When the tornado stuck Pine Valley more than a week ago all sorts of storylines began, ended and changed. In one way or another the tornado affected almost every character on the show. (Hopefully the survivors had all gotten life insurance quotes.)In a week Bianca had returned and had a baby. Zach is the father. Kendall is in a coma. Babe is dead. David her father is back and will surely be plotting something. Emma’s been kidnapped. Annie’s really going off the deep end now, with Greenlee contributing $8 million to Ryan’s $2 million to meet the ransom demand. Annie got shot and the ransom money taken. Things are happening in Pine Valley. I thought sweeps didn’t start until November! If this isn’t the good stuff sweeps live for then bring on the sweeps!

Bianca returned pregnant and delivered her baby in the midst of the wreckage of Kendall’s house. Zack is the baby’s father.Kendall hasn’t recovered yet and I’ve read a couple of reports she’s leaving the show.

I have no idea how I missed this piece of news. The next Harry Potter movie is the sixth movie, Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince. I’ve been looking forward to seeing this movie in the theaters in November for some time now. Today I found an article that said the Harry Potter movie opening date has been pushed back from November 21, 2008 all the way out to July 17, 2009. It was the studio’s decision to push back the opening. Geez! That’s long enough to have a baby! The movie is actually already finished. I understand that the decision to delay the opening was because Warner Brothers had no big movies releasing next summer.

The CW network confirmed they are working on putting together a spinoff of the popular 90s series Melrose Place. The show would be called Melrose 2.0. No details have been released yet except that they’re targeting next fall, the 2009-10 season, for the show’s debut. The cast of the show, was a bit older (no mentions of the need for acne treatment) then the cast of 90210, the show it spun off of. Some of them are busy on other successful shows now, like Marcia Cross and Kelly Rutherford. It’ll be interesting to see who comes back and how. I’ll stay tuned.

Does anyone else find it strange that Family Guy is on during the early evening? It is definitely not appropriate for children. It’s got lots of sexual references. It has some bad language. They show drinking and smoking regularly.  I find it very offensive because they use the word retarded inappropriately. Do you let your child watch Family Guy?

I was trying to think of what documents I’ve heard mentioned on tv. We hear about driver’s licenses and the lack of them, also visas and birth certificates from time to time. When we travel we have to have a passport but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a tv character say they need or have one. What documents have you heard mentioned on television?

I didn’t understand why Til Death didn’t record this week. Today I found out that the network pulled Til Death from the schedule for at least two weeks. Ratings have been bad and I attribute that to the missing chemistry between the Woodcocks and the Starks. They got rid of the Woodcocks and brought in an annoying character Kenny, but I’ve already covered that topic. Let’s fix the show or let it die Fox.

Viewers don’t seem to mind infomercials being scattered all over the dial at odd hours. They must not mind because if they did mind they wouldn’t buy the stuff and the infomercials would disappear. So that got me to wondering how another type of programming would do - programming containing nothing but small business opportunities. They could be segmented by area or distributed nationwide in hour segments. There could be time to broadcast opportunities and feedback containing success and/or failure stories. What do you think, would that type of programming be successful?

Have any of you ever seen the US Window Factory commercial? I heard it in the background while on the computer today. I noticed the man speaking because he had a distinct Australian or English accent. The man says “I don’t even live here and I’m going to move to the US to buy US Window Factory windows so call US Window Factory windows because you live here”. How ridiculous is that! This is a bad commercial.

Everywhere I clicked today I saw stories that Jennifer Aniston was pregnant with John Mayer’s baby. Before you know it the tabloids will show her pushing a Maclaren stroller like pink and brown Techno XLR which comes with all sortsof good stuff like a coordinating head suppor, reversible seat line, raincover and a removable, washable seat.

I took a break from the computer this afternoon and decided to check out Oprah, who had the Olson twins on the show. These girls still look like they’re undernourished and sick. Their big discussion was on what they had for breakfast (bagels and eggs) and living apart. Lots of chatter but no substance. Don’t television shows check ahead of time what guests are planning on talking about?

I haven’t seen the last 007 movie Casino Royale yet. It sort of slipped my mind. I hadn’t rushed because I basically presumed it was just a remake of the original so I didn’t see any hurry. When we went to the movies two weeks ago after seeing a 007 Coke Zero ad it dawned on me that the arrival of another 007 movie is imminent. The new James Bond movie Quantum Of Solace opens here in the US on November 14, with Daniel Craig in his second outing as James Bond. I learned in reading a little about the movie that the lead character is named Camille. A fairly normal name. There is a character named Strawberry Fields as well. Does anyone know how in the world do they decide on the Bond girl names? I’ve got to remember that I need to see Casino Royale before I see Quantum Of Salace.