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Here’s the third (and possibly the last) in the series of posts about the TV shows I’m watching at the moment.

Bionic Woman - I started watching the new series of this because I was curious how Michelle Ryan could make the transition from EastEnders (a British soap opera) to an American prime time sci-fi drama. I have to say she’s doing well, and the story isn’t bad either.

Arrested Development - I’m waaay behind on this one, I last watched episode four of the first season. I’m watching this as it was recommended by many of my friends and so far it’s really quite funny.

Skins - This is a British series that is now approaching a second season. I would compare it to early Hollyoaks (a British soap opera that never seems to end!) It follows six teenagers, and each episode reveals more about the private life and troubles that one of the group faces. It’s very funny, and can be quite adult viewing at times. It also has some brilliant cameos from British comedy stars.

This entry is a continuation of yesterday’s post about the TV shows I’m currently hooked on. I normally post only technical stuff here but I’m a little out of my time zone, and have a fairly busy schedule so it’s easier to write about entertainment!

The Office - I doubt this one needs any explaination. The British version of the show was excellent, and the American version really came into its own during the second and third seasons. Unfortunately I’d say that the new season doesn’t match the earlier ones in the number of laughs, but the quality of the gags remains high. One thing I disliked about season 4 is that the first few episodes were double length, which really seemed to stretch the quality rather than double it.

Heroes - I’m yet to watch any of season 2 but I will be starting soon, and being in America at the moment I can hardly avoid TV spots and trailers. According to a work colleague the new season is as good as the first although I have heard a difference of opinions. The first season was almost without flaws in my mind, and the problems that I had with it are most likely to be resolved in the new shows.

Two and a Half Men - This is one of those bite sized 20-30 minute sitcoms that started out brilliant and has slowly declined in quality. Saying that however, there was an excellent episode a couple of weeks back that may even be one of the best ever. I think it was show number 100, but for some reason they really tried hard to make it good and they succeeded. For those who don’t know, this is about a layabout jingle writer named Charlie who dispite his efforts has his divorced and broke brother and distinctly dim nephew living in his Malibu home.

I watch a lot of TV! I’ll continue this post tomorrow and maybe this will become an entire week of TV posts…

My first post from Florida this week and I’m not going to write about anything technical! I’ve jus thad a ten hour flight so I’m going to tell you about TV shows that I’m catching up on.

Pushing Daisies - I discovered this thanks to Dave at Blogography. It’s a beautiful and poetic fairy tale about Ned, who can bring dead things back to life by a single touch. A second touch puts them back to how they were - perminantly. If the dead thing is alive for longer than one minute something else nearby must die.

Reaper - This is another new series I’ve started watching. In Reaper, Sam’s soul was sold to the devil by his parents before he was born and now that he’s of age the devil has come to collect. Sam must be a bounty hunter for Hell, and bring escaped sould back using a specially assigned vessel. This is a unique story and the first episode was like a cross between Buffy and Dogma (in a very good way). Unfortunately is has become quite formulaic, with a soul each week and seemingly the same dialog between several characters. In the last episode I watched (not the very latest) there was hope that this formula may soon be broken.

Dexter - I love the concept of a forensics expert being a serial killer of only people ‘who deserve it’. I’m currently only on season one, but am really enjoying this one too. Michael C. Hall is a very talented actor and perfectly cast as Dexter.

I think I’ll continue this entry tomorrow - it gives me something easy to write about when I don’t know how much time I will be able to snatch each day. I’m going to get myself an American breakfast now!