Before I get to the long-promised Best of 2006, I thought I had better kind of lay out the main ground rule: What I actually watched. I watch an insane amount of television (and I do take a shortcut-- I NEVER watch commericals, which gains me about 30% time), and below is a list of what I watched that had episodes that were new in 2006.
Titles in italics are ones that I didn't watch every single episode of. I either dropped the show, came in "late", or in the case of Boston Legal, I watched last season but haven't gotten to this one yet.
All others, I watched every ep that aired (including situations like Runaway's three episodes before cancellation).
Hopefully, this can kind of give you an idea of what I watch and why I'll (eventually) choose a Top 10 from them and not include shows I'd love such as Deadwood or Battlestar Galactica but haven't watched as of yet.
And I hope I can point you in a direction of what I find good enough to watch when I list many, many more shows in my weekly premieres posts.
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Dad (FOX)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (adult swim)
Big Brother (CBS)
Big Day (ABC)
Big Love (HBO)
Black Books (BBC America; to be referred to as "BBC" from now on)
Book of Daniel (NBC)
Boston Legal (ABC)
Bromwell High (BBC)
Brothers and Sisters (ABC)
The Class (CBS)
Comedians of Comedy (Comedy Central)
Conviction (BBC)
Conviction (NBC)
Costas Now (HBO)
Courting Alex (CBS)
Crumbs (ABC)
Curious George (PBS)
Dane Cook's Tourgasm (HBO)
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
ECW (SciFi)
Ed vs. Spencer (BBC)
Emily's Reasons Why Not (ABC- the one ep that aired--owch!)
Entourage (HBO)
Everybody Hates Chris (UPN/CW)
Family Guy (FOX)
Fantasy Show (ESPN 2)
Fred Willard's American Festivals (Travel)
Free Ride (FOX)
Frisky Dingo (adult swim)
Happy Hour (FOX)
Hardware (BBC)
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (adult swim)
Help Me Help You (ABC)
The Hill (Sundance)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Iconoclasts (Sundance)
Identity (NBC)
Inside the NFL (HBO)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)
Kath & Kim (Sundance)
King of the Hill (FOX)
King of Queens (CBS)
Legion of Super-Heroes (CW)
Less Than Perfect (ABC)
Little Britain (BBC)
The Loop (FOX)
Love Monkey (VH1)
Love Soup (BBC)
Lucky Louie (HBO)
Mad TV (FOX)
Malcolm in the Middle (FOX)
Men in Trees (ABC)
Metalocalypse (adult swim)
Minoriteam (adult swim)
Moral Orel (adult swim)
My Boys (TBS)
My Life on the D-List (Bravo)
My Name is Earl (NBC)
New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
The Office (NBC)
One Punk Under God (Sundance)
Prison Break (FOX)
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Reno 911 (Comedy Central)
Robot Chicken (adult swim)
Rock Star: Supernova (CBS)
Runaway (CW)
Scrubs (NBC)
Showbiz Show with David Spade (Comedy Central)
The Simpsons (FOX)
Slings and Arrows (Sundance)
So NoTORIous (VH1)
Sons and Daughters (ABC)
South Park (Comedy Central)
Square Off (TV Guide)
Spaced (BBC)
Spongebob Squarepants (Nickelodeon)
Standoff (FOX)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC)
Survivor (CBS)
10 Items or Less (TBS)
That '70s Show (FOX)
30 Days (FX)
30 Rock (NBC)
'Til Death (FOX)
Twenty Good Years (NBC)
Ugly Betty (ABC)
Unan1mous (FOX)
The Upside Down Show (Noggin)
Vanished (FOX)
The Venture Brothers (adult swim)
The West Wing (NBC)
What About Brian? (ABC)
Wonder Showzen (MTV 2)
Ninety-one shows. I guess I certainly trimmed down my list from 2005 when I watched over 120 shows (it was knid of a New Year's Resolution for 2006).
And seasons I watched this year, but don't qualify because they weren't new in 2006:
Bodies (BBC, all six eps-- entire season)
Coupling (BBC, all 4 seasons)
Deadwood (HBO-- first and second seasons)
The Sopranos (HBO-- first five seasons)
Hopefully, in the next week or so, I'll give my Top 10 list. Not because it's important but because everyone else is doing it.
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