Fringe

For all of us paranormal junkies who mourned when The X-Files left the air, I hope you've been watching Fringe (Tuesday nights on Fox). It's a worthy successor to The X-Files; in fact, after watching this first season I'd say Fringe is every bit as good as The X-Files. It's well-written, features good acting and is tinged with just the right amount of humor. Of course it can be chilling, suspenseful and unnerving, too, and handles its paranormal subject matter with intelligence. Whereas the "something out there" on The X-Files was an alien presence, on Fringe it's a mysterious corporation called Massive Dynamics, which apparently is into all kinds of weird experimentation for unknown, nefarious purposes. The show was created by J.J. Abrams, who directed the newest Star Trek movie, so it's a cool surprise that he is bringing Leonard Nimoy onto Fringe as William Bell, head of Massive Dynamics. It should be great fun. I highly recommend this show.