The Oscars are gone now (please see previous blog); so are the Olympics and the "sweeps" ratings period. Still, TV has plenty of big moments coming up.

On HBO, "The Pacific" -- the epic follow-up by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg to their superb "Band of Brothers" -- starts Sunday. On ABC, two terrific science-fiction shows -- "FlashForward" and "V" -- return this month. And on PBS, it's pledge time, for good or bad.