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I'm going through my Digiguide listings to see if there's anything interesting coming up that I might want to watch over the next month or so, and also to remove flags from programmes that I tried and which turned out to be dire. For example, I've watched as much of Spooks: Code 90210 as anyone with a brain can take.

New things coming now that summer's over:
- Season 3 of Heroes at the end of September on the BBC. I hope this is a vast improvement on Season 2, which was generally pants
- Burn Notice starting on FX in October. I've seen a few clips with Michael Shanks in them but they didn't inspire me to watch the programme - the main guy looked incredibly bland, very much the boring American cardboard cutout. Still, I'll give it a shot. Might end up just watching the MS eps when they turn up here sometime in 2010
- Megasnake! Oh yes, it's finally arrived on SciFi in the UK. I think it deserves watching while in an alcoholic haze
- A new US thing called Breaking Bad. Anyone seen this? Is it any good?
- Another new US thing called Eli Stone. Again, any opinions?
- The new series of Medium
- ReGenesis appearing on FX, which makes me think we may, one day, actually be able to move past series 2. Not this year, though. SciFi are reshowing series 2 yet again in the middle of the night
- New series of Medium, which I still like, even as it's got weirder

Anything else anyone's spotted that might be worth a look?

Also waiting for me on my DVD shelf: SG: Continuum, the rest of ST: Voyager, Miss Potter, A Dog's Breakfast, Polar Express, and my new box of the first 3 Star Wars films sadly 'improved' by all the new nonsense (but you can't get the originals these days so I finally caved).

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I watched the Michael Shanks episode of Burn Notice - i wasn't impressed although Michael was pretty as always (and shirtless which is good)

When is Megasnake on? Do we need to get together to share a drunken hazed viewing of such a wondrous piece of creativity?

Heroes - yep, hoping for a good season (and less of the annoying twonk characters)

I'm eagerly awaiting the new season of House because it looks like it will focus on Wilson, who is an adorable cutie and worthy of much whumping and comforting.

Regenesis season 1 is sitting on my DVD shelf waiting for me to finish watching it.

And of course there is Smallville *ducks*

I didn't bother to watch the MS ep of Burn Notice after seeing the clips. I didn't think it boded well, but it was only a teeny amount. Maybe if we watch from the start it'll be better... Yeah, maybe not.

Megasnake is October, IIRC. Will check.

House - yes. I was distinctly underwhelmed with the last season where everyone was fired and we got those pointless new people. Hoping for some kind of improvement from the next, but not particularly holding much breath here.

Is Smallville still not cancelled? I'm impressed by its staying power. You keep watching. Whatever makes you happy. Uh huh. ;-P

I liked Heroes season 2. I think it helped that I stayed away from any spoilers and didn't let other people "tell" me if it was any good or not.
One of my all-time fave telly shows starts again next month, Dexter. It's definitely not for everybody, though.
There were separate releases in 2006 for all three "classic" SW movies, that included both the 1977 ('80, '83) theatrical versions, as well as the new versions. You can still buy them; play.com has them for 5.99 GBP per original/special edition set. :-)

I'm an obsessive avoider of spoilers when it comes to things that are on my must-watch list, which includes Heroes. So I was very disappointed by S2 all on my own without outside influence. It seemed really lacking in inspiration compared to S1, and I was worried that the writer had just had one series in him. He has admitted things went off the rails, so I am still hopeful for S3, but it's a cautious hope.

Dexter, yes, it really isn't for everyone! Not one on my list.

Ooh, will hunt down play.com, even though I swore never to go there again after I had to send them a DVD back 3 times before they sent me an unscratched one. Grrr. Their packaging is dire, but they do have good prices. Thanks, will hunt that down!

I'd have a go with both Burn Notice and Eli Stone, though I can almost guarantee you'll find Gabrielle Anwar's character in the former quite annoying in the very first eps. She does get better though, even if she still needs like she needs to eat a few pies.

I'd seen a synopsis of Eli Stone and thought it sounded idiotic, but watched the first ep and was hooked, mostly by Jonny Lee Miller. It's one of those shows that normally get canned early on and somehow managed to get a second season - quirky without trying too hard in the 'hey, look, we're being quirky! look!' manner of Pushing Daisies.

Okay, I'll give them both a go, thanks. And thanks for the warning on irritating woman. Is it just a badly written female character (which would be so very rare) or is it the actress that causes the problem?

In Eli Stone, is JLM doing a US accent? Also, very glad it's not like Pushing Daisies, which was bloody awful.

I love 'Eli Stone'. It sounded kind of nuts when I read about it, but when I saw the first episode, I loved it. I've even enjoyed the re-runs. Jonny Lee Miller is wonderful. I suggest giving it a shot.

Two votes for Eli Stone! That's beginning to sound like a global consensus. *g* I'll definitely try that one, then.

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