The rest of my list w/ snap judgments:
My Comedy Central Staples
- The Daily Show and The Colbert Report - My 4x-a-week fun-filtered source of current events, although the latter as surpassed the former in The Funny.
- Lewis Black's Root of All Evil - Eight mock cases per season (my favorite being the pilot episode, The Case of Oprah V. The Catholic Church).
My Weekly Comedy Staples
- 30 Rock, My Name is Earl & The Office - NBC's Thursday Night lineup is deserving of the Must-See-TV tagline. Ironically my least favorite of the trio, Earl, has been the most consistent for me in delivering the laughs.
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Think South Park in terms of over-the-top storylines and humor. Nothing is sacred, and it's all the funnier for it.
- Reno 911! - Each episode seems to be just a bunch of non-related comic situations tied together by the barest of main plot threads. It's almost as if similarly-themed "skits" (gay hustler, bridge jumpers, petty thieves, etc.) are shot in one day, then mixed together in post production. That said, the show's still improv funny. Somebody remind me to get the first 4 seasons online.
My "Background" Shows
- 24, King of the Hill & The Simpsons - By background I mean I could leave these shows playing on the TV or PC while I'm doing something else. (Though in the case of 24 I sometimes have to fast-forward it.)
- Burn Notice – Getting formulaic, but otherwise not bad, not that I can remember any of his lifesaving Spy Tips
- Everybody Hates Chris- Still funny, though.
My Premium Cable Faves
- Californication - David Duchovny gets all the best lines and best babes. (I think I just described James Bond…)
- Dexter - Lastest season wasn't as strong as the last, but it was still good. I always thought of Dexter as more cheerful and meticulous version of The Punisher.
My 1-Hour Dramas
- Chuck – Awesome 2nd season finish. Sucks if they cancel it. Saved the 3-D episode 'til I can get ahold of a pair of 3-D specs.
- Damages – Favorite (and only) legal drama I watched
- Heroes - Barely saved itself from crappy season 3.
- Flashpoint – Only way you can tell this cool show’s produced in Canada (specifically Toronto) is the fact almost every episode you can see everyone's breath.
- The Unit – Still the best Guy Show. I call it 24 done right. Sucks if they cancel it.
- House - Gave up on it a little past mid-season. It was getting repetitive for me. Might move it to my "Background" list.
My New Shows
- Better Off Ted – Quirky corporation comedy.
- Dollhouse - What if The Pretender was an unwilling subject? Cool stuff. Sucks if they cancel it.
- Important Things w/ Demetri Martin - A comedy central show by a Yale nerd graduate. Skits, large pad drawings and fake remote controls. HI-larious, seriously.
- Krod Mandoon & the Sword of Fire – Fantasy genre, ala Kevin Sorbo Hercules or Xena, only intentionally funny.
- Lie to Me – What if a Gregory House-like character (only this time the actor playing him gets to keep his English accent) leads a forensic-facial team?
- The Mentalist – More entertaining that Psych, less neurotic than Monk.
- Party Down – Funny like Seinfeld, in that the laughs come from the awkward situations the characters get themselves into, and no life lessons are taught (nor sought).
- United States of Tara – Fun and Dramedy w/ Multiple Personality Disorder.
My Cancelled/Finished Shows
- Battlestar Galactica - Ended too soon, and the ending wasn't all the coherent. RIP, anti-Star Trek show.
- Flight of the ConChords - Just as well they ended before the novelty songs stopped becoming funny.
- Life – Sucks they cancelled it, but if they followed through w/ the hint that
- Life On Mars – Better than the UK version. Even had a cheerier, more sci-fi tacked sense of closure.
- Pushing Daisies – Quirkyness in saturated color. Sucks it was cancelled.
- Sit Down Shut Up – Funnier than Dilbert, but not by much. Not surprised they gave it the axe.
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