Best ____ of TV Today

[Ming]

Originally posted by Dis
Sure I could buy a tv guide, but I'd rather just ask here.

Or for free...

http://tv.yahoo.com/

Much better than having to buy something.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Spec
I dont really watch TV except for documentaries and movies...

Ditto. ...and news...and occasionally Mythbusters and O'Reilly.

[Sava]

Re: Best ____ of TV Today

Best One Hour TV Show: 24

Best Half Hour TV Show: Scrubs

Best Male Character in a One Hour Show: Dr. House (Hugh Laurie), House

Best Male Character in a Half Hour Show: Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley), Scrubs

Best Female Character in a One Hour Show: (tie) Chloe O'Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub), 24 & Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Katee Sackhoff), Battlestar Galactica

Best Female Character in a Half Hour Show: Dr. Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke), Scrubs

Most Kick-Ass Character: Jack Bauer (Keifer Sutherland), 24

Best Dialogue: Deadwood (props to the show that says "********er" the most )

Best Plot: The Shield

Funniest: Scrubs



My choices were limited for half hour shows because I only really watch 4 non-animated half hour shows... Malcolm in the Middle, Scrubs, My Name Is Earl, and Office.

There really aren't a lot of good female characters in those shows. I mean, there are, but not any AWESOME ones. I'm not talking about looks, but rather, characters that define the show. Most of the shows, in fact, are carried by the casts as a whole, so it's hard to pick just one member who stands apart from the rest. My Sarah Chalke pick is more just a reflection of how good the Scrubs cast is.



Another thing I'd like to see...

what is everyone's current TV Mount Rushmore?

and you can choose people using any set of criteria you like

I am using asskickery as my criteria


for me it's

Jack Bauer, Vic Mackey, Dennis Haysbert, and Gary Cole



from 24, The Shield, The Unit, and Wanted

respectively

Keifer Sutherland and Michael Chiklis

the other two, Haysbert and Cole, I don't remember their character's names

[Kontiki]

If you're using asskickery as your Mt. Rushmore criteria, it would be Walker, Texas Ranger and a pile of unidentifiable corpses. Chuck Noris can kick everyone's ass!

[Imran Siddiqui]

There really aren't a lot of good female characters in those shows. I mean, there are, but not any AWESOME ones. I'm not talking about looks, but rather, characters that define the show.

Yeah, I realized that as a problem. It seems that the awesome roles are given to the males in most half hour shows. Most female roles are foils for the male roles it seems.

Elliot in Scrubs was the one I picked because of the zaniness of the character. She's like a female J.D. Many more juicy roles for women in hour long shows.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Kontiki
If you're using asskickery as your Mt. Rushmore criteria, it would be Walker, Texas Ranger and a pile of unidentifiable corpses. Chuck Noris can kick everyone's ass!

[Sava]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


Yeah, I realized that as a problem. It seems that the awesome roles are given to the males in most half hour shows. Most female roles are foils for the male roles it seems.

Elliot in Scrubs was the one I picked because of the zaniness of the character. She's like a female J.D. Many more juicy roles for women in hour long shows.

Yeah...

but it was hard for me to even come up with the female character for the hour long show

I just used yours

I mean, Chloe from 24... and Starbuck are great...

but still...

compared to like Jack Bauer and Vic Mackey from The Shield? Where are the awesome female characters? It doesn't seem like there really are any.

There are good ones in supporting roles, but none that make me say ZOMFG "JACK BAUER" you know?

Although Chloe did cap some mofos last season

[Locutus]

I don't watch much TV. As far as English-language shows go, I pretty much only watch Battlestar Galactica, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Rome (which had its finale here last weekend) and Mythbusters -- and if I'm at home reruns of ER, 'cuz there's not really anything else worth watching at dinner time and I like to have some background noise when I'm cooking/eating. Oh, and of course BBC Grandstand, best television on earth

Best One Hour TV Show: Battlestar Galactica
Best Half Hour TV Show: - (don't watch any)
Best Male Character in a One Hour Show: Gaius Baltar (BSG)
Best Male Actor in a One Hour Show: Edward James Olmos (William Adama, BSG)
Best Female Character in a One Hour Show: Atia of the Julii (Rome)
Best Female Actress in a One Hour Show: Marcia Cross (Bree van de Kamp, DH)
Best Guest Star in a One Hour Show: Dean Stockwell as Brother Cavil (BSG)
Most Kick-Ass Character: Adam Savage, Mythbusters
Best Dialogue: Battlestar Galactica
Best Plot: Battlestar Galactica
Funniest: Desperate Housewives

[Imran Siddiqui]

Where are the awesome female characters? It doesn't seem like there really are any.

Very true. I think "Alias" may be on the air (has it been canceled), but Jennifer Garner's chacter in past years was pretty cool. Lately the show, and her character, have sucked.

Jessica Alba in "Dark Angel" was good as well. I never really watched "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", so I don't know how awesome that character was.

We definetly need more shows with kick ass female leads, perferably ones with better plotlines (some of the "Alias" ones are freaking ridiculous).

[Sava]

Ziva from NCIS is pretty awesome. (Cote de Pablo)

although I need to see more of her (than just most of one season) before I can consider her for best character

[Imran Siddiqui]

Speaking of those forensic detective shows (or things like them), why do they all have male leads? Grissom for CSI, Horatio Assface for CSI:Miami, That dude whose been in those movies for CSI: NY, Mark Harmon in NCIS, etc.

Couldn't they have some woman lead the team? Especially in CSI: Miami, where anyone would be better?

[Japher]

Best One Hour TV Show: The only show I really look forward to anymore is Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy... and Las Vegas, but then that's just for the boobs

Best Half Hour TV Show: How I Met Your Mother or Scrubs

Best Male Character in a One Hour Show: Don't watch it, but I have a lot of fun with Jack Bauer

Best Male Character in a Half Hour Show: Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris), How I Met Your Mother


Best Female Character in a One Hour Show: Nikki Cox, Las Vegas

Best Female Character in a Half Hour Show: Dr. Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke), Scrubs

Most Kick-Ass Character: The DA from Law and Order, the Texan dude

Best Dialogue: Scrubs, I love the VO and the retoric, it's like a verbal boxing match

Best Plot: The Shield

Funniest: AFV

[Sava]

well, the lead lab specialist in NCIS is female... "Abby"

she handles all the crime scene stuff

although the lead doctor is a dude... he does the autopsy stuff

but Abby usually does everything else... Gibbs (Mark Harmon) is the lead agent, but he doesn't handle crime scene stuff at all

It's not really a show that is focused on crime scene stuff, although it is part of the show.

[Dis]

is scrubs still on thursday nights? I used to like that show. I'm wondering if it's still as good as the first 2 seasons.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Dis
is scrubs still on thursday nights? I used to like that show. I'm wondering if it's still as good as the first 2 seasons.

Scrubs is on Tuesdays now. 9 and 9:30.