The Fall Lineup

So skimming over my DVR's programming, I guess these are the shows I'll be looking at this fall:

• Two and a Half Men
• The Office (the American version, which proves that the Brit humor can be far superior!)
• The Simpsons
• Family Guy
• My Name is Earl (I have to check it out still, it's on my DVR)

What I want to know is ... where the heck is Scrubs?? A Google search led me to some forums where I found out that Scrubs Season 5 was coming "mid-season", which I suppose is in end-October sometime. The other show I'd like to see is South Park ... it's been AGES since I saw an original episode of South Park ... did the show stop without my knowing it? The show that's really missed is of course, The Chappelle Show. And due to Scifi Channel's creative scheduling, I have to wait till January for new episodes of SG-1, Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica.

A quick word on BSG ... this show is the best action/drama on TV right now. Yeah I probably have a high geek quotient that must be slaked, and I probably gravitate to the Trek/Space/Scifi/Weird Looking Crap type shows ... but even so ... the excellent writing and the sheer pace of BSG just hammers the viewer ... and the tenterhooks that the writers leave you on are excruciating (end of Season 1: Adama was shot; End of Season 2: Adama launches a military stike against the Pegasus). With the departure of Richard Dean Andersen from SG-1, that show really stumbled. BSG more than took up the burden of "must-see TV. I know some fans of the original BSG (the 70's show) don't find anything in common with the current one. I say, "Bugger Off!" to those folk. While the general priciples might be common (humans on the run from the Cylons), the new show is to the old one what ... Empire Strikes Back is to Return of the Jedi ... what Goblet of Fire is to Sorceror's Stone!

The BSG miniseries that kicked off the show, as well as the first season is now on DVD. For all that is holy, if you think you have good taste in TV shows, watch it, if not buy it!