What is your Top Ten US TV Shows? (Season 08/09) *Results posted #111*

[TonyG]

It's that time of year again. The Networks 08/09 season draws to a close this week & it's time to vote for your Top Ten US shows.

Previous Top Tens have been...

05/06

1. 24
2. Lost
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. The Shield
5. Prison Break
6. The West Wing
7. House
8. Veronica Mars
9. My Name is Earl
10. The Sopranos

06/07

1. Heroes
2. Lost
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. Prison Break
5. The Shield
6. The Office
7. 24
8. Dexter
9. House
10. The Sopranos

07/08

1. Lost
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. House
4. Dexter
5. Heroes
6. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
7. The Wire
8. Supernatural
9. Californication
10. Chuck

Valid shows are those that started/ended between the dates 01/06/08 - 31/05/09

To get the ball rolling, my Top Ten for this year is...

1. House :notworthy
2. Big Love
3. Friday Night Lights
4. Mad Men
5. The Office
6. Lost
7. The Shield
8. True Blood
9. Fringe
10. Sons of Anarchy

Honourable mentions to: 24, Chuck, Damages, Generation Kill, Life, 30 Rock, Terminator, Battlestar, Boston Legal, Brotherhood, Californication, Dexter, Dollhouse, Eleventh Hour, Eli Stone, ER, Greek, Kings, Lie to Me, Medium, Nip/Tuck, Reaper, Rescue Me, Southland, Supernatural, The Middleman, The Unit & Weeds. :thumbs:

Also, feel free to post your favourite "Guilty Pleasure" show. You know it's awful, but you just can't help but watch it. My nomination for this is Prison Break. :)

Closing date is 30th June.

Have Fun! ;)

[AdsterUK]

1. Supernatural
2. Lost
3. House
4. Chuck
5. How I Met Your Mother
6. True Blood
7. Big Bang Theory
8. Eli Stone
9. Greys Anatomy
10. Raising the Bar

Guilty Pleasure: Greek :D

I really started to struggle by the end, and to be honest would call it a top 5 with 5 random others tagged on.

[callmecheez]

1. House
2. Breaking Bad
3. Chuck

. . struggling to think of anymore. I aim to use this thread for ideas of what to watch next! :)

[Wooglie]

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Chuck
3. Supernatural
4. Lost
5. Fringe
6. Big Bang Theory
7. Sons of Anarchy
8. True Blood
9. 24
10. Dexter

Can never decide on the order of these things...

[Coolhand]

1. House
2. Lost


ooh thought of a third

3. Lie to Me

[H Dot]

1. Lost
2. Dexter
3. House
4. Burn Notice
5. The Shield
6. 24
7. How I Met Your Mother
8. 30 Rock
9. Fringe
10. Damages

Also honourable mention to Californication S2

[sleepy67]

Lost
True Blood
Sons of Anarchy
Life
Southland
Dexter
Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles
Burn Notice
Fringe
Chuck

Guilty Pleasure: Legend of the Seeker - hot women in tight red leather and Bridget Regans cleavage

[Scarface_Joker]

1 - LOST
2 - The Shield
3 - The Big Bang Theory
4 - Entourage
5 - 24
6 - Damages

Have not seen much of this season yet... :(

Supernatural, Chuck, HIMYM, Dexter, Burn Notice, Fringe, True Blood are all contenders which will knock these shows out...

Guilty Pleasure: Greek

[sleepy67]

IIRC Lost won last year by a mile and I bet its going to do so this year as well.

[MetalGearAl]

Tricky to remember how good the mid-season shows from last year were... Not even sure I watch 10 shows either.

Here goes anyway:

1. Lost
2. 30 Rock
3. The Office
4. Entourage
5. How I Met Your Mother
6. Breaking Bad
7. 24
8. Weeds
9. South Park
10. Family Guy (significantly improved in past few episodes)

[Professor Abronsius]

1. Lost
2. 24
3. Heroes
4. The Shield
5. Smallville
6. Battlestar Galactica
7. Sons Of Anarchy
8. Dexter
9. Californication
10. Prison Break

Think i should give House, True Blood and Greek a go soon.

Cheers. :)

[acs]

Here are mine

1. Lost
2. Psych
3. Burn Notice
4. Chuck
5. 24
6. 30 Rock
7. Desperate Housewives
8. The Mentalist
9. House
10. CSI: NY

[TonyG]

Yup, 11 entries & already Lost is romping away with it. It's like Norway at this year's Eurovision. :)

[SIMON ADEBISI]

1. Supernatural (by miles)
2. The Shield
3. Entourage
4. True Blood
5. Sons Of Anarchy
6. Dexter

And thats all ive actually seen this year.

[sleepy67]

My other prediction is that BSG will show the biggest fall against last years vote.

[Andy]

1. Lost
2. Chuck
3. Dexter
4. The Shield
5. 24

Haven't watched much more than that, well Galactica for one, but apart from the finale I thought S4 was pretty poor stuff tbh.

