excellent stuff yet again, Eric. I really must get me some of this Arrested Development malarkey. Every time i hear the name i jsut get Mr Wendall playing in my head. Anything bringing back those kinda vibes can't be all bad.

And you reminded me of something i meant to ask a while back - do you know how many episodes of this first series have been made of The Office, or how many are intended? Presumably it'll get more interesting as they start to focus less on the BBC plots.

Thanks Duke. The quick answer to your question is that I don't know how many eps of The Office we'll see. But save some quick/bizarre cancellation (it's doing pretty well with audience and critics thus far) we'll see at least 13 eps in the first season, and likely the normal run of 22 or 24 for the next full season.

And because it's Friday, I give you:

Take me to another place, take me to another land, let me understand...

ha! brilliant!

"tennessee...."

I have seen 6 eps of the Office listed, which would make sense - long enough to fill the gap between sweeps seasons but not too long that it takes up precious space on the schedule during sweeps, when it's likely to take a nose-dive in ratings when people flock to the really stellar programming sweeps is known for (that's sarcasm, by the way.)

And, by the way (part two,) Eric, I also really like this rundown of shows every week.

Forgot to mention: I was a tad disappointed with this week's Lost. It didn't really progress the story at all, but did tie up at least one critical plot point revolving around Claire's baby. I don't think Boone was all that important to the story, but I'm pretty sure he'll be back in Shannon's flashbacks in later episodes (next season, presumably.) I'm also disappointed that there's not another new episode until May 4. Another month without new shows? This, and the really irritating amount of commercial breaks, are two things that drive me crazy about this show, or maybe ABC is to blame. Either way, knock it off!

Tom -- thanks very much. I was about to mention this on last week's post, but I'll mention here: I talked about your assertions regarding Arrested Development (subversive beneath-the-radar shots taken at Fox on last week's show) on my podcast, Dumpster Bust Radio, last week.

Have you seen/heard anything more about them? I'm curious to get more info there -- very interesting stuff.

If you didn't see above, Cathode Ray Fray is now a regular segment on the radio show, so you might like to check it out. Any feedback, of course, would be much appreciated.

I had no idea we were in for another month of reruns on Lost: Blast!

Luckily, I usually watch everything via DVR, so I get to steamroll through the commercials: car, soda, Burger King, car, McDonalds... ah, Lost.

Except reruns: Blast!

Oh: and I'm with you regarding this week's Lost to a certain extent, which is why I bumped it down from Best Show on Television to a new just-about-best category. It's fun to see how my feelings change week-to-week on these things.