It’s been a while since we’ve had good TV in the pipeline. Case in point: we finally deleted the John Adams series on DVR (full disclosure: it had been on there since May 08, and we never watched it, opting instead to save room for everything coming up). I saw Seasons 1-3 of 24 on DVD, furiously trying to catch-up a couple of years ago. Now I’m on the Monday night “work my week around a show” schedule — and thanks to the Writer’s Strike, we now have 24 AND Battlestar airing new episodes in the same week. Let me repeat that: we will have the opportunity to see new episodes of 24 and Battlestar in the same week. That’s like Cosby going into Family Ties going into Cheers going into Night Court. Plus, Big Love and Flight of the Conchords start this week. That’s huge and TV is back and it’s all just in time for the pre-Watchmen movie lull. Fair warning: Connor said that Battlestar is going 3 minutes OVER time this Friday, so watch it live! Sidenote: I’ve never seen Lost but everyone says it’s pretty hot. Same with The Wire. I’ll start Season 1 on DVD this summer. One more thing, it drives me nuts when people refer to “TV” as “Television” or say “Oh, I’ve never seen 24 because I don’t own a television. I’m a big reader.” We’re all big readers. Get behind 24 and watch Jack Bauer stab a guy with a pen.

So, on the heels of the announcement of a Knight Rider reboot (beyond the TV Movie), today I read about a remake of “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” Really? Should I really go down the list of remakes – most of which have died in the fires of mediocrity and simplified lame-ness? Bioinc Woman, also by NBC, was put to death, as well was Sci-Fi’s reinvention of Flash Gordon (didn’t even know that one existed, did you? Lucky you.). Less than 5 years after the Incredible Hulk came to the big screen, they are already remaking that one, to be released this summer. Also, in the past few years, we have seen imports from other countries making it here – The Office, Coupling, Kitchen Nightmares and, sadly, American Idol.

So what’s up writers? Granted, through all that muck you get a brilliant show like Battlestar Galactica – a more than decent remake that is not so much sci-fi as it is good drama. And the original shows that are coming out, Dexter, Weeds, Lost, are all super fun. The big question is – Are there other ‘good’ shows out there that just aren’t getting greenlit? Or, are several bad reboots the price we have to pay to get the one good one?