[Roberto]

1 LOST (has been absolutely cracking this year)
2 BSG
3 24
4 How i met your mother
5 Ugly Betty (My GP)
6 Family Guy
7 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

I can't be bothered to put heroes on there, nil points

[LeftHandedGuitarist]

1. Battlestar Galactica (some of the best TV I've ever watched)
2. Lost
3. ER
4. Scrubs
5. Dexter
6. 30 Rock
7. Family Guy
8. Breaking Bad
9. Stargate Atlantis
10. 24

[Space Duck]

1. Grey's Anatomy (The Finale Alone was the best this season)
2. Big Love
3. True Blood
4. Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles (Second Best Season Finale this year)
5. Dexter
6. Battlestar Galactica
7. Desperate Housewives
8. House
9. The Mentalist
10. Weeds

[joconnor]

1. Supernatural
2. Generation Kill
3. The Shield
4. Entourage
5. Lost
6. Mad Men
7. House
8. 24
9. Dexter
10.Burn Notice

[degeneration]

1. Dexter
2. Lost
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. Eli Stone
5. Fringe
6. 30 Rock
7. 24
8. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
9. Burn Notice
10. Breaking Bad

Only seen the first two episodes of Lie To Me but looking good so far.

[gavinhanly]

Mine are:

1. Lost
2. True Blood
3. Fringe
4. Supernatural
5. Damages
6. ER
7. 24
8. Terminator
9. Mentalist
10. Galactica

Watched Smallville, Dollhouse and Heroes too - but they belong on a "worst" list. Very disappointed by Galactica too, which I felt has been WAY over-rated by many (not necessarily in this thread - just in general).

[Sprout Crumble]

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Dexter
3. Big Bang Theory
4. Boston Legal
5. Fringe
6. Burn Notice
7. 30 Rock
8. South Park
9. Chuck
10.Generation Kill

Just under for me were Terminator, Californication, Reaper, Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone and Kings.

Biggest sucker was Dollhouse.

Been a great year IMO.

[The404]

1. Chuck
2. The Office
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. Lost
5. 24
6. The Flight of the Conchords
7. American Dad
8. Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles
9. Castle
10. Privileged

[basegreen]

1. Lost
2. Dexter
3. Burn Notice
4. 24
5. The Mentalist
6. Lie to Me
7. Fringe
8. Prison Break (which is my guilty pleasure)
9. BSG
10. Castle

[camaj]

1.Lost(even though it getting worse, it's still great)
2.The Office
3.The Colbert Report
4.Breaking Bad
5.The Daily Show
6.Medium
7.Survivor
8.The Biggest Loser (They have got to stop doing couples though)
9.The Mentalist
10.Monk

I could have gone to 15 probably.

Garry Unmarried is probably my guilty pleasure, it's not crap but it looks cheap

[statto]

My top ten...

1. Lost
2. Chuck
3. House
4. 30 Rock
5. The Mentalist
6. Boston Legal
7. Dexter
8. Breaking Bad
9. Fringe
10. Lie to Me

Not quite making the grade...

11. Burn Notice
12. Castle
13. The Big Bang Theory
14. Generation Kill
15. Damages
16. Party Down
17. Dollhouse
18. How I Met Your Mother
19. Leverage
20. Trust Me

Bringing up the rear...

21. Heroes
22. Clone Wars
23. Eli Stone
24. The Unusuals
25. Gary Unmarried
26. Kings
27. Parks & Recreation
28. Harper's Island
29. In Plain Sight
30. Smallville

I'd call Smallville my guilty pleasure, but it's more like a guilty pain TBH.

[Herbal]

God you watch some TV ;)

1) Lost
2) Dexter
3) Mad Men
4) The Mentalist
5) Boston Legal

[pompeyfan]

1. NCIS
2. Supernatural
3. Dexter
4. The Unit
5, BSG
6. Heroes

Not watched any others.

[dmb6473a]

01. 24
02. Entourage
03. Dexter
04. Bones
05. Boston Legal
06. The Celebrity Apprentice
07. Desperate Housewives
08. Sons of Anarchy
09. Prison Break
10. Lie To Me

Honourable mentions:-
11. The Unit
12. Raising the Bar
13. The Mentalist
14. Fringe
15. Real Time with Bill Mahr
16. The Daily Show
17. Heroes
18. The Shield
19. The Beast

Bottom 3:-
20. Lost
21. Saving Grace
22. Generation Kill


Edited becuase I forgot Bones!

[statto]

Lost is your 19th best show? Wow, you must really not like it.

[fivebyfive]

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Chuck
3. Burn Notice
4. Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles
5. The Office
6. Southpark

(dexter would be on the list but have not seen s3 yet)

[BigDavie2000]

1. Dexter
2. Chuck
3. The Big Bang Theory
4. 24
5. NCIS
6. Lost
7. The Unit
8. Bones
9. BSG
10. Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Also watching all CSI's, Heroes, Prison Break, Criminal Minds, Scrubs, Numb3rs, Flashpoint and Dollhouse.

[Pentasa]

1. The Big Bang Theory
2. Chuck
3. Entourage
4. 30 Rock
5. American Dad


Don't watch that much TV these days

[boonspoon]

1. Chuck
2. Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles

That's all.. :D

[brainwaster]

1 - Lost
2 - Chuck
3 - 30 Rock
4 - Dexter
5 - True Blood
6 - NCIS
7 - CSI
8 - House
9 - Harpers Island
10 - Medium

[tk421138]

1 Lost
2 The Shield
3 Generation Kill
4 Dexter
5 House
6 Damages
7 24
8 Brotherhood
9 BSG
10 Life
11 Terminator
12 ER

Of those I think only Lost managed to maintain my excitement levels as high as previous seasons.

