The office is on fire. It's not actually on fire, you understand, but it is ablaze with debate as we prepare our definitive, all encompassing list of the 100 best TV shows of all time. It'll be exciting. It'll be controversial. But it'll be a celebration of 100 of the best bits to hit the box since TV began.

Above: Production Ed. Dan is unconvinced about the inclusion of Dawson's Creek

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Everyone's got something to say about what the best shows were - we'd like to hear your thoughts. Are you a sucker for Supergran? Do you get high on Heart Break High? Do you love to hang with The Kids of Degrassi Street?* Email us (dvdbr@futurenet.co.uk) or pop over to the forum and let us know your top three TV shows ever. Send us a few words about why those shows float your boat and we might put you in the magazine!

*Even though Degrassi Junior High was clearly better. 'No Way Stephanie Kay!' Legendary stuff. Unbeatable...

Words: Ailsa Caine

Anyone familiar with the work of Kevin Sorbo in the TV series can stop mopping their fevered brow: the subject is due to get a serious makeover. ‘Hancock’ director Peter Berg is set to produce and direct Universal’s ‘Hercules: The Thracian Wars’.  Talking to Variety, producer Barry Levine said what appealed to the creative team was that Hercules was “character driven, about a character who’s more man than god, with conflicts and redemption".

The film will be based on Steve Moore’s five-issue comic book series released through Radical Publishing, with the script penned by Ryan Condal. Radical are the publishers behind ‘Caliber’ which is being developed as a project for John Woo, so there could be an interesting run of big budget flicks coming our way.

Or, Berg could potentially run out of steam before he’s even got going. Considering he’s already signed up to direct the Frank Herbert epic ‘Dune’, this feels like a scramble to cash in on what Berg achieved with ‘Hancock’.

Despite the success of the flick, there was some mixed feeling about how Berg handled the material. Whatever - we liked it. A ‘Will Smith Charisma’ vehicle was unlikely to go too far wrong, so it’ll be interesting to see how subsequent projects pan out. 

Whatever the conclusion, the powers that be have racked up a fair few projects to keep Berg busy over the next couple of years. Here’s hoping that it’s not a case of pile ‘em high and sell ‘em cheap.

Read what Berg had to say about Dune as we chatted to him following the Hancock release, check out this alternate opener and why not have another look at this piece of Hancock hilarity. Still funny.