I haven't had time for a lot of TV. I'm still woefully behind on films. But I did manage to catch something that made me very happy.

The biggest delight of the new fall season has been Eastwick, the ABC TV show based on The Witches of Eastwick, a novel by John Updike and a film by George Miller. It's the story of three women who are unhappy in their lives brought together by a wish to fulfill their most secret desires. Their wishes begin to come true with the arrival of the mysterious and wealthy Darryl Van Horn, someone who may not be of this Earth.

The series brings the talented and gorgeous Paul Gross back to American TV. Like many women and some men, I fell madly in love with him as Constable Benton Fraser in due South. Gross managed to be very charming and sexy playing a wide-eyes innocent, straight laced Mounty. He is incendiary as the gleefully wicked Van Horn (who has the delightful habit of whipping off his clothes as often as possible). The series is scary and intriguing yet it has a light, humorous touch. The rest of the cast is really good and really easy on the eyes.

I'm not sure how long the series can run. In the book and the film, the trio of women coming together is the beginning of the end. Things sipral out of control fairly quickly. I'm not sure how long Eastwick as a series can keep the suspense going before it has to reach a conclusion, but I'm more than willing to go along for the ride.

The only other show I've managed to catch has been the premiere of Star Wars: Clone Wars. It is extremely disappointing and irritating that a bounty hunter can run rough shod over a group as supposedly powerful as Jedis. It's just ridiculous. The only characters who have been consistently fun to watch have been the long suffering droud soldiers.

I have reviews of other Fall TV shows, but as they are not scifi or horror, I left them on my regular blog : http://dlwarner.blogspot.com.