tvthatdoesntsuck

I’ll do a full season “award show” in May, but I thought it would be cool to give a little progress report to all the shows.  Sort of like an end of the year look back at the best and worst of the season.  Feel free to comment and give feedback on my choices.

MOST IMPROVED SHOW OF THE SEASON (so far) is… Pushing Daisies. While the show started off as a somewhat dry procedural, showrunner Bryan Fuller bounced back halfway through the season and delivered episode after episode of excellence… just in time for the show to get cancelled.  At least they went out strong.

LEAST IMPROVED SHOW OF THE SEASON (so far) is… Heroes. Tim Kring apologized for the uneven second season, and followed it up with an even more uneven third.  Though the premiere was quite good, the episodes that followed turned all the promising plot twists into a confusing mess of bad writing that truly went no where.  And just when you think they’ve got a handle on things, such as the actually rather good Sylar arc… they deliver a two-part “The Eclipse” episode (though, with “It’s Coming,” it’s really three) that was one of the most effective exercises in pointlessness I’ve ever seen.  They did bounce back with two good concluding episodes, but the next volume really, really has a lot to prove.

WORST NEW SHOW OF THE SEASON (so far) is… Sanctuary. You really can’t get worse.  From cheesy CGI beasts to cheesy CGI backdrops to the worst acting this side of an elementary school play, Sanctuary sucks as a sci-fi drama but is excellent for unintentional comedy.

BEST NEW SHOW OF THE SEASON (so far) is… True Blood. Alan Ball writing a vampire series.  A dream come true for someone who loves Six Feet Under and Buffy the Vampire Slayer as much as any TV fan with taste does.  The show started a bit slow, but by the fourth episode, I was addicted.  While new shows such as Fringe, The Ex-List, and Life on Mars have been entertaining, True Blood took it to the next level.

WORST SHOW OF THE SEASON (so far) is… Sanctuary. Congrats.

BEST SHOW OF THE SEASON (so far) is… Supernatural. Epic, tragic, hilarious, and so so dark, the Winchester brothers are in the biggest predicament ever… the impending apocalypse.  With angels and demons clashing in front of them, things are getting worse and worse for them, but creator Eric Kripke manages to keep that essential Supernatural humor in the face of all the horror and emotion.  The first season was good, the second and third were great, but this fourth season is taking the show into all new territory.  I’m not sure the show will be able to face off with Lost and survive as the best show of the year, but it was by far the most captivating show of the first half of the season.

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