The second season of this TV hit promises to be as fun and as exciting as the first. Watch the premiere on Monday, and then stop by our chatroom on Tuesday and share what you liked, what you hated, and what you want to happen for this coming season.

What's Hiro doing in feudal Japan? What are the fates of the Petrelli Brothers? Will Claire and her family ever truly break away from the Company? Did Sylar survive? And what about the new band of Heroes being introduced this time around? Tune in, find out, and then let's talk!

Heroes Season Premiere Chat : Tues Sept. 25th - 3PM PST

You all know Eric Bogosian, Captain Danny Ross on Law and Order: Criminal Intent, right? Well, our own Tim Surette will be interviewing him tomorrow and he wants your questions. Got a question about the new season? New cases? Maybe you just want to know how Eric landed a role on the latest offering from the Law and Order franchise. Now's your chance to ask! But you've got to hurry, the interviews going down tomorrow, Sept. 20th!!

Come chat with us about last night's Prison Breakseason premiere! As of this writing this link will lead you there in THREE minutes!

That's right and we've got some neat stuff this year. Check out our pictures from Emmys past and dig those crazy fashions. Vote for the best dressed celebs from the '70's, 80's, '90's and now! Watch as our own Laura Swisher gets the dish at the 2nd Annual Art of Outstanding Television Costume Design Exhibition. Did you know it's harder to dress homeless than fabulous? I didn't either! We've got all kinds of cool stuff, but don't take my word for it; see it for yourselves. Emmys Lounge!

And don't forget to join us for our first ever, Live Emmys Show , Sept. 16 starting at 4pm PST - Live Chat, Live Video, a cavalcade of TV.com Stars (Staff), a Trivia Contest with cool Prizes. and much, much more! We hope we'll see you there!

Hey all,

I would like to introduce our newest TV.com Staff member - Nilla_chelle01 . Nilla has a ton of moderating experience and she's a passionate television junkie with a special fondness for Anime. She also likes obscure candy. We're very lucky to have her on the team. Her knowledge of anime and past moderating experience will be put to good use. And we'll probably steal her candy. Let's make her feel welcome, yes?!

I am very sad to bring you this news, but yesterday one of our users passed away. His user name was Lone_shark3025 - his friends called him, "Sharky."

His friend's have posted information on his blog to let everyone know what happened. I didn't know Lone_shark3025 personally, but after reading the comments posted, I can tell he had a lot of friends and will be sorely missed.

It's hard to know exactly the right thing to say at a time like this, but I encourage all of you who feel affected by this loss to talk about it, post comments to this blog, or the blog on his profile, and keep his memory alive. Lone_shark3025, you will be missed.

Plan your viewing schedule and premiere parties with our handy Fall Guide for 2007 . Let us know what you'll watch and what you'll skip--and before you know it, you'll be juggling new episodes faster than those autumn leaves can, um, fall! Oh, and don't forget to check out our fall Chats!

Yep, Trusted Users can submit at will. You might get a PM saying your submission has been accepted, but that's only temporary, those PM's will be turned off shortly. Rejoice!

Hey everybody, as many of you already know, Cnet was down for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon. Most of the downtown area lost power and we lost our servers and DB's. The crew is working to fix everything but if you see any weird images, missing emblems, avatars, etc., it's probably due to the blackout and will be fixed soon.

This week we've been doing a lot of back-end work dealing mainly with the Search and Cast and Crew problems. Here's what we've got so far. Today we're looking to see if we can get the TU's subs to go live. I'll post updates as they come in.

The script concerning New Episodes in your Editor's queue has just been re-written and pushed lived.

Fixed - Contribution data needs to show the type of blurb (trivia, note, allusion, etc).

Fixed - can't filter by form type

Fixed - stop PMs to editors for own subs

Fixed - user's submission history should include original submission comments (instead of "This was an immediate publish" or "N/A")

Fixed - the "Edit Summary" link on Show Guides

Fixed - The Accept button working in IE6

Fixed - The Mod Queue Filter

Fixed - Crew can be imported at the Show Summary Level.

Fixed - Cast and Crew are appearing alphabetically, divided by Star, Re-occuring, Guest Star

That's right, based on your feedback and suggestions TV.com is launching a new and improved Submission System. We've got better tools, easy to use forms, and a new CP system that I am extremely excited about. If you guys can give us a hand clearing your queues and holding back on submitting this weekend, the new system will be up and running on Monday, July 2nd.

