There are several shows that have had their best seasons yet this season. We’ve talked about those shows. The flip side, however, is that there are a few shows that are having their worst season. Some we still watch (or watched) and some we have decided to just let go. Here are the shows we think should reassess during the summer hiatus (or whichever hiatus they went on…)

House – Dull, dull, dull. Without the delicious thrill of watching House walk the edge of breakdown, our Sherlock Holmes is ridiculously boring. One of the best parts of House has been watching him spar with Wilson and while we do get more of that, the edge that was once part of  it feels like an already lost battle. House has lost because he can’t win. His drugs don’t work, his leg doesn’t work and without him, his team can barely work. I really did like his interaction with Wilson’s ex-wife, Sam (played by Cynthia Watros – who is very convincing). She seems so sweet, but there is an edge there, the first bit of edge we’ve seen since Chase killed James Earl Jones.

Murderer.

Anyway, the part of me that is a nice person doesn’t want the character of House to put himself in mortal danger, but the drama-loving tv watcher in me wants to see him walk that fine line again, hoping his intelligence will keep him from tumbling over.

24 – I have not watched every episode from this season, but what I did see was dreckitude. And yes, I’m using a word I learned on America’s Next Top Model. Deal with it. Coming off of last season, which started with an awesome made for television movie, I expected the writing to start getting better. They even got more terrific talent involved (love Katee Sackhoff), but it does not seem to have helped. People are still whiney and acting as if they don’t have the ability to do the jobs they are paid to do. Oh well, espionage and being double agents can make you look like a jerk.

Dexter – Shouldn’t it be good television to finally watch a character get the father-figure he always wanted before discovering he’s not all he should be and then having to make the decision to put him out of his misery. Most people would blanch at the thought of watching a son kill his father (or father figure), but on a show like Dexter, that’s just what we expect. As Dexter deals with the fact that he was the cause of his father’s death, is reeling, still, from having killed his brother, Dexter meets the “father” of his dreams in serial killer Arthur Mitchell, who has been killing for a very long time and who also has a family. Dream come true for the character, but is less than exciting for us. Season 3 was also a bit dull, especially after the excitement that was the Bay Harbour Butcher (Doakes is missed) in Season 2, but while I wanted to watch every episode of the previous seasons when they aired, I found myself letting two or three go buy before finally settling down to watch. Here’s hoping the aftermath of this season’s shocking ending will lead to some really dynamic television.

10 Things I Hate About You – Granted, though we are not dealing with a separate season, the writing is a lot less dynamic. While the Chastity character is a little less annoying, the individual storyline are showing signs of weakness. Cat is no longer convincing as the driven feminist. Bianca’s shallowness is dull and the times she tries to step out of it does not feel liberating. Cameron’s heartbreak also feels artificial, his sidekick friend is no longer needed, and the edge that was Patrick Verona has softened now that they are semi-dating or whatever. And poor Mandella, who continues to suffer in silence in a wasted friendship with Cat, is also slightly depressing in the new woman she has found for herself. Well, I hope she’s happy anyway. Just 4 episodes into the second half and I’m just not feeling the show like I did when it premiered.  Larry Miller is still fabulous as the father and Joey is much more likable, but in the end, it hasn’t even been funny enough to justify continued watching.

Heroes – GACK! I’m still watching this? Yes, I am. I hate myself for it. I can’t leave a storyline unfinished and I do so love Hiro. But this season was pretty much the suckiest season ever.

The Office – There have been some very good moments for this show, but, unlike the shows on the cusp of being either good or bad, this has had too many boring moments. The wedding and birth was amazing. Watching Andy woo Erin has also been amazing. But the takeover, the revamp, the plotting against Jim as manager, the revival of Monkey and Dwight… boring. There wasn’t enough sass in it and the uncomfortable things have been toned way down. Also, not enough Kelley.

Smallville – Clark Kent, you are not Batman.

True Blood – The Maryanne storyline dragged on much too long. Knowing that there is something that could kill vampires opens it up for other supernatural beings that can handle the “outed” creatures.  While the exciting, nail-biter of a season ender comes as a great relief compared to the rest of the season, if Bill is locked away all next season, True Blood may find itself on this list again.

