Now that we've finally gotten that good time over with and those pesky Holidays are at last behind us, we can get back to the things that are really important. Like watching the return of our favorite TV shows. For our recommendation this week we really have only one word: Alias. After a break of what seems like three years, our favorite spy show is returning to ABC this Wednesday with a two-hour premiere at 9:00pm, and we're as giddy as school girls.

To those of you saying "But I never really followed 'Alias' and if I start now I won't know what the hell is going on," all we say is this: We've been watching from the very beginning and WE don't even know what the hell is going on. It doesn't matter! Jennifer Garner looks awesome in any disguise she dons and she can kick a bad guy in the face like nobody's business. There's no other show like it on TV right now, and for that alone it deserves to see an increase in viewership this season beyond its usual cult following. The fact that it's being paired-up with the equally terrific Lost on Wednesday nights gives us hope that it will. And it also means we won't be able to schedule any socializing between the hours of 8 and 10 on Wednesdays until the season's end...

In other TV premieres this week, last night's 10:00pm premiere of Medium on NBC was an above-average drama. Patricia Arquette stars as a mother, housewife, and law student who can also talk to the dead and "see" things that others can't. So she drops the lawyer stuff and instead becomes a consultant to the District Attorney's office where she can look into the souls of the accused and, like, find out where the bodies are buried and stuff. It's kind of a much-less serious version of that Fox series Millennium, and it shows promise. Arquette is good, and it included some oddball humor that was refreshing. Another episode will air this Thursday on NBC at 10:00pm, but its regular time-slot is Mondays at 10.

And finally, the search for the new Martha Stewart begins with the premiere of Wickedly Perfect Thursday on CBS. The reality series pits perfectionists against each other as they try to glue gun and souffle their way to the top of the heap. Frankly, we'd rather wait for the second coming of the real Martha. The Holidays just weren't the same without her anal retentive instructions on how to tie the perfect bow and baste the juiciest turkey. So hang in there Martha! You'll be back on the airwaves soon!