The third category for the ‘Best Of’ awards is for television show of the year.
In 2007 only a few new TV shows of note were released (flight of the concords, reaper and californication) but others hit their stride and confirmed their status as cult favorites (30 rock, weeds, top gear, curb your enthusiasm). We were also subjected to the awfully craptacular viva laughlin which took the award for being the shortest running TV show with only 2 episodes aired before it got axed (Even the Mick Molloy show lasted 8 weeks). The phenomenal show Sopranos also bowed out at season 7 with an ending that pissed off a lot of people, while J.J Abrams announced that Lost would conclude with another 3 seasons.
While there wasn’t too much in the way of Australian content the usual suspects of big brother, Australian idol, border security and medical emergency had high ratings while TV sunk to a new low with the national bingo night (when will they learn?). Luckily ABC provided some relief from reality and crap game shows with spicks & specks and the chasers war on everything. They also provided some original content with the satirical hits summer heights high and the librarians. Channel 7 copped a lot of flak for pilfering ABC’s previous success story Kath and Kim but it didn’t deter people from tuning in and making the final episode the most watched comedy show in Australian TV’s history.
This year there were also a few interesting developments in local television as the networks finally caught onto the fact that people prefer to download shows rather than put up with the bullshit ads and interruptions on commercial TV. In retaliation most channels decided to broadcast their shows direct from the US, which meant that we were only about 1 week behind. While Channel 7 was one of the first channels to do this by ‘fast tracking’ shows like Prison Break, Lost and Heroes it wasn’t long before Channel 10 followed suite with the controversial BPM (boobs per minute) show Californication. Channel 9 lost all credibility when they tried to sue the electronic program guide (EPG) company ICE TV for their subscription based service. This attempt was thankfully blocked and serves channel 9 right for not getting off their arses and developing their own EPG (after all SD TV was meant to be obsolete ~3 yrs ago). Hopefully next year thanks to companies like ICE TV it shouldn’t be too long before all Australians are allowed to decide when and how we watch our television.
Below is the list of nominees for Television show of the year. Feel free to tell me which other noteworthy shows you’ve been watching this year and I’ll add them to the list.
1. Californication: Season 1
2. Flight of the concord: Season 1
3. The Librarians: Season 1
4. Summer heights high: Season 1
5. Reaper: Season 1
6. 30 Rock: Season 2
7. Heroes: Season 2
8. I.T Crowd: Season 2
9. Prison Break: Season 2
10. The chaser war on everything: Season 3
11. Lost: Season 3
12. Weeds: Season 3
13. Beauty and the geek: Season 4
14. The Wire: Season 4
15. Curb your enthusiasm: Season 6
16. Scrubs: Season 6
17. Sopranos: Season 7
18. Top Gear: Season 10
19. Amazing Race: Season 12
Hey Crazyman. It was actually channel 9 that sued ICE IV and lost.
Are we supposed to be voting already?
Crazyman, are you already on holidays? These are some long blogs!
Have you got flight of the concord? If you do, can I get a copy…I’ve heard its pretty funny.
Crazyman, are you on holidays already….These are some crazy long posts!
Do you have Flight of the Concord? I’ve heard it’s quite funny…wouldn’t might watching a few episodes.
Hmm…can you delete posts?
Hey Trendy,
Nah i’m not on holidays I just like to write shit to pass the time. I do most of the writing at home, but if i can i try and fit some in at work as well. I haven’t actually got flight of the concords but i saw an episode the other night and its bloody funny. I think Gav’s got the whole series, so check with him.
Show of the year: The Shield – Season 6
The Shield is a personal favorite of mine and also one of the best shows to be on TV ever.
Each season just gets better and more intense with season 6 delivering as expected and then some.
Honorable mentions: Reaper, 30 Rock, Curb, Weeds, Flight of the Conchords
Apart from The Shield I seemed to be watching more comedies this year with all of the above deserving a nod.