4:26PM: T-Minus four, wait, now three minutes until HBO’s TRUE BLOOD panel. Or as I like to call it, the only way to guarantee our seats for the DEXTER panel that follows immediately thereafter.
4:32PM: Since theTVaddict.com doesn’t endorse illegal downloading, I finally got a first look at TRUE BLOOD courtesy of a trailer HBO produced exclusively for Comic Con. It’s pretty much X-MEN, but with really sexy Vampires. Oh, and fellow Canadian Anna Paquin.
4:44PM:Creator Alan Ball [SIX FEET UNDER] promises to avoid the big three Vampire clichés: Blue light, Contact lenses and Opera music. Which is all well and good, but if you ask me, the big thing Ball should concentrate on avoiding is cancellation! Moment of silence for MOONLIGHT…
4:49PM: Because Anna Paquin’s protagonist Sookie Stackhouse is telepathic, she has remained a virgin. Take that ABC Family’s SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER.
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Following two days of white water rafting, sleeping under the stars, and communing with the outdoors, this TV Addict is now officially rejuvenated and more importantly, both mentally and physically ready to tackle a challenge of an entirely different nature.
Yup, it’s that time again. Those magical four days in July when the city of San Diego is overrun by Trekkies and Hobbits and Cylons [Oh My!]. It’s the 2008 San Diego Comic Con and your very own TV Addict can’t wait for the madness to begin.
Stay Tuned. 
The fine folks over at Comic Con International have finally released the Official Programming Schedule for the upcoming Nerd Fest Comic Con 2008 in beautiful and sunny San Diego. So open up that Excel Spreadsheet, grab a cup of coffee and click here, to start making those difficul choices. LOST or THE OFFICE Writer’s panel? CHUCK or PUSHING DAISIES? DOLLHOUSE or BATTLESTAR GALACTICA?
It’s Sophie’s Choice for TV Addicts.
Jensen Ackles at least year’s Comic Con
If the sole reason you’re planning on attending this summer’s San Diego Comic Con is to get up close and personal [no, not that up close and personal] with SUPERNATURAL stars Jared Padaleck and Jensen Ackles. Get ready to take note of some very important news.
Though the SUPERNATURAL panel is still scheduled for Sunday July 27 from 11:15AM—12:15PM in Room 6CDEF, the autograph session that Jared and Jensen will be doing is actually on Saturday July 26 from 5:00—6:00PM in the Warner Bros. Booth (#4329) on the main convention floor.
So spread the word, because this TV Addict would hate to discover what happens to thousands of angry SUPERNATURAL fans when they discover that they missed an opportunity to once again look, but not touch, their two favorite Winchester Bros! In our head, we’re picturing something like this.
Good News: Justin Hartley has officially signed on as a series regular for SMALLVILLE’s eighth and most likely final season. Bad New: SMALLVILLE has now officially officially run out of new ideas. [Source]
Good News: IN PLAIN SIGHT opened to a whopping 5.3 million viewers, USA’s best series bow since the second season premiere of the 4400 in 2005. Bad News: Which means fellow TV Addicts can expect even more generic dramas featuring female cop/lawyer/doctor protagonists that play by her own rules. [Source]
Good News: TERMINATOR, PUSHING DAISIES, FRINGE, CHUCK, HEROES and THE OFFICE Scribes [rumored] are all said to be presenting panels at this Summer’s Comic Con in San Diego. Bad News: Odds are good that they’ll all be on the same day, so you should probably start lining up right now. No really. It’s going to be madness!
Good News: This TV Addict has been lucky enough to get a sneak peak at the new online portal for theWB.com. Bad News: EVERWOOD and JACK & BOBBY are thus far no where to be found.
