I've barely posted this month, due to barely being at home, but just wanted to wish you all a Happy Hallowe'en and hope the ghosts and ghouls of past memories don't come back to haunt you... too much.

There's been so much I wanted to talk about this month, so many things that have bugged me, like the Brand and Ross incident on BBC Radio 2, and the rubbish voting on X Factor. Maybe I'll talk about them next month, when things have gone back to normal.

Our TV is pretty good these days. I'd even say we're in the golden years, with amazing shows like Lost, Heroes, and even newer shows that aren't afraid to push the boundaries (like True Blood, or Six Feet Under), but I still think back to the wonderful and far more innocent shows of yesteryear and wish some of the shows I loved as a kid would be resurrected. Here's my top ten.

10. I Dream of Jeannie - just because one can never tire of having a half naked geenie in a bottle who is eager to fulfil your ever desire (my geenie would have to be put out to pasture after a couple of weeks due to exhaustion).

9. Battle of the Planets - OK, the original (and quite adult) series was called Gatchaman, but this Japanese / French / Canadian / Whatever TV show deserves to come back from the grave. There's a movie scheduled for 2010, but that's just not enough. Oh and 7 Zark 7 should come back as well... as a toaster.

8. Automan - rubbish show about an electronic superhero with some very cool cars / planes / helicopters. Could have a great run these days with cutting edge special effects and some really interesting storylines.

7. Knightmare - kids' TV show that was hugely popular in the '80s. While, technically limited, Knightmare was heavily influenced by Dungeons & Dragons - until the new producers turned it gay. That's right, with an emphasis on the dungeons rather than the dragons, poor Dungeon Master Tregard was beseiged with fairies, pixies, and the gayest elf since, Elrond started cross dressing in later episodes and the show very much lost its bite. But in its heyday it was a fantastic computer generated adventure.

6. The Greatest American Hero - short-lived TV show about an unlikely hero who discovers a super suit left by aliens (not for the fashion conscious, I might add). Unfortunately, our would-be hero also lost the suit's instruction manual so even flying is a struggle. Great action adventure show.

5. Star Fleet - about to be released on DVD for the first time, but this 80's puppet show deserves another outing. Lesser shows have been remade (coughs, Knight Rider) so this should come back, if for nothing else but for the shrill Commander Makara, one of the bizarre human-insect hybrid enemies, who was thwarted in every episode...

4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Because this show should run and run. Need I say any more?

3. Blake's Seven - UK gritty sci-fi show with the on-the-run crew of the Liberator. Blake snuffed it early on in the show's lifetime, but we didn't care. The show continued to be called Blake's Seven long after his passing (and even when there was only five of them). But it was the stories that mattered.

2. Quantum Leap - time travelling show that never really explained the ending. More please.

1. Wonder Woman - complete with all the 70's camp, including (but not limited to): super fast running (in high heeled boots) and the spinning transformation complete with crappy explosion effect (a must).

What do you think? Any more shows I missed?

Just finished watching the final 'boot camp' of X Factor 2008 and WHY oh WHY are the boys such whiny b!tches? They cry more than little girls of four who've just had their Barbies crushed under the wheels of Satan's bulldozer (something really scary that would make a little girl cry particularly emotionally).

Yes, we all know you want it so badly. We all know it's the most important thing in your life (although why you've not had a single singing lesson or applied for a single job in the London Star is quite beyond me) and we ALL know it's an emotional time, but do you really have to break down in tears at Every. Bl**dy. Opportunity?

I found it all rather unpalatable.

This year's whiny and exceptionally needy crybabies are hardly the epitomy of superstar quality (mind you, neither was last year's winner Leon who would have lost to cardboard in a Most Sparkling Personality contest).

I'm sure there are more tears to come. I don't know if I can watch this year.

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Of course I will be watching, and I'll be sure to moan about it right here!