I'm two episodes behind on Heroes, and feeling no interest in catching up.  Should I?

much-madness asked about my television viewing this season.  I'm enjoying NCIS as much as ever.  I haven't seen this week's Pushing Daisies yet, but I taped it and am looking forward to it; their season premiere was clunky, but I still have high hopes for them.  I tried ( Read more... )

Here are a few selections from San Jose Mercury News columnist Charlie McCollum's list of expected post-strike series returns. If everything works out, it may look something like this, and I quote:  ( F-List Favorites )

Heroes is the most fannish thing acceptable as water cooler talk at my office, so I am still watching it where otherwise I would have dropped it.  While exercising this morning, I caught up on Monday's episode.  The ( Tiny Spoilers )

I find that setting the VCR is still much superior to watching television shows online, if only for fast-forwarding through commercials.  If I were truly passionate about a show, I suppose I would visit its official site and watch it there as well, to keep its hit count up and woo advertisers and the longevity they bring, but nothing is calling to ( Read more... )

A few small television thoughts:

• Am I noticing correctly that Chuck, the lead female character on Pushing Daisies, always wears primary colors, while Olive, the main supporting female character, always wears secondary colors?  In the logic of that universe, that's delightful.  (On the other hand, the sheer volume of exposed cleavage is ( Read more... )

Have I grumbled that Bones and NCIS are not only going to be opposite each other, but are going to be so at an hour when I am often still at work?  Why, oh why can't they space out my shows?  I don't have that many!

This week's premieres about which I care enough to program the VCR:

• 09/24 Monday Heroes NBC 9:00
• 09/25 Tuesday Bones FOX 8:00 PM, and ( Read more... )

According to Charlie McCollum of the San Jose Mercury News, Heroes has managed to snag Kristen Bell of Veronica Mars.  Apparently, this took quite some doing.  (His post has all the available spoilers on the new character, so please don't follow the link if you're seeking to stay unspoiled on the new season.)

A small spoiler from last night's Heroes finale, strictly about the pseudo-Mystique character.  ( Spoiler )

So, last night, that was the "we expect to be nominated for an Emmy, and we know this genre never wins, so we're daring you to overlook us" episode of Heroes?

From today's column by Charlie McCollum of the San Jose Mercury News:"Over on Heroes [9:00 PM Eastern/Pacific, NBC], George Takei -- Mr. Sulu on Star Trek -- surfaces as pater Nakamura, who probably is a bit perplexed as to why his son is running around America looking for a sword. It's got to be the coolest casting on any show this season."