YEBO: TV...
I do believe this is it for my Year-End Best-Of (YEBO) lists. And this one is TV! What always makes this one special is that Katie and I work on it together. Maybe down the line when he's old enough, Nathan will join in the fun, as well.
Acting Awards:
- Dramatic Acting - Timothy Olyphant, "Marshal Raylan Givens," Justified
- Comedic Acting - Mayim Bialik, "Amy Farrah Fowler," The Big Bang Theory
- Dramatic One-Two Punch - Alex O'Loughlin & Scott Caan, "Cmdr. Steve McGarrett & Danny 'Danno' Williams," Hawaii Five-0. Second straight year. Well deserved as they get better together with each passing year.
- Comedic One-Two Punch - Mark-Paul Gosselaar & Breckin Meyer, "Peter Bash & Jared Franklin," Franklin & Bash
- Dramatic Ensemble - Scandal
- Comedic Ensemble - Parks and Recreation
- Male Comeback - Scott Foley, "Cmdr. Jake Ballard," Scandal
- Female Comeback - none that we could think of at the moment
- Recurring Guest Role - Bill Brochtrup, "Dr. Joe Bowman," Major Crimes
- One-Time Guest Appearance - James Saito, "David Toriyama," Hawaii Five-0 (season 4, episode 10 - "Ho'onani Makuakane")
- Dark Alley Award - Jason Beghe, "Det. Hank Voight," Chicago Fire
Show Awards:
- Best Drama - (tie) Rizzoli & Isles and Franklin & Bash. Both are shows that we look forward to watching each week and miss when they're not on.
- Best Comedy - Men at Work
- Best Late Night Talk Show - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- Most Overstayed Welcome - How I Met Your Mother. I don't think anyone involved in this show cares anymore. Not even NPH. I think they all show up just to collect a paycheck.
- Lost in Left Field - Castle. While we still watch it, it just doesn't feel the same this season. Kinda all over the place with the romance and the brief FBI stint. This is not saying that it can't quickly right its course.
- Most Surprising (In a Good Way) - The Millers. Katie really loves this show.
- Second Chancer - Nothing this season. We tend to nix anything we don't care about.
- Half Cocked - King & Maxwell. This is a new award for a show that is not given enough of a chance, hence the network goes off "half cocked" and cancels it. And this show not only had Jon Tenney and Ryan Hurst starring, but also made me enjoy Rebecca Romijn again.
Network Awards:
- Best Network - CBS has the most shows we watch. I suppose.
- Worst Network - All of them for being so quick to kill shows and for not giving enough emphasis to half-hour comedies, of which we new parents desperately want more. Hour-long shows can be such a time suck. We can't stay awake that long.
What are some of your favorite TV shows?
I really liked Rizzoli & Isles but after we cut cable, I couldn't find it anywhere (for free) to watch and really refuse to pay Amazon or iTunes to watch each episode. I'm waiting to see if the seasons will show up on Netflix streaming and will catch up on it there. I just really refuse to pay for these shows, even though I do enjoy them.
Another one of my favorites is Haven on SciFy (again, I have to wait for all of them to be posted for free to be able to watch them). I can't wait for the new season of House of Cards, Downton Abbey and Sherlock (season 3) in the new year.
Oh and totally agree with you on CBS.
Posted by: Marie | Tuesday, 31 December 2013 at 08:05 AM
I'm having a similar issue with Covert Affairs. Our DVR deleted the season finale due to space issues and I can't find it on on-demand or Netflix. I think it's in the USA website but I haven't checked to be certain.
Posted by: kapgar | Tuesday, 31 December 2013 at 10:42 AM
While my list is fairly different than yours on SHOWS... I'm having a hard time faulting your choices for ACTING. About the only show I seriously question is "Franklin & Bash" which is just so one-note to me. Are you watching The Black List? You must not be, because it would have appeared SOMEWHERE here! :-)
Posted by: Dave2 | Friday, 03 January 2014 at 09:06 PM
I never had any interest in The Black List because James Spader has always bugged me. Considering this role, I suppose that's a positive, but still...
And while I can understand the "one note" argument about Franklin & Bash, Katie and I love watching it and seeing them play off each other.
Posted by: kapgar | Friday, 03 January 2014 at 09:58 PM
Big Bang Theory has been a long term favorite of mine. The main TV in the house is always hijacked by my wife (Doctor Who mostly), so I end up doing a lot of my TV on Hulu Plus (either from the iPad or the Apple TV upstairs on my 24" monitor).
I agree with your picks for Jimmy Fallon and obviously Mayim Bialik, "Amy Farrah Fowler"
Posted by: Marty Mankins | Saturday, 25 January 2014 at 04:00 PM
I still haven't tried Hulu.
Posted by: kapgar | Saturday, 25 January 2014 at 05:37 PM
For me, Hulu is the only way I get caught up on regular shows. The second TV in our home is in the spare bedroom and not the most comfortable place to watch a 22" LCD TV. Plus the Comcast cable box really messes up the channels on that TV.
Posted by: Marty Mankins | Saturday, 25 January 2014 at 05:54 PM
Messes them up how?
Posted by: kapgar | Saturday, 25 January 2014 at 06:50 PM
The cable box overrides the TV tuner, but while that's the norm now, the cable box is SD and makes every HD channel look bad. Wanting another $10 per TV for HD cable boxes. Which is why we are looking at DirecTV. I figure, if we are going to pay the extra money, might as well get more channels in the process.
Posted by: Marty Mankins | Saturday, 25 January 2014 at 07:02 PM
Damn right.
Posted by: kapgar | Saturday, 25 January 2014 at 07:24 PM