TV Musings

I'm still not quite sure what'll be happening when the WB and UPN merge into CW. In NYC the WB is on channel 11 and UPN is on channel 9; which channel will CW be on and what will happen to the other channel? At the moment I'm hoping that channel 9 will continue to air the syndicated SG1 and SGA as I don't get the SciFi Channel. I haven't even seen this new BSG that everyone seems to be raving about. Back in the late '80s we used to call the original BSG "Garbagestar Exlaxia" and I considered the sequel "Galactica 1980" to be the worst science fiction show of all.

Tonight is like fight night--"Lost" vs "Bones" and "Invasion" vs "L&O"--luckily I have a working VCR recorder but I don't know what I'll do when "L&O" moves ahead an hour. I'll probably not watch it until one of the other two are repeats. Why do the programmers feel the need to change shows around? Most likely to justify their existence as in a few years they'll be out of a job as we download shows from the internet at our convenience.

Cat Stuff

Today seems to be a day of cat news. Have you heard about the cat that saved his human by dialling 911? You can read/see it here. Mr Rosheisen tried to train Tommy to do just that but you never know if a cat will do what you want him to do when you want him to do it. There's actually a Moscow Cats Theatre where a Mr Kuklachev has trained many cats to perform for almost 30 years. He must be a man with an extraordinary amount of patience.


In fanfiction:
There's Hepcat/nwhepcat's fascinating Xander-in-Africa story called These Songs of Freedon.
Plus entrenous88 has this sweet Spander + Odo the kitten fic called Cuddly Predators.
Finally Tabaqui has begun another of her Variations on a Theme of Spander called As If We Should Forget We Have No Hands. Why would I include her in a post about cats? Well her website is at catbones.com (yeah I know I'm reaching but it's my lj).