Couldn’t be happier that NBC has consolidated a worthy line-up of comedy onto Thursday nights again.  Between that and ABC marrying Lost and Grey’s Anatomy, my DVR runneth over.

Better still?  Tonight’s episodes of Lost and Grey’s really showed that their creative teams have hit a stride.

Lost has been DELIVERING this year.  My complaints with middle seasons involved too many riddles being tossed at us at once, never any answers.  Sure, there’s still plenty of puzzles and cliffhangers this year, but there are also answers.  Storylines move forward.  The big picture slowly reveals.  Frustration is the good kind, and overarching mysteries slowly unravel.  Sweet.

Meanwhile, Grey’s finally has the one component it’s been missing for years: chemistry.  During all its seasons, Grey’s  has tried to make me care about the central romance between Derek and Meredith.  And I haven’t.  But tonight, in one simple, elegant scene (finally featuring some compelling acting from Ellen Pompeo) I actually cared about the “central” characters more than the peripheral ones.  And they did it all with eyes.  Fantastic.

We are in the Golden Age of Television people.  That’s taken?  OK… Platinum Age.  Enjoy it.

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