A lot of them managed to pull it together for a good finale though.

[Robby]

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Friday Night Lights
3. The Shield
4. Eastbound & Down
5. United States of Tara
6. Damages
7. Big Love
8. Californication
9. Dexter
10. Lost
11. Brotherhood
12. Weeds

Hard to pick 10 sorry, In all honesty all 12 of those shows have been superb this season and it seems harsh to rate them as such as they're all pretty much equal in quality and enjoyment for me.


These have all been good but not upto the same quality as my previous 12

24
The Office
My Name Is Earl
Ugly Betty My guilty pleasure
30 Rock
Everybody Hates Chris
Terminator: SCC
True Blood
Flight of the Conchords
Entourage
South Park
Prison Break

Also enjoyed Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares and LA Ink in the dodgy 'reality' category.

I finally gave up the ghost on Heroes. When you get a backlog of 6 episodes and you'd rather watch the local news than continue on with that drivel you know it's time to move on.

[TonyG]

34 entries so far with 65 different shows voted for.

One show is obviously romping it, but still very close between 2nd-5th.

The once mighty "Heroes" is languishing down in 52nd place with only one person voting for it so far. :)

[basegreen]

It has been absolutely awful though. The network must be in tears as it should be doing far better than it is.

[Professor Abronsius]

Bloody hell!!! Totally forgot about Heroes and The Shield. :eek:

Have ammended my selection to take these into account. :thumbs:

[grounded_dreams]

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. United States of Tara
3. House
4. True Blood
5. Fringe
6. 24
7. 30 Rock
8. Flight of the Conchords
9. Southland
10. Dexter

[SeanValen]

24
Two and a Half Men
Supernatural
Big Bang Theory


There isn't much apart from sitcoms that give me the same buzz as 24 for entertainment

[Psybear]

BSG [by a mile]
Terminator SCC
Lost
24
Rescue Me
Dexter
The Shield
Fringe
American Idol ;)

[Shingster]

Do Mini-series count?

[statto]

I think so. Generation Kill has a few mentions.

[poissony]

1. Mad Men
2. Damages
3. The Shield
4. Sons of Anarchy
5. Lost
6. 24
7. Dexter
8. Friday Night Lights

[36Degrees]

1) House
2) Grey's Anatomy
3) South Park (Baby Fark McGee-zax)
4) Dexter
5) 24
6) Lost
7) The Office
8) How I Met Your Mother
9) Smallville
10) Leverage

As you can tell, I haven't watched any new seasons this season (damn work).. Smallville, how did that make the mark? Well ignoring the Season finale, I really enjoyed most of the episodes this season, had a greater direction and feel to it..

Leverage was a welcome new show (only new one I watched), just had a nice little Oceans 11 feel but not entirely about stealing to it... fun to watch !

Only other non reality TV shows I watched were Battlestar (which I will no longer comment on), Prison Break (laughable), 30 Rock (just stable), My Name Is Earl (it's ok), The Simpsons (a few episodes which were really good... if only they were all like that)..

Ho hum, at least Penn and Teller's BS / Hells Kitchen starts beg of July ! =)

[Todd Tomorrow]

I don't watch enough telly to get a top ten together, but I like:

1. The Shield
2. Mad Men
3. Big Love
4. Damages
5. Brothers & Sisters (soppy guilty pleasure but well done for what it is)

I used to like BSG (till the middle of S3), Heroes (for the first half of S1), 24 (till S5), Weeds (till S2) and ER (till S7) but eventually got bored with all of them.

[Alastair]

1. The Wire
2. The Sopranos
3. Lost
4. Dexter
5. Californication
6. The Shield
7. Entourage
8. Heroes
9. Fringe
10. The Unit

[Todd Tomorrow]

1. The Wire
2. The Sopranos


If it hadn't said (Season 08/09) in the title I would have had these two in the top as well. ;)

[TonyG]

To be honest, I was expecting to see more mentions of The Wire, with it only recently starting on BBC2.

Technically it could be included, but then I suspect all the hardcore forum fans on here would just slap it down at no.1 despite originally watching it years ago, therefore I'm going to have to exclude it & obviously The Sopranos too.

[Grandmaster]

1. Chuck
2. House
3. Lost
4. 30 Rock
5. The Office
6. Dexter
7. The Shield
8. Damages
9. Knight Rider
10. Terminator: SCC

[Littc]

1. Burn Notice
2. House
3. 24
4. How I Met Your Mother
5. Scrubs
6. Battlestar Galactica
7. Smallville
8. Grey's Anatomy
9. Prison Break
10. Boston Legal

[Littc]

Bloody hell!!! Totally forgot about The Shield. :eek:

Have ammended my selection to take it into account. :thumbs:

Fixed.

