If It Ain't Broke ... From Atlantis To Doctor Hugh

It's not that I don't like the Wraith, mind you. But even Star Trek had more than one villain to deal with (I mean, you had the Klingons on one hand, and the Romulans on the other).

Outside of that, I think "Atlantis" is perfectly fine. The ratings are good, the stories are fresh (even though there seems to be a lot of the reset button being used still), and it's a good followup to a decade of "Stargate SG-1." But for whatever reason, the producers or MGM or SciFi Channel or someone thinks there's something about "Atlantis" that isn't quite right, and will once again give us another cast shakeup for the fourth season.

Don't laugh, ABC. You seem to have a similar problem, except you prefer to tinker more with timeslots than anything else. I would love to meet the genius who decided to move "Lost" to 10 p.m. on Wednesdays, not to buy him a beer, but to sucker punch him between the eyes. What was so broken about the previous timeslot?

And then "Doctor Who," oh, oh, oh, "Doctor Who." This British icon has been an icon because it's The Doctor who is the star of the show, not whatever actor is portraying him. How does the character remain the star? By making sure the actor playing him doesn't upstage him. That's why you cast people that are not majorly famous to fill the shoes. Hugh Grant recently revealed that he was being considered for the role that eventually went to Christopher Eccleston, as if "Doctor Who" was broken because of lack of starpower. It was slightly askewed simply because it needed a rest, and it needed a little refreshing, something that BBC rightfully gave it.

Why is it that producers or networks or production companies, or whoever is to blame, just can't leave well enough alone? Why do they feel that even though something is successful, there has to be more ways to squeeze that blood out from the turnip, so they start to mess around with a little bit here and a little bit there, until it becomes one big clusterfu ... well, you know what I mean.

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