"Alias" on Hiatus

ABC has decided not to begin the fourth season of "Alias" until January 2005, opting instead to air a new show, "Desperate Housewives," in the Sunday slot in the fall. Such treatment doesn't bode well for the network's faith in the show, or its long-term prospects.

And to think that the 3-week gap between the season's penultimate and final episodes was irritating. Now we get an eight month wait after the inevitable season-ending cliffhanger. At least that will give me time to watch the first two seasons on DVD.