Yes, this is mostly tongue-in-cheek...
Best show I know you’re not watching—even though you should be: Phineas & Ferb.
Hottest mom: Allison (Sarah Marshall) on Gary Unmarried.
Show that needed to end, and did: Tie: Prison Break and Mad TV.
Funniest show: Summer Heights High.
Best written comedy: How I Met Your Mother.
Best written drama: The Wire.
Biggest disappointment: The Mole.
Show I just cannot seem to stop watching—even though it goes against everything I believe about “good TV”: Big Brother.
I miss Bob Costas…: Inside the NFL (moved to Showtime and changed the “cast”) and Costas Now (“cancelled” when Costas went to another network).
Biggest surprise: Ties: How much I liked Lawrence of America and Summer Heights High.
Show I’ll probably miss the most: The Middleman (F-You, ABC Family).
Show I’m kicking myself for getting late to the party to (just started watching last summer): Tie: The Soup and Chelsea Lately.
Best show I can’t describe: This American Life.
Reason to be pissed at my cable company (Charter) for not airing IFC: Z Rock (which I’m lucky enough to catch OnDemand).
Show I’m embarrassed to watch—but do because my kids like watching it with me: Wipeout.
Show I watched only because of a stunningly beautiful contestant: I Survived a Japanese Game Show (Meaghan Cooper). Sure, the pics of her on imbd.com are stunning, but I liked the natural beauty displayed on the show.
Dumbest show that I couldn’t stop laughing at: Reality Bites Back.
Most improved (since their pilots): Tie: Chocolate News and Gary Unmarried.
What the Hell happened to this once great show?: Tie:
Desperate Housewives (great beginning to the season—and then shot downhill quickly),
Ugly Betty (recycling storylines after just three seasons),
Inside the NFL (they tried hard, but Costas, Marino, Collinsworth, and Carter made that show what it was on HBO),
Moral Orel (one of the least “artistic” of the adult swim shows went “arty” in its last season—and lost the wonderful satire it used to have),
Venture Brothers (I understand the desire to expand the universe of characters, but Hank and Dean are the souls of that show; where’d they go?),
Reno 911 (stopped being funny a while ago, but I couldn’t even finish the season this year)
Robot Chicken (what? run out of jokes or something?)
South Park (what the Hell happened? This used to be the best satire on television.)
The Mole (I don’t know what went wrong, but this season did not work),
Weeds (too many changes that didn’t work this year).
Show that knew it made some bad choices—and called itself out on them: My Name Is Earl.
Best Series Finales: Prison Break, Battlestar Galactica, and The Wire.
“Bad” show that had me roaring with laughter: Eastbound & Down.
Voice I’ll miss most next year: Harry Kalas (of NFL Films; the narrator of the clips used on Inside the NFL). He had the amazing ability to express countless emotions with just the sound and tone of his voice. He will be missed.
Show that made “going green” look so much fun that I got tired of all the ultra-happy, beautiful people frolicking in their “greenness”: Alter Eco.
Underrated family comedies: Tie: Everybody Hates Chris and King of the Hill. (Both of which aren’t coming back next year— I say “Boo!” to their respective networks.)
Moving up the list of my favorite comedies quickly: The Big Bang Theory.
Best premise: Z Rock (rock band has to become a “kiddie band” to pay the bills).
Best opening music (I just couldn’t get out of my head): Z Rock and Summer Heights High.
Best closing music (I just couldn’t get out of my head): The Wire.
Best actor in a comedy: Chris Lilley on Summer Heights High.
Best actor in a drama: Tie: Christopher Eccleston in Doctor Who and anyone in The Wire.
Shows I have recorded/on DVD but NEED to get to soon to still consider myself a lover of great TV: Tie: Friday Night Lights, Rescue Me, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Lost.
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