The End is Officially Upon Us

Get frakking excited (or possibly depressed), because Sci Fi just announced that Battlestar Galactica is returning on Friday, January 16th at 10pm and after just 10 glorious episodes the series will end on March 20th.

The mid-season premiere will pick up from June's cliffhanger (Dear Sci Fi: You're killing me, June to Jan is far too long...) where we left the Colonial fleet and their Cylon friends on a barren nuclear wasteland called Earth. (Did everyone see that rusting Brooklyn bridge in one of the final shots? Freaky.)

If you have no idea what I am talking about then you have less than three months to get caught up on the best show on television, seriously, put those netflix to good use and start watching!

Don't Waste Your Time: Eleventh Hour

It's been quite the year of X-Files copy cats, and while I am not one to eviscerate fledgling shows, I have to say watching the pilot of Eleventh Hour was verging on painful.

Within the first five minutes my friends and I were already asking "What!?" and giving each other confused looks. I am all about complex TV that challenges the viewer, but in a pilot I prefer to understand where I am and who I am watching before you go off and complex me. I also felt very little attachment to the characters and their stereotypical behavior, Rufus Sewell is hot but beyond that I really wasn't impressed. And adding to the confusion was my inability to figure out exactly which characters would be recurring and thus who I should care about. All of which could be forgiven if I had been watching a gripping, kick ass pilot, however, in my opinion, this was not that by any means.

I will say that I've never been a huge CSI fan myself (I lean towards Law and Order) and episodic dramas without overarching plot lines usually do not grab me (unless I'm in the midst of some epic marathon) so I would take my opinion with a grain of salt.

Decide for yourself: Eleventh Hour airs Thursdays at 10pm on CBS

Thursday, September 25: Season Premieres

8:00 Ugly Betty (ABC)

• Catch up by watching the ABC Starter Kit
• Or via Wikipedia and Television Without Pity
  
• Season 4 Trailer:

9:00 Grey's Anatomy (ABC) (Two-Hour Premiere)

Words can not describe how excited I am for this premiere!! So much so that my friends and I are commemorating the occasion with a viewing party celebration!

• Catch up by watching the ABC Starter Kit
• Season 4 Trailer (it was my fav despite it being taped off the tv)

As some of you may know, every season ABC puts together a clip music video, this year featuring "The Quest" by Bryn Christopher and combines clips from the show and him singing. I have to say watching this got me even more excited if that is possible...is it Thursday yet?



10:00 ER (NBC)

If you're like me you've seen so many ER episodes over the past 14 years (Does TNT still play two episodes a day like they did during most of my youth?) that you feel intimately involved with the show but you have absolutely no idea what is happening right now but you really want to watch the final season...

• Catch up on Season 14: Wikipedia or Television Without Pity
  
• Preview for Season 15:
  
  
• Let's not forget that Anthony Edwards aka Dr. Mark Greene (who's death episode still brings me to tears every time) will be returning for a episode this season in flashbacks as part of Angela Basset's character's backstory. Read about it at TV Guide.com
  

Also premiering: My Name is Early 8pm (NBC), The Office 9pm (NBC)

Wednesday, September 22: Season Premieres

8:00 Knight Rider (NBC)

(There was a preview here but NBC took it down and youtube is lacking.)

I have no idea how I feel about this show, at first glance I was turned off by the super macho direction I think this show is going to take (sorry guys!) but at the same time slightly intrigued, particularly because I am a complete techie nerd. The show is coming off an earlier series (with David Hasselhoff) and a movie but will still hopefully introduce itself well to new viewers and I will probably watch the first episode out of sheer curiosity...I mean the car talks!?

10:00 Lipstick Jungle (NBC)

I never got a chance to catch this show--about three high powered woman living in New York City--last season (though I am catching up, the season only 7 episodes) It may be the new, network censored version of Sex & the City, but I loved that show so much I'd take it again in any form. So when they said Candace Bushnell, I ran to my television...

• Season 2 Preview:
  

• Catch up on Season 1 or watch the Season 2 Premiere (before it airs) on Hulu

Also premiering: New Adventures of Old Christine 8pm (CBS), Gary Unmarried 8:30pm (CBS), CSI: NY 10pm (CBS)

Tuesday, September 23: Season Premieres

9:00 The Mentalist (CBS)

• Simon Barker is Patrick Jane, who has a semi-celebrity past as a psychic medium, and is now an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation.
• Scene from the pilot:

I'm intrigued, but also reminded of another show involving a psychic and law enforcement, yes I'll concede that there are differences in the details, but overall is this just a copy of USA's Psych? I'm not sure if the scene above completely sold me, but this fascinating mind game did, at least enough to watch the pilot:

I am also reminded of an old book series I used to read where the solutions to the cases were all in the details: Encyclopedia Brown. My love for those books may be enough to make me watch this series all season, we shall see...

10:00 Law & Order: SVU (NBC)

Luke Perry (90210) will not be returning to the new 90210 (or so he keeps saying causing me great anger, but I still have my *fingers crossed*) He will, however, be on the small screen this week, guest starring on the season premiere of Law & Order: SVU. He and his wife, played by Julie Bowen (Lost, Weeds) are accused of abusing their foster child for medical testing. At the very least I'll be tuning in to see what 90210 is missing...

Get off your high horse Luke Perry and just do a freaking episode!

Also premiering: Opportunity Knocks 8pm (ABC), NCIS 8pm (CBS), Without a Trace 10pm (CBS), Law & Order SVU 10pm (NBC)