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Michelle Ryan, former star of the now "considered cancelled" BIONIC WOMAN
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Strike Victims

The war is over and now it’s time to pick up the pieces. The most famous victim of the last war was Moonlighting. It looks like several series are in danger of dying similar deaths as a result of the writer’s strike. Some of the series deserve a quick death but others are actually good shows but they are slowly dying due to a loss of momentum. Variety is reporting that Bionic Woman is “currently considered cancelled”. Bionic Woman should have been at a minimum a fun series even if it lacked the death of other science fiction shows out there but it just never found it’s story and Michelle Ryan while attractive, wasn’t very good in the role. There’s so many great, and fairly obvious ways, this series could have gone and been successful but instead it just wanted to be a cheap imitation of Alias.

Other series that are on the bubble are The Unit and Friday Night Lights. Now I haven’t watched Friday Night Lights, well one because a central theme is of course football which I don’t care about and two it’s a teen drama which I can watch if there’s something else to draw me in. For example, I watch Smallville even though it’s a teen drama well, because there’s the whole Superman thing. Doesn’t mean the show is great because lately it’s bad more often than it’s good, but I do watch it for the super hero stuff. Friday Night Lights has football to offer me outside of the teen drama, so that series hasn’t been on my radar but so many people have told me how great it was, I was nearly convinced to give it a shot. Apparently, the network loves it and is looking for some way to give the series another try but the future doesn’t look bright for the show. The Unit on the other hand is a series that I watch and really enjoy but it to is up for the potential axe. Just when the series feels like it’s going to get two melodramatic the guns come out and every-thing's okay. Both of these shows needed to continue their episodes uninterrupted to maintain the fan base they had an hopefully build up more viewers but this long break has seen a big loss of interest in them. Go here to see the full Variety article and a list not only of the other shows on the bubble but also more information about when many returning series will finally hit the air again.

Prison Break and Lost are the big shows of the week. We got a really abbreviated season of Prison Break this year so it’ll be interesting to see how this one wraps and more importantly how the story of Michael and Linc gets finished in the fall. Originally their story was supposed to be done this year, so I fear that it’ll get stretched out even more this fall so it runs all the way to the winter hiatus. Lost so far can do no wrong and I don’t have any doubt that the trend will continue. If the show falters, believe me, I’m ready with the red pen. Supernatural looks like from the previews that it will also be a pretty exciting episode too.

Monday

PRISON BREAK (FOX, 8PM EST) THE ART OF THE DEAL

Michael and Linc make their way to Panama City and their date with Susan B., but Whistler isn't with them. Meanwhile, Mahone waits for an appointment at a Panama City cantina; and McGrady and his father run into a roadblock on their way out of the country. Back at Sona, Sucre pays the price for the escape, while T-Bag comes to Lechero's aid and also takes stock of the new landscape behind the walls.

TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES (FOX, 9PM EST) DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS

The stranger (Brian Austin Green) struggles to remember life in the future. Meanwhile, Sarah tries to explain to Charley why she had to leave him. Charley Dixon: Dean Winters.

Tuesday

JERICHO (CBS, 10PM EST) CONDOR

The Cheyenne-based government sends their president to Jericho as suspicions continue to grow about their true intent. Hawkins then uncovers incriminating evidence against them, and Jake joins the cause.

DIRTY JOBS (DSC, 9PM EST) TIGHT SPACES

A retrospective on past jobs that required getting into tight spaces.

Wednesday

MYTHBUSTERS (DSC, 9PM EST) MACGYVER MYTHS

The team salute the ingenuity of MacGyver by testing the plausibility of some of the feats he performed in the TV series (1985-92) named for the character. Included: his great escapes; creating sodium bombs; picking locks; making a compass; and building an ultralight plane out of bamboo and duct tape.

GHOSTHUNTERS INTERNATIONAL (SCIFI, 9PM EST) FRANKENSTEINS CASTLE

Josh Gates ("Destination Truth") helps the team investigate a castle in Germany.

Thursday

LOST (NBC, 9PM EST) EGGTOWN

Kate's need to get information from the hostage could jeopardize her standing with both Locke and Sawyer.

SUPERNATURAL (CW, 8PM EST) JUS IN BELLO

Sam and Dean are double-crossed by Bela (Lauren Cohan), who has them arrested, but when Agent Henriksen (C. Malik Whitfield) arrives at the jail to take them, he discovers they've been surrounded by demons intent on killing everyone.

Friday

STARGATE ATLANTIS (SCIFI, 10PM EST) THE KINDRED, PART ONE

Part 1 of 2. A mystery illness wreaks havoc on humans across the Pegasus galaxy; Teyla's vision about the father of her child prompts her to join Sheppard on a mission that yields an unexpected discovery. Mitch Pileggi.

Saturday

KNIGHT RIDER (NBC, 9PM EST)

If you missed the kick off of the new Knight Rider series, here is your chance to catch up. Crime-fighting supercar KITT returns in Mustang form in this revved-up retread of the 1982-86 TV series. Here, a jaded ex-army ranger (Justin Bruening) teams up with the souped-up auto in a desperate search for KITT's vanished creator (Bruce Davison). They also gear up to battle criminals out to steal KITT. David Hasselhoff, star of the original show, makes an appearance. Val Kilmer provides the voice of KITT; Deanna Russo and Sydney Tamiia Poitier also star.

Sunday

ASTROID (SCIFI, 7PM EST)

Government astronomer Lily McKee (Annabella Sciorra) eagerly anticipates the Fletcher Comet's passage through the solar system, which happens only once every 4,000 years. But the comet collided with some planetoids along the way, and now tows along with it two asteroids, dubbed Helios and Eros, on a collision course with Earth. Dr. McKee duly alerts authorities, and the case falls to rugged Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Jack Wallach (Michael Biehn). Projections show the small Helios heading toward Kansas City, and Wallach supervises a frantic 48-hour evacuation before the plummeting rock smashes a dam and floods the metropolis. The remaining asteroid, however, is a larger and deadlier deal; its full impact could well wipe out the human species. The US military employs a prototype laser missile-defense system to zap the oncoming Eros, but instead of vaporizing the asteroid, it fragments into numerous smaller pieces that rain down. Mayhem ensues.