Firefly
Per the separate recommendations of Tamara and a guy at Katy's new years party, I started watching Firefly yesterday evening. The pilot was an hour and a half long, and it looks like I'm in for an exciting ride.
Firefly seems to be set in the not-too-far-away future, where space ships still use fossil fuel combustion for propulsion and the common space port is a dodgy affair. The environment is created in the style of a futuristic western, combining outlaw heroism, horses, twangy guitar music, and even the odd piece of ambulatory poultry.
In many ways, it reminds me of Farscape, in that the protagonist crew is an assortment of renegades with dubious histories and conflicting objectives, and everyone seems to have a flair for getting into trouble.
The series was cut by Fox after the first eleven episodes, so I guess that's all I get to watch, but so far, I'm looking forward to it!