Speaking of cool British TV, ITV's scientists-vs.-dinosaurs adventure series Primeval just turned up on the SciFi Channel, Friday nights at 10, after airing last summer on BBC America. Looks like SciFi only picked up the six-episode first season, but if you didn't have BBC America last year -- like me -- here's your chance to catch what looks like a very fun show. I snagged the pilot off iTunes last year, and while it's no Doctor Who, I still enjoyed the show's mix of prehistoric mayhem and the modern world. Rampaging toothsome beasties, shimmering fractal time portals, government skullduggery, and the occasional fetching British lass in her underpants -- what's not to like?

I cautiously endorsed Joss Whedon's Dollhouse a few months back, but now I'm officially done waiting for it to become first-rate television. As of last night's episode, "A Spy in the House of Love," I think it's hit that mark with style. A cleverly structured, twisty, legitimately surprise-packed exploration of the theme, "No one is what they seem," the episode finally made blank-slate Echo an active protagonist in highly intriguing fashion. Olivia Williams got a chance to show off her keen acting chops (among other things!), Tamoh Pennikett's initially goody-goody FBI agent got dragged deeper into a compelling moral mudpit, and the NSA infiltration sequence played like a deft and loving homage to the glory days of Alias. The show feels like it's building to something truly ominous, and I can't wait to see where it goes next. Just watch it already.