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Post by jadedgirl on Dec 31, 2006 19:41:26 GMT -5
Thought I would just add this for my last post for this year. It's from the Ausiello's top ten list:
1. The Shield: TV's most arresting hour hit a new creative peak this year, due in no small part to Forest Whitaker's mesmerizing turn as Mackey's latest foe, Kavanaugh. The Shield was also responsible for this season's most delightfully perverse line of dialogue, a five-syllable grenade lobbed at Kavanaugh by his cuckoo ex mere moments after she'd shagged Mackey: "He made me c--. Twice." Funny, I had a similar reaction upon hearing those words. ---
And that what I did when I first saw Lem...but anyway. Finally someone gives the credit this show deserves.
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Post by striketeamwashere on Dec 31, 2006 20:13:06 GMT -5
Fianlly the credit it deserves. I always liked Ausiello. Good find jadedgirl. The rest of the list for anyone interested:
2. Battlestar Galactica: On any other show, a sudden, one-year jump would reek of desperation. But on Battlestar, it was yet another bold move for a show that continues to reinvent the sci-fi genre. Those still not on board should just go frak themselves.
3. Friday Night Lights: Don't let the show's "football as a metaphor for life" conceit scare you off. I mean, sure, FNL can be deeply profound, and the performances — particularly Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton as TV's best husband-wife duo — are revelatory, but let's be real: FNL is, at its core, a soap opera, and an unbelievably addictive one at that. Speaking of unbelievably addictive soap operas....
4. Grey's Anatomy: I haven't been this excited about a prime-time serial since Angela Channing literally opened that Pandora's box and learned that her nemesis Richard was her son.
5. Scrubs: I know what you're thinking: I only included Scrubs in my top 10 because Bill Lawrence promised to give me a speaking part if I did. Well, that thought is nothing short of insulting. (And even if it were true, good luck proving it.) No, Scrubs made my top 10 because it dares to do things like pit Donald Faison against a bunch of medical ninjas set to Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting."
6. Ugly Betty: I'll admit it: I assumed Betty would collapse under the weight of its own lofty (and somewhat limited) ambitions as early as Week 2, much like Desperate Housewives did in its freshman year. Could I have been more wrong? Not only has the show maintained all of the pilot's heart and humor, but it continues to raise the bar by revealing new layers of "Mode" magazine's seemingly one-note peanut gallery. And America Ferrera is this year's Keri Russell. Coming from me, there's no higher compliment.
7. 24: Chloe with a stun gun. 'Nuff said.
8. The Sopranos: All those whack-happy dissenters groaning that "nothing happened" were kind of missing the point of this penultimate batch of episodes. The point was... um... OK, I'm not sure what the point was, but damn, I'll take a "bad" season of The Sopranos over a good season of [insert any of 100 other shows] any day.
9. Lost: Despite the occasional lapse of judgment — Charlie's kidnapping of Sun teetered dangerously close to jump-the-shark territory — Lost was still a thrilling ride. Not that it mattered much.... The casting of Elizabeth Mitchell alone was enough to clinch its spot in my top 10.
10. The View: Before Rosie, I'd tune in maybe once a month. After Rosie? Every. Frakkin'. Day.
Honorable mentions: Heroes, Deadwood, Project Runway, Everwood, Veronica Mars, Dexter (yes, I'm officially on board), "Oprah and Gayle's Big Adventure," Everybody Hates Chris and Brothers & Sisters.
tvgiude.com
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Post by -|E|- on Jan 1, 2007 9:51:17 GMT -5
Ahhhh.... Ausiello! ROCKIN GOOD NEWS!
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Post by chemikalman on Jan 1, 2007 10:17:44 GMT -5
I don't know about the other choices, but Ausiello definitely got no. 1 right! I'm gonna write to Maureen Ryan (or post a comment to her), the Chicago Trib's TV critic and author of the article about Shawn Ryan (posted recently), and see what she thinks! I emailed her after that article and was surprised that she wrote back.
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Post by chemikalman on Jan 1, 2007 10:25:29 GMT -5
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Post by chemikalman on Jan 1, 2007 10:52:09 GMT -5
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Post by badcop187 on Jan 1, 2007 14:58:13 GMT -5
That is pretty sweet Chem!
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