Fred'sNotDead: My hot TV tips for Jan 2007

Thursday, December 28, 2006

My hot TV tips for Jan 2007

You may think that I have only one programme stapled into my "must see" folder for January - Big Brother 2007. (I am very excited I'll admit)

But there's another show which has caught my eye - an American import. Regular readers will know already of my enthusiasm for 24 and Boston Legal... and I've always said that Americal TV is SOOOOOO much better than UK TV - I don't care what anyone says about British TV being superior - It simply isn't the case any more. (Just examine Princess Nikki and Midsomer Murders as test cases)

Heroes. Heroes isn't just going to be the best TV show this year, it's going to be one of the best TV shows EVER!! BBC2 have bought the rights, and I promise to poo my pants if they hide it away at midnight like they've done with everything from Arrested Development to The Apprentice USA.

Heroes is a series about a disparate bunch of chancers from all walks of life who slowly figure out they have various super powers and then try to get it together enough to save New York from a nuclear explosion that one of them sees in a premonition. As you know from my Superman Returns tirade, I love super powers. As a child I was conviced I would eventually develop the ability to move things with my mind and used to spend considerable amounts of time in the car with my mum, strapped into the front seat pretending to myself that I was moving the windscreen wipers with my mind.. I never fully gave up on that idea....

Heroes is supposed to have all of the punch that Lost did before it started to settle in for the long-haul. (I love the Bo Selecta version of "Lost", simply entitled "Lost Interest"....) Heroes is far more instant and direct. Heroes has supposedly created one of the enduring TV characters of all time - Hiro, a cuddly Japanese geek who, when he realises he can time-travel and teleport, spends week after week running around yelling "Yatta!" at the top of his lungs. Your money back if you're not hooked by the end of episode two. Here's a trailer you gormless TV freaks!!

Also lest I forget, 24 series six (at least I think it's six - correct me if I'm wrong Smithy...) will also be screening worldwide on Sun Jan 14th - I am not entirely sure what date Sky One bare running with it - the Sky website just says Jan. However I'll keep you posted when I find out! I can't imagine it won't be this date - they usually run with Sunday nights.

Just to get you all excited here is a clip!!