Veronica Mars finally started playing here last week. They showed the pilot last Monday and then the first episode last Thursday. Sir Monkeypants and I are already completely hooked. We were planning on making this our “summer show” but on the weekend, I found myself whining about how many more days we had to wait for the next episode. So my lovely husband went online and downloaded the next four episodes, of which we’ve already watched one. He guesses that it will take us no more than three weeks to watch the entire season.
I’m excited! It’s a great show, intriguing with interesting characters. I like the fact that, so far at least, the “mysteries” that she solves in each episode don’t have a Murder, She Wrote feel — it’s not like she’s trying to figure out a puzzle that has a final solution, but rather, is exploring a potential crime and getting to know herself and the other characters better.
The show got renewed for next season (it has very borderline ratings). Hopefully this fall CTV will show it “live” so I don’t have to wait until next summer to catch up. Although, I guess the internet will always be there to provide!
TurtleHead 
I’ve seen the first two episodes of it now. I liked the first one a lot, the second one not so much. The fact that Paris Hilton was in it made me skeptical, even though she was typecast. To see the show resorting to cheap ratings-grabbing like that doesn’t inspire me. But also I just wasn’t really all that jazzed by the story. I’m not a big fan of the inner-city gang characters. I hope they don’t become a big focus.
But I will watch it some more though, since it intrigues me. I like her sidekick, Wallace (they’ve done a good job at making him not a romantic interest, right from the start … he’s not a Xander, who has a crush on everything, which I like). I think they need another teenaged female character. A “willow”, if you will :).
I really like Veronica though. I like her snappy comebacks. Like when she’s fixing a flat tire, and a guy walks up:
“Flat huh?”
“Just the way God made me”
I like the way they’re using her voiceover, it’s well done. And I like her Dad. I like that actor, but also his character is well written.