Yesterday Frank informed me that G4 has a new show on called “Unbeatable Banzuke.” The show is from Japan, and it has been brought here from the same studio that has brought us “Ninja Warrior.” I checked G4’s schedule and saw the show was coming on at 9pm, and I couldn’t wait to check it out.

Meanwhile, the new “Knight Rider” was set to premier last night at 9pm as well. The trouble here is that my wife wanted to watch Knight Rider because she was a fan of the original series. Since I’m always forcing her to watch shows I like, I decided not to argue about it and reluctantly put on Knight Rider.

Knight Rider begins with some old dude who gets held up by a couple of bad guys. They search his house, which is full of crazy robotics and more computer monitors than BestBuy, when they come across KITT, a brand new Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500KR with a mind of its own. Because KITT is self aware, he senses trouble and drives out of the place. The bad guys shoot KITT, and as the bullets hit the car we get slow mo shots of the car either healing from the bullets that hit or deflecting the bullets. I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking at actually. I just know that bullets don’t work on KITT.

Tonight marks the return of one of the greatest television shows of all time, Lost. It has been on hiatus for 8 months. EIGHT STINKIN MONTHS! That’s longer than my other favorite show, 24, takes a break. Anyway, most of the world knows there’s a writer’s strike STILL going on so all script writing has come to a halt. Most shows were seriously affected by this and could not complete filming full seasons. Last year Lost announced they set a date when the series would end. The plan was for 3 more 16-episode seasons. 2008 was supposed to bring us the first of those three final seasons. Well that was ruined by the strike. Now the fans only get 8 episodes in Season 4. But for diehard Lost fans like myself, its still better than nothing.

So what’s the point of this? Nothing really.
I’m just extremely pumped to see new episodes of Lost. Last year’s season finale might have been the greatest plot twist of any television show I have ever seen. I’ll just go out a limb and say it was the best season finale OF ALL TIME!! It totally opened the door for millions of new stories and possibilities with the characters. Dr. Jack Shepherd is determined to save these people. He’s obsessed with it. I don’t care if they reveal 50 more unanswered questions because I’m just along for the ride. I know all will be answered in years to come. Tonight at 8PM EST on ABC we get a total series recap. Then at 9PM EST we find out the next chapter in the Survivors’ story.

So the new show on NBC right now is this POS called Chuck. I gave it a shot last week because, hey, why not, right? I was open to something new so I gave Chuck a shot. Let me save you the trouble of actually seeing it yourself and just tell you flat out its terrible. Its about this guy who works in the…tech support department (?) of a fictional electronics store. Somehow, he downloads a bunch of top secret stuff to his brain, and now the government is keeping tabs on him while he manages to save the day with that lethal combination of nerdom and confidential information. His relationship with the one hot CIA agent is so forced its beyond ludicrous as the show attempts to straddle the line between a comedy and a drama. It fails on both fronts if you ask me.

Anywho, I think its painfully obvious that the suits at NBC were like “hmm, we already have The Office which is totally kicking ass…I know! Let’s get a guy and make him up like that Jim Halpert!” So here you go:

We Jack Bauer fans have a lot of waiting to do over the next few months. Okay, so this past season of 24 certainly wasn’t the finest in the series, but that doesn’t mean I don’t miss spending Monday nights with my favorite CTU agents.

That said there is a whole world of 24 out there, including plenty of ways to spend time with Jack while we wait for Day 7 to arrive in January. You might be surprised by the amount of options, ranging from books to video games. Take a look.

With the release of the new theatrical Ninja Turtle movie, simply titled TMNT, I feel it’s time to take a moment to share a little retrospective of my favorite green machines. When I hear the words “Ninja Turtles” I can’t help but think back to my youth, the days when Turtle Power meant something, and when saying “radical” was acceptable, and cool.

I’ll never forget the first time I saw the Ninja Turtles; I hated them. My memory is a little fuzzy, but I remember a kid in my class brought the toys into school one day. A friend of mine and I were playing around with them when we decided that they were “stupid,” and proceeded to act like assholes and tear off their heads (that was when they had the soft heads). Immediately we realized we did bad and tried to reattach the heads, but failed. So we left them in a corner and probably went and ruined something else instead. Youths… a bunch of assholes.

I watch a lot of TV. Over the last couple years, I picked up a few new shows like 24, Lost, Heroes, The Office, My Name Is Earl, and some others. One show I have never had an interest in is HOUSE. HOUSE stars Hugh Laurie as Dr. HOUSE who specializes in the weirdest of cases. Now, I know how people can counterpoint my point, because I never actually watched an episode of HOUSE. I base all my opinions on seeing the promos on Fox. Somehow over the course of 3 seasons, HOUSE continually faces his biggest challenge yet every single week. Just when you think HOUSE might get a case he is comfortable taking care of in no time, YOU’RE WRONG!!! IT’S HIS BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET!!! WILL HOUSE BE ABLE TO OVERCOME HIS DEMONS TO CURE THIS SMALL CHILD THAT CAME IN WITH A SNEEZE BUT NOW HAS…… CANCER IN THE LIVER!!! Stay Tuned for an all new HOUSE, M.D.!!!!