A Few Things about Veronica Mars
1. Veronica Mars is currently my favorite show on television. What can I say? I have a soft spot for girl detectives.
2. Its creator, Rob Thomas, was also a writer and producer on the 1998 show Cupid, which starred Jeremy Piven as a guy convinced he was the human incarnation of the love god. Cupid got a swift axe from ABC. It was funny in spite of Piven’s often-annoying co-star Paula Marshall. Thomas has said that had the show continued, it would have neither confirmed nor denied whether Piven’s character was Cupid.
3. Thomas has also written several teen-fiction novels. I recently read Rats Saw God, which I highly recommend. 
4. Veronica’s dad is played by Enrico Colantoni, who also played Mathesar in the movie Galaxy Quest. 
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5. The school’s bad boy is Eli “Weevil” Navarro, played by Francis Capra, the great-grandson of the famous film director.
6. The theme song “We Used to be Friends” is by the Dandy Warhols, from their album Welcome to the Monkey House. 
7. Veronica Mars is on UPN Tuesdays, 9 p.m. Eastern, 8 p.m. Central. The next episode airs Tuesday, March 8.