[AndyHall]

It's time like these when you realise just how much TV you watch :eek::cuckoo::doh::)

Top 10, followed by everything else rated in order:

1. Chuck
2. Lost
3. 30 Rock
4. Boston Legal
5. True Blood
6. Terminator SCC
7. Damages
8. Fringe
9. Battlestar Galactica
10. Burn Notice

11. Family Guy
12. 24
13. Dollhouse
14. SG Atlantis
15. Nip/Tuck
16. Lie To Me
17. Harper's Island
18. Life On Mars
19. Sanctuary
20. Numb3rs
21. Ugly Betty
22. Scrubs
23. Bones
24. Knight Rider
25. The Mentalist
26. Pushing Daisies
27. ER
28. Reaper
29. Heroes
30. Smallville
31. American Dad
32. My Name Is Earl
33. Parks and Recreation
34. Worst Week

[Shingster]

Seems TV viewers do have short attention spans and memories, there was plenty of quality TV last year but everyone's mostly voting for series that ended only recently, despite 2009 being extremely lacklustre! I also have to say that looking at the votes, Boston legal really is the most under-appreciated TV series of recent years, only mustering one or two lowly placed votes despite its final season being an absolute cracker!

Still, at least Chuck is finally getting its dues!

Here's my list:

1. Boston Legal
2. Generation Kill
3. Lost
4. Chuck
5. Dexter
6. The Shield
7. Mad Men
8. House
9. Breaking Bad
10. 24

[boonspoon]

Good to see Chuck starting to get the votes. I've got to say...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/legendkiller79/cptnawesome.png

:D

[gburnsid]

Instead of thinking about the quality of the programmes, I tried to order them entirely by how much I enjoy watching them. If I had new episodes of these 10 shows, this is probably the order I would watch them in.

1. The Amazing Race
2. The Big Bang Theory
3. How I Met Your Mother
4. Lost
5. The Office
6. Entourage
7. 30 Rock
8. Smallville
9. True Blood
10. Big Love

Close behind were Dollhouse, Rescue Me, Desperate Housewives and Greek.

[statto]

Instead of thinking about the quality of the programmes, I tried to order them entirely by how much I enjoy watching them. If I had new episodes of these 10 shows, this is probably the order I would watch them in.

That's the same way I worked my list out. :)

[Desk]

1. House
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. Breaking Bad
4. Lost
5. 30 Rock
6. Boston Legal
7. Californication
8. Supernatural
9. Fringe
10. Burn Notice

[Quincunx]

1. Lost
2. Supernatural
3. Chuck
4. Dexter
5. House
6. Fringe
7. Burn Notice
8. Breaking Bad
9. Boston Legal
10. True Blood

I haven't seen series 4 of BSG or the final series of The Shield yet. I gave up on Heroes episode 20. And my guilty pleasure is Smallville.

[KRW]

1 Breaking Bad
2 Family Guy
3 South Park
4 American Dad
5 Robot Chicken
6 Big Bang Theory
7 House
8 Flight of the Conchords
9 Scrubs
10 The Shield

[Disappearer]

1. Mad Men
2. The Shield
3. The Office
4. Generation Kill
5. Lost
6. United States Of Tara
7. Battlestar Galactica
8. True Blood
9. 30 Rock
10. The Daily Show

That's all I've been watching (with a few exceptions) - the likes of Breaking Bad, Flight Of The Conchords & Dexter are on my 'To Watch' list. Heroes and Prison Break are the shows I started and dropped during the last seasons.

[TonyG]

Latest update:

50 voters so far, 72 shows voted for. Four new entries in the top 10 from last year.

The no.1 show is still romping it, and a surprising 2nd placed show is also pulling away from the pack. 3rd - 7th is very tight as is 8th - 18th.

[beater]

1. Chuck
2. Lost
3. Dexter
4. House
5. Supernatural
6. Battlestar Galactica
7. True Blood
8. 24
9. The Mentalist
10. Knight Rider

[Royle]

1. The Office
2. American Dad
3. The Shield
4. Fringe
5. Family Guy
6. 24
7. Breaking Bad
8. Dexter
9. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
10. Sons of Anarchy

Guilty pleasure: Testees :D

[cdm22]

1. Lost
2. Chuck
3. Supernatural
4. House
5. How I Met Your Mother
6. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
7. 24
8. Californication
9. Big Bang Theory
10. Dexter

Honorable mentions

Battlestar Galactica
Flight of the Conchords (not as good as first series)
Dollhouse (hoping for a better second series as the first was very inconsistant quality wise)

[Psybear]

I may have to change my vote as I've started watching Chuck and Breaking Bad after seeing them mentioned here - and enjoying them both. Plus I've ordered Mad Men S1....

[hannay]

Lost
Chuck
24
Knight Rider :D
Dexter
Fringe
My Name is Earl
Prison Break
The Mentalist
Heroes


Tough call for the top 5 really - really enjoyed each show - gutted Knight Rider was binned :( it was soooo much fun.

Not enjoyed Heroes as much, but I don't think it's been anywhere near as bad as some make out.

Prison Break got gradually worst, but I enjoyed the series as a whole, but it was right to end it.

Lost won it for me because it was so consistantly brilliant, Chuck was fantastic, and 24 was excellent - dropped off a bit towards the end, hence it finishing in 3rd :)

[TonyG]

I may have to change my vote as I've started watching Chuck and Breaking Bad after seeing them mentioned here - and enjoying them both. Plus I've ordered Mad Men S1....

