Star turn

So how did unprecedented media coverage, including an Entertainment Weekly cover and the greatest kudo possible - the longest "Channel Surfing" item in history - lead to 1/3 less viewers for the "Battlestar Galactica" season three premiere than season two's premiere got? On one hand, it's not that surprising - a lot of people probably dig the outer space adventure, and what you got was two depressing, dimly lit hours of secondary characters like Tyrol and Tigh complaining about how much life sucks. Even if some of us find that great.

It does make this rumor, that NBC is moving the show to the peacock to play after "Heroes," seem even more ridiculous. More than 2.2 people watch the lowest-rated prime time network show by accident. It's already been debunked, though, and I even contacted Sci Fi publicity myself to get confirmation of the rumor's falseness. Probably unnecessary, but I go the extra mile for you surfers.

The third in the hat trick of "BSG"-related news is executive producer David Eick developing a new "Bionic Woman" series for NBC. What else is there to say except "could be pretty cool"? What I'm really looking forward to are the old school "Bionic Woman" fans inevitably complaining that they've ruined everything that was good and pure about the original show. Yeah, that'll be awesome.