Best and Worst of 2005: Bob's list
The Best
- Eyes: One of the smartest, most stylish private eye shows to come along in years. So ABC cancels it quickly and doesn't even run the remaining episodes.
- Surface: The best of the sci-fi/horror shows (Threshold, Invasion, Supernatural) that debuted this year.
- The Daily Show: Always dead-on, always funny.
- Arrested Development: I don't know if this show is as funny as it used to be, but even at 90% strength it's better than most other comedies.
- Lost: I don't know if they'll ever have answers for all the questions, but the ride so far has been great.
The Worst
- Anything that has Nancy Grace, Pat O'Brien, or Star Jones in it: Self explanatory.
- Jerry Springer/Maury Povich: Ditto.
- Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy: The show that finally answers the question, is it true some people just should not be parents?
- Dr. Phil: This guy doesn't help people. He just spouts common sense slogans in a friendly accent, while creating a following like a cult leader (and doing damage to people by peddling his self help and diet books and telling parents on prime-time TV that their kid has all the signs of a serial killer).
- The O'Reilly Factor: Tries to come across as an honest investigative reporter looking out for "the little guy," when he's really a humorless prick who gets his facts wrong most of the time.
Best Performances: Tim Daly (Eyes), the casts of The Office, Arrested Development, My Name Is Earl, and Lost, Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Brian Austin Greene (Freddie - he's actually funny).
Sophomore Slump: Desperate Housewives
Best Show I've Never Seen: Battlestar Galactica (I'm guessing)
Surprisingly Good: Bones
Suprisingly Bad: The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
Best Thing on SNL: that Narnia rap
Worst Thing on SNL: Um, most everything else
Shows So Bad They Make Me Physically Ill Now: Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Extra, and Access Hollywood.
Best News: Bob Schieffer, Anderson Cooper, Keith Olbermann, Hurricane Katrina coverage, Jeanne Moos, CNN's Your World Today
Worst News: Hannity and Colmes, Nancy Grace, Bill O'Reilly, Paula Zahn, The Situation Room, Larry King, the death of Peter Jennings
Most Underrated: Still Standing
Most Overrated: Invasion
Show Most In Need Of A Cameo By A Friends Cast Member: Joey
The "Please Outlaw Reality Shows" Award: Being Bobby Brown
Worst Remake: The Night Stalker
Best Workplace: any company on daytime soaps. I mean, you can kill someone, do a bad job, or just take a ton of time off in the middle of the day to go off to talk to someone or have sex and you still won't get fired.
Worst Workplace: APO on Alias. I mean, making Sydney run and jump and fight on an airplane and shoot guns when she's about to have a kid?

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