Why "Battlestar Galactica" must self-destruct
"As the end — and Earth — draw near," says Scott Brown, "'BSG' has seen its moral clarities cloud over. This was always going to be a hurtling, one-way trip to enlightenment and/or oblivion. And like all the fantasies born in the Bush age, the show is programmed to self-destruct: Consider 'Lost,' the purgatory-as-therapy sci-fi ropes course that has declared a 48-episode limit on its desert-island wanderings. In fact, it's 'Lost' creator J.J. Abrams who'll be relaunching 'BSG's' sunnier predecessor, 'Star Trek,' with a prequel due out next year. By then, we'll have a new president-elect and, one way or another, a new age, with a new mood — and a new T-shirt."
"Battlestar" for newbies: Everything you were afraid to ask // Another primer
Ron Moore on directing, the strike, final season // Cylon Bible does exist
Cast has mixed emotions // L. Adama on L. Adama // Tigh on being a Cylon
"Battlestar" has been fearless at tackling big issues like war, race, religion...
"Battlestar": Comic Book // How "Galactica" avoided every TV remake mistake

Jimmy Kimmel can't believe he reached 1,000 shows
"It was so exhausting that first year that I wouldn't have been all that devastated if it had been canceled in the beginning," Kimmel says of the rocky start, launching after the Super Bowl in 2003. "Not only do you have to learn how to do a talkshow, but all the people you work with have to learn how to do it, too. It's like boxing. You can work out all you want, but you still have to spar with somebody to know what it's really like."
Watch Kimmel's Richard Simmons spoof preview // Kimmel's fave shows
In praise of Kimmel: His strengths are being untalented, so blandly ordinary
Kimmel & Ben Affleck: Best buds? // Andy Dick: Kimmel's drunkest guest
YouTube has boosted Kimmel's show, but is that a good thing?

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