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'Skins' Notes

By Belinda Acosta, August 24, 2008, 2:08pm, Picture in Picture

I devoted last week's TV Eye column to Skins, the "new" series that just debuted on BBC America. I say new in quotes because the series is already two seasons old abroad. The good news is that U.S. audiences can be assured that the series is not going to disappear after a too short run (Freaks and Geeks comes to mind).

Anyway...I was curious about the title and write to the p.r. folks to inquire. I imagined "skins" is British slang for something, but what? The response came after deadline:

"I recently heard the creator speak about this and he said it wasn't one thing ... it is slang for cigarette papers, condoms but it has other potential, deeper meanings."

So, there you go.