No problem. Just amend your previous post & let me know & I'll do the necessary. Mad Men in particular needs all the votes it can as it seems no-one that watches it, is voting. :|

[thatzit]

1. Lost
2. Breaking Bad
3. Dexter
4. Sons of Anarchy
5. Damages
6. 24
7. Party Down
8. Dollhouse
9. Sarah Connor Chronicles
10. Chuck

I missed The Wire and Veronica Mars when they first aired but I caught up with them this year. I probably enjoyed these more than all the other shows.

[sleepy67]

edited my list (http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8621285&postcount=7) Moved Burn Notice up to above Fringe

[sleepy67]

bump

[TonyG]

Still a few Tv-forum regulars yet to post in this thread. Still awaiting Ritchie & CJ to post scores for the likes of 90210. ;)

[jroadley]

01. Chuck
02. Weeds
03. True Blood
04. Southland
05. Testees
06. United States Of Tara
07. Family Guy
08. Desperate Housewives
09. CSI Miami
10. My Name Is Earl

Yet to watch:

Dollhouse
Lie To Me
Being Human
The Unusuals

And honourable mention to Eastbound And Down

[Smash41]

1. How I Met Your Mother
2. The Big Bang Theory
3. Gossip Girl
4. Heroes
5. Friday Night Lights
6. Greek
7. Scrubs
8. Family Guy
9. Entourage
10. My Name Is Earl



Sidenote - reading this thread its great to see so many people mentioning How I Met Your Mother, a show that has been sadly overlooked in this country.

[Mr Dan]

1.Lost
2.24
3.BSG
4.The Shield
5.Hells Kitchen
6.Kitchen Nightmares
7.Two and a Half Men
8.Prison Break

Still watching Burn notice(which I love) and have True Blood to do.
Heroes got cut off like a two year marriage.
Guilty pleasure? Take your pick! :lol:

[Hoskas]

1. Supernatural
2. Lost
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. Bones * edit as forgot.
5. Dexter
6. 24
7. The mentalist
8. Fringe

[Alan b]

1. House
2. Bones
3. Without a Trace
4. Battlestar Galactica
5. Stargate Atlantis
6. Pushing Daises
7. Law and Order SVU
8. Law and Order Criminal Intent
9. Cold Case

[scoobyood]

1. Lost
2. Californication
3. True Blood
4. House
5. The Office
6. Big Bang Theory
7. Lie to me
8. Weeds
9. Mythbusters
10. Reaper

I thought that would be more difficult. I only had 11 shows that I can't miss.. I am a few years behind on shows like 30 rock and Dexter..

[cjanderson]

oh a challenge

1) Lost
2) 90210
3) apprentice USA (season 8)
4) brothers and sisters
5) CSI las vegas and new york
6) criminal minds
7) bones
8) 30 rock
9) dexter
10) gossip girl

and honourble mentions to such gems as "sylista", "project runway", "America's next top model", "my super sweet 16" and "i wanna work for diddy"

[TonyG]

Blimey! ... Now 91 different shows have been voted for. I didn't even know that many shows existed!

[Mills]

This probably won't be my final list because I've only seen the first episode of Lost thus far, and that'll almost definitely make it, but I wanted to put in a list now in case I don't watch it before this closes! The order is subject to change as well, a lot of them are really close.

Friday Night Lights
The Shield
30 Rock
Mad Men
Lost
House
Pushing Daisies
How I Met Your Mother
Dexter
So You Think You Can Dance

I also watched Project Runway, Desperate Housewives and Heroes. Not sure why I continued to subject myself to Heroes - while I don't love the other two I at least get some enjoyment out of them! Also I didn't pick up a single new show this year. (New to the networks I mean - watched almost every season of The Amazing Race, and been watching The Wire BBC2 pace. If The Wire were eligible it'd be number 1, no question.)

Not sure on my guilty pleasure. Probably SYTYCD, even though the dancers and choreography nearly lift it out of that status. Possibly Project Runway.

Still loads I haven't seen (if I'm honest, I still haven't seen the last two episodes of Mad Men as I missed them on iplayer, but it's been good enough so far to get in the list regardless.) Apart from Lost I'm interested in about 10 other shows that have been mentioned. There's not enough time in the day!

[sleepy67]

bump

[rua]

In a paticular order the us shows I watched last season was:

1. Supernatural
2. Big Bang Theory
3. Dexter
4. Dollhouse
5. Reaper
6. Smallville
7. Scrubs
9. Bones
8. Heroes
10. Prison Break

[Littc]

In no paticular order the us shows I watched last season was:

Scrubs
Bones
Dexter
Heroes
Big Bang Theory
Prison Break
Dollhouse
Reaper
Supernatural
Smallville

Fantastic, because the point of this thread was indeed to put the shows in no particular order....

[TonyG]

Fantastic, because the point of this thread was indeed to put the shows in no particular order....
:lol:

....only a few days left, get those votes in! .... The scoring is still very tight, it only takes one high score from an individual to boost a show into the top 10.

[Richie]

Crikey I am SO behind on so many shows I really like, like whole seasons behind, several in some cases!
So, of what I have actually watched my list is:
1. Lost
2. Mad Men (it was almost #1, almost!)
3. Damages
4. Battlestar Galactica
5. 24
6. Desperate Housewives
7. The Mentalist
8. American Idol (I feel dirty putting this in though!)

and I think that's it.

