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Late in February Craig (late of the blogosphere) asked what I thought of the current T.V. Season in general. I responded in far too much detail. Here, with a few updates to cover the six weeks, is what I've been watching...

I'm generally pretty up on this season, more so than the nets, apparently, who canceled a couple of shows I liked.

New shows that are keepers:

30 Rock: Alec Baldwin is hilarious. This show has been consistently hilarious.
Jericho: This one came back strong after it's hiatus.
Knights Of Prosperity: This one will probably fade on me, but for now I'm enjoying it. (update: it faded.)
Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip: Not as strong lately as when it kicked off, and getting put on hold in favour of "The Donnellys" won't help, but I still like it. Still waiting on official word of a cancellation, hoping against hope for a pick-up.
Shark: It's all about James Woods, which is fine with me. His daughter is getting annoying, though.
Heroes: Of course. Time-travel stupidity aside, I do like this show. And by the start of the next season, it'll be okay to lust after the cheerleader.

New shows that aren't:

The Nine: Gave up after three or four episodes. The net gave up after only a couple more.
Vanished: Aptly titled. Already canned.
Friday Night Lights: I just don't care about football. My problem, I guess.

Shows that I wish stuck around:

Justice: I really enjoyed Victor Garber as the unethical lawyer, but that ended up as a show-down between Garber and James Woods on 'Shark', and I don't think anyone ever doubted who the winner there would be. U.K.'s ITV aired a couple of eps that never got play in the U.S.
Smith: Not sure if this would have been great or not, but the acting was excellent, and three episodes was not enough time to really develop.
Daybreak: I was enjoying this, and I've managed to download a bunch more episodes that never aired, but I haven't got around to watching them yet. Maybe it starts to suck, soon.

Away from the major networks, I'm big on Psych, the not-really-a-psychic detective show on USA, and so far I'm enjoying The Dresden Files from Sci-Fi. Caught the first season of a U.K. show called Primeval (the second is greenlit) and really enjoyed it.

Kidnapped, Men In Trees, Runaway, Standoff, Ugly Betty, Brothers And Sisters... can't even think of the others I never bothered trying with. Most of the new sitcoms.

For returning series, both Veronica Mars and Lost are way less interesting this season. I thought the Liev Schreiber story arc on C.S.I. was really interesting, as was/is the Miniature Killer ongoing plot. On the L&O side of things, the two ex-Conviction cast members (who are both very hot) are fitting in nicely as detectives. Jennifer Love Hewitt is wearing some wonderfully revealing clothing this season on Ghost Whisperer but Medium continues to actually be a better show. Battlestar's finale ROCKED. The Atlantis finale was... interesting. So what, they're Voyager now? And in a recent SG-1, Vala Mal Doran dressed up in daisy dukes, so hooray. I'm going to miss that show. Criminal Minds benefits from the recent inclusion of Paget Brewster. Monk is still Monk, cute but insubstantial. House was on the verge of losing me with the David Morse storyline, but has been good since. We need more Lisa Edelstein! Supernatural is really good. Funny, good, action, nice mix of monster of the week/ongoing story. Solid stuff. And Las Vegas is a babe-filled wonderland. I'm very worried about the loss of James Caan (and a bit about the loss of Nikki Cox) next season. We'll see how Tom Selleck does...