Come one, come all, come see what I saw! Or something like that....

Anyway, what follows is a glimpse into what I watched last week. For better or worse. I know I watch too much and may lack focus, but my enjoyment should be clear. I watch it like a drug, without a TV, I might as well be a black tar heroin addict looking for a hit.

Best show I watched this week: Battlestar Galactica
Worst show I watched this week: Joey

Sunday 3/5.

• Malcolm in the Middle (FOX 7pm). Hal and Lois head off to spend time with Francis, celebrating one year of sobriety. They find him needing a cosigner on a loan for a business he wants to start, they further find out that he isn't even an alcoholic and demonized his mother to his AA brethren. Back home, Dewey finds the spare car key, Reese and Malcolm proceed to torture him to try and get the key as they plan their day of destruction. This series is a shell of its former glory. Pretty much the only interesting character left is Hal; he is consistently funny, and the only reason to watch. **
• 78th Academy Awards (ABC 7pm). I watched the whole broadcast this year, I ended up with a final tally of 15 out of 24 predictions correct. Jon Stewart did a fine job as host. It may not have been the most exciting broadcast, but I was entertained enough. ***

Monday 3/6.

• WWE: Monday Night Raw (USA 9pm). The Road to Wrestlemania is in full swing. HBK and Vince continue their buildup as Shawn is forced to face Shane tonight. We also get a couple of Wrestlemania rewind matches, rematches from past shows, with Triple H vs Kane and John Cena vs The Big Show.
• 24 (Fox 8pm). A special night of back-to-back episodes. Still not sure how I measure this up to last season, but I am liking it a lot. Lots of goings on for our intrepid heroes. Lynn's sister is murdered and the key card obtained by the Russians. Jack is reunited with his daughter, who appears to be having some mental issues. The President is being urged to instate Marshall law in LA. The biggest thing is that a canister of Cen Tox is let loose in CTU, causing Jack and a few others to whole up in a conference room and a well liked character dies. Nothing beats this! ****

Tuesday 3/7.

• Joey (NBC 8pm). I used to try to like this show, but this return to television is not helping the moderate memories I have. This episode is awful, unfunny, and just plain sad. Joey is getting an action figure, but they screw up and he has the body of a woman, then a second screw-up makes him black. Then his friend is dating his neighbor, who he still likes, and his sister is pregnant by Adam Goldberg. I think the Joey character is great, but this is a pale imitation of the Friends years. *
• Scrubs (NBC 9pm). A patient is dying, she is a favorite at the hospital and Cox and JD are having problems dealing with her impending demise. Dave Foley guest-stars as a shrink trying to help the patient and the docs. The Janitor tries to help Ted get some leverage on Kelso, and Eliot has relationship troubles with Keith which Turk tries to take advantage of. Not one of their better episodes, but it is still better than most other sitcoms. ***
• The Unit (CBS 9pm). I did not see all of this as this time slot suddenly got very crowded. What I did see of it I liked. The David Mamet produced show follows a Special Forces unit, but also deals with the wives left behind at home as they go off to fight. I like Dennis Haysbert, as the unit leader he has a very imposing persona. This show has potential, I just wish it had a different timeslot.
• Sons & Daughters (ABC 9pm). This has been called the heir apparent to the departed Arrested Development, I think the low ratings prove it, at least in initial popularity. After watching the first couple of episodes, I am not sure I like it. It is populated with all sorts of dysfunctional people in a variety of configurations that come together in embarrassingly explosive ways. It will be interesting to see if the show is given time to develop. ***
• House (Fox 9pm). An elderly man comes in with what appears to be a sexually transmitted disease, but his heart is found to be essentially disintegrating. House has to find a transplant for him or he'll die. He isn't a prime candidate due to his age, but House doesn't give up. An accident victim dies in the ER, is an organ donor, but has gonorrhea, so her organs are not viable. House finds a way of getting that heart put into the man, and then cure the disease in the new body. Interesting workup. It was nice to see Greg Grunberg on TV again, I always liked his character on Alias. ***