ARGH! Okay, I know I should have better priorities, and I do, but one thing I've been looking forward to for four months is the season premiere of The West Wing. "Two Cathedrals," last season's cliffhanger, aired on May 16th, and the conclusion, "Manchester, Part I," was scheduled to run last Wednesday, September 19th. For obvious reasons, several of the networks, including NBC, pushed their schedules back one week, and the new air date was September 26th.

Now West Wing producer Aaron Sorkin has decided that, in light of the 9-11 events, he wants to create and air a special episode, to keep the show more in line with current events. He feels that it's important to do this before the season premiere, so the episode has been quickly written, and is currently undergoing filming, for a rushed post-production cycle and airing on October 3rd.

"Manchester," meanwhile, has been pushed back to October 10th.

Maybe it's escapism, maybe it's just withdrawal from a truly great television series, but I'm just glad that some new TV is still on the way next week, including Star Trek: Enterprise, and Buffy starts the following week. Maybe to tide myself over, I'll rent the first season of "Sex in the City" and start making up for not having HBO... It's something to do, anyhow.