Good News: Michael Ausiello’s Senior Editor position has yet to be filled at TVGuide. Bad News: Clearly, TVGuide’s Editor-in-Chief Christy Tanner does not have her name set as a Google Alert and has completely missed my quasi-shameless campaign 
Wish you could experience Comic Con without even stepping foot in San Diego? Well thanks to the wonder that is the internet, you sort of can. Throughout the week, fellow TV Addicts have been posting video featuring some of the weekend’s best moments and I thought I’d take a moment and share some of them with you. Think of it as the next best thing to being there — minus the endless lines, overpriced food and life-size stormtroopers.
(Note: All the YouTube videos are broken up into different parts. For Parts 2,3,4.. etc. simply click on ‘related videos’ to the right of the video)
HEROES Panel
THE SIMPSONS Panel
LOST Panel
STAR TREK Panel
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Panel
FUTURAMA Panel
JOSS WHEDON Panel
SUPERNATURAL Panel
Feel free to add any links that I’ve forgotten in the comments below.
While the line surrounding Winchester Brother Jensen Ackles was by far the longest line that this TV Addict witnessed during last weekend’s Comic Con, a close second was the crowd huddled around the ABC Family booth clamoring to meet the cast of KYLE XY. Click the link below for more photos, with apologies in advance for the quality. It isn’t easy fighting your way through a group of rabid teenage girls.
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With Comic Con officially over, all that this TV Addict is left with — aside from somewhat of a sunburn and far too much swag — are questions. With that in mind, I thought I’d through a few out knowing full well my readers are far smarter than a fifth grader me.
1. With the announcement that Zachary Quinto has been cast as the new Spock, where does that leave the character of Sylar on HEROES?
2. At the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA panel, showrunner Ronald D. Moore promised that there would be a lot of Adama/Starbuck interaction in the January 2008 series premiere. Which Adama was he referring to?
3. Did Jared Padelecki REALLY miss his flight to Comic Con? Or was he simply terrified of being trampled by 10,000 screaming fans. Honestly, having walked by the SUPERNATURAL booth, I really wouldn’t blame him either way.
4. Was anyone else surpised how much Tricia Helfer (BSG’S Six) resembled Julia Roberts (specifically in the giant smile area!).
5. With the anouncement that Kevin Smith will direct the first installment of HEROES: ORIGINS, is anyone willing to put money down that JJ Abrams will be next in line (Greg Grunberg promised he’d put in a good word).
6. Which of the HEROES cast members that attended this year’s HEROES panel will be missing from next years?
7. Does anyone else find it odd that two British actresses (Michelle Ryan and Lena Headey) will be playing two of America’s most iconic female heroines this coming season. (The Bionic Woman and Sarah Connor respectively).
While Jason Smilovic may not be a household name, to this TV Addict, he just so happens to be the man responsible for last season’s most exciting [and short-lived] drama KIDNAPPED. So when Amrie [of My Take on TV fame] spotted him walking down the aisle following Saturday’s BIONIC WOMAN panel, this TV Addict couldn’t pass up the opportunity to thank him for his work on the show and joke with him about the show’s brilliant yet maddening ending (One that I’m not about to spoil here!) Needless to say, Jason was very appreciative and thanked me for being the only loyal viewer outside of his immediate family.
Missed KIDNAPPED entirely? You can buy the complete series — fantastic ending included — at Amazon by clicking here.
Hoping to capitalize on the super hero hype surrounding Comic Con, the CW Network has released two new photos of the new SuperGirl, actress Laura Vandervoort. Speaking to SCI FI Wire at this weekend’s Comic Con, Vandervoort had this to say about her character and what it feels like to join such an established show.
On her relationship with Clark: “On Krypton, I was older than him. He was a baby. We were both sent to Earth, and I got trapped in suspended animation and didn’t age. I come out of my ship looking for a baby, and see this 6-foot-3-inch beautiful man, and I don’t believe that is him.”
On her first day on the set: “I am just finishing the first episode ‘Bizarro. The first day I was shaking in my boots, literally. I was wearing boots. But I’m not in the suit. I come in something else, which you will see.”
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