Love Love Love Bones!!!!!!!!!

I love the chemistry between Brennan & Booth. I love Angela. I love every character on the show. Did I mention I love the show x

As dissapointing and obvious as A shot at love was, it was kind of addictive at times; I know that I'll probably have to tune into the series next year, even though I *know* it is going to be trash, and I *know* what is going to happen.

"Don’t you just wish you had a pocket-sized Kristin Chenoweth of your very own?"

Dear lord, yes. Yes. I. Do. I'd take her out every now and then and *make* her sing. Saying that, I'd also have a tiny pocket sized Idina Menzel as well. 

A long road

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Thank you for including the most captivating, intelligent, adult, and thought-provoking hour of television shown each week (not counting the re-runs of course). The writers have captured the realism, the humor, and the pathos in such a way as to give one hope that not everyone in the country thinks the epitome of American televison is found in the various "reality" shows/farces/circuses so prevalent in the current broadcast season.

As an old pagan (and recovering Catholic) I most appreciate the philosophy of inclusiveness (the path to "redemption" has many routes, not all of them have Christian signposts).

I like your top 5 (and a half) list. 30 Rock - and Tina Fey - can do no wrong. Though I'm not a Bones or a House fan, I've heard good things. I must agree on the Bionic Woman disappointment. It had potential. I think we also need an indifferent list. I would toss Women's Murder Club on there along with Dirty Sexy Money.

The one show that seems to missing from many top 5 show lists - the good kind - is Samantha Who? It appears to have flown under many a radar this fall. Christina Applegate is terrific as is Jean Smart (and I've always been a Melissa McCarthy fan). I'm looking forward to its return, whenever that may be given the writers' strike.

Hopefully, we can Cashmere Mafia to our good lists next spring!

My top 5

1. Dexter.....Suspense,Suspense,Suspense

2. Bones/House......Emily Deschanel? and Hugh Laurie. Loved the survivor twist on house. BRING BACK CUTTHROAT BITCH 

3. Gossip Girl/Dirty Sexy Money (What? the're both on Wed. night)... Blair,Serena

4. 30 rock......Too too funny,Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin

5. How I met Your Mother... Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris, Slapbet

As for the worst list if i have a vague idea i wiill hate a show i just won't watch i.e. Cavemen and Carpoolers. It's CNN or Book time. But i must confess to being disappointed in Bionic woman, just because i saw Michell Ryan in Jekyll and i expected better but it didn't suck too much.  2007 didn't suck too much apart from the cancellation of Veronica Mars and the end of gilmore Girls.

Overall, I think TV basically sucked this year.  And I'm usually glued to the idiot box.  I can't say I dislike 30 Rock.  I'm just bitter.  I LOVED Studio 60 and I haven't gotten over it's cancellation.  Everyone drew comparisons between the two.  One stayed, one went, blah, blah, blah.....  Never got into Ugly Betty either.  Was very disappointed in Grey's Anatomy this season.  House was just OK.  Scrubs just OK, as well.

As for the newbies, LOVED Chuck and The Big Bang Theory.  HATED that they were on opposite each other.  I park it on BBC America a lot, so really dug Jekyll, Clatterford and Torchwood.  1st season for all here...not so much in Britain.  Also can't live without Bad Girls on LOGO.  Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares got off to a good start, as did the new season of Survivor, but I lost interest in both very quickly. Then there was Dirty Sexy Money....I actually really enjoyed it.  It seems everyone is divided with this one.  Otherwise, I stuck to my reruns of Friends, Will & Grace, Fraser and Two & A Half Men.  I know it's guys, but they make me laugh.   Why did they ever stop re-running The West Wing?  That was just cruel.

in no particular order: 30 rock, gossip girls, dexter, heroes, blood ties, and bones. 

happily guilty pleasure? one tree hill. i have a few words for you: hilarie burton and sophia bush. 'nuff said.  

but it has many rays of light...  Bones, Life, Grace  (though a naked Holly is not my idea of hot), 30Rock, Mad Men, Dexter and a resurgent Law and Order C.I. due to Alicia Witt's fiery detective Fallucci.

Clunkers have to lead off with Bionic Woman. As we used to say in grade school back in the 70's, it rots. The lead actress has nothing that makes you want to embrace her and feel like you want to help her fight her battles. She's no Jennifer Garner and BW is no Alias. Even Heroes has left me out in the cold despite the now legal (yay!) Hayden Panettiere. But al least Heroes tries.

I agree with just about all of your choices!

I just got into Saving Grace.  Now I have to search for past episodes.  What a great show!