What do you think? Which shows are having their worst season yet? Did we get these right, or are we being short sighted? Let us know!

Obviously, Dolly Parton didn’t know anything about being a hospital administrator.

Good lord am I glad I’m not Lisa Cuddy.* She has to make the hard decisions. Up at 4am to exercise (yoga), taking care of a sick baby on her own (as evidenced by the shower scene and a naked baby in the back half of the stall, crying her fool head off. Dress, hair, breakfast, baby sitter, last minute sex (sort of) with her private detective boyfriend before heading off to the “office”. In this case, Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital has an overly zealous trouble maker, an insurance company that would rather save money than insure patients get an outstanding level of care and that the hospital continues to run smoothly, a boyfriend who makes bets about their sex life, a pharmacy worker who has been supplying a meth lab for nearly 3 years after lying and saying she was only trying to lose weight, oh, and did I mention an overly zealous trouble maker?

A brawl??? Doctor fisticuff is so not sexy. Yes, even if Doctor Chace is involved. The pharmacy tech comes back and she’s a total bitch and Cuddy decides that she might as well preempt the board, since the meeting with the insurance company didn’t go the way she planned, and quit. But House talks her down off the ledge, the insurance company gives Cuddy the deal she wants and our bad ass director of medicine is back on track at 9pm. Not everything is solved (still have to deal with the guy who’s thumb was fixed but who still wants to sue because insurance won’t cover everything and the pharmacy tech is really, really not nice) and House is still a troublemaker, but life will go on, her job is secure and this was a nice slice of life with just enough House for this to still be his show, but not too much to take away from it being Cuddy’s day.

*PS, I typo’d Cuddy’s name as Cuddly. It made me laugh so I thought I’d share.

There are times when you love television networks. They stick their necks out for a show like Lost or X-Files or Chuck and they make your season.

But sometimes… they suck.

Here are a few times when the networks sucked:

Pushing Daisies: Even though it was cancelled in 2008, the remaining episodes played in 2009, pouring salt on the open wound of missing a great show. Pushing Daisies had it all; a cute lead, a quirky heroine, an awesome private dick, and a chipper best supporting actress. The show also had some of the most interesting mysteries and the best narrator since Arrested Development’s Ron Howard. It was a show like nothing I’ve ever seen, a show with a compelling storyline, with interesting characters, and everything about it made me want to return to the screen every week. Bad move, ABC, canceling Pushing Daisies. I’m going to miss Chi McBride’s Emerson Cod saying “dead girl”.

The Unusuals: There is still a part of me that refuses to believe that Southland got picked up by another station but that The Unusuals was pushed out the door. Don’t get me wrong, Southland is a good show. I just think that The Unusuals was an awesome show. A great blend of comedy and tragedy, character dialogue that sparkled, complex relationships that intrigued us, a writing staff that didn’t take themselves too seriously – it was great. Those were characters I wanted to see on a weekly basis. I think there were actually tears when I learned they were canceled and I never searched so hard for information about whether the show would be picked up by another station. It worked for Medium, why not The Unusuals? Another dropped show by ABC that would have done really well given time and a steady timeslot.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: There are people who would disagree with me because of the slow pace of the final season, but the awesomeness that was John Connor jumping forward in time spelled an interesting third season opener for me. To me, it meant more action, the act of storytelling was kicking into high gear and the overprotective mother being hunted down by vicious, intelligent robots would mean it was time to get serious with the story. Also, I liked the big screen Terminator reboot (retelling, rework, rewhatever they were calling it) and thought that if they moved the television show towards that movie future, it would have been an excellent way for the series to go. Alas, poor future John Connor. We know you no more.

