Sunday, January 4, 2009

The Remnants Of 2008



Best Show (UK):
Doctor Who. Because apparently I�m easy that way and this show really did deserve it.


Worst Show (UK): Rock Rivals. Because whoever came up with this deserves a swift kick in the back side. TV at its most pointless.


Best Show (US): Dexter. Because the second season really went above and beyond the levels of excellence I wasn�t expecting.


Worst Show (US): Gossip Girl. Because it continued a trend of bad US teen shows that doesn�t seem to be letting up.


Best Villain: Benjamin Linus in Lost. Seriously this guy just ruins you by being in his company or by being related to him.


Worst Villain: Eden Lord in Nip/Tuck. Poorly written character played by a very weak actress and that�s me being nice.


Best Spin-Off Series: Ashes To Ashes. I know some might strongly disagree but I had fun watching this series unfold.


Best TV Death: Chris Miles in Skins. Top marks to Joe Dempsie throughout the second season for his consistently brilliant performances as the pill popping teen.


Worst TV Death: Elle Bishop in Heroes. Poorly realised in my opinion. Surely the girl could�ve been kept around for Fugitives at least.


Shocking TV Moment: David Tennant announcing his Doctor Who departure and now, the casting of Matt Smith as his successor. Both surprising, neither bad.


Sexiest Male On TV: Gareth David-Lloyd in Torchwood. What can I say � I love Ianto like everyone else. Sometimes it�s good to heed the majority.


Sexiest Female On TV: Kristin Bell in Heroes. She�s just got that certain something I can�t put my finger on.


Excellent Use Of Flashback: The Torchwood episode �Fragments�. Everything you wanted to know about Jack, Owen, Ianto and Toshiko joining Torchwood got nicely explained here.


Best Finale: Doctor Who�s �The Stolen Earth�/�Journey�s End�. Yes, it reeked of fan fiction but I still adored both episodes. Lost and Brothers And Sisters came a close second/third.


Yes, Kids Are Annoying: The Scavo twins in Desperate Housewives. Less really is more if you catch my drift.


Neither Use, Nor Ornament: Holly Harper in Brothers And Sisters. Get rid, get rid, get rid and did I mention � get rid!


Good Reality TV: The Apprentice. Still amusing as far as I�m concerned and even the Irish version was fun to watch.


Bad Reality TV: Big Brother 9. Just plain abysmal.


Best Gay Couple: Kevin Walker/Scotty Wandall in Brothers And Sisters. And this is coming from someone who originally wasn�t that keen on the latter.


Worst Gay Couple: Julia McNamara/Olivia Lord in Nip/Tuck. Every couple on this show is bad nowadays and these two continued the trend.


Best Straight Couple: Dexter Morgan/Rita Bennett in Dexter. The second year certainly went further in giving them depth as a union.


Worst Straight Couple: Julia McNamara/Christian Troy in Nip/Tuck. Again, every single couple on this show is bad nowadays and these two did even more than any other pairing.


Best Guest Appearance: Julian Bleach in Doctor Who. Davros might have been overshadowed by his creations but Bleach made for an excellent presence in the season finale.


Worst Guest Appearance: Victoria Beckham in Ugly Betty. I know she didn�t exactly have a demanding role but she could�ve at least made the effort.


Industrious Character: Maria LaGuerta in Dexter. Who else would play on a co-worker�s paranoia in order to get their job back?


Lax Character: Tommy Walker in Brothers And Sisters. Not a criticism on Balthazar Getty but Tommy does seem to do damn all on the show.


Killed Too Soon: Danielle and Alex in Lost. Their deaths might have made more of an impact if they had been fleshed out better as characters.


Difficult Season: Heroes. Season Two was literally in some places a chore to watch and Season Three has been pretty hit and miss in certain places.


Best Revamp: Lost and its use of flash forwards. Who would�ve thought this would have worked as well as it did?


Worst Revamp: Nip/Tuck moving to LA. Less interesting patients and some irritating moments from our main players.


Good Show Producer: Bryan Fuller. Apparently he�s going to fix Heroes.


Bad Show Producer: Tim Kring. You�ll never make friends if you refer to your audiences as halfwits.


Best Male Character: Dexter Morgan in Dexter. Because of him, I can no longer criticise people who find the likes of Tony Soprano appealing.


Worst Male Character: Peter Petrelli in Heroes. Only because there�s so much whinging I can take from this character.


Best Female Character: Donna Noble in Doctor Who. I was stupid, Donna rocks, end of story.


Worst Female Character: Lana Lang in Smallville. How not to write a female character on a sci-fi show.


Most Improved Show: Torchwood. Season Two went above and beyond in silencing critics.


Least Improved Show: Nip/Tuck. Season Five was a hot mess and I�m not sure the remaining eight episodes will fix it. Then again, I hope I�m wrong.


Best TV Partnership: The Doctor/Donna Noble in Doctor Who. Alex Drake/Gene Hunt come a close second though.


Worst TV Partnership: Gabriel �Sylar� Gray/Elle Bishop in Heroes. Clearly Sylar doesn�t play well with others, even with ones he sleeps with and then murders.


Best Use Of Music: Skins. Some pretty excellent choices throughout the second year, especially in the last few episodes.


Best Cancellation: Moonlight. Bland, boring vampire show deservedly got staked.


Worst Cancellation: Pushing Daisies. Surely ABC could�ve given this another chance.


HoYay Award: Merlin/Arthur in Merlin. Undoubtedly inspiring a lot of seedy fan fiction in its wake as well.


Good Use Of Retcon: Sara not being dead in Prison Break. I like her and she�s been good in the fourth season.


Bad Use Of Retcon: Rebecca not being a Walker in Brothers And Sisters. Poor judgement on the writers� part.


2009 Hopeful: Dollhouse, which will hopefully not have the same fate as Firefly when it premieres in February.

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