Review: Could 'Breaking Bad' be the best TV show ever?

  Warning: Potential spoilers - tread lightly... 

The answer is, at least for the moment, yes.

In much the same way that LOST totally captivated its audience with polar bears and trap doors while it was on, especially as it neared its fairytale-like final episodes, Breaking Bad has had that same effect on those who don't even know their Walter White's from their tighty whities. But what is it that makes the show force you so close to the edge of your seat that you may as well invest in a giant bean bag?

Shopping List November 2012 - 007, robots & rings

We're smack bang in the middle of November and we've spent the past few weeks hearing a never ending bombardment of explosives being let off outside our bedroom windows. Now, we're all coming to terms with the fact that, despite there already being Christmas lights everywhere you turn, November is very much our last month of freedom from the panic of gift-buying and our final paycheck before the big day. So, before society goes batshit, chucking their money at Apple for a phone they've already got, putting trees in their front rooms and pretty much robbing Comet, why not prepare yourself with HCTV's shopping list? What follows is a list of 10 ideas for great gifts or, indeed, some little somethings to treat yourself with.

Podcast #9 - Now Then Now Then

Brace yourselves for HCTV's 9th podcast! What starts off as a discussion over a certain shoddy science fiction movie and whether or not Will's iPhone case looks ridiculous turns into one about celebrity monsters Jimmy Savile & and his best bud, Garry Glitter. With brand new allegations coming in from all angles the BBC are squirming and Will's news apps are getting bombarded with updates!

Also, we've got some great news for all you iPod and iPad and iThis and iThat users out there! All of HCTV's podcasts can now be found on iTunes and synced directly to your device! So now it's even simpler to have a giggle with your favourite internet crushes, Roo and Will! Please rate us (with five juicey stars) and tell your chums! Follow HCTV on Twitter & find us on Facebook to suggest ideas for what you'd like us to blab on about in the future! Your loyal ear-holes are much appreciated, so let us know who you are so we can put a face to our feelings of love and devotion!

The X Factory

The X Factor is gracing our television screens once again tomorrow night. Why? Well, that's a mystery to those who can't see past what is now quite obviously the ancient, withered, formulaic structure of a show through which, each year, exactly the same things happen, in usually exactly the same order but, and here's the clever part, with different faces stuck on. We all love a healthy bit of competition, but the X Factor has turned into a big fake drama. It's the next WWE! Soon Gary Barlow will be breaking chairs over contenstants' backs! It's scripted and edited to within an inch of its life, all the while violantly announcing that it's desperate to discover somebody in the UK who's got that 'X' factor when, in actual fact, even if they enter the competition with the oh-so rare bleedin' X factor everyone yaps on about, they leave the show having been cloned into a ballad-bashing bore.