In pursuit of my New Year’s Resolution to watch more TV, I watched 24 last night. I guess I would have got more out of it if I’d watched the previous few episodes. It was pretty good, though, and there was a good story-so-far preface up front to help the clueless. Nice to see the current terrorist population portrayed as young Arab males, not cartoon neo-Nazis or agents of international capitalism. One’s viewing pleasure is supplemented by the agreeable awareness that CAIR must really, really hate this show. Still, it’s TV–not up to the standard of a good thriller movie, or even an average one.

I’ve also seen a couple of episodes of CSI the past few days–my daughter’s hooked on the show. Same bottom line–good TV, but doesn’t “stick” the way a good book or movie does. I guess I’m not a TV person. I’ll keep trying, though.

(From vague memory: When the kid in Heinlein’s Starship Troopers is being evaluated by a military recruiter, the latter says, looking over his school transcripts: “Well, anyone that gets a C minus for TV appreciation can’t be all bad.”)