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Ah, what a strange and wonderful tv season it has been. Interrupted post coitus thanks to those "greedy" writers, it managed to get salvaged for "sweeps" (huh?) and just in time for an actor's strike to ruin next autumn's new programmes. Shouldn't all these people be doing it for the love of their creativity? No? Oh well ok then... Here are some as-condensed-as-I-can-be-considering-i'm-known-for-waffling observations of the boss and dross shows of 2007-08...

ABC ruled the roost this season. Desperate Housewives (the last few minutes? Aces!); Lost (i need a notebook everytime I watch it, but i can then pretend tv is challenging and intellectual); Grey's Anatomy (derek and meredith getting back together. Pick her. choose her. love her); Brothers & Sisters (slightly disturbing Sharon-Dennis Eastenders type incest but not ending but brillo as ever. Greg Berlanti rules); Pushing Daisies (whimsical and magical, it really was a fairytale bought to life - ooo see what i did there. Boo the short season though); and Ugly Betty (which was pretty dismal all year but had some good episodes here and there - almost as if by mistake - and does seem to be getting back on track. Hurrah)



The netlet CW may have angered me by renewing One Tree Hill over Veronica Mars (style over substance really does win out) but reeled me back in with the not-nearly-as-annoying-as-i-thought-it-would-be Reaper (Sock was ridiculously irritating to start with, then less so - or I just became more tolerant. Gay demons, questionable parentage and a doozy of an ending that changes everything for next year) and Josh "The OC" Shwartz Gossip Girl, which has to be the most deliriously gooey prime time soap I know of. Pity about the rehash of the Oliver storyline from year one OC with Georgina (Dawn! The Key! Unlocking Serena's secrets!) taking that role, but hey, it gave me Penn Badgely...The Hardy Boys (Supernatural) were as watchable as ever, btw...



Shorter shows ~ proof that everything doesn't have to be stretched out over the normal non-striking 22 episode season run. Dexter got bloody gory and successfully deviated from the books in year 2 (though that fucking annoying English bint got right up my jacksey) while Henry Cavill may have lured me to the tudors, but the sudsy take on politics and power has me hooked. Poor Anne Boleyn. I may even feel a little bit sorry for her... odd pacing though - it sometimes seems to be racing against the other boleyn girl movie to see who can behead first!! Dazpants is very sorry to see the 4400 depart again from this time period :(


We are family ~ is ABC Family the new CW (it might as well be cos I won't be watching the fucking gaudy looking 90210 regeneration)? Kyle XY was a bit confusing in the second year, but it knows how to pull off a cliffhanger and was a nice contrast to the Porkys for teens Greek, which is semi watchable though not particularly brilliant. Perhaps best to stick with the reruns of Gilmore Girls and pre-convulted history Smallville...


Downright disaster (yet i kept watching) ~ How long did bloody Hiro need to stay in feudal Japan? He seemed to be there forever and his bloody love story wasn't very bloody interesting. Veronica Mars shone in her anti Hayley Pantyshares role but by the time Story 2 was done, the writers were on strike and it could possibly be a death toll for the show unless year 3 is outstanding. Ditto Prison Break - everything I say about the loathsomely ludicrous 24 is true about Prison Break yet for some reason I seem to cut PB more slack. Smallville has gone pretty crap - you can almost hear the cast and creative crew counting down the days to when they can call it quits...

Best of brits:

• Shameless
• Benidorm
• The Office (US version - year four has been lovely. Great final few moments!)
• The Apprentice (Raef has gone. Woohoo! Viva Lee and Lucinda! Is it very wrong that I felt sorry for Michael this week?)
• Gail's gay long lost dad on Corrie. Brilliant
• Doctor Who
• M.I. High

New shows worthy of your time:

Not many next year due to the strike. As I said 90210 looks god-awful but new shows from the normally reliable Joss Whedon (dollhouse with eliza dushku! FAITH!) and JJ Abrams (Fringe with Pacey Dawsons Creek!) will be worth tuning into....

Last years season finale wrap up...
2006 season finale wrap up...