After the mopey mess that ‘Heroes’ became, I was hoping ‘No Ordinary Family’ would be a fun superpower romp. Well, it’s not, and I’m asking the question: why can’t superpowers just be fun?

It’s Ann Curry vs. Tony Robbins in a Battle Royale of Awkward in this ‘Today Show’ clip.

We now interrupt your regularly scheduled TV reading, as we once again diverge into the world of console gaming to review the latest in the ‘Rock Band’ franchise.

A slow week brings ‘Sherlock’, ‘Scooby-Doo’, ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Californication’, ‘Lie To Me’, ‘Men Of A Certain Age’, ‘The Boondocks’, ‘Golden Girls’, ‘MST3K’, ‘Hi-5′, ‘Super Hero Squad Show’, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’, and ‘Whale Wars’.

The big story in ratings last week came from the huge numbers AMC enjoyed for the premiere of ‘The Walking Dead’. Over on the broadcast networks, the return of Penny to ‘Big Bang Theory’ had that show riding high as well.

Syfy has their US version of the BBC series ‘Being Human’ coming sometime next January, and I can’t stop wondering why they — Syfy and BBC — think this is a good idea.

Jon Hamm is better than you. Case in point: he can even make saying “what” over and over again seem riveting.