"Heroes" has gotten a bum rap in its sophomore season. Ratings are in the toilet (reportedly down 3 million viewers from last year) and critics and viewers alike are bashing it for its slow, plodding pace and a rash of new characters. I think they're kind of crazy. I'm not saying that the show hasn't had some problems this season, but if any show was doomed for a sophomore slump, it was poor "Heroes." With very little initial hype it quickly became NBC's darling last season, a buzz show for a network desperately in need of some buzz. And since

As one of the high points of what can be considered the Best Pop Culture Week Ever, Bravo's fashion design competition "Project Runway" returned last night for Season 4. It's about goddamned time; it's been roughly 13 months since Season 3 ended, and I have missed the fashion, the catty judges (Michael Kors, I salute you), and especially host Heidi Klum and mentor Tim Gunn. That said, the premiere was not a knock out. With 15 new competitors it was impossible to really get a feel for most of the designers. Bravo traditionally makes the premiere two hours, usually slotting in a

I've been a supporter of CBS' reality experiment "Kid Nation" since the beginning. I give it credit for doing something different, and I'm all for more family-appropriate entertainment. The backlash against the show began before it ever aired, with people up in arms over child labor laws, child endangerment, and parents making a buck off their eager kids' backs (um, welcome to showbiz y'all). When the premiere finally aired in September it was savaged by most of the entertainment press, who labeled it boring (untrue) and contrived (sure, but what isn't?), and falsely reported that the children were violent toward