Review of The Dead Zone

Spoilers Alert: I taped the first show of the season, and overall I was not too disappointed. Yet, I wasn't hoping for too much since it is a series loosely based on characters written by Stephen King. For those that complain too much about this series, I tell you to watch the Langoliers, and wince at how awful THAT book made into a movie. I am disaapointed that Smith and Sarah (in the series) supposedly slept together and created a son before the coma. That goes totally against what the book says, but there are greater errors in the series than just that, imo. Two VITAL characters have been thrown out, Herb and Vera Smith. Herb was Johnny's father, and lived through all of Johnny's problems. Also, Vera supposedly died before Johnny came out the coma, which is just wrong in my opinion. I would have liked to see the struggle on the screen between the religious mother and pragmatic father. I will continue to tape the series, just so I can fast forward through the commercials and not waste my time on this series. I guess overall a disaapointment, but I will live. I think I will go out and buy the dvd Rose Red for real Stephen King movie, or just watch my copy of the Storm of the Century. For die-hard King fans, even the pleasure of watching King stuff will not be worth the effort to pay attention to the Dead Zone. But, I'll spend half the effort. I just want to know how long people will think this series will last before its canceled.