The Dead Zone

I'm reading Stephen King's "The Dead Zone". Amazingly enough it's the first King book I've ever read.

(Except The Stand, The Fog, Pet Cemetery and Carrie)

It's a very exciting read indeed.It's about a young teacher who comes out of a four year coma with extra-sensory powers which enable him to look into the future or past of anyone he touches. Sometimes the signal gets weak though and his brain goes into the "The Dead Zone". A place or time in which nothing happens.

We have "The Dead Zone" every Saturday night in our house between the hours of six and eight. Or whenever fucking "Strictly" and "X-Factor" are polluting the airwaves. We replace the "The Dead Zone" with, what we like to call, "The Cocktail Hour".