Bowled Over by Serials

摘要

To be continued ..." These can be three of the most delicious words in the TV vernacular. They are the tease of every serialized TV show, letting you know that you've been hooked and have little choice but to come back, stay tuned, tell friends and get with the program—or find yourself out of the loop. These words have been seen on the small screen this season and, suddenly, watching TV is fun again. Water-cooler TV—dare we say appointment TV?— has made a welcome, and unexpected, comeback this year, including on the most unlikely of networks: perennial underdog ABC. The dominant prime time story of the fall season was the network's resurgence on the shoulders of two serialized smash hits: the racy suburban satire Desperate Housewives and Lost, the improbably gripping psychological thriller about castaways on a mysterious island.