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Fox still presents the best bang for your hour long buck, in the form of House. House serves as the most interesting medical drama available, while delivering and endless supply of sarcastic humor. Jennifer Morrison is also easy on the eyes.


NBC's Hero's has provided a welcomed change to the monotony of typical prime time dramas. With an endless supply of interesting people with interesting powers, Hero's manages to fold us into a seemingly impossible world of fantasy in a gritty and believable way.


Friday Night Light's is perhaps the best surprise on television this year. The show does what once seemed impossible. Lights makes the high school drama fresh and interesting to a wide variety of audiences. Kyle chandler is positively superb as coach Taylor, and he is surrounded by a talented cast of both young and old actors. If you haven't seen this show, do so.


USA's Psych is unapologetic fun. If there is one thing I never fail to reward on this blog it is being different, and imaginative. Shawn Spencer is a pretend psychic with an identic memory who works for the police force to solve a variety of well written crime stories. Corbin Berson is also excellent as Sahwn's father on the show, I highly recommend Psych as a crime show for people who like to giggle once in a while.


One of the best new shows on the air is NBC's Rules Of Engagement. This is one of those rare comedies that doesn't have a particularly good idea, or particularly great writing but it delivers what few shows can. Perfect chemistry. Oliva Hudson, Bianca Kajlich, Megyn Price, David Spade, and Patrick Warburton (putty) are simply hilarious together, and although the writers of the show seem intent on recycling tired old comedy story lines, this is still a very funny thirty minutes of T.V

CBS has my favorite new show in Criminal Minds. Criminal Minds Ad's suspense, and thrills to CSI type of television. Criminal Minds also delves into the lives of it's stars and ads an interesting look into the minds of high ranking law enforcement agents, while not overpowering it's always stellar story lines of 'cops and robbers.' The show features a superb cast headlined by former Chicago Hope star Mandy Patinkin.

CBS also features The Ghost Whisperer, which is a show that I never thought I would like, but I cannot stop watching it. From Ghosts to zombies to the devil himself, the Ghost whisperer offers a variety of wild horror stories, and a unique set of solutions week to week. Always confronting the human drama of relationsahips, past and present, The Ghost Whisperer will satisfy every member of your household. I should also add that Jenniefer Love Hewitte is positively brilliant on this show week after week, her acting never disappoints!!

The Class on CBS is also a great new comedy. The class is another show with chemistry that offers some unique insight into thew singles life, as well as relationships in general. A lot of great Young comedic talent can be seen on this show.

N.C.I.S is a show that I rarely miss. Featuring Mark Harmon and Michael Weatherly N.C.I.S has great chemistry, although they did take a significant loss when they killed off the character of "Kate." N.C.I.S perseveres with clever story's and great dialogue.

Jericho is also quickly emerging as a must see. I just hope they can keep it fresh.

Shows that are still great: My name is Earl, C.S.I, 24, The Family Guy, The Simpsons and Two and a Half Men are still performing at peak levels after their early stages. Also still worth watching are; Scrubs, Survivor, and American Idol.

Show that it most overlooked: The King of Queens. CBS's The King of Queens is possibly the most overlooked show of the past five or six years. Consistently funny, and always with great hilarious story lines this show is powered by comic heavy weights Kevin James, Jerry Stiller, and Leah Remini. Every time I see this show on re-runs I wonder, "Why don't I watch this every week? It's hilarious!"

Shows that have past their primes...quickly: Maybe the biggest disappointment of this decade is Grey's Anatomy. Grey's Anatomy has done in two years what it took E.R ten seasons to do. Forget all about being an interesting medical drama, and become a mindless prime time soap-opera for the bed-ridden. What started out as an exciting new doctor show has quickly degenerated into an endless pile of personnel crap complete with the most trite absurd monologues by each and every character.

Las Vegas was also an interesting show at once, offering a unique T.V experience but that quickly turned into the silly. Vegas moved swiftly into the Hawaii five o variety of nonsense plots and story lines. I wish what happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas.

Numbers is also a show I like initially, but also quickly and unskillfully moved into more and more absurd story lines. Gone are the days when an interesting drama made insane story lines once or twice a year, now it has to happen every week.

Shows that could still become good: How I met you mother is a show that is terribly frustrating. The program is either is very funny, or not funny at all. A consistency of writing must be achieved in order to make this a show that people can't miss. C.S.I N.Y is a show that has actually gotten progressively better and better. Detective Mac Taylor, played by Gary sinese, along with Detective Don flack, played by Eddie Cahill, power what has become a tremendous cast. When the show first started I truly saw the cast of N.Y to be an achilles heal, b ut the actors have truly evolved...and quickly into one of the better casts on prime time dramas.
I still haven't given up on The New Adventure of Old Christine, although it hasn't been funny for a while now.

shows that should get the 86 right away: WOW am I sick of Donald Trump!! The Apprentice jumped the shark two years ago. How is it entertainig to have a 'contest' where most of the contestants are already wildly successful? who gives a dam if these people win anything? Close to Home, and Cold Case are a couple of heroine driven investigative dramas too many. Shark is another so-called lawyer show that leans too heavily on it's characters...none of which are terribly interesting. C.S.I Miami is also a show that couldn't be less entertaining. Bringing bad acting, and unbelievable stupid plot lines to a new level C.S.I Miami belongs on the T.v around 1:00pm with the rest of the soaps. George Lopez, E.R, and The Knight of Prosperity are also losers.

The shows I miss the most: Justice on Fox was one of the most interesting legal dramas I had ever seen, and was quickly becoming must see television for me. I couldn't be more disappointed that Fox didn't give it a fair shake. I was also growing quite found of The Nine. A show about about nine people who were caught up in a violent bank robbery for over 24 hours. The details of the robbery were only leaked out in brief meeting held within the group of hostages from week to week. I guess I shouldn't be surprised as people never want anything different or imaginative, but only the same old cookie cutter B.S the likes of which have brought us three Law and Orders, and three C.S.I's.