My Top Ten Favorite TV Shows

One of the podcasts that I listen to regularly is the Ramblecast with Jay and Jack (They also do an excellent podcast on Lost). A recent Ramblecast episode had Jorge Garcia (Who plays Hurley on Lost) on the show, and they each listed their top 10 favorite T.V. shows of all time. I started thinking about my favs and here's what I came up with (I'll try to include a video clip of each).

#10 - Profiler - This show started when I was in high school and was about a FBI forensic Scientist named Dr. Samantha Waters. Sam's job is to try to get into the mind of a serial killer to try to figure out who he is. There was a case each week that they focused on, but what was more interesting was the story arc about Sam and a serial killer known has "Jack" (Jack of all trades). Jack never killed a victim the same way twice and became obsessed with Sam. The tension and suspense of this storyline kept me tuning in every week. Once Sam left the show (at the beginning of season 4), I lost interest.







#9 - Arrested Development - This was a show that I watched completely on DVD. It's directed and narrated by Ron Howard and is one of the most bizarre and funny shows that I've ever seen. It's about the Bluth family-the most dysfunctional family that you'll ever meet. It's also one of the shows that Fox didn't give much of a chance (even after it consistently won Emmy's).



#8 - Pushing Daisies - This is a new show on ABC that I am absolutely loving and will probably move up my list! It is about a man named Ned who as a small boy discovers that he can bring dead things back to life by touching them. But there's a few catches. If he ever touches them again, then they will die. Also, if he does NOT touch them again within 60 seconds, then someone else will die. He starts working with a private detective. After a suspicous death, they go to the morgue and Ned touches the person who was killed. He finds out who really killed them, or at least clues about it, and then they try to solve the crime (for the money, of course). When the show starts, the latest victim is a girl that Ned was in love with when he was little. He goes to find out how she died, but doesn't touch her again within 60 seconds, so the undertaker dies. Now if they ever touch again, "Chuck" (Charlotte) will die.





#7 - Alias - Another show I caught completely on DVD. Sydney Bristow. Tough girl spy out to take on the world. What else can I say? She had a different Alias every week (some of them hilarious). Some of the later episodes got pretty ridiculous, especially with the Rimbaldi stuff, but I enjoyed this show a lot even at the end.






#6 - Firefly - I love Joss Whedon. Out of the shows that he's done, Firefly is my favorite. (Another show Fox cancelled before it had a chance). Firefly was a Western set in space. The show is set five hundred years from today in a new planetary system after humanity abandons "Earth That Was". Under the leadership of Malcolm Reynolds, a renegade who fought against the new unified central government (the "Alliance"), the crew of the Firefly-class vessel Serenity struggles to survive any way they can. (from TV.com). Both the characters and the witty dialog on this show made it amazing! Serenity (the movie) helped to conclude the story some. I also loved the music to this show, especially the theme song.




#5 - Gilmore Girls - One of the few shows that I have ever followed from beginning to end. This show tells the story of Lorelai Gilmore, a woman who grows up in a very affluent home, but balks against the life that her parents are planning for her. At the age of 16, she gets pregnant and gives birth to a daughter (Rory). She moves out and raises her daughter on her own and pretty much cuts off contact with her parents (Her mother comments on the first episode that it was nice to have her girls over on a day when the banks were open). The show starts right before Rory turns 16. Lorelai and Rory are more friends than daughters, and are living in the very small town of Stars Hollow. Rory gets into a very good private school, and Lorelai is forced to go to her parents to borrow the money. They agree on the condition that Rory and Lorelai come over every Friday for Friday night dinner. This show was quickly known for it's very quick and witty dialog as well as the insane number of obscure pop culture references that were included. The last season was not as good (I almost gave up on it), because the creators of the show left, but over all, this was a show that I kept up with for seven years.




#4 - Battlestar Galactica - Frak! I have Kyle and Jay to thank for introducing me to this show. It's another Sci-Fi show. In the miniseries, the Cylons launch a massive attack against the humans and wipe out the Twelve Colonies, sending the 47,000 survivors on a desperate search for the fabled 13th colony--Earth. The story continues in the series with Captain Adama and his crew and the newly sworn in President Laura Roslin as they try to work together to find Earth.




#3 - The Office - I have my friends to thank for getting me interested in this show as well. It's absolutely hilarious!! It is done kind of in a documentary style. The Office is about the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. Michael Scott, the regional Manager, thinks he is the coolest, funniest boss ever, but most of his staff just thinks that he is an idiot, with the exception of Dwight Schrute. The funniest parts of this show, though, are the pranks that Jim and Pam play on Dwight.






#2 - Lost - This is the show that actually brought me to most of my friends. Oceanic Flight 815 crashes on an island and the survivors must figure out what they can do to survive. This show is honestly one of the most confusing ever with all of the twists and turns and everything. But I love it! It definitely keeps you on your toes! (And gives you a massive headache trying to figure things out!)






#1 - Veronica Mars - I'm pulling this straight off of TV.com "In the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, California, the rich and powerful make the rules. Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 17-year-old apprentice private investigator dedicated to solving the town's toughest mysteries. Veronica used to be one of the popular girls, but it all came crumbling down around her after her best friend, Lilly, was murdered, and her then-sheriff father, Keith, was removed from office for naming Lilly's rich father as the lead suspect. During the day, Veronica must negotiate high school like any average teenage girl. But at night, she helps with her father's struggling, new private investigator business--and what she finds may tear the town of Neptune apart at the seams." Kristen Bell plays Veronica Mars and she is the best female character on TV. Unfortunately this show was not given much of a chance. It was on UPN to start out with and then moved to the new CW where it only lasted a season...and was replaced by The search for the next Pussycat Doll. Come on TV execs! Why do you keep pulling smart TV and then replacing it with ridiculous reality shows!