True Blood bites back on FX, Breaking Bad returns to AMC

Belated news, but FX recently announced that True Blood's second season will have its UK premiere on Friday 26 February. Having already seen it, I can say it's generally more entertaining than season 1 (the first half is much stronger), but it kind of goes haywire in the last quarter. Defter plotting would have helped sustain all the subplots -- some of which end up high and dry -- but it's still an entertaining series and won't disappoint if you were hooked by season 1.

Across the pond, AMC have set a premiere date for Breaking Bad's third season. The award-winning series will return on Sunday 21 March. Unfortunately, given the reprehensible treatment of this excellent series here in the UK, I'm sure many British fans will find a way to see these episodes in a timely manner. Incidentally, star Bryan Cranston has just been cast in Pixar's live-action sci-fi epic John Carter Of Mars!