If there is, in fact, intelligent life somewhere else in the universe — and at this point, I’d hate to think we’re all there is — here’s hoping whatever’s out there bases its view of Earthlings on something other than this summer’s network TV lineup.
It would be like realizing in the operating room that your surgeon is Patrick Dempsey. Or that the attorney standing between you and death row is Andy Griffith.
From the beginning of “Kings” to the end of “Battlestar Galactica” and the angels battling demons on “Supernatural” in between, the notion of a higher power has taken on a more-prominent-than-usual place on my TV.