90210 and Heroes have been some of the worst telly in years! Quite an achievement! :clap: (why do I end up watching the crap and not catching up with the shows I actually love?! weird!)
Fringe I didn't click with, it just annoys the hell outta me. :razz:
and I can't vote for Harper's Island because a) it's kinda crap innit and b) it'll all depend on the denouement (which is after the cut off date). BUT I guess it could be my "guilty pleasure" vote because I have really looked forward to every episode even though it's rubbish! :D

[TonyG]

Crikey I am SO behind on so many shows I really like, like whole seasons behind, several in some cases!
So, of what I have actually watched my list is:
1. Lost
2. Mad Men (it was almost #1, almost!)
3. Damages
4. Battlestar Galactica
5. 24
6. Desperate Housewives
7. The Mentalist
8. American Idol (I feel dirty putting this in though!)

and I think that's it.

90210 and Heroes have been some of the worst telly in years! Quite an achievement! :clap: (why do I end up watching the crap and not catching up with the shows I actually love?! weird!)
Fringe I didn't click with, it just annoys the hell outta me. :razz:
and I can't vote for Harper's Island because a) it's kinda crap innit and b) it'll all depend on the denouement (which is after the cut off date). BUT I guess it could be my "guilty pleasure" vote because I have really looked forward to every episode even though it's rubbish! :D

Richie!, you forgot Friday Night Lights! ... Shame on YOU! :nono:

[Barnacle]

1. Lost
2. 24
3. Burn Notice
4. Dexter
5. The Unit
6. CSI
7. Desperate Housewives
8. Ugly Betty
9. Prison Break
10. Heroes

[Tob]

Don't think I can manage 10, but here's my mini list:

1) The Shield
2) Damages
3) True Blood
4) Weeds
5) Entourage
6) Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles
7) Desperate Housewives

Think the only others I watched were 24, Heroes and a bit of Lost, but I didn't enjoy any of them (enjoyed bits of 24, but not consistent enough), so they don't make the list.

[Boink!]

My ten:

BSG
Lost
Burn Notice
Sons of Anarchy
Supernatural
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
Fringe
Dollhouse
Mentalist
Smallville (almost like a guilty secret)

[Richie]

Richie!, you forgot Friday Night Lights! ... Shame on YOU! :nono:But I still haven't seen season 3 yet! :eek: See, I told you I'm behind! I was all set to do a dvd marathon with it and then the news about the shorter versions came though and so on!

So many shows that I really enjoy like FNL, Chuck, Boston Legal, The Shield, Prison Break, Gossip Girl, brothers & sisters etc. etc. I just slipped behind at some point and then there's never enough time to catch up and shows like FNL I want to savour (plus it makes me cry like a girl on the rag, so I need to be in the right mood) which is probably why I watch so much junk in the interim as you don't have to concentrate much. At all. The average 90210 episode takes less than 10 mins to get through I find! - why do I even bother?! :D

[zenza]

In no particular order:


Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost

[sleepy67]

In no particular order:


Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
:lol:

[rua]

Fantastic, because the point of this thread was indeed to put the shows in no particular order....

Amended, sorted now?

[Smash41]

Updated my list

[The404]

I'm not liking the lack of Chuck in the last few top 10's :p

[Mills]

Updated my list (http://www.thedvdforums.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=8650811&postcount=84) to include Lost now that I've seen the whole season.

I've also seen The Big Bang Theory (both seasons) since I last posted. It was enjoyable enough, but aside from The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis I didn't love it. Just started with Chuck (season 1 I'm afraid, so no chance it'll make my list this year The 404!). Enjoying it far more than I thought I would to be honest.

[Apostate]

Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles
24
Burn Notice
Dexter
BSG
Supernatural
The Unit
The Mentalist
Criminal Minds
The Tudors

[RESSEH]

1. Chuck
2. 24
3. Lost
4. The Shield
5. South Park
6. BSG
7. terminator
8. scrubs
9. Dexter
10. dollhouse

[joconnor]

I'm quite surprised by the lack of Generation Kill thus far. Only a few people seem to have watched it.

[The404]

In no particular order:


Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost


Cute, however I call shenanigans if Lost gets allocated points for each position on your list! :p

[TonyG]

Cute, however I call shenanigans if Lost gets allocated points for each position on your list! :p
Don't worry, it only gets 10pts for that list, not that it needs any more.

Any more voters out there? ... Closing date tomorrow evening at midnight!

Already have more voters than last year. Still very close between 3rd-to-5th & it would only take one or two voters to get certain shows into the top-ten, even at this late stage.

[alsemail]

1. 24
2. The Shield
3. Weeds
4. Sons of Anarchy
5. Breaking Bad
6. Entourage
7. Southland
8. Supernatural
9. Two and a Half Men
10. Brotherhood

[H Dot]

When can we expect the overall top ten?