Life: There is just something about a police procedural that I like. I didn’t watch Homicide: Life on the Streets or NYPD Blue or even The Shield (although that’s my next tv marathon). I was too late for those shows. So for me, these shows are not retreads of better cop procedurals. Of the investigative shows that I like – Castle, Bones, The Wire – Life was my favourite. In real life, I’m a notorious lover of red-heads (if you knew them, just ask my friends), so that put Charlie Crews above the rest. But the story is what got me. Done documentary style, it told the story of a cop who was sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. When he is acquitted, with the help of his lawyer, after spending 12 years in prison, he sues the city and the police department, wins $50 million and gets his job back on the force. His partner Dani Reese was a great character too. A recovering addict from one too many undercover assignments, she doesn’t trust Crews at first. Why should she? He comes off as a little crazy with is Zen like assuredness, but underneath the unflappable exterior beats the heart of a man who will find the truth at all costs. Season one was a nail biter and season 2 had me enthralled, especially the finale when I thought he was coming to the conclusion that he was in love with Dani. I would have loved to see how that thought would run through continued seasons, but my time with Detective Charlie Crews would end much to prematurely for me.

I loved all of these shows. I will miss all these shows. So what about you? What shows do you think should have come back for the 2009-2010 season? (All links lead to watchable episodes of the show)

I’ve already given my initial impressions of this week’s Glee, the first episode back after a grueling World Series in which I’m still not sure who won. Yes, I basically stayed away from Fox during the World Series and used Twitter as my gauge for whether going back to the channel was safe.

While I have other shows to write about, this episode was one of which I was eagerly looking forward to. I like Glee, so much that my brain has glossed over the bad episodes and I have forgotten them, like a bad memory pushed to the back of my mind, fondly recalling “the good old episodes”,  on which list this week’s Wheels will surely remain.

First, the musical numbers were quite good. The “diva-off” proved that Rachel was the right singer for the part, but then again, Kurt did a good job as well. Switching between the two characters highlighted the differences in their voices better, but I was not surprised that Kurt threw the part. That’s just the way it should be written to give the viewers a healthy parent and gay son relationship story. Kurt would have to make some concessions as well. Not singing a girl’s song would be one of them.

The most amazing part of this episode was Sue Sylvester. Allison Waldman at tvsquad says, “There is much more to Sue Sylvester than the hyper-competitive coach with delusions of grandeur.” James Poniewozik at Times.com writes, “And speaking of no saints: Jane Lynch—holy crap. I suppose some fans might see the softer side of Sue Sylvester as a jump-the-shark moment for the show—threatening to take the fun out of her hard-assed mercilessness—but Lynch absolutely killed in the subplot, and I think it has the potential to make Sue not a different character, but an actual person.” Yet the writers at tvfanatic write, “This wasn’t our favorite episode of Glee.” They also wrote, “Sue Us… for saying this, but did we really need to be hit over the head so hard by Sue’s soft side?… If Sylvester isn’t back to cracking wise and making inappropriate judgments next week, we’ll be very unhappy.”

I personally loved the Sue parts. I watched with the same suspicion about Sue Sylvester as Mr. Schu, but the ending put her actions and attitudes in perspective in a very real and satisfying way. When she was talking to Schu about her treatment of Becky, she was right about it. She was treating Becky like a normal girl, which was all Becky wanted. Alan Sepinwall wrote, “Sue Sylvester still said outrageous things, but didn’t seem like a cartoon (and that was even before the payoff to the Down syndrome story, which Jane Lynch nailed).” I totally agree. That scene was so amazing, she truly did become a real person in my eyes. The Baywatch line reminded me of her character from Party Down, but I do not regret the tears I shed when she was reading Little Red Riding Hood to her sister.

Sepinwall also wrote, in the same article, “…tonight’s episode represented a show I… well, that I at least didn’t dislike as much as I’ve disliked some past outings… but at least with this episode, I could see the outlines of the show that the “Glee” fans are so obsessed with.”

I’ve liked Glee the entire time and the general consensus is that it was a great episode to a great program. Like Sepinwall, I wonder if the audience for the show can be succinctly categorized. Maybe that’s what makes this show work, that it appeals to so many different types of people and not even all the people in one category. For most people, all it takes is one good episode and they’re hooked. Maybe it’s not for everybody, but it’s reach is not limited and that’s just fine by me.

If this is the type of episode we will continue to see, even though it’s not as funny as some of the other ones,  I know I will continue to enjoy Glee. The tiny moments of clarity make this episode a home run.

