Television

With Lost sailing off to TV Valhalla, ABC is left the task of filling the hole on their schedule, and their choice is a live action remake of The Incredibles called No Ordinary Family, about a family that has their superpowers thrust upon them.

One episode to go. Let's discuss "What They Died For" after the jump. spoilers ahoy. That's more like it, right? We got some answers without the need to flashing back thousands of years and plenty of...

While Heroes is floating into that great TVLand in the broadcast spectrum -- and become the target of a lawsuit by Jazan Wild over who thought of a carnival first -- NBC is not abandoning the world of superheroes, as we reported yesterday. In keeping up with the times, they are swapping out a complicated, sci-fi tinged multi-character soap opera in the Lost manner, with a single character drama about a dad who wants to make things right. The synopsis sounds pretty lame:

Housekeeping notes: • The OLD Beat is up at a new URL: whenmonkeysattack.com. Believe it or not we're still trying to get all the old posts imported into the newer Beat, but it looks like...

We're sure there will be plenty of debate about "Across the Sea." Let's just get to it.

You fine readers of Heidi's blog can't tell, but this column is being written on vacation in Western Canada. So, for once, the helper monkey is watching hours after everyone on the net (including the Beat) has been posting and tweeting about tonight's episode. After the jump... Meet The Candidates (and I don't mean Robert Redford or Phil Mickelson).

Waitaminnit! That Slaterman23 is quite the busy bee -- he's also designed a Lost: The Animated Series poster. Click for larger image! Looking at this, it's obvious that Lost is MADE for an animated...

I guess tonight's episode proves you can't trust anyone, can you? Discuss away. MIB can't trust Sawyer. MIB can't trust Sayid. Sawyer can't trust Widmore. Two great swerves tonight: 1. I expected Claire to shoot Kate at...

UPDATE: Episode One airs tonight in the US on BBC America. It is preceded by a clip/preview show with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. Episode three aired today in the UK.  All we will say...

Discuss last night's Lost episode, "Everybody Loves Hugo", here. More analysis Thursday.

EW reports that next week's episode of The Big Bang Theory will feature the cast dressing up as superheroines, something which has made the internet improbably excited.

Well, not at all what most of us expected, I would hazard a guess to say. Let's discuss after the break, shall we. Disclaimer: I've only watched the episode once so far, so some of the...