If you’re a horror genre buff, you’ll love Chiller TV. It shows old movies and TV series, including “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Friday the 13th: The Series” (and the movies), “Children of the Corn,” “Carrie,” “Twin Peaks” and many other horror, monster and supernatural offerings.

Posted at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30.

Not even the Hollywood writers’ strike can kill off NBC’s “Heroes.”

Recent news reports have said that because of the ongoing writers’ strike, “Heroes” creator Tim Kring retooled Monday’s episode to serve as the Season 2 finale instead of the normal midseason finale.

That’s not the case, David Gardner, a senior press manager at NBC told me. Gardner said Kring did make some changes to the episode, but not to turn it into a season finale.

“Tim Kring wants everyone to know that he has every intention of coming back,” in the new year, Gardner told me Friday.

As for whether two heroes will die in the episode, as the teasers say, Gardner would only say they are in “mortal peril.”

He declined to name names. But guessing is fun, isn’t it? In Monday’s episode, called “Powerless,” Peter is duped by Adam into a showdown with Nathan, Hiro and Parkman at Primatech Paper. Also, Micah asks his mom, Niki, to help him rescue Monica from the street gang. Maya decides Sylar’s a bad guy. Too bad she didn’t see clearly before Sylar killed her brother, Alejandro, last week.

In other NBC news from Friday, the network announced its new midseason lineup of reality shows.

“American Gladiators” will begin at 8 p.m. Jan. 6, according to an NBC release, and then move to its regular day/timeslot at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7. Don’t worry all you “Chuck” fans, your nerdy hero will be back (strike permitting). The network recently picked up the show for the full season.

A new season of “The Biggest Loser” will premiere at 7 p.m. New Year’s Day, while “1 vs. 100” returns beginning at 7 p.m. Jan. 4.

Donald Trump will be back beginning at 8 p.m. Jan.3 with the premiere of “The Celebrity Apprentice.”

Posted at 10:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12

"Heroes" showed how good it could be in Monday night's episode called "Four Months Ago."

Too bad the Hollywood writers' strike might cut the season short by several months.

That's right. "Heroes" creator Tim Kring told "Entertainment Weekly" that the Dec. 3 episode has been reworked and could become the Season 2 finale if the strike continues.

It's too bad because in the "EW" interview Kring copped to the fact that he and the writers miscalculated this season. He told the magazine that he's listened to complaints and is responding to them.

During much of the first season, "Heroes" was super-charged with exciting adventures, strange mysteries and wild cliffhangers. Despite the large cast of heroes, almost every new plot twist pushed the characters together and viewers were rewarded with payoffs nearly every week.

Although I haven't hated this season, it has moved much more slowly. The newer characters haven't all fit--Monica, Maya and Alejandro in particular. And only recently has a plot point--the virus--been introduced that, like last season's nuclear apocalypse, brings many of the heroes together for a common cause.

Kring and his writers seemed to be righting the ship with last week's and Monday's episodes. I loved seeing Noah Bennet go to the dark side. Matt Parkman's battle with his father, and his realization that he can kick some butt, has been fun to watch. Last week's revelation that Adam is in the present (as opposed to the failed feudal Japan storyline with Hiro) and possibly the guy who's been killing the older heroes was a cliffhanger worthy of Season 1.

In Monday's episode we saw more of Adam (played by the always interesting "Alias" vet David Anders), who was locked up with Peter four months ago after Peter exploded. We also got more backstory on the weirdly wonderful electric gal Elle (Kristin Bell), who appears to hold a torch for our handsome Peter (who we got to see more of as well).

The beauty of the episode was that it answered several questions (how D.L. died, what brought Niki to the Company, how Peter lost his memory), but it left us with new mysteries to solve. Is the Haitian working with Bennet and against the Company, or vice versa? Is Adam a good guy or a bad guy? Is Bob a good or bad guy? Will the heroes come together to figure out how to stop the virus?

It looks like "Heroes" has three episodes to give us those answers before the show goes on winter break, or the second season ends.

Let's hope that strike is resolved sooner rather than later so we can get more exciting "Heroes."

Posted at 11:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15

The mystery of the older "Heroes" keeps getting more convoluted.

On Monday, Nathan Petrelli found a group photo of the older generation of heroes that included his parents, Kaito Nakamura, Linderman, Charles Deveaux and that Company guy Bob, who recently hired Mohinder Suresh. Three more women and three more men are pictured (I didn't recognize any of them).

One of the those men, according to Matt Parkman, is his father. And when Parkman tries to get Molly to find his dad with her powers, she freaks out because he's the man who has been haunting her dreams.