[TonyG]

First thing on Wednesday morning. I've got our company payroll to process that morning too, but obviously this takes priority. ;)

[Ricinus]

1. Lost (by a country mile)
2. Stargate Atlantis
3. Desperate Housewives
4. Damages
5. Fringe
6. CSI:NY
7. Terminator
8. Dexter
9. True Blood
10. CSI

Heap of junk: Heroes
Heap of stinking disappointment: BSG
Not finished but looking great:24
Not started: Prison Break
Also not watched yet thanks to terrestrial channels dumping them: House and Medium

[Steve Jackson]

1. House
2. Supernatural
3. Burn Notice
4. Dexter
5. The Office
6. Lost
7. Damages
8. Rescue Me
9. Breaking Bad
10. How I Met Your Mother

[TonyG]

Thanks to the 74 forum members that voted for 94 different shows.

The Top Ten for 2008/09 is....

1. LOST (447)
2. Dexter (244)
3. 24 (217)
4. Battlestar Galactica (194)
5. Chuck (192)
6. House (178)
7. The Shield (167)
8. Supernatural (131)
9. True Blood (101)
10. 30 Rock (95)

Congratulations to LOST, a great fifth season romps away with the title by a massive margin. Also well done to True Blood for being the highest rated newcomer.

Plenty of other great shows from 11-20:

11. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (93)
12. Burn Notice (90)
13. Big Bang Theory (89)
14. Fringe (87)
15. The Office (84)
16. Damages (79)
17= Entourage (72)
17= Breaking Bad (72)
19. Mad Men (71)
20. How I Met Your Mother (61)

The Top Ten shows, based on average score is:

1. Lost (8.6)
2. Chuck (8.0)
3. Mad Men (7.89)
4. Supernatural (7.71)
5. Friday Night Lights (7.50)
6. The Shield (7.26)
7. House (7.12)
8. The Office (7.00)
9. Big Bang Theory (6.85)
10. Battlestar Galactica (6.69)

Lastly, previous top-ten shows that underperformed this year include:

Heroes down in 32nd & Prison Break in 43rd. Joss Whedon also needs to pull his socks up, with Dollhouse down in a miserable 47th.

Thanks for all that took part. :thumbs:

[Wooglie]

Nice to see Chuck doing well and Galactica going out on a high :thumbs:
Interesting how 24 and Dexter were 2nd and 3rd but didn't reach the top ten of averages.

[SIMON ADEBISI]

Good to see The Shield so high :thumbs:

[TonyG]

Interesting how 24 and Dexter were 2nd and 3rd but didn't reach the top ten of averages.

Yes, quantity of voters rather than score put them in the top-10.

Dexter averaging 5.81 & 24 scored 6.03.

[daboy3000]

Entourage
House
Lie to me
Better off Ted
Reaper
Weeds
Kyle XY
Journeyman
Generation Kill

Not in any order

[TonyG]

Entourage
House
Lie to me
Better off Ted
Reaper
Weeds
Kyle XY
Journeyman
Generation Kill

Not in any order

Too late, (and in Journeyman's case, over a year too late!) but thanks for playing. :D

[statto]

Thanks for all the work putting this together TonyG. :)

Out of interest, where did Boston Legal wind up?

[TonyG]

Out of interest, where did Boston Legal wind up?
Just outside the top-20, in 22nd place, with 49pts & an average of 5.44

[Richie]

Thanks for doing this again, Tony! :thumbs:

[TonyG]

Thanks for doing this again, Tony! :thumbs:
No problemo. You'll be glad to know, your fave show, 90210 finished in a miserable 57th place, with only one voter (CJ :nono: ) .... and Harpers Island in a lowly 85th place.

[sleepy67]

Lost :notworthy

Thanks for doing this TonyG :thumbs:

[Richie]

You'll be glad to know, your fave show, 90210 finished in a miserable 57th placeThat high! :eek: with only one voter (CJ :nono: ) CJ: see me after school for a slap! :p

[The404]

Cracking job TonyG.

Great to see Chuck doing well! :thumbs:

[Herbal]

Thanks Tony,

Where did FNL end up as got 5th on average?

[TonyG]

Thanks Tony,

Where did FNL end up as got 5th on average?

A very disappointing 30th place with only four people voting for it.

I guess we got ITV to blame for this, dropping it after the first season. :|

[sleepy67]

I guess we got ITV to blame for this, dropping it after the first season. :|blame the soap stories of early season 2, thats when I stopped watching what was till then one of my favourite show.

[TonyG]

blame the soap stories of early season 2, thats when I stopped watching what was till then one of my favourite show.
Yeah, that's true too, but they quickly sorted that out & S3 was back to S1 greatness.

[sleepy67]

Yeah, that's true too, but they quickly sorted that out & S3 was back to S1 greatness.yeah I read that in the forum thread and am about halfway through S3 now.

[Smash41]

Any plans to post the full list, would be interesting reading?

[Boink!]

Smallville was how low?

[TonyG]

Any plans to post the full list, would be interesting reading?
Spreadsheet is at work & i'm off tomorrow, so will post it all on Friday morning.

[Herbal]

I did not vote for FNL but have seen S3 since and its up there with S1 would have got 2nd or 3rd on my list.

[Robby]

Sad FNL was so low but glad it made the top ten on averages. I wonder if they can keep the quality there for this year? - that's another thread though.

