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CSI: CSNY "When veteran TV producer Larry Bruckheimer went looking for a new angle for his smoking hot CSI: Crime Scene Investigation franchise he had no idea it would be this good.

After meeting with the members of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to discuss using some of their music in a future episode, Bruckheimer was surprised when he learned that the Grammy Award winning artists were not only huge CSI fans, but were also all licensed private detectives.

Bruckheimer's creative juices started to boil over. He had an idea."

BBC4's autumn schedule includes AMC's new 70- style conspiracy thriller Rubicon - heavily influenced by The Conversation, Three Days Of The Condor and other all-time chimp-paraonia classics apparently. looking forward to this one.

well, some discrepancies over the prop on sale at the recent Lost auction anyhow... via wired

Forget watching any HBO shows legally in the UK unless you've got satellite. Sky has snapped up all of HBO's current and past output, which will become exclusive to the pay-TV channel as current deals expire - for the next 5 years at least.

Scorsese's upcoming Boardwalk Empire looks like a future highlight for the channel, as well as the return of Curb and Bored to Death, but with ITV failing to renew their deal on Entourage and Treme failing to be picked up by anyone yet, Sky is going to be the place you have to go.

With Sky also rolling out their video-on-demand system this looks like a Monopoly-power-play move to add more value to their offering, as they push past the 10,000,000 subscriber mark.

Interesting sequel concept from Shane Meadows - a TV series follow-up to his excellent movie This Is England, set a few years later with the same actors reprising their roles. No big deal maybe, except that star-of-the-show Thomas Turgoose was only 13 in the original and now he's 17. See Channel 4's site for more info.

Although that's got nothing on Richard Linklater's forthcoming movie, which has been 12 years in the making....

more details on the bonus materials coming on the Lost S6 boxset - 11 and a half mins of Hurley and Ben running the island after Jack. Dharma snacks for all!

Poster out for Mad Men Season 4, which premieres July 25th in the US. Probably not until 2011 on the BBC....

Nice framed prints available from Image Kind, mapping the geography of the Lost island. Not sure you could find your way home with it, but it might look nice on the wall of your geek den.

Via Uncrate

Our old pal Prof. Poliakof (see here for his periodic table of videos) is back in action, this time disputing the claimed solid-gold quality of the FIFA World Cup. FIFA claim the cup is solid gold and weighs 6.175 kg, but by the professor's calculations it would weigh at least 70kg if it was actually 'solid' gold.

Via BBC

Attention slackers! All six episodes of the excellent Luther are on BBC iPlayer for a limited time. Download now and get watching. Stringer Bell's best performance since The Wire (Season 3).

when did this happen? Aiptek 3D camcorder: Aiptek's new 3D-HD camcorder is the most powerful on the market today. Utilizing powerful, dual-HD sensors allows you to capture 3D stills and videos that can be converted with the included software to work with most major brand 3D televisions. The 3D-HD has a built-in 3D LCD for instant playback, or you can connect it to your PC via USB, or to your HDTV via HDMI. It also has the ability to shoot video and capture still photos in standard 2D. Open up a whole new Dimension of video with Aiptek's 3D-HD camcorder.

interesting take on the Lost finale from inside the writers' room at Bad Robot; still kind of disappointed they came down on the side of faith over science - felt like it had been a pretty even debate up to the last season... 

TV on the move is becoming more and more of a reality, thanks in no small part to the BBC iPlayer (which is even HD on the iPad) and now TV Catch Up, who have just launched an iPhone-friendly version of their site.

The name is a little misleading, as much of the site's original PVR functionality has been dropped to meet legal requirements, and by all accounts the service is now legal. Barely.

Visit iphone.tvcatchup.com from your (i)phone browser or ipad.tvcatchup.com from your iPad and once registered you can watch live TV from the bulk of the better Freeview channels. Add it to the home screen for easy access.

they've been floating the idea for ages now, but it looks like Sky Anytime+ is finally on the way - Video On Demand (VOD) via broadband. lots of movies, TV etc, but SD only for the moment. Area Man not happy

Still have a few questions after the Lost finale? College Humor has rounded up a few key questions in particular... 

NY Magazine's Emily Nussbaum has got a good take on the disappointment of fans as well; some dumber stuff from the Fine Brothers here

watchoo talking about Knight Rider? Check the classic 80s team-up in this Gary Coleman compilation