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Looking forward to Doctor Who on Sunday? Thought so. But what have you been watching this week? Collision, maybe? I almost watched, but the thought of committing myself to five nights of ITV1 put fear in my heart. And what did y’all think of Misfits? Not bad, huh?

Of the regulars:

• Community – Last week’s was the first this season that wasn’t that funny, but it did move things on dramatically, so I’m not so worried
• 30 Rock – Forgettable
• Dexter – Okay
• Stargate Universe – First one I thought was a genuine mess this season. Interesting, but a mess. Good twist at the end though.
• The Thick of It – Liked this one a whole lot more than the previous weeks’. Good to see Malcolm actually has bite as well as bark, too
• Supernatural – Last week’s episode was the funniest thing on TV all week. This week’s (still watching) is feeling a bit forced in comparison, but it’s okay

V was a bit rubbish, and resolutely trod in the original series’ footsteps but in a far less interesting way this week. I also watched a dull old CSI: NY episode (Point of No Return) in which the Greek woman said two lines of Greek for no good reason other than to rub in the fact she was Greek. She’d have said more if there were a good reason, I suspect.

We’ve also started watching the latest season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Always late to the party us. Quite enjoying it, but it does seem like a less tightly paced Seinfeld to me. Lovely wife loves it though.

What have you been watching though?

As always, no spoilers unless you’re going to use the <spoiler> </spoiler> tags, please. If you’ve reviewed something on your blog, you can put a link to it here rather than repeat yourself (although too many links and you might get killed by the spam filter).

I really should take notes, because I keep forgetting things. It didn’t help that our block of flats lost all TV reception for the weekend, which really knackered my attempts to watch the Francis Bacon evening on BBC4:

• Mad Men – Finally caught up. All brilliant of course
• Community – Another doozey. Will you ever look at Batman the same?
• 30 Rock – interesting, but not very funny
• Dexter – a really fine episode. I’m surprised it took the police and Dexter so long to work out Trinity’s MO, but great all round
• Stargate Universe – still liking it. Nice touch to have them kill the helpful alien, and for the Stargate to take them to such a rubbish planet
• The Thick of It – still not enjoying it as much as previous series, but at least Malcolm’s a bit swearier this episode
• The Border – this is what I mean. Completely forget I’ve been watching this. Definite pick-up in quality this week since we had an actual firefight and Grey finally showed that he’s not a complete nancy. Bit of a pat resolution though
• Being Erica – haven’t watched this week’s
• Cougar Town – really starting to enjoy. The characters are now starting to show some depth
• Modern Family – the cool dad is really starting to get annoying now, but every other character is great
• The Sarah Jane Adventures – caught up with the wedding from last week, and it nearly bought tears to my little eyes. Obvious nods to Sapphire and Steel story six, too, which always warrants praise
• CSI: Nothing desperately exciting going on here, but the characters are starting to come together again
• Heroes – already reviewed but I forgot to mention the Quantum Leap shout out.
• Supernatural – great joke about the clap, quite an enjoyable story, but nothing desperately radical. Will be watching last night’s episode in a bit

What have you been watching though?

As always, no spoilers unless you’re going to use the <spoiler> </spoiler> tags, please. If you’ve reviewed something on your blog, you can put a link to it here rather than repeat yourself (although too many links and you might get killed by the spam filter).