Oh. My. God. I love Sue Sylvester. This episode of Glee was excellent. Sometimes, all you need for breakfast is a little bite.

Right, who am I kidding? I love breakfast, the whole kit and kaboodle. This episode reminded me of a class I took in college where we had to assume a disability. It just so turns out that right about then, I had a horrible ultimate frisbee accident that put me on crutches. That’s when I learned that no place has enough handicapped access. I think the Glee staff read my freshman paper and what an excellent episode it has spawned. All narcissism aside, I nearly cried when Sue was reading Little Red Riding Hood. This is a testament to Jane Lynch as an actor. I have never been so awed by a performance. So, what do you think? Where in the range of awesome does this episode fall? Or did you hate this episode because Quinn was a douche (that’s right, douche) to Lima-Loser Puck? All opinions welcomed here.

I love Bones. It’s one of my favourite procedurals. Mainly because I love how close the writers are to the characters. Each one has something, no matter how small, that makes them unique, unforgettable, fun. I love the dynamic between the interns and the rest of the cast. I love Booth and Bones and I’m so relieved that Booth is finally admitting he’s in love with Brennan. Yes, I know some people don’t like that, but I’m a sucker for romance.

This week’s murder, a little person who used his size to make money as a midget wrestler is murdered and it’s up to everyone to sift through tons of crap from the collapsed road he was found in. The whole thing about Booth not being able to shoot his gun was just a nice way to clarify to us that Booth may soon be coming out with his big secret of being in love with Brennan. I do hate that we didn’t follow up with Angela, but then again, I love the mystery. I still miss that Angela and Hodgins are not together. Yeah, I’m that fan. What do you think? Is Bones going well or should they just give in, get the Bs together andget it over with.

The season 6 premiere of House was good. I believe in getting psychiatric help. I also know that some medicines can absolutely change who you are. I’ve seen the effects of what good psychiatry can do. I loved that House raged against the machine, but the possibility of House becoming someone that can love and let love is fascinating for the storyline. i can imagine that no one would believe him and that fight for belief would take him back to his old ways.

The episode started with Radiohead’s No Surprises. What a great song for the opening. If you remember the video (and if you didn’t, it’s above), Tom Yorke’s head is in a tank. Water fills until his head becomes submerged in water. He’s singing pre-water fill up and post drainage, but his head become submerged for so long that you wonder that he can take it. That was an appropriate song for this entire episode. We are watching House finally get his head above water.

The way House looks when Alvie starts singing Brick House is priceless. Time to rage against the machine. For an hour we watch as House uses every trick at his disposal to cause discord, hoping that the need for a peaceful psych ward will force the psychiatrists into giving him what he wants, a signed statement saying he is ready to practice medicine again.

House will do anything to keep himself from doing what other people want him to do.

But then House begins to know his fellow patients, from Alvie, his Puerto Rican roommate to Freedom Master, a kid who lost his wife and now feels like he’s a superhero. I love Derek Richardson who played Freedom Master. He was my favourite part of Men in Trees. There’s something just so sweet about him that it was very devastating when he gets hurt. It is after Freedom Master’s accident that House wants to stop being whatever it is he is. He takes his medicine, he talks about his feelings, he falls in love with a married woman. He imagines someone will choose him (this is beginning to sound very Grey’s Anatomy “Pick me. Choose me”).

The center of the episode sagged for me. While it is good that House is sharing his feelings, it really seemed like the episode went nowhere. In parts, it felt like a made for tv movie about a grumpy old man who gets his groove back. That this grumpy old man is House and that it means something (especially that Braugher may become a regular guest) is what keeps me watching. Also, House is gonna make it with a married woman? What about Cuddy? I guess the need for human contact, which House hasn’t had since, what, season 3, prompted the act. Also, I can see how people wouldn’t like the act just before the ending. Most people abhor the use of sentimentality in television, but since I like it, I did enjoy 2 things about the scene: Freedom Master actually getting to be the hero and Greg House being right.

It was weird not having a medical emergency. I guess I just felt like I was left hanging without the rest of the crew there, but I didn’t hate it for not being a normal episode of House. It was a bit refreshing, like eating watermelon after enjoying a tasty and tart hummus. Now I’m ready to tackle the season ahead with this remembrance of the old House, who he became and to try him again. Maybe I’m leaving the tart hummus and going on to some spicy bean dip with goat cheese crumbles, but even though it’s different, it can still be just as good.

