What have you been watching this week (w/e October 2)

As you may have guessed, I’ve been watching quite a bit of tele this week and you should have seen the result in a big wodge of reviews. However, on top of this I’ve also seen:

  • Accidentally on Purpose: Episode 2, which was truly dreadful so I’ve given up on it. E4 viewers steer clear of it when it arrives on our scene
  • The Vampire Diaries: Episode 2, to which I can only say, ditto.
  • Hank: review later
  • The Middle: review later
  • The Fixer: Little bit daft, but interesting to see MMA on a mainstream UK show
  • Supernatural: As excellent as always, and nice to see Hector off The Unit getting a job as an archangel
  • House: weird. No instant reset button. A good twist at the end, too (although I did see it coming). No longer can House be accused of being formulaic
  • CSI: Miami: back to insulting our intelligence. I knew it couldn’t last longer than a week
  • Community: last week’s was absolutely sensational, with an ending as well written as 30 Rock. It’s really must-see TV already
  • Mad Men: I played catch-up (not seen Sunday’s though), but the last-but-one episode was excellent

So I’ve still got a big pile of programmes to watch as you can probably tell. Any I should avoid?

As always, no spoilers unless you’re going to use the <spoiler> </spoiler> tags, please

US TV

Review: Supernatural 5×1

Supernatural

In the US: Thursdays, 9/8c, The CW
In the UK: Moving to Living/Virgin1

This is it – what could be the final season of Supernatural. It’s come a long way over the years, from being a simple horror story of the week series for young adults weened on Scream, Saw, et al, to being a surprisingly effective, funny and even thoughtful musing on the nature of God, angels and devils as depicted in the Bible.

When last we left those pretty Winchester boys at the end of season four (look away now if you haven’t seen it), Hell was about to arrive on Earth and the Apocalypse was about to begin – something that the heavenly host of angels was surprisingly keen to see happen. As a way to end a season, it’s hard to top. So as we enter season five, what can we expect to see?

Oh, it’s that bloke who plays Jacob on Lost.

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Supernatural and Smallville new season trailers

Next month, the US Fall TV season starts to crank into gear. As well as new shows, there’ll be returning shows including Supernatural, which returns for probably its final season on September 10th. Here for your delectation is a little trailer containing one or two spoilers. Looks good – better than Smallville‘s anyway, which I’ve also embedded for fun. Good Zod, though – that’s a cracking Terence Stamp impression.

Friday’s prequels news

Doctor Who

Film

British TV

  • Five picks up Flash Forward
  • ITV2 picks up The Vampire Diaries
  • C4 and Five still in talks
  • Supernatural to move to Living and Virgin 1 from ITV2
  • BBC2 to make its own Moonlighting with Toby Stephens and Lucy Punch
  • BBC3 commissions puppet comedy

US TV

Monday’s touring Rain Man news

Doctor Who

Film

Theatre

British TV

  • Last of the Summer Wine back for six episodes
  • Ofcom report says Sky needs to offer its movie and sports channels to other providers
  • Mighty Boosh to split?

US TV