It’s still the guy who screams and makes the air shake. This time, though, there’s an appearance by a familiar face.

Not saying you have to watch it or anything, but there is a little bit of familiarity.

Okay.  Granted, the acting isn’t all it could be. And that the production seems like it cost about as much as it would to produce personal injury law commercial. This latest installment of the Heroes webisodes is a bit of a step up from where we last saw our newfound hero.

Plus, there’s a girl who’s in her underwear for no good reason. For all you straight boys and lesbians, it’s an excess of riches.

Without further ado, here’s episode two.

So, in addition to the webisodes (I hate how they’ve made that a word that I use) for The Office, NBC has thrown us a bone and given us little baby snippets for Heroes!

Not too give too much away, but this clip doesn’t feature anyone we’ve seen before. We just meet a new character and a couple new villains and watch them face off. Really, it just seems like a super-short episode of Heroes with worse special effects and acting. The sound and music makes you realize that it’s the same show.

Here’s the first episode, via Hulu.

I realize that I’ve already done a post on Heroes previews, but I still find it amazing that that show is still on the air.  It’s been a full seven months or so since we’ve seen a new episode!

Just imagine — in September, not only will we have new episodes of 30 Rock and The Office (the shows that are at the forefronts of our minds), but we’ll have new episodes of shows like Heroes and Pushing Daisies!  It’ll be a bright day and I’ll be able to actually have something to blog about.

In any case, here’s a teaser for the next season of Heroes — this time, subtitled “Villains.”

Do you remember Heroes? Because I barely do.

The last new episode aired in early December of 2007. I seem to recall Veronica Mars showing up and being a sociopath, HRG getting shot in the face then coming back to life and then a season finale where they had life-or-death cliffhangers for almost every character (or, like, three).

Since Heroes went on hiatus, I’ve traveled the world, had dozens of love affairs and earned my master gardener certificate.

In any case, there’s a trailer on Hulu for the new season. It’s a bit of a let-down because there’s no new footage, but it’s kind of fun to remember that Heroes will come back some day. And then we can all sit down, watch and complain about how the first season was better.

• Jezebel James did poorly, and rightfully so.
• The reviews are in: Rachael Rays SXSW party was decent, featured Raveonettes
• Joss Whedon decides not to direct an episode of Battlestar Galactica
• Mayor Bloomberg makes an appearance on 30 Rock
• Did Tim Kring of Heroes plagarize himself?
• Punky Brewster has a second kid and will be starring with Janine Garafolo in a gay nuptials comedy.
• Variety reviews Miss Guided, says it just OK
• Lost conspiracy theories - more than you want to know?
• Eddie Izzard talks about the Riches as well as being a non-cross dressing transvestite

• Kathy Griffin to open Oprah style school in Mexico (seriously)
• TV Guide invites us to help cast Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse
• CBS brings The Office’s Rashida Jones UK show to the US as well as a drama by the writers of Veronica Mars
• Heroes soundtrack to feature Wilco, Imogene Heap, and a bunch of more famous people
• Dexter season 3 spoilers!
• MTV takes 2 steps back… from Paula Abdul’s new music video! Burn! Instead offer up sneak peek of The Hills
• Expect Quarterlife to go back to the internet or basic cable
• No love for Oprah’s Big Give

• Tyra Banks + Ashton Kutcher = a show I never want to see
• Rosie O’Donnell + Fran Drescher = see above
• Alec Baldwin + David Hasselhoff = an episode of Dirt
• Friends + Gilmore Girls = a movie I’d watch half of

Eh, enough of that.

• Tim Gunn mentions they are working on Project Runway season 5!
• Instead of doing something noble like donating to charity, CBS uses Jericho nuts for Big Brother competition
• The Wire fans are tired of their friends with HBO On Demand snitchin’ about next week’s episode
• Heroes to begin filming in the near future

It’s Super Tuesday! Everybody panic!

As a DC resident, I’m trying to think of an analogy of how big Super Tuesday (and other big political events) is around here. You could say gay pride in San Francisco or Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but events like this unique bring out a distinct brand of nerdery that is unique to this city. Not that non DCers aren’t paying attention, it’s just weird here.  Let me put it this way — I’m going to a Super Tuesday party with real life cupcakes. Admittedly, these are blue Superbowl cupcakes that are being repurposed from New York Giants colors to Democratic colors, but I digress…

This all leads me to wonder, who would I vote for if I lived inside the television? I mean, more than I already do. Getting rid of that already tenuous blur between my real life and whatever’s going on on The Biggest Loser.

So who would you vote for given the following options:

Josiah Bartlet (The West Wing)

• Pro: Smart cookie — scored a 1590 on his SAT.
• Con: Won’t remember your name.

Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica)

• Pro: Nerves of steel, subtle flirtation.
• Con: Lost to Baius Galtar — didn’t have the resolve to fix the election.

David Palmer (24)

• Pro: Strong leader who can make tough decisions.
• Con: Dead.

The form of Nathan Petrelli inhabited by Sylar (Heroes)

• Pro: Smokin’ hot president.
• Con: Bent on world destruction.

“Big, big, big cat!” — Shonen Knife

• A co-hort of Dog the Bounty Hunter has been arrested for indecent exposure. On the scandal scale, this is still probably a step up from racial epithets.
• Taylor Hicks follows Ruben Studdard in losing his record deal.
• Will the Golden Globes be canceled?
• Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel will do time on each others’ shows. Meanwhile, the WGA is going to punish Leno for writing his monologues.
• E-Kristin has a new video show featuring “Frakked-Up Fairy Tales.”
• Reaper and Gossip Girl are switching times.
• Potential Colbert guests don’t want to cross picket lines.
• Lost shot decoy endings for season four.
• People are doing the “send the network a lot of a certain product” thing to get gay people to kiss on As The World Turns.
• Speaking of the gays, Heroes’ Zach is gay in the graphic novels.