That being said, here are some highlights:

Episode Re-numbering Tool for Editors - The tedious task of trying to re-number episodes over several seasons is a thing of the past. This handy tool will allow you to re-arrange episodes in real time, quickly and easily, without the headaches.

New Cast and Crew Form - The latest in Cast/Crew adding technology. This baby not only looks cool, it makes adding, editing, and deleting cast and crew a heck of a lot easier. The "two sub" process of editing character names is no longer necessary, you can do it all in one easy step.

Contribution Points - The days of waiting for your CP's to update are over. The new system updates your CP's in real time. Once your submission is approved, the points appear, simple as that.

New Point Values - Let's just say that's "gaming" just got a lot harder. Forms with multiple fields, (say, the Biography form for example), have been assigned individual Contribution Point values according to what type of information a user is submitting. We can't tell you what those values are, but anyone in the habit of contributing small bits of information one at a time is going to have a hard time becoming Editor.

Now, (and this is important) - In order to ensure a smooth transition we will need to turn off the old User Submission System on Sunday, July 1st. We will also need editors to clear their queue(s) no later than 12:00 PM (PST) Saturday, June 30th. TV.com Staff will process any submissions still in the queue after this time in order to
prevent loss of data.

It would be great if everyone could hold off submitting this weekend (June30th and July 1^st) because we've got to make sure those queues are clear so we don't lose anything. Save those submissions for the New Submission System!!

Once the new system is launched we want to hear your thoughts, so make sure you come back to this blog and tell us what you think!!

EDIT!!!

Word minimums for Recaps and maximums for Summaries!

Accepted/Rejected PM's will contain the users original Submission!

Hey all, Summer TV is no longer a whole-lot-of-not-so-good. I know what you're thinking - don't think that. The networks have actually put out some quality TV for the summer months. Look for exciting new series like On the Lot and John from Cincinnati, returning favorites like Weeds and Rescue Me , and lots more. Check our feature for airtimes, and don't forget to let us know what you think!

The countdown is on for the Season 4 premiere of Entourage! We know there will be a lot to discuss after the first episode airs on Sunday, June 17, so join us for a two-hour live chat on Monday, June 18 at 4pm PDT. Check out our Entourage Feature, vote for the celebrity you think Vince is LEAST likely to hook up with, and get yourself up to speed on where the boys left things in Season 3. Go now!

As many of you have probably found by now, we've just launched two new, exciting features: TurboVision, the place to go in answer to that age-old question, "What's on tonight?", and The Burning Question, where we (well, our new friend, Laura Swisher) goes out on the street and queries everyday people their everyday opinions, collecting some *interesting* responses. Check 'em out, and let us know what you think!

Hey all,
We'll be making some minor changes to the TV.com avatar system next Tuesday. The change should go pretty smoothly, and most people won't see any difference, but a very small amount of users' avatars might disappear. We're anticipating that the number of people affected will be very, very small, but if you haven't changed your avatar in a while (like 6 months +), you might want to save it now if you haven't saved it already.

First post! I mean, check it out! We've added a tab in your preferences popup (click the "prefs" link in the upper right of each page) and you should find a tab for "Blog" where you can change your blog title, banner, and privacy settings.

We've never 100% clarified what is/isn't acceptable to submit to the "User Submitted News" section of guides. Partly we were a bit vague purposely to see what trends or patterns in submissions would follow after implementing this. And the only solid stipulation we've had thus far is "no links to official network sites". Since this contribution has been available for a while, now's a good time to clarify.

Basically, all types of links which point to any reference site or fansite, or anything similar that has any type of valuable info. about the specific show/person, is allowed. This now includes submitting links to official network sites. We figure the more information made available the better. The whole point of TV.com is to be a great resource for television, right? As long as what you are submitting is a specific webpage that is dedicated/relevant to the guide you are adding the link to, then it's fine (i.e., links the show's official webpage, not the network homepage).

That's right - you wanted it, you got it! All Editors, regardless of their level, will now have access to an Editor's queue. If you happen to be an Editor who hasn't seen the queue yet, take a look at the top of your page, you should see a, "My Queue" button, that'll get you to the queue. The little number next to the "My Queue" button tells you how many submissions you have pending. If you're a new Editor and have questions, check out the Editors Lounge, or this fine Thread, or, you can just drop us a line, we're here to help.