Edited by author 04-04-2004 10:04 PM
You ask for television suggestions. I wish I had some. While I'm not absolutely heartbroken over "Wonderfalls" (maybe partly because I'm not absolutely surprised), I am disappointed. The last (and apparently last) episode aired was, I thought, really quite good. The fact that Fox has only aired four episodes and apparently isn't even going to show the episode they've already promoted for next week, indicates they never intended to stand by it from the beginning. That they've stood by "Tru Calling", then, is bewlidering. ("Tru" hasn't been anything approaching a breakout hit either, but it's gotten a full run and may even get renewed.)

I watch:

"Alias", of which I've been a big fan since day one but which I'm never sure what somebody new to it would think. I like it almost in spite of itself. It's ludicrous, but usually fun.

"Smallville", which is almost never as good as I hope it would be, which has its share of moments and terrific episodes, but usually falls short. I'm all too often reminded why I stopped watching in the beginning of the first season (and didn't really come back until this season). The tweaking of the Superman mythos and Lex Luthor stuff is great, but it's often a cheesy X-Files meets Dawson's Creek. But I've been pretty faithful this season.

"Angel" -- but, like you said, this is their last year.

"The Shield" -- I find it incredibly gripping

"Touching Evil", although I've only just started watching, and I'm not yet sold on it. My parents, who introduced me to the show, claim the original British version is better.

I stopped watching "24" around the time you say you stopped, or maybe an episode or two before. I realized, somewhat surprisingly, that I just didn't care anymore. Which is surprising because I thought last season was phenomenal (Kim and the cougar notwithstanding). I gave up on "The West Wing" after this season's first episode much for the same reason. I almost never get to see either "The Daily Show" or "South Park" anymore, but I'm trying to catch more of both them and "Chapelle's Show". Otherwise, I've largely been trying to wean myself off of television. Everything else I watch is occasional, random, and/or accidental.

There's always DVD. Both "Firefly" and "Farscape" are big favorites of mine.