What does this episode mean for House, the show? I mean, if Greg House isn’t overly narcissistic and sarcastic, completely uncaring of others while being completely miserable, then are we just gonna be watching something made for CBS? According to the commercials, I’m relatively sure we will have the show we crave, but will it be good/better?

What do you think? Did you enjoy the premiere or were you upset because the show was not the House we’ve come to know and love?

Every year I do this in some form or another. I go through all the clips and interviews for upcoming shows that are airing for the first time and I decide, based solely on those clips, whether or not the show will get a season 2 pick-up. I did it last year here and I always give each show 3 episodes to prove me right (though every now and then, I can be wrong).

My score from last year:
Total: 19 shows with actual comments
Correct:10
Incorrect:9
Percentage:53% correct

Not bad. If it hadn’t been for Fox and the CW, I would have lost out big! Anyway, you can play along at home, just add your thoughts to the comments.

The CW

Melrose Place – 9/8/09 – I have a feeling this will be high drama drivel filled with characters doing senseless things just because they want to and people will still watch it and declare it their favourite show (though not as good as the original). I’m hoping this show will fail, but I am pretty sure it will get a 2nd season. This show will not be canceled.

Vampire Diaries – 9/10/09 – There was a movie that came out recently, you may have heard of it. Twilight. Yeah, that one. It’s about a vampire who falls in love with a mortal (since when did we start calling humans mortals – or bloodbags for that matter???) and then has to fight other vampires to save said bloodbag mortal. Wait, am I talking about the movie or the tv show? Yeah, I don’t care either. However, Twilight made a shit ton of money and that practically guarantees that Vampire Diaries succeed. This show will not be canceled.

The Beautiful Life – 9/16 – A show about models. *sigh* Corbin Bleu is in this. You know, the cute kid from the High School Musical movies with the crazy awesome curly fro that the two little girls I baby-sit are in love with? Yeah, he’s in it. And some other people, trying to be tragic about being beautiful. Beauty if pain, blah blah blah. I have a feeling this show will not be canceled.

Of course, one of these shows has to go. Maybe I will re-analyze after I watch my 3 episodes.

Fox

Glee – 9/9 – I loved this premiere and can’t wait to see it again. The buzz about it is good, although two friends (thanks, B. and C. for your input!) think they got the singing team together too quickly and we all agree that his wife shouldn’t have been that much of a bitch. Other than that, good solid acting and a likeable lead has us anticipating this show’s season. This show will not be canceled.

Brothers – 9/25 – This is Fox’s attempt at a new comedy this season that is not a cartoon. Last year’s attempt was disastrous for all involved. Yikes, was it awful! (and if you remember that it was called Do Not Disturb, then you are disturbed. The only reason I remember it is because I wrote it down). Well, Brothers, don’t be another Do Not Disturb. I can’t imagine, with CCH Pounder, that it will be. Michael Strahan did not even seem to be straining too hard either. Fingers crossed for more black people on prime time television. This show will be canceled.

The Cleveland Show – 9/27 – I hate Family Guy. No. I don’t hate it. I just despise that it is so funny. I don’t have a real reason and giving Cleveland his own show makes me want to scratch my head. I really hate American Dad, but this is about the Cleveland Show. Obviously, I haven’t watched Family Guy enough to really understand why Cleveland gets his own show. Is he still with his cheating wife? *sigh* This show will not be canceled because of Family Guy. *sigh*

NBC

The Jay Leno Show – 9/14 – Although The Jay Leno Show took the place of 4-5 new one hour dramas or reality shows, I will judge it by the same harsh standards that I judge everything. I mean, I hate stuff that I think will stay on the air and stuff I want to get off the air will stay. It is certain. However I think the Jay Leno Show will be funny. Jay is pretty consistent and the move to primetime, while it saddens me, just makes him more accessible to others and will give NBC the much needed financial boost they seem to need. This show will not be canceled.