That revelation may have overshadowed an even bigger one (at least if my theory holds true). I think Papa Petrelli, whose face is blurred in the photo because he is turned toward his wife, might be Noah Bennet, a.k.a. Horn-Rimmed Glasses. They guy was wearing horn-rimmed glasses and had very similar hair!

If you saved the episode, take another look. I paused, played, replayed, paused. The ages don't seem to match, but maybe that's one of his powers: staying a certain age.

By the way, at least three of the people pictured in that group photo are now dead. Four, if you believe Papa Petrelli is dead.

We didn't see Peter or Hiro in this episode, but other characters are starting to come together. Nathan and Parkman are now working together. Claire and West are getting closer. Micah and his cousin, Monica, who seems to be able to pick up skills by just seeing them done one time.

Now Sylar has hooked up with Maya and Alejandro on their way to New York, and he already has seen their powers.

The episode ended with another great cliff hanger. But the teaser for next week's episode revealed the best news: Kristen Bell of "Veronica Mars" makes her "Heroes" debut.

Posted at 10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8

"Heroes" should be fighters, not lovers. That's my conclusion after the "Titanic"-like cheesiness of Monday night's scenes between Claire and West (above).

If you remember last week's episode, West spied Claire as she cut off her toe and grew another one. In Monday's episode, she tries to explain it away by saying she was giving herself a pedicure.

"You're not very good at it," he cracks.

After teasing Claire in class and making her cry, West tells her he just wants her to admit she's different.

"OK, I'm a freak," she says, then launches into a big speech about hating to have to hide who she really is.

Now, are you ready for the cheese?

"Claire, shut up," West says as he picks her up and flies off with her. They both start laughing and all is swell. Later, they make out on a beach. (Watch the hands dude!)

Can we just get back to the butt-kicking? Maybe I'm a cynical old fart without a romantic bone in my body, but this all had me laughing. I could hear Celine Dion singing in my head.

The West/Claire beach scene was saved when Claire spied the mark on his neck that, last season, heroes found on their necks after Claire's dad kidnapped them. West told Claire a story about a guy with horn-rimmed glasses who took him.

Yep, it was Noah Bennet.

BIG REVEAL? (spoiler alert!)

Noah Bennet gets a shock when he sees the eighth of the eight paintings done by Isaac of the older heroes.

"We all know how it begins with the death of Kaito Nakamura," he tells Mohinder Suresh, "but how does it end?"

Mohinder sends him the image of the painting, which shows Bennet dead on the ground, and someone kissing Claire in the background.

Posted at 10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1

Spoilers alert: Only read if you've seen this week's "Heroes."

OK, did Claire Bennet have to cut her toe off on Monday night's "Heroes"? I'm just now recovering from the wooziness.

Claire's fascinated by her power and is testing her limits, but aside from grossing me out Monday she was found out by her classmate West. He flew off when he spied her cutting off the toe (yes, he's a hero too).

West will come back around after the shock (I will) and convince Claire to leave her parents and somehow use her powers for good.

Monday's episode caught us up with Peter Petrelli, who can't remember anything about his past, including his powers or his name. He's being held captive by a group of Irish thieves.

Peter surprises himself every time he uses one of his powers. He zapped a guy with an electric pulse, used Claire's ability to heal, D.L.'s ability to pass through his restraints, and Niki's super strength to kick some butt.

Now he's got to deal with the leader of the Irish group, who has a box that holds Peter's identity. He won't give Peter the info unless he helps the gang.

My guess is the gang somehow is working for the Company.

Peter was wearing the helix symbol necklace again. It means "great ability." Ando called it the Godsend symbol, and explained that it was on the crest of the samurai Takezo Kensei, who turns out to have regeneration powers of his own. Hiro, still back in feudal Japan, is helping the samurai become the great man he is supposed to be. Let's hope that story wraps up soon. I'd like to see Hiro back in the present.

Suresh could use his help. The Company, thinking Suresh is working for them, sent him to heal the memory-erasing Haitian, who had contracted a virus that killed Suresh's sister and is now killing the heroes. Only Suresh's blood can cure anyone afflicted with it. According to interviews with creator Tim Kring, the virus will be one of this season's big themes.

After being healed, the Haitian erased Suresh's memory and took off for California and his old partner Noah Bennet. They are searching for the paintings done by Isaac Mendez that tell what is going to happen to the older heroes. One of the paintings that Bennet already has foretold Kaito Nakamura's death. Bennet says it was one of eight paintings in the series.

Which brings us to Angela Petrelli, who was attacked by someone after Parkman interviewed her at the police station concerning Kaito's death. Whoever the attacker was, no one could see him. Remember last week I said that maybe Claude, the invisible guy who wore the hoodie, was the killer? What do you think?

WATCH FOR IT

Sylar showed up in the preview for next week's episode, sitting on a beach with a woman. He also didn't seem to remember how he got there.