And I really don’t like sitting in there watching TV.

But a few restless nights kept me awake so I started watching them again. Didn’t take me long to realize how much I’ve missed out on.

This CW show sounds a bit cheesy at first. A comedy about a college kid who’s parents sold his soul to the devil as a child, and now he has to catch souls that have escaped from Hell.

Yet the writing is great, crisp and witty. The characters are good, especially the Devil himself, played by Ray Wise. He plays the role perfectly, with a big, evil smile, a guy who sounds like he’s on your side, but is so very not. Sam plays the lead, but it’s his friend “Sock” that ends up with a lot of the best lines.

The recent episodes have been great and the story has moved into directions I wasn’t expecting. It could easily have gotten stuck in the “catch a soul” every week rut, but it’s kept that part of the show different and not always the focus of what is going on.

It’s a hugely underrated show, but that’s mostly because it’s on The CW. That network (and the previous UPN/WB) gets such bad deal because the majority of their shows are targeted to young adults, but occasionally there are bright spots, like Veronica Mars, Smallville, Gilmore Girls and now Reaper along with Gossip Girl.

Too late to catch up on now, but it might be worth it to watch the repeats if The CW plays them over the summer.

According to Ausiello, Pushing Daisies has been picked up for a full season, making for a total of 22 episodes. They had initially ordered 13, but added nine more just recently. Great news for a little series that is one of my favorites from the batch of new shows this fall.

Now if I can hear this sentence, all will be good in the world: Journeyman ALSO picked up for a full season…

Patrick Dempsey, or McDreamy on Grey’s Anatomy, is about to find a new girlfriend in upcoming episodes…

Poppy Montgomery on Without a Trace is going to be joined by some one-night stand she was with before, this time for a few more episodes. Who still watches this show?…

On Smallville, Chloe is about to get the biggest scoop of her life for the Daily Planet…Lana’s alive!

I’ll throw this in here for Gilmore Girl fans, a made up question/answer (made me laugh):

Question: Do you think Rory is sick of being on the campaign trail with Obama yet? � Channing

Ausiello: A better question is whether Obama is sick of being on the campaign trail with Rory. As you know, that girl never shuts up!

Rachel Bilson is coming to Chuck, and this is what the story is on her character (no clue when she will be on yet):

“She plays Lou, a sandwich maker who complicates the faux relationship with Chuck and Sarah by possibly being available for a real relationship,” says Schwartz. “But like all characters in Chuck’s life these days… she may not be what she appear.”

Finally, a Friday Night Light’s tidbit…should we be worried about the show sticking around all season?

“Depends. If you like the show in its current Friday time slot, then yes, you should probably be worried. If you’d prefer it air, oh, say, Mondays at 10 pm after Heroes, then you should be thrilled. You see, according to card-carrying Aushole Lauren, the Peacock recently sent out a reader survey and one of the questions was, “Would you be more likely to watch Friday Night Lights if it followed Heroes on Monday?”

Now that would be great!