Community – 9/17 – Starring The Soup host Joel McHale, Community is about a lawyer who is disbarred and must graduate from college (community college, hence the title) to become a lawyer again. Also stars Chevy Chase and Ken Chong. What I saw was very funny. This show will not be canceled.

Mercy – 9/23 – Another nurse drama that is a season late and a dollar short. It has all the elements of a nurse drama, a tough as nails nurse that heads the whole show, a newbie nurse that wants to kill themselves or change the world with their sunshine and light, an ethnic nurse who is the embodiment of the black/gay neighbor, someone to add some *spice* to the mix, the handsome doctor who cares but not as much as the nurse and I’m pretty sure some manager that is usually caustic but shows a heart every now and then. Yeah, pretty standard. Also, considering Royal’s Pain’s penchant for being the McGyver of doctors, they added a little bit of that for the head nurse. This show may be canceled, but for the purpose of my count, This show will not be canceled.

Trauma – 9/26 – I have a friend that is an EMT. He wants to start being able to carry guns and break up street fights and arrest people. Yeah. Scary right? That’s how I feel Trauma is going to be. The concept seems sound, but based on the preview, it just doesn’t look like it’s going to cut it. This show will be canceled.

CBS

Accidentally on Purpose – 9/21 – Jenna Elfman made me laugh as Dharma in Dharma and Greg, but can she pull off this tv baby (that is the older woman with the younger man). This comedy does not scream funny to me, but then again, how many other comedies on CBS gets my “not funny” check mark? This show will be canceled.

NCIS:Los Angeles – 9/22 – Yeah, so O’Connell gets shot up at the end of the 2 part “premiere” during the regular NCIS and we have to wait a few NCIS episodes and the whole summer to find out what the heck happened to him? Yeah, I’m pretty hyped up for this show. Therefore, in all my bias, I’m going to say this show will not be canceled.

The Good Wife – 9/22 – A wife whose politician husband is disgraced goes back to work as a lawyer and must deal with having been in the public spotlight and using a skill she hasn’t used since she got married… lawyering. Anyway, it seems very dramatic and that guy from Gilmore Girls is in it and though I found him annoying, most people like him and we need something to fill the empty void that whatever that law show with William Shatner was called left, so I say this show will not be canceled. It actually looks good.

Medium – 9/25 – While not technically a new show, the move from NBC to CBS is something. Also, Medium will be playing with a show that I just can’t stand, The Ghost Whisperer, which means that those Friday night seance followers just might have another spooky show to add to their repertoire. I already liked Medium so this show will not be canceled.

Three Rivers – 10/4 – I miss Moonlight. Alex O’Loughlin stas in this drama about organ transplantation set in Pittsburgh that tells a story from three perspectives – the donor and the donor’s family, the recipient, and the surgical team of the hospital. Please, can their be a doctor that doesn’t care about shit? Can you also have someone who is an adrenaline junkie! Can we have a head of the hospital that impedes the doctors from doing their work? Can we also add a dash of the “second chances” moral every episode??? This show will be canceled. Too bad. I like looking at O’Loughlin.

ABC

The Forgotten – 9/22 – Christian Slater certainly is trying, isn’t he, to make a comeback. Jerry Bruckheimer has another show on television. I fell for the face/off ripoff that was My Own Worst Enemy and I think I’m going to do it again in this Cold Case-esque drama about people who find out the identity the Jane and John Does in homicides. This show will not be canceled. I believe in you Christian Slater!

Modern Family – 9/23 – 3 different types of family that make up one. Ed O’Neill and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (the one that goes crazy about the creampuff comment) let me know I’m going to be watching this until they cancel it. Which they won’t. So it has been said, so it shall be! This show will not be canceled.

Cougar Town – 9/23 -  What happens if you get divorced at 40 and look like Courteney Cox? You get some hot guy. But fortunately Courteney Cox is funny, although I’m not 100% sure of the concept. I will give this it’s 3 episodes, but I don’t think this show will make it. This show will be canceled.

