The Walking Dead just set a basic-cable record with being the number one show among the 18-49 demographic. NBC's popular show Revolution sort of has the same theme of society being a step away from systemic collapse, the rule of militias, YOYO morality (You're-On-Your-Own), and the rise of Fascism.
On a ligher note, I also like Castle which is being rerun on basic cable pretty regularly. It stars Nathan Fillion from Firefly (I came late to that show also) and Stana (sounds like Madonna) Katic one of the most beautiful women in the history of the planet.*(!) Katic's parents are Serbian Croatian and she grew up in Canada and Aurora, Illinois. In one re-runned episode her somewhat dour/serious character detective Kate Beckett, lightens up and blurts out "Shut the Front Door!" with a smile. I could feel the emotions of a hopeless schoolboy crush overcoming my defenseless brain. It's one of those things that's simultaneously a rush and depressingly embarrassing. The show has some good writing (like one episode was about zombies) and cameos by cool actors, but what gives it that extra something is the implausibility of there being such a gorgeously beautiful and distractingly attractive police detective in existence. (No wonder mystery thriller writer Richard Castle wanted to work with her.) You have to suspend your disbelief just as you have to do with shows about the existence of zombies. Good to see Fillion land another good show and we wish Katic the best.
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*That's centuries of beautiful women all over the globe.
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