Thanks Mr. G, top man.:thumbs:

[TonyG]

Smallville was how low?
A remarkably high 39th place! ;)

[TonyG]

Any plans to post the full list, would be interesting reading?

As requested, the full list from 21st onwards...

21. Sons of Anarchy (55)
22. Boston Legal (49)
23. The Mentalist (45)
24. Desperate Housewives (36)
25= Bones (33)
25= Family Guy (33)
27 South Park (32)
28= Big Love (31)
28= Weeds (31)
30 Friday Night Lights (30)
31= Californication (29)
31= Heroes (29)
33= American Dad (27)
33= Scrubs (27)
35= Generation Kill (25)
35= United States of Tara (25)
37= The Unit (24)
37= Greys Anatomy (24)
39= NCIS (21)
39= Smallville (21)
41= Southland (19)
41= Lie to Me (19)
43= Prison Break (17)
43= Stargate Atlantis (17)
45 CSI (16)
46 Two & a Half Men (15)
47 Dollhouse (14)
48= E.R. (13)
48= Brothers & Sisters (13)
50= Flight of the Conchards (11)
50= The Amazing Race (11)
52= Eli Stone (10)
52= Knight Rider (10)
54= Gossip Girl (9)
54= Pushing Daisies (9)
54= Ugly Betty (9)
54= Psych (9)
54= Beverly Hills 90210 (9)
59= Life (8)
59= Without a Trace (8)
59= The Colbert Report (8)
59= The Apprentice (US) (8)
63= Reaper (7)
63= Criminal Minds (7)
63= My Name is Earl (7)
63= The Daily Show (7)
63= Eastbound & Down (7)
68= Medium (6)
68= Greek (6)
68= Robot Chicken (6)
68= Testees (6)
68= Hell's Kitchen (US) (6)
68= American Idol (6)
68= CSI NY (6)
75= Celebrity Apprentice (US) (5)
75= Kitchen Nightmares (US) (5)
77= Brotherhood (4)
77= Survivor (4)
77= Party Down (4)
77= Law & Order SVU (4)
81= The Biggest Loser (3)
81= Law & Order Criminal Intent (3)
81= Rescue Me (3)
84= Castle (2)
84= Harpers Island (2)
84= CSI Miami (2)
84= Cold Case (2)
84= Mythbusters (2)
89= So You Think You Can Dance? (1)
89= Raising the Bar (1)
89= Privledged (1)
89= Monk (1)
89= The Tudors (1)
89= Leverage (1)

Based on this year's scores, i've decided to check out a few shows that score highly. I'm currently working my way through Big Bang Theory which is excellent, and also intend to start on Breaking Bad afterwards.

What about everyone else? ... Any highly-rated shows that you don't watch, that you consider checking out due to scoring highly in our survey?

Also, looking through the list, there are numerous shows that are criminally underscored....

Big Love, Friday Night Lights, Californication, Generation Kills, The Unit, Southland, Life, Medium, Greek, Brotherhood & Rescue Me to name but a few.

Only noticeable ommission from the list is Nip/Tuck.

[statto]

I already watch a lot, but I'll get round to watching the Shield at some point, more on word of mouth than it's placing here.

[H Dot]

Thanks Tony great job

[Robby]

I might have to give Chuck a whirl seeing as that's rated quite highly. Sad to see Eastbound & Down and United States of Tara are quite low down, two series that hit the ground running with a couple of great opening episodes and remained consistent throughout.

Has the fate of Tara and Brotherhood been decided yet does anyone know?

[TonyG]

Brotherhood was confirmed as being cancelled, earlier this week unfortunately. :|

[camaj]

I can't believe I'm the only person who voted for Monk! Or that so many people voted for average or terrible shows like Big Bang Theory, I can only assume it's ten times better now than it was in the early episodes because they were very poor.

The popularity of Battlestar Gallatica hasn't gone amiss, I will watch one day.

[Shingster]

So The Sarah Connor Chronicles was officially better this year than Boston Legal, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Generation Kill. :nuts:

You know, I think I could understand if Heroes was ranked #11, coz at least that show was actually pretty good once. I watched season 1 of TSC and it was completely mediocre, monumantally contrived, formulaic dirge from beginning to end. I hear the 2nd season is worse than the 1st! :eek::eek:

Anyway, great work Tony!

[cjanderson]

That high! :eek: CJ: see me after school for a slap! :p

now thats the best offer i;ve had all day :n0rty:

and in fact 8 other people desrves a slap :lol: as it had 9 votes. unless that was all me and i put it 2nd? :nuts:

ta for doing it Tony :thumbs:

[sleepy67]

So The Sarah Connor Chronicles was officially better this year than Boston Legal, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Generation Kill. :nuts:The latter 3 are all cable shows, so even here get less play than network.You know, I think I could understand if Heroes was ranked #11, coz at least that show was actually pretty good once. I watched season 1 of TSC and it was completely mediocre, monumantally contrived, formulaic dirge from beginning to end. I hear the 2nd season is worse than the 1st! :eek::eek:You are of course wrong TSCC was great though it occaisonaly dipped and the shows premise and some very interesting characters (Cameron, Cromartie/John Henry and Derek and to a lesser extent John) were at times wasted. S1 > S2 but thats not to say the highs of S2 weren't many and that they weren't great.