Show Dates as of 08/21/08

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Primeval (BBC America)              Aug  9  (US Series Debut)
Bones (FOX)                         Sep  3  (Season Four)
Ghost Hunters (SciFi)               Sep  3  (Season Four resumes)
Destination Truth (SciFi)           Sep  3  (Season Two resumes)
True Blood (HBO)                    Sep  7  (Series Debut)
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX) Sep 8 (Season Two)
Fringe (FOX)                        Sep  9  (Series Debut)
Smallville (CW)                     Sep 18  (Season Eight)
Supernatural (CW)                   Sep 18  (Season Four)
CSI: Miami (CBS)                    Sep 22  (Season Seven)
Heroes (NBC)                        Sep 22  (Season Three)
Knight Rider (NBC)                  Sep 24  (Series Debut)
CSI: NY (CBS)                       Sep 24  (Season Five)
Desperate Housewives (ABC)          Sep 28  (Season Five)
Dexter (SHO)                        Sep 28  (Season Three)
Chuck (NBC)                         Sep 29  (Season Two)
Pushing Daisies (ABC)               Oct  1  (Season Two)
Ghost Whisperer (CBS)               Oct  3  (Season Four)
Numbers (CBS)                       Oct  3  (Season Five)
Life on Mars (ABC)                  Oct  9  (Series Debut)
CSI (CBS)                           Oct  9  (Season Nine)
Eleventh Hour (CBS)                 Oct  9  (Series Debut)
My Own Worst Enemy (NBC)            Oct 13  (Series Debut)
Eli Stone (ABC)                     Oct 14  (Season Two)
Crusoe (NBC)                        Oct 17  (Series Debut)
24 (FOX)                            Nov 23  (Special Movie)
24 (FOX)                            Jan 09  (Season Seven)
Dollhouse (FOX)                      TBA    (Series Debut)
Medium (NBC)                        Feb 09  (Season Five)
Merlin (NBC)                        Feb 09  (US Series Debut)
Kings (NBC)                         Feb 09  (Series Debut)
The Listener (NBC)                  Sum 09  (Series Debut)

Lost: The Beginning of the End

The return of Lost was like the SuperBowl of science fiction for me. I was really excited. I watched the pre-game show (Lost: Past, Present and Future). I didn't throw a big party or paint my face. The best part about it is that everyone came out a winner.

Instead of flashbacks we are getting flash forwards. Hurley goes mad and ends up in an insane asylum. After the writers killed off Charlie, this is the only way to keep him on the roster. I also want to add that the summer break was really good to Charlie. His look worked for me. He had a really nice rugged, handsome thing going on.

Hurley. *sighs* Not that the insane thing is boring, I just don't want to see my favorite character going through this. On a brighter note, he got his very own creepy Haitian ala Heroes. Hurley also makes a curious comment that he wished that he'd have gone with Jack instead of staying on the island with that crazy assed Locke. To his credit, his logic was sound at the time. Charlie said it was a bad idea, listen to Charlie so that Charlie wouldn't have died for nothing. Hurley also mentioned "The Oceanic Six". If this means that only six people survived, I sense some traumatic TV viewing in our future.

The way people get killed but don't die right away annoys me on this show. Naomi gets knifed in the back by crazy man Locke. She slinks away like she's Sylar. She leaves a fake blood trail, gets on another trail, manages to climb a tree, attack Freckles, put a knife to Freckles' throat, have a change a heart, fumble around with a sat. phone then die a great and dramatic kung fu death.

I like how Jack was actually going to shoot Locke. If that gun wasn't loaded John would have been a dead man. I didn't think Jack had the stones. Way to go Jack but next time use your own loaded gun.

Lost had a good return. I wasn't disappointed and I hope they keep up the good work.

TV Show Premiere Listing for 9/21/07

Courtesy of sftv.org

Chuck (NBC)                         Sep 24  (Series Debut)
Heroes (NBC)                        Sep 24  (Season Two)
Journeyman (NBC)                    Sep 24  (Series Debut)
CSI: Miami (CBS)                    Sep 24  (Season Six)
The Sarah Jane Adventures (BBC/CBBC) Sep 24 (Series Debut)
Reaper (The CW)                     Sep 25  (Series Debut)
Bionic Woman (NBC)                  Sep 26  (Series Debut)
CSI:NY (CBS)                        Sep 26  (Series Debut)
Ghost Hunters (SciFi)               Sep 26  (Season 3 Resumes)
Haunted (SciFI)                     Sep 26  (SciFi Debut)
CSI (CBS)                           Sep 27  (Season Eight)
Smallville (The CW)                 Sep 27  (Season Seven)
Ghost Whisperer (CBS)               Sep 28  (Season Three)
Moonlight (CBS)                     Sep 28  (Series Debut)
Numb3rs (CBS)                       Sep 28  (Season Three)
Stargate Atlantis (SciFi)           Sep 28  (Season Four)
Desperate Housewives (ABC)          Sep 30  (Season Four)
Dexter (Showtime)                   Sep 30  (Season Two)
Pushing Daisies (ABC)               Oct  3  (Series Debut)
Supernatural (The CW)               Oct  4  (Season Three)
Robin Hood (BBC1)                   Oct  6  (Season Two)
Blood Ties (Lifetime)               Oct 12  (Season One Resumes)
Battlestar Galactica: Razor (SciFi) Nov 24  (Movie/Special debut)

Flash!!! Ughhhh???

