Sunday, September 18, 2005
With the new US TV season under way, there seems to be more series that I intend following than usual.
Heading the list must be last year's top two new series - "Lost" and "Veronica Mars", although the latter isn't even remotely sci-fi or fantasy based (although Kristen Bell is just great as well as being a real cutie). And, despite my usual dislike of hospital-based dramas, I did get quite into "Grey's Anatomy" last year, even though I did initially only watch it for Katherine Heigl. The other returning series I'll try to catch include "24", "Alias" and "Charmed", although my interest in the latter has diminished somewhat over the years (I think this is due to the prominence given to Alyssa Milano).
Of the non-network series, I've caught the first two episodes of HBO's "Rome" as I can't be bothered waiting for the BBC to get their arses into gear and schedule it over here.
I've already seen the pilots/screeners for "Supernatural", "The Night Stalker" and "Invasion", all of which were pretty enjoyable ("Supernatural" was probably the best, although I'd be surprised if "Invasion" has anywhere to go after the first few episodes). Other new series that I'll give a go include "Threshold" and "Surface".
Of course, we won't get any of these until next January at the earliest, and if the likes of LivingTV are involved, it'll probably be next summer. In many ways this is their loss but, as with LivingTV's muppet scheduling of "Veronica Mars" (Mon-Fri at 6pm is simply ridiculous), those viewers who have to rely on UK broadcasters are also getting a rubbish deal as well.
Obviously the US networks habit of running repeats as part of the season causes problems in the UK, but surely the UK broadcasters could make more of an effort? Particularly when they're late picking up the series in the first place and then proceed to bugger it up anyway (yes, LivingTV, I'm looking at you here).
Heading the list must be last year's top two new series - "Lost" and "Veronica Mars", although the latter isn't even remotely sci-fi or fantasy based (although Kristen Bell is just great as well as being a real cutie). And, despite my usual dislike of hospital-based dramas, I did get quite into "Grey's Anatomy" last year, even though I did initially only watch it for Katherine Heigl. The other returning series I'll try to catch include "24", "Alias" and "Charmed", although my interest in the latter has diminished somewhat over the years (I think this is due to the prominence given to Alyssa Milano).
Of the non-network series, I've caught the first two episodes of HBO's "Rome" as I can't be bothered waiting for the BBC to get their arses into gear and schedule it over here.
I've already seen the pilots/screeners for "Supernatural", "The Night Stalker" and "Invasion", all of which were pretty enjoyable ("Supernatural" was probably the best, although I'd be surprised if "Invasion" has anywhere to go after the first few episodes). Other new series that I'll give a go include "Threshold" and "Surface".
Of course, we won't get any of these until next January at the earliest, and if the likes of LivingTV are involved, it'll probably be next summer. In many ways this is their loss but, as with LivingTV's muppet scheduling of "Veronica Mars" (Mon-Fri at 6pm is simply ridiculous), those viewers who have to rely on UK broadcasters are also getting a rubbish deal as well.
Obviously the US networks habit of running repeats as part of the season causes problems in the UK, but surely the UK broadcasters could make more of an effort? Particularly when they're late picking up the series in the first place and then proceed to bugger it up anyway (yes, LivingTV, I'm looking at you here).
