which means that if you don't get Link TV (via Direct TV or Dish), you can stream the entire 10 episodes from today through August 4th on KCET's Website. We only get 2 weeks streaming rights, each time it airs, so if you would like to watch it, now is definitely the time to catch up and then move forward with Season 2. Those shows will be immediately following the first 10.

Interested? Check out our KCET website HERE, for recaps of each of the 10 shows and video of each of the 10 episodes. Here are the titles and episode numbers, to help you navigate the web page. If you check it out, come back and comment please...oh and enjoy.

1. "Decency in the Middle"

2. "Count to 90"

3. "The Art of the Possible"

4. "100 Days"

5. "Men Who Love Women"

6. "State Visit"

7. "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil"

8. "The Silly Season"

9. "Divide And Rule"

10. "The First Tuesday in October"