Well... Flash Gordon...
I wasn't instantly hooked on it but I will give it a chance to win me over. The previews for the next few episodes look promising.

Spoilers!!! Ahhhh!!!!

The pilot, of course, introduced us to the characters and put us right into the middle of the action. This episode felt awkward and rushed but it definitely felt like the first episode and not some "shown out of order crap" like Dresden Files or Firefly. I'm not in love with the hero at the moment and I can't really identify with him yet. The old girl friend bit was cute but the tension and the attraction felt forced. I felt Flash put the ufo thingy, the alien and his dad together too quickly. I wanted him to go through the non-belief because his theory and his single mindedness to find his dad left me feeling like he'd accepted things a little too easily. It's as if he'd seen rifts, aliens and different planets before. I don't think we got to know Flash enough. I have Farscape on the mind when I think of this show and how well that premiere was done. Everything was believable and John Crichton was hilarious. Flash doesn't really have that wit/vibe thing going on yet. I think these characters might need a couple of episodes for me to get comfortable with them.

Planet Mongo looks like PX3255, Stargate Command, Vancouver. :) I totally expected a dart or some Jaffa to pop up somewhere. I also expected Quinn Malory or Rembrant to fall through when they slid from planet to planet through the "rift". ;P I also felt that Steve Bacic should have been playing Ming. I would have bought into him more because he looks the part. Flash was kept blond after all.

I totally figured out that the Imex was going to be the watch. They practically hit us over the head with that one. The costuming was excellent. It's my favorite part of the episode so far. The alien controlling the mom scene was actually pretty good. His armor was impressive.

I've read some pretty disgusted reviews about this show on the web. Hopefully, people will not be so hard on the show and give it a chance. With other shows being really good at the starting line, Flash Gordon has a lot of catching up to do.

[edit] Poking around, I found out that Steve Bacic will be in three episodes of Flash Gordon as Prince Barin.

Show Start Dates as of 08/04/07

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 Doctor Who (SciFi)                  Jul  6  (Series Three US Debut)
Eureka (SciFi)                      Jul 10  (Season Two)
Monk (USA Network)                  Jul 13  (Season Six)
Psych (USA Network)                 Jul 13  (Season Two)
Who Wants to be a Superhero? (SciFi) Jul 25 (Season Two)
Derren Brown Project (SciFi)        Jul 25  (Series Debut)
Fallen (ABC Family)                 Aug  3  (Limited Series Return)
Jekyll (BBC America)                Aug  4  (US Debut)
Masters of Science Fiction (ABC)    Aug  4  (Series Debut)
Flash Gordon (SciFi)                Aug 10  (Series Debut)
Doctor Who (BBC America)            Sep  8  (Series Two BBC America Debut)
Torchwood (BBC America)             Sep  8  (US Debut)
Chuck (NBC)                         Sep 24  (Series Debut)
Heroes (NBC)                        Sep 24  (Season Two)
Journeyman (NBC)                    Sep 24  (Series Debut)
CSI: Miami (CBS)                    Sep 24  (Season Six)
Reaper (The CW)                     Sep 25  (Series Debut)
Bionic Woman (NBC)                  Sep 26  (Series Debut)
CSI:NY (CBS)                        Sep 26  (Series Debut)
Ghost Hunters (SciFi)               Sep 26  (Season 3 Resumes)
Haunted (SciFI)                     Sep 26  (SciFi Debut)
CSI (CBS)                           Sep 27  (Season Eight)
Smallville (The CW)                 Sep 27  (Season Seven)
Ghost Whisperer (CBS)               Sep 28  (Season Three)
Moonlight (CBS)                     Sep 28  (Series Debut)
Numb3rs (CBS)                       Sep 28  (Season Three)
Stargate Atlantis (SciFi)           Sep 28  (Season Four)
Desperate Housewives (ABC)          Sep 30  (Season Four)
Dexter (Showtime)                   Sep 30  (Season Two)
Pushing Daisies (ABC)               Oct  3  (Series Debut)
Supernatural (The CW)               Oct  4  (Season Three)
Blood Ties (Lifetime)               Oct 13  (Season One Resumes)
Sarah Jane Adventures (CBBC)        Fall    (Series Debut)
Tin Man (SciFi)                     Dec     (Miniseries Debut)
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (BBC1) Dec 25 (CHristmas Special) 
Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX)       Jan     (Midseason - Series Debut)
New Amsterdam (FOX)                 ???     (Midseason - Series Debut)
Life on Mars (BBC America)          Jan     (Season Two)
Afterlife (BBC America)             Mar     (Season Two)