What happens when a super spy piles on the kilos? MUMTAJ BEGUM ponders the motherhood-and-TV issue. 

It was announced recently that actress Jennifer Garner’s pregnancy would be written into the fifth season of the popular spy TV show Alias. Judging from some online fan comments, the show might lose some of its male following – those who faithfully tune in to catch Garner in one of her character Sydney Bristow’s various skimpy disguises week after week. Guess it just won’t be the same if she’s a red head in cute tank top when she’s in her second trimester, eh?