This new year has brought us a few new TV shows to compete with the already stellar lineup from the fall. I’ve already latched on to two new shows and look forward to adding a few more new ones, and a few old favorites as spring approaches.

Last week I watched The Deep End, a new ABC show about 5 recent law school graduates and their 1st positions at a firm (I like to call it a cross between Boston Public and Grey’s Anatomy), and today I caught up on the first episode of Caprica, the BSG (Battlestar Galactica, for those not in the know) prequel show, set some 50 years before.

What I read of the plot for Caprica intrigued me from the get-go: futuristic setting, very high-tech, drama, yet a family-centered plotline. Also, the show seems to be going in the direction that some of my new favorite YA sci-fi novels have gone–robotics and the creation of the humanoid robot. The arguments of the show, as also represented in some excellent YA novels, involve the human soul and the ethical implications of the creation of humanoid robots, transference of personality, data, perhaps even DNA from a human to an electronic creation, etc. After watching the first episode, I am even more intrigued to see where this show is going. I think that fans of The Adoration of Jenna Fox or the Skinned novels by Robin Wasserman would enjoy Caprica. And you definitely don’t have to have watched BSG to see this show (I myself have only seen a few episodes).

And who can forget one of my favorite shows of all time, LOST? The final season begins in February, and I am ever-anxious to see where it leads. I’ll be sure to write here and keep updating on these shows and many more (as some of our favorites–Glee, Gossip Girl–won’t be returning for a time) as the weeks go on!