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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Welcome back, Veronica!

In case anyone needs a reminder, Veronica Mars returns tonight with a brand-new episode (UPN at 9pm ET). This episode is the first of NINE new episodes that will be airing without repeats, until the season finale airs in May. There will be a "notable" guest star (not saying who, to spare the unspoiled). And of course, there will be a mystery, or two, or three. There will be quippy dialogue. If you're not watching it, you should be.

And for those of you who are already VM fans, keep in mind that Lost is a repeat (from last season, no less!). Beauty and the Geek is a repeat. Law & Order and Criminal Minds, both repeats. So if you have any friends who are still VM virgins, tonight offers a golden opportunity to try to convince them to check it out. Tell them that Lost is a repeat, and invite them over to watch VM - offer to feed them pizza (or cheese and crackers, if that's all you can afford). Offer to flip over to American Idol if you have to, just to see who's getting the boot this week. But once AI is over, savor the second half of VM without interruption.

VM is in desperate in need of better ratings for the remainder of the season two episodes. Contrary to popular belief, season three is no guarantee. In fact, Rob Thomas told me that even though he was optimistic when the new CW network was first announced, after seeing the depressingly low ratings for 2.11, 2.12 and 2.13, he's no longer all that optimistic that VM will be on the CW schedule next year. So if you're a VM fan and you'd like to see a third season, do what you can to spread the word and get as many new viewers as possible.

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