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Here’s great casting news that will make fans of his character on Heroes--or at least of a certain actor--very happy. Christopher Eccleston will be returning to Heroes as Claude in an episode called The Invisible Thread. According to IMDB, it airs April 27th.

Alan Tudyk joins the cast of V.

Looks like Donna making a pie is currently in first place in the prompt poll, with Martha as an Immortal in a close second--and Jack in a monastery in a close third. People have until the weekend to vote if they haven’t already.

There might be a Riverworld series in the works for The Sci-Fi Channel (once they change their name). Didn’t they already do a tv movie a few years back, starring the late Kevin Smith? (The one from Hercules and Xena, not the comic writer) And, randomly, the person doing the Io9 article posted a screencap of Whoopi Goldberg as The Cheshire Cat. Which, judging by the comments, triggered memories of this version of Alice in Wonderland.

26 Great TV Shows That Got A Quick Hook. A lot of these I have either never heard of before, or have heard of, but never seen. A good example of the latter would be My So-Called Life and Wonderfalls. Good news is that Firefly gets a mention.