Best & Worst of the 08-09 TV Season

[jbrown84]

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Lost (ABC)
ER (NBC)
Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi)
Kings (NBC)
Friday Night Lights (NBC)



BEST COMEDY SERIES
The Office (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)
Pushing Daisies (ABC)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Scrubs (ABC)



BEST ACTOR - DRAMA
Noah Wyle, ER
Matthew Fox, LOST
Edward James Olmos, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Kyle Chandler, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Christopher Egan, KINGS



BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA
Sally Field, BROTHERS & SISTERS
Anna Paquin, TRUE BLOOD
Mary McDonnell, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Glenn Close, DAMAGES
Maura Tierney, ER



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - DRAMA
Michael Emerson, LOST
Jeremy Davies, LOST
Ian McShane, KINGS
Zach Gilford, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
John Noble, FRINGE



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - DRAMA
Elizabeth Mitchell, LOST
Katee Sackhoff, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Connie Britton, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Tricia Helfer, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Marcia Gay Harden, DAMAGES



BEST ACTOR - COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 ROCK
Steve Carrell, THE OFFICE
Zachary Levi, CHUCK
Lee Pace, PUSHING DAISIES
Zach Braff, SCRUBS



BEST ACTRESS - COMEDY
Christina Applegate, SAMANTHA WHO?
Tina Fey, 30 ROCK
Amy Poehler, PARKS AND RECREATION
Anna Friel, PUSHING DAISIES
Cobie Smulders, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - COMEDY
Chi McBride, PUSHING DAISIES
John Krasinski, THE OFFICE
Neil Patrick Harris, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
Ed Helms, THE OFFICE
Tracy Morgan, 30 ROCK



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - COMEDY
Kristen Chenowith, PUSHING DAISIES
Portia DeRossi, BETTER OFF TED
Jenna Fischer, THE OFFICE
Jane Krakowski, 30 ROCK
Kristin Wiig, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE



BEST EPISODE - DRAMA

BEST EPISODE - COMEDY

BEST HORROR SERIES: Supernatural
BEST SCI-FI SERIES: Battlestar Galactica
BEST REALITY SHOW: The Amazing Race
BEST BROMANCE: Sam and Dean (Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles) in SUPERNATURAL
HOTTEST COUPLE:
MOST SURPRISING COUPLE: Sawyer and Juliet (Josh Holloway and Elizabeth Mitchell) in LOST
MOST IMPROVED SERIES: ER
MOST DISAPPOINTING SERIES: Heroes
BEST SEASON FINALE: Lost
BEST SERIES FINALE: Battlestar Galactica
SADDEST CANCELLATION: Kings
BEST NEW SHOW: Glee
WORST NEW SHOW: Do Not Disturb
BEST HERO: Lee Adama (Jamie Bamber) in BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
BEST VILLAIN: Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) in LOST
WORST HERO: Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) in HEROES
WORST VILLAIN:
BEST ANTI-HERO: Gaius Baltar (James Callis) in BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

[Easy180]

Top 5

1- 30 Rock
2- Lost
3- Fringe
4- The Office
5- Breaking Bad

I did enjoy the first episode or two of Kings but it did slow down after that...Hated to even watch it as I knew it didn't have a chance in hell of surviving

[decepticobra]

does anyone really watch tv that much anymore? i thought everyone was too busy being glued to the internet.

i used to watch tv before it became nothing but reality tv shows, medical dramas, dancing & singing competitions, cheesy slapstick family/friendly-oriented sitcoms, and daytime court shows.

what ever happened to REAL tv shows? the kind of show where something usually exploded on every episode!!!!! (i.e.:A-Team, Airwolf, The Fall Guy, McGuyver, Dukes of Hazzard, Rockford Files, Knight Rider, Magnum P.I.)

yeah, i know. im still stuck in the 80s! but, hey..its not a bad place to be. come pull up a chair and grab a beer from my cooler. i got every good tv show on dvd to make up for what todays airwaves lack.

[drumsncode]

Sitting here, the first thing that comes to mind as "I think I'm gonna puke", is that new show called "More to Love". It comes on just before the FOX25 News and I just wanna gouge my eyes out. We have got to cut the flow of drugs to the network execs; these guys are smoking something not meant for a human.

[kevinpate]

Most of what's listed above, I've never sat through a complete episode.

I catch certain shows of folks whose craft I respect, or which show solid writng even if the actors are eh. These include, in no particular order:

NCIS
The Law & Order franchise, in particular Criminal Intent
The CSI trio, with CSI NY being the least fav of the three
Saving Grace
Numbers
True Blood, and in its day Carnivale
Family Guy cartoons aka What happens when snippets of All in the Family, Leave it to Beaver, Brady Bunch, old porn, Jeffersons and South Parkland in a blender full of Rocky Road

[dismayed]

Best of the Best:

Battlestar Galactica
True Blood
Dexter
Lost

Surprisingly Good / Better than Expected:

The Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
24
Smallville
Chuck

Leverage (Think "Oceans 11" every week).

Supernatural (For a show that started out kinda like you would expect, I have to admit that this season's Angels vs. Demons storyline hooked me).

Has Been Better:

Heroes

Has Potential:

Being Human (It's a new show that just started on BBC America about three roommates. It turns out one of them is a vampire, one is a werewolf, and one is a disembodied ghost. Witty and brilliant dialog, as most British shows are).

Caprica (The prequel series to Battlestar Galactica. It has been released on DVD already and will air on SyFy in the next few months).

Guilty Pleasures:

Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Deadliest Warriors
Penn and Teller's Bull****!

[fromdust]

what ever happened to REAL tv shows? the kind of show where something usually exploded on every episode!!!!! (i.e.:A-Team, Airwolf, The Fall Guy, McGuyver, Dukes of Hazzard, Rockford Files, Knight Rider, Magnum P.I.)

watch burn notice.

[drumsncode]

I forgot to mention Big Bang Theory as one of my very favorite shows. It's a comedy, but for anyone who worked in the geek business, it's more of a documentary!

[jbrown84]

Supernatural (For a show that started out kinda like you would expect, I have to admit that this season's Angels vs. Demons storyline hooked me).

Totally. One of the most improved shows over time ever. Was pretty throwaway in the first couple seasons.

[dismayed]

Totally. One of the most improved shows over time ever. Was pretty throwaway in the first couple seasons.

"Behold I am the prophet... Chuck!"

[TaoMaas]

Sitting here, the first thing that comes to mind as "I think I'm gonna puke", is that new show called "More to Love". It comes on just before the FOX25 News and I just wanna gouge my eyes out.

Watch "Real Chance at Love" or "Megan Wants a Millionaire" on VH-1. "More to Love" will seem like classic tv by comparison.