'Battlestar Galactica'

There's something about combining space, politics and clones that makes us wish technology would get a move on. Seriously, we are so 21st century. But all we have to do to get a taste of the future is tune into the Battlestar Galactica marathon airing Wednesday, May 6, on Sci Fi Channel. Commander Adama (Edward James Olmos), President Roslin (Mary McDonnell), a Cylon named Six (Tricia Helfer) and the rest of the Galactica gang kept science-fiction lovers affixed to their television screens for five glorious seasons. So call your geeky friends; we're throwing a Battlestar Galactica party!

It would be great to write for late-night television. Actually, we take that back; it might stink. We'd rather star on a show about writing for late-night television. Yeah, that would be cool. That's probably why we love 30 Rock, airing Thursdays on NBC. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and the rest of the cast make the act of acting about writing seem more fun than actually writing -- that's for sure. Maybe. We're suddenly confused. Perhaps we shouldn't have taken those pills from Tracy Jordan's gym bag.

They say, "The truth shall set you free," but a quality lie might have kept you from getting caught in the first place. Unfortunately, there are people like Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) of Lie to Me, airing Wednesdays on Fox. He's an expert on reading facial expressions and tics and all the stuff that gives us away once we've decided to make honesty "Option B." So, if recent politics have taught us anything, it's that we all need to become better liars. So call your friends and neighbors and have them Lie to Me.

There's something special about the pitter-patter of little feet that seems to make the world a better place. But can you imagine the pitter-patter of 16 little feet? Us neither. Luckily we don't have to imagine; we can just turn on TLC every Monday to see Jon & Kate Plus 8 and watch just what it would be like to have our world become one big Diaper Genie. So call your friends, your neighbors and your clergy, because we're throwing a Jon & Kate Plus 8 viewing party!

This week's party is a total experiment because we've never thrown a party for someone with dissociative identity disorder. Do we need to send each personality an invitation separately, or will they all get some sort of internal memo? If you watch United States of Tara Sundays on Showtime, you might think individual invites, but frankly, it's all a mystery. One thing's for certain: When you have an actress as talented and quirky as Toni Collette as Tara, anything is possible. It's sort of like Anne Heche during a speed-dating event. Yep, a veritable box of chocolates.