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Herc’s Top 10 Scripted Hourlongs of 2005!!
Ain't it cool's Herc included some Whedonverse-related shows in his list! |
Herc’s Top 10 Scripted Hourlongs of 2005!!
I am – Hercules!!
 2005 was my first full year with a TiVo, which makes compiling a “best of the year” list a lot easier. Those who own the device know that it comes with a “season pass manager,” which forces subscribers to rank their favorite shows. (It demands this of us because sometimes “Survivor,” “The OC,” “Smallville” and “Alias” will all air in the same slot; when they do, TiVo forces you to choose which two you like most.) The TiVo, helpfully, even hangs on to a show’s rankings long after that show is cancelled.
I remind all that “The Wire,” “The Sopranos,” “The Venture Bros.,” “Da Ali G Show” did not air new episodes in 2005. I remind all others that if your favorite show is not on any of these lists, it was almost certainly number 11 on one of mine.
Peer now into the sickness that is my TV world:
10. The O.C. (Fox)
9. Everwood (The WB)
8. The Inside (Fox). Tim Minear - one of the key architects behind “Angel” as well as the brilliant but short-lived “Firefly” and “Wonderfalls” – teamed up with writers Jane Espenson (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Firefly,” “Gilmore Girls”), Ben Edlund (“The Tick,” “Firefly,” “Angel”), Richard Hatem (“Miracles”) and Craig Silverstein (“The Dead Zone”) for a “Silence of the Lambs”-inspired psychological thriller about the FBI’s Los Angeles-based Violent Crimes Unit. It was sick and funny and weird and, had Fox introduced it after “American Idol,” it would by now likely be Fox’s highest-rated scripted series.
7. Six Feet Under (HBO)
6. 24 (Fox)
5. Rome (HBO)
4. Lost (ABC). One of the most frustrating shows I can’t stop watching. 2005 was not as good a “Lost” year as 2004, but 2005 saw the regulars covered in Leslie Arzt, it took us down The Hatch to The Button and the Blast Door, it introduced us to Hanzo and Mistereko and gave us that great flashback episode with the Tailies. My best advice to those who oversee the show? Less flashback, more stories explaining the Island, and more substantial conflict between the heroes. The flashbacks are great when they seem to offer clues as to what’s going on in the middle of the Pacific. (Was it really just a coincidence that guy-in-hatch Desmond met Jack back in the states?) When they don’t – as with the recent Locke, Kate, Hurley and Ana Lucia flashbacks – they just kinda feel like padding. If there really is a five-year plan, the creators might maybe consider telescoping it down to three years before viewers lose interest.
 3. Gilmore Girls (The WB)
2. Veronica Mars (UPN). Comedy, drama, action, adventure, romance, betrayal, intrigue and class-struggle tied up in tidy, easy-to-adore package. Loved this series last season when it mostly trafficked in stand-alone installments; love it way more now that the plotlines that run between episodes are more tightly woven together into a massively intricate whole. Love the Casablanci, and can’t wait to see what Beaver’s up to. Keith Mars is not only funnier than fellow TV daddies Jack Bauer and Jack Bristow, but he might turn out to be an even bigger badass. Novelist and “Cupid” creator Rob Thomas has officially now given us two of the best TV series ever made.
1. Battlestar Galactica (SciFi)
SCRIPTED HALF-HOURS
10. Scrubs (NBC)
9. The Comeback (HBO)
8. The Office (NBC)
7. Arrested Development (Fox)
6. Justice League Unlimited (Cartoon Network)
5. Wonder Showzen (MTV2)
4. Entourage (HBO)
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
2. Weeds (Showtime)
1. South Park (Comedy Central)
UNSCRIPTED SHOWS
10. Breaking Bonaduce (VH1)
9. Kill Reality (E!)
8. My Life on the D-List (Bravo)
7. Blind Date (syndicated)
6. The Adam Carolla Project (TLC)
6. Survivor (CBS)
4. Real World/Road Rules Challenge (MTV)
3. Big Brother (CBS)
2. Project Greenlight (Bravo)
1. The Comedians of Comedy (Comedy Central)
TALK SHOWS
10. Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS)
9. Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
8. The Al Franken Show (Sundance)
7. Late Night With Conan O’Brien (NBC)
6. Late Show With David Letterman (CBS)
5. Iconoclasts (Sundance)
4. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
3. Too Late With Adam Carolla (Comedy Central)
2. The Howard Stern Show (E!)
1. Dinner For Five (IFC)
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