Heroes

In the US: Airs in early 2008, Sundays, 9pm Eastern on Fox
In the UK: Acquired by Virgin 1 (or whatever it’s going to be called)

You know, I never thought I’d be hankering after the acting prowess of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Edward Furlong. But there’s got to be a first time for everything, right?

The Sarah Connor Chronicles, while not exactly a bad show, constantly reminds you that this has all be done before and a whole lot better.

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In the US: Starts September 25th on The CW
In the UK: Acquired by Channel 4 and E4. No air date yet

Remember Brimstone? Probably not, but it was a quirky little show starring that bloke off thirtysomething and John Glover (who’s now Lex Luthor’s dad on Smallville). In it, 30something had to return souls who had escaped from Hell back to their holding cells, while Glover the Devil looked on and made threatening, sarcastic comments.

Even if you don’t remember it, a group of stoned TV execs did because they’ve decided to revive it as something a bit less threatening and a bit more amusing – at least, to people who have been smoking a certain illicit form of tobacco.

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