OK I am in LOVE with Bionic Woman

Not because of the star, but because of Katee Sackhoff's amazing performance. Any sci-fi series is really only as strong as the villain they introduce - and this is such a strong character with so much complexity that I can't wait to see what happens every week. What a shame that Flash Gordon couldn't have learned this lesson; and how exciting to have another "Oh I gotta see this!" TV show to watch.

My week in TV now looks something like this:

Monday
- "Chuck" - guilty pleasure :)

Wednesday
- Bionic Woman
- Ghost Hunters

Friday
- Doctor Who (though this week is the season finale - BOO)

Saturday
- Torchwood - I LOVE this show

Disappointments for the season

Journeyman - for some reason it's just too damn depressing for me. I know some people are nuts about it, I'm just not one of them. Go figure. All I can think about when I watch it is "Did they hire this guy because he looked like Michael Anthony Hall or in spite of it?" It's like Quantum Leap + Dead Zone. Mind you, I LIKE the Dead Zone.

Flash Gordon - Mongo 90210 is probably my LEAST favorite scifi show in the last five years. And no, I won't watch it just to see the BSG: Razor promos. I watched 3 episodes already that I can never erase from my mind. Can't be canceled soon enough. My luck, it will have a five year run. And is it wrong that now I blame Flash Gordon for nuking my other favorite show, Dresden Files which has been canceled because apparently studio execs are insane and/or stupid? Cancel this show, bring back Dresden Files, be my favorite network forever.

Things I bet you're surprised I don't watch

Heroes - I am the only person I know that isn't watching. I know it's an amazing show but at some point last year I was like, I can NOT follow another heavy, dark show. Heroes is the show I stopped watching, because not watching BSG was unthinkable. Maybe I will catch it on DVD - but it isn't like they need another viewer or they'll be off the air.

Well that's what I'm watching - what about you?

So is anyone else as disappointed in Flash Gordon as I am?

OK, I have given it weeks, and weeks and weeks. I was SO excited that Flash Gordon was going to get the Sci-Fi Channel treatment. But talk about a miserable disappointment... not enough ray guns, WAY too much angst. And NO spaceships? NONE? Going to Mongo appears to be about as difficult as hopping the subway (and about as interesting) and although according to the completely gutted and silly character Zarkov too much travel "could shatter the Universe"... well... they do it a LOT.

I gave up when Flash, Dale and Belen were sitting around a table at his friend's wedding, talking about "meaningful things" while the angst-y teen music played in the background. Don't get me wrong I LIKE Belen, but honestly, I can see her with Flash more easily than Dale. Which is a real problem.

And Zarkov - he was supposed to be basically an "older" Flash. Smart, athletic, handsome. This guy.. I mean I actively DISLIKE him. I find myself ROOTING for Ming - now that just isn't right. And the whole show is scene after scene of talk, talk , talk. I mean, good grief, Sci Fi canceled Dresden Files but promotes THIS schlock? Talk about a let down.

I guess it's time to pin my hopes on Bionic Woman.