Ugly Betty....sweet, entertaining, with snarky gay/fag hag combo, and VANESSA WILLIAMS!  YUM

Bones/House...YES!  Although Kathy Reichs books are quite a bit different than the show.

Pushing Daisies..... they can push Kristin right over to me!  (And ditto to Idina)

HEROES -  still keeping with the show altho the second season is not as riveting as the first.

Kudos also to all those geeky shows on Discovery Channel and their clones.

Bionic Woman was not as good as the original, but I still had to watch it as I happen to love watching Michele Ryan.

On the GLBT side....Exes and Ohs and SON!

Easier to mention what I like than what I don't!

I totally agree with your assessment of Bionic Woman. The show had so much potential, but because of bad writing and a lead actress that is as wooden as the sets, it totally bombed. Why did they ever cast Michelle Ryan as Jamie Summers?

I am hoping it doesn't make a comeback after the Writer's Strike has ended. It is one show that deserves to be on strike permanently.

Dexter was fresh and I enjoyed that a lot. In England TV is all about reality shows and I hate to watch a bunch of wannabe's, just where have all the quality programmes gone?

I can not see 2008 getting any better........ depressed now

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 The BEST:

• Bones (Brennan, Brennan, Brennan. Oh, and Angela)
• Women's Murder Club (Boxer!)
• Navy CIS (Ziva!)
• Exes & Ohs (Michelle!)
• CSI (Sara!)
• The L Word
• Anna Pihl (Anna Pihl!)

The WORST (that I still watched):

• CSI (til Sara left)
• A Shot At Love (Dani)
• Bionic Woman (Jamie)
• Nip/Tuck (Julia/Olivia)

Top 5:

1. Ugly Betty - The ease with which this show goes from laugh-out-loud funny to amazingly heartwarming continues to astound me.

2. Pushing Daisies - Forget Lee Pace and Anna Friel, for me this show is all about Chi McBride and Kristen Chenoweth!

3. The Closer/Damages - The return of strong female leads!

4. Grey's Anatomy - The George/Izzie pairing notwithstanding, this season's had some great moments courtesy of my two favorite characters: Drs. Bailey and Torres.

5. Life - Sarah Shahi back on TV. Woohoo!

Bottom 5:

1. Viva Laughlin - Cancelled almost immediately after it first aired and deservingly so...

2. Bionic Woman - When you spend the entire hour hoping that the protangist will die so that her archrival will take over as the lead...well, you know the wheels have come off.

3. A Shot At Love - No further explanation needed.

4. Nip/Tuck - It's amazing how one look at Portia de Rossi can distract you from the inevitable train wreck that's coming...I should've known how horrible this was going to end up.

5. Degrassi - Yes, I'm still bitter and I haven't watched it since.

...oh so badly. I saw Michelle Ryan in Jekyll, and liked her in it. Maybe if she'd been allowed to keep her British accent? **swoon** LOVE me some British accent. But, alas, the show did suffer from sucky writing.

Best shows:

1, 2 and 3. Pushing Daisies and Life are by far my two favorite NEW shows this season on network TV. And 3 is definitely HBO's Flight of the Conchords. This show is sheer genius. AND (yippy skippy!!) it's been renewed for a 2nd season.

And I must disagree with Pecola about Lee Pace and Anna Friel. Check youtube for their previous work, and you will fall in love with them too. Specifically, Lee Pace in A Soldier's Girl and Anna Friel in Brookside. AND let's not forgot Swoosie Kurtz! Man, this show has everything going for it.

4. Of the returning shows, Dexter kept me riveted all season. Hot naked chicks...um, I mean suspenseful story telling...

5 and 5.5. The Closer and Damages

5.6 Jekyll - Man, I wish this were a regular series. James Nesbitt is fantastic.

Train wreaks:

1. Nip/Tuck - how is this still on the air?? Poor, poor Joely Richardson...time to cut bait and find a different pay check.

2. A Shot at Love - I watched 5 minutes and very quickly gave up.

3. All the CSIs - enough already!

4. Heroes - zzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz

We'll see what happens when The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Cashmere Mafia debut in January.

Bean67

Where's the love for Mad Men-- a searing look at 50's capitalist / misogynist culture with a terriifc script and finely acted--not to mention Christina Hendricks' assets in a push-up bra.

And I'm calling for some love for Brotherhood too. The Sopranos goes Mick with this tale about the Irish mob--and Annabeth Gish as a pot-smoking infidel and mom is worth the price of admission alone.

