Sweeps Review Schedule

Well, we're now knee-deep in season finales, and like the beginning of the year, the schedule is loaded. This time, it's not just "24" and "Alias"...every series I review has to have a double-loaded night! This is a busy time in every respect, but here's where I see it all falling out, in terms of review posting schedule:

5/16 (Mon) - Enterprise 4.21: "Terra Prime"
5/17 (Tue) - 24 4.22: "Day 4: 4AM - 5AM"
5/18 (Wed) - Enterprise 4.22: "These are the Voyages..."
5/19 (Thu) - Lost 1.23: "Exodus I"
5/20 (Fri) - Alias 4.20: "The Descent"

5/23 (Mon) - Alias 4.21: "Search and Rescue"
5/24 (Tue) - 24 4.23: "Day 4: 5AM - 6AM"
5/25 (Wed) - 24 4.24: "Day 4: 6AM - 7AM"
5/26 (Thu) - Lost 1.24: "Exodus II"
5/27 (Fri) - Lost 1.25: "Exodus III"

5/31 (Tue) - Alias 4.22: "Before the Flood"

It's very possible that some of this could slip, and the weekends are going to be even more packed than usual. (Never mind that I can barely put two thoughts together lately, thanks to allergy season!) But I'm going to try, especially since "Enterprise" is done, and with the exception of "Lost", most of my new reviews won't be back on the schedule until 2006.

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That brings up an interesting situation. I'm down to 3 current series that I review. By the end of the summer, I'll definitely be done with "Firefly" and "Roswell". I currently have no plans to add anything new to the schedule, even though the reviews of "Lost" have led to a massive increase in site traffic and strong positive feedback.

The push over the summer and through the fall will be to rip through the "catch-up" reviews for "Buffy", "Angel", and "X-Files". I also want to take some time to make serious progress on "Morituri" and finish this epic XF fanfic once and for all. I'm often weary of it, but the fact is, the story keeps demanding to be told, so I'm sticking with it until it's done or clearly never going to be.

So when "Roswell" is over review-wise, I'm not going to toss anything new into rotation just yet. I'm going to be concerned mostly with exorcising other old demons, so to speak, and then focusing on future projects. I suspect that by the fall, I'm going to have a better sense of where this is all going; right now, I'm thinking that the focus will be on "Lost", "24" and "Alias" reviews.
Beyond that, it's up in the air; it's going to have to be something really promising for me to add it. (Before anyone asks...sorry, I'm not adding "Battlestar: Galactica" right now.)

But I do want to say that I appreciate all the support that I've gotten over the past few years. This has been a huge season for me in terms of excitement and overall feedback. There's been the usual scrapes with trolls, but for the most part, I've gotten a lot of strong support and even a little credibility in some circles. This time last year, I was lucky to get 200 hits per month to my homepage; now I'm at 1200+ hits/month, and the entire site overall is getting 20000+ hits/month. In the early days, I'd be happy if my XF reviews got a total of 25 hits; now, my "Lost" reviews top 1000 hits just between airings!

With ratings like that, is it any wonder I'm renewing myself for another season?

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More to come soon...I'm hoping to do a wrap-up of thoughts on the seasons for series I don't review weekly, when I get the brain power to do it...LOL...