My Top 10 TV shows for 2007

To continue with my Top 10 lists for 2007, here are my fav TV shows in no particular order:

1. LOST - This is the single most creative, mysterious, awe-inspiring, gasp-inducing and all around greatest show on TV. All of the character's deliver top-notch perfomances, and the writers and creators did the show a HUGE favor by limiting the number of shows left in the series....thereby giving all fans hope that the story lines will be tied up neatly and not left dangling for years while the network tries to make more money. The 7 month wait has been awful, but in a few more weeks it'll be time to "get lost" again....and I can't wait!

2. Desperate Housewives - For a show in a such a creative slump for the past few years, this one really turned around. The addition of 2 new families (one of them gay and absolutely hilarious in a good way) was very welcome and then the show has returned more to it's soapy roots instead of the distracted story lines from the past couple of seasons. Some of it is over the top, but that's what makes a night soap work.

3. Prison Break - I have still never seen the first season of this show. Caught the last 2 episodes of that season and then went online to www.televisionwithoutpity.com (which is an AWESOME site if you love a good detailed but mocking commentary on every single episode of any TV show) and read the entire first season's commentaries. Have been a religious watcher ever since. Although MAC makes fun of Wentworth Miller's "stare", I think he inhabits Michael Scofield's withdrawn, conflicted, and clever character well....and he's grown into it over the last few years. Just watch the scene where he finds out Sarah has been killed. The addition of William Fitcher was great (fresh off of Invasion which was another awesome show cancelled before the first season ever finished)...and to top if all off you get Robert Knepper as the almost unwatchable perv, who somehow you can't help but cheer for.

4. Chuck - This is one of my favorite new shows in 2007. It's funny, smart, and very well acted. The action sequences for a TV show are way better than anything on Bionic Woman (which was a total dud), and the chemistry between Chuck and his CIA operative/guardian Sarah is so sweet. Plus anyone who heads up the "Nerd Herd" and drives a SmartCar is all right with me :-)

5. Gossip Girl - Who doesn't love a good teen drama? LOL This is a guilty pleasure, and although I started out the year just giving it a chance based on the creator's past O.C. history, it's grown into a must-see show each week. Although we enjoyed the O.C. for it's laid back, California lifestyle and the humor of Adam Brody, this is all prep school and cattiness. And who doesn't like watching pretty rich people have problems like the rest of us?

6. Dirty Sexy Money - Probably my favorite new show for 2007. The premise is great, the acting supurb, the characters are over-the-top but believable at the same time....and it just has a humor that I enjoy. Just when you think it's all froth and fun, they throw a dramatic scene in there that just tugs at your heart-strings.

7. Ugly Betty - This is one of the better shows on TV. It actually tries to prove a point each week, almost like the Cosby Show from the 80s. It's funny but very sweet and for a show that started out as a brutal mock-fest of a girl who would never belong, it has - since about the 45 minute mark of the first show - gone on to point out that you can be different and that's still OK.

8. Supernatural - I'll watch anything with Jensen Ackles after watching him in Dark Angel, so this was a no-brainer for me. The first few shows scared me so bad it was hard to go to bed afterward....and I still don't like to watch them without MAC! The brother relationship is portrayed a little cheesily sometimes, but the show overall is great for the weekly dose of horror, urban legend and the sarcastic interaction between Sam & Dean.

9. What Not to Wear - I love this show because I love fashion that normal people can wear, the snarky commentary from Stacy and Clinton, the tips for dressing a not-so-normal body like mine, and the fun of watching someone who can't dress or shop learn things most of us have known our whole lives (like how to match colors, tapered jeans do NO one any good, etc).

10. The Tudors - We don't have Showtime or HBO, so we have to rent these kinds of shows from Blockbuster. And although I don't agree with the gratuitous sex scenes which require a good bit of fast forwarding, the historial content and acting is excellent. The costumes are second to none and add so much to this period work. Although most everyone knows the story of Henry VIII, it's so much more fun to see it lived out in detail on the screen.

And there you have it....due to the writer's strike most of these shows have no more new episodes which really stinks. But I'm looking forward to trying the new Terminator show and with LOST coming back at least there'll be something to watch. If not, there's always Blockbuster and HBO's series "Rome"!