I didn't see much in 2007 that was actually good tv outside of Tina Fey and a few other shows. It seems that every show was either bad reality tv show or looked like a bad reality tv show. Hopefully 2008 will be a better year for tv  but I have my doubts...

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."-Helen Keller

Watched 30 Rock's first episode - was disappointed and haven't watched since.  Thinking about giving it another shot just cause it's Tina Fey.  Watched Damages first 2 episodes - didn't get into it.  Have never watched Bones, thought House this season showed signs of slipping, never watched Saving Grace and...watched the first episode of Ugly Betty and wasn't inclined to watch it again. 

However, I also managed to never watch Cavemen, Dirt, or Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and only managed to watch 2 episodes of Bionic Woman before getting bored with that one.

So...the bottom 5 is pretty much taken care of.  Here's my list for top 5:

1) Dexter - yeah, it got a little soapy this season, but it's still Dexter.  I waited all week for another hit.

2) Life - tuned in for Sara Shahi, stayed for the whole story

3) Pushing Daisies - lovelovelovelovelovelovelove

4) Daily Show\Colbert Report - conflicted about them coming back without the writers but they kept me sane through some really weird news cycles

5) Grey's Anatomy - Can't help myself.  I love Christina.  I'll follow her anywhere.

and Top Guilty Pleasure goes to ...

Shot at Love with Tila Tequila - I know I know...every week I'd be horrified that I was tuning in again.  Might as well have been watching Jerry Springer.  But like a lot of girls, I developed a little crush on Dani and sometimes it was fall-off-the-chair funny.

I guess I am, but I can't help it.  I thought her reality show was fun in that fake reality way, lol..

My Top 5

Lost ~ I loved the season finale, the fast forward episode, it answered questions and created new ones.

Gossip Girl ~ just a fun show..xoxo

Life ~ I started watching because of Sarah but the show turned out to be much better than I expected.

The Amazing Race ~ my all time favorite reality show

Ugly Betty ~ they do comedy and drama so well

also loved HIMYM, The L Word, Friday Night Lights, Dirty Sexy Money & Damages

Biggest Disappointment ~ The Bionic Woman, it was just blah

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I'm a Sagittarius -- part ass, part dude with a loaded weapon, what's not to love?

1. Friday Night Lights.  It jumped shark a little this season, but still.  perfection.

2. Pushing Daises.  I love it.  I get jittery the whole episode I love it so much.  Anna Friel is gorgeous, Kristin Chenoweth makes me grin, and the music and colors are so pretty.

3.  Ugly Betty--I want to meet Justin when he grows up and have a drink with him.  And i like Mark eveolution this season.  And Hilda's!--she's becoming one of my favorites.

4.  How I Met Your Mother--It's like my Monday Night Happy Hour.

5.  Life--This would be great without Sarah Shahi.  With her? awesome!

1. Bad Girls (true they are re-runs as far as British TV is concerned)

2. Family Guy (the Simpson only wish they could be this good)

3. House (I love this show!)

4. SoN (This is my love/hate show. I loved Spenser and Paula. I hated Ashley this season and Aidan, Kaila or however you spell her name, Glen and the Dad just borders on soppy.)

5. And my one reality show I allow myself - Dancing with the Stars (2 reasons Leila Ali and Mel B. My God were they *bleepin* hot or what!!!) 

Worst

Bionic Woman (I tried really I did), Degrassi (man that pissed me off, so much I couldn't even watch old videos of Paige and Alex without cringing) Heroes (what was the point? Not to mention zzzzzzz. They better make it up tp me.) Any show on MTV honestly they should just change the name to RSRTV (Really Stupid Reality Television) and big duh Viva Laughlin.  

Shelley C

Best

Chuck, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl, LA Ink, Greys Anatomy, Heroes, almost anything on Bravo, Friday Night Lights, Desperate Housewives, Burn Notice, Reaper, Ugly Betty

Worst

Shot at Love (who really thought it was going to be good), South of Nowhere (lets be honest the only highlite was the last minute of the final episode), Bionic Woman, The Hills, Lost (lets hope this season is better), 

now i know this is very sad but i have loved striclty come dancing for one reason and it would be this pair

alesha and matthew........ i forgot to say

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I completely agree with your bottom 5 list. The only one of them I've seen is Bionic Woman...what a freakin' let down! The other 4 I've never watched because they looked so bad!

A few of my favs this year were/are Ugly Betty, Heroes (although it wasn't as good as the 1st season), Notes From the Underbelly and 30 Rock. Tina Fey is the best! Funny, smart and hot? Damn!