TV is good right now.

Lots of good new series, and thanks to the miracle of Sky+, lots of old things to watch again.

Warehouse 13

I'm enjoying this series. Fringe was billed to be the new X Files, but although I won't deny that it's pretty good, I couldn't get into it. Warehouse 13 has also been compared to The X Files, but I'm finding it much more enjoyable than Fringe. I think it's the humour. Two agents after supernatural artifacts, kinds of X Filesy, with more Stargatey type light heartedness, mixed in with serious story. Jane Espenson has been involved in lots of my favourite shows, so it's not surprising that I'm liking this. The only thing I'm hoping for is a bit more of a continuous story arc for the series kicking in at some point. I know it's still early, so I won't blame them for not having a solid one yet. I'm only 4 episodes in so far, but I think I'll stick with this.

FlashForward

This is a great idea for a TV show. Interested to see that Brannon Braga is involved. Instincts tell me to shout "but he killed Star Trek", but I know that isn't true...he took it to some bad places, but one day it'll be recognised that Enterprise saved it. Aaanyway, the pilot was definitely good. Since I've only seen one episode, there's not a lot I can say about it yet, other than that I'm excited to see where this one goes.

One annoyance, and something I find an annoyance in any series, is the bad accents. Well, the one bad accent. If you want a person of a certain nationality, employ someone of that nationality, or someone who can do a flawless immitation of the required accent. I'm talking of course about the main bloke's wife, Olivia I think it is. Penelope from Lost. She's English, and she's being American, and it bloody sounds like it. Sort it out.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I can't explain how much I'm loving Buffy all over again. It's like I'd forgotten that it was one of my favourite series. Forgotten why I originally loved Joss Whedon, before Firefly and Dr Horrible convinced me of his genius. Fx are currently showing the final season. I've been watching since the end of season 5, and it's a lot darker than I remembered. Well, I remembered, but maybe it didn't strike me at the time just how dark Buffy always was. No one gets to be happy!

Anyway, I have a slight dilemma coming up. Sci Fi are about to start showing Buffy from the start. Do I quit season 7 on Fx and start again, or finish 7 and attempt to record as much of season 1 as I can on Sky+ and start that when I've done? I think I've decided to try the latter, although it'll be weird to watch from the beginning after seeing the end. It's just so good!

Eastbound and Down

Yep, this has Will Ferrell written all over it. Enjoyable comedy. It's nothing groundbreaking, but it's a TV series that's vaguely like Anchorman, so it's worth a go.

Coming soon...

If you include the many awesome repeats being shown across Sky channels at the moment too, there are a load of great shows coming up this season, so here's what I'll be posting about in the coming weeks:

Dollhouse season 2 - starts on Sci Fi in the UK on the 20th of October.
Stargate Universe - starts on Tuesday on Sky1 (I'm amazingly excited about this)
Heroes - not sure when, but apparently "coming soon" to BBC 2
Buffy season 1 onwards - yay! Starts Monday at 7pm on Sci Fi
Santuary - unless I've misunderstood, Sci Fi are repeating this from the start. Good opportunity to catch up, since I never got going.
Dexter season 4 - as soon as my new PC arrives I'll catch up.