Eastwick – 9/23 – I have a thing for witches. Not the Wiccan variety who are just plain people that are a little too close to nature, but the idea of a woman who has a familiar who cause things, good and bad, to happen to those around them. It’s a bit romantic, I guess, and something of a “living in the shadows” type thing, but I like it. However, this show is not gonna make it. It’s the Sex and the City, Candace Bushnell-esque story of women with supernatural powers. Unlike Sex and the City, it’s not going to succeed unless the concept has much changed from the pilot. This show will be canceled.

Flash Forward – 9/24 – People lose a few minutes of their lives… or do they? After they come back to the present world, they discover that they may have traveled forward in time. To what end? I dunno. I guess we gotta watch. Yet the previews for this didn’t seem half bad so, this show will not be canceled.

V – 11/3 - Very happy to see some 4400 people on this show. You know with a big ball of aliens appearing in the sky and all… In the preview where the reporter is about to interview the head alien in charge (it’s Inara!!!!!), the tension there is so palpable that I can’t wait to see how it is resolved and see when they first become the lizard like creatures we know they are (although we seem to be in love with lizards now, I’ve seen so many commercials with the reptile in them). This show will not be canceled.

While we are still basking in the glow of several good finales (House, Supernatural, Grey’s Anatomy) and are still wondering WTF for some (Bones season=great, Bones finale=WTF?), as we look to the summer season as well as dip our toes in the previews for the new fall season shows, we must remember the shows that we left behind.

All canceled show are not deserving of a send off. Life on Mars, Kath & Kim, Dirty Sexy Money, Eleventh Hour, Prison Break, The Riches – I never liked these shows. Their cancellation comes at no great loss to me as a tv viewer.

Yet there are a few shows who lost their lives this season, due to poor rating, that were well written, well acted, and just did an overall great job of keeping me entertained. If it were up to me, I would bring every one of these shows back for several more season.

Life – We didn’t get to see if Charlie Crews was going to fall in love with his partner, or if she would return his love. We know that the only reason he trusted her is because he realized he trusted her. That was a love triangle waiting to happen. And what about Ted? Did he get Mrs. Malcolm Reynolds or didn’t he? I’ll never know and I’ll forever hate that.

Pushing Daisies – The most unique and unusual show on the air, of course it suffered the cancellation fate. People didn’t get how funny Chi McBride was or how great Lee Pace was or how beguiling  and lovely Anna Friel and Kristin Chenoweth were in this delightful fractured fairytale that was one of the best shows on ABC. Oh, how I miss Emerson Cod. And Ned. And Chuck. And Olive Snook. And Lily and Vivian Charles.

The Unusuals – From the first episode, I loved this show. From the second episode, I fell in love with the opening credits. Love that song and the sense of adventure it sets up. What I do not love is that, after only 5 episodes, it was canceled. Not only did it not get enough time for those of us who liked it to talk it up, but it didn’t have a chance to come out of its “new in the middle of the season” slump that wasn’t actually a slump. Everyone that I have turned on to this show likes it. ABC is out of their frakkin’ minds.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – I know that people feel like there was a good ending to this episode and everything, but I wanted to see John Connor on his own without his mom as he grows into a man. I wanted to see how he would be brought back to the “past/present” and how what he gained from the future would aid in the salvation of the planet. I mean, that’s what I wanted to see. I hate that more people didn’t watch it because the finale was off the chain. I’m just sayin’.

Kyle XY – This one is for nostalgia sake. I grew up in a shitty household, to be frank. I always wanted a tv family. So whenever I get one that also had a good story (and I didn’t mind the bit of sci-fi thrown in either), I like to keep watching. I know that I will get other shows, but I miss the Traegers and Kyle. I wish I could get at least one more season of Kyle XY without the surprise cancellation.

Other shows that aren’t coming back:

ABC

Cupid
Eli Stone
In the Motherhood
Samantha Who?

CBS

Harper’s Island
The Unit
Without a Trace
Worst Week

FOX

King of the Hill
Sit Down, Shut Up

NBC

Kings
Knight Rider
Law & Order: CI:
Lipstick Jungle
Medium
My Name is Earl

The CW

Everybody Hates Chris
The Game
Privileged
Reaper

If you know of any other shows that have been canceled, that you miss or that you won’t miss drop a line in the comments.