Grading Roundup
I got a little caught up in nothing the past few months. I didn't even finish my mid-season report card for tv shows. So here is a little roundup on the grades i gave each show after their 05-06 season:
Series Finales:
ALIAS
Final Grade: B
Reason: After giving us closure, the season felt weak, they wrapped everything up nicely and didn't really tie up lose ends but burn them and recycle them from previous mysteries just so they could finish the rambaldi sinkhole they dug up for themselves. Overall it felt rushed but did give closure to the beloved characters of spies and villains.
EVERWOOD
Final Grade: A-
Reason: The best family show on the air had to end because of a network merger. The CW didn't want this great show to fill their new fall lineup and fans got what they didn't want to see this early but the best finale the show could have had at any moment in its history. The Abbots got their saught after baby, the Browns got their respective girls, Bright and Hanna will continue to be the cutest couple in Everwood, and Delia got her horse. The perfect ending to a great show.
WILL & GRACE
Final Grade: C+
Reason: Let me just say that i'm being good to this show, because it had a nice ending with Will and Grace separating and having their own lives finally and reuniting 20 years later. But this show was burnt down several seasons ago, with stunt guest casting, ridiculous plot lines and turning the show into Jack & Karen instead. Just thank the tv gods this show is finally over.
As of the rest of the season shows....
The best:
LOST (they're getting rescued!), BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (one year later???), GREY'S ANATOMY (boom), THE OFFICE (funniest holiday party ever!), 24 (damn those chinese), SCRUBS (a baby for JD?!), HOUSE (need to finish season, but great so far), VERONICA MARS (papa Mars is supposedly dead!, what an ending!)
The "whatevas":
THE SOPRANOS (not as great as i expected, but still good), SURVIVOR (entertaining, but too much of the same), KING OF QUEENS (fun getaway), AMERICAN IDOL (Chris wuz robbed!), SMALLVILLE (better than before)
The sad cancelations:
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (I want that movie!), INVASION (what happened to Larkin?), SONS & DAUGHTERS (funniest "normal" family ever)
Freshmen hits:
PRISON BREAK ('the fugitives'), MY NAME IS EARL (entertaining white trash), HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (when WILL he find their mother?), EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS (oh, the days of the 80's)
Big Disappointments:
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (sophomore slump anyone), GILMORE GIRLS (it went downhill when the little girl showed up), TWO AND A HALF MEN (Completely unfunny with 'Candy'), THE AMAZING RACE (that Family Edition sucked!), MEDIUM (boooooooring!!!!)
And that's it for now, even though the summer season is full on already, i'll have a full report on that a bit later, i need to catch up with The 4400 and Deadwood, but good tv is coming from Entourage (Medellin!!!), Big Brother (welcome back Will), Rock Star: Supernova (Go Dilana!), Last Comic Standing (Josh Blue rules), and the surprisingly likeable Treasure Hunters (damn those 'to be continued's....).
See ya!
Series Finales:
ALIAS
Final Grade: B
Reason: After giving us closure, the season felt weak, they wrapped everything up nicely and didn't really tie up lose ends but burn them and recycle them from previous mysteries just so they could finish the rambaldi sinkhole they dug up for themselves. Overall it felt rushed but did give closure to the beloved characters of spies and villains.
EVERWOOD
Final Grade: A-
Reason: The best family show on the air had to end because of a network merger. The CW didn't want this great show to fill their new fall lineup and fans got what they didn't want to see this early but the best finale the show could have had at any moment in its history. The Abbots got their saught after baby, the Browns got their respective girls, Bright and Hanna will continue to be the cutest couple in Everwood, and Delia got her horse. The perfect ending to a great show.
WILL & GRACE
Final Grade: C+
Reason: Let me just say that i'm being good to this show, because it had a nice ending with Will and Grace separating and having their own lives finally and reuniting 20 years later. But this show was burnt down several seasons ago, with stunt guest casting, ridiculous plot lines and turning the show into Jack & Karen instead. Just thank the tv gods this show is finally over.
As of the rest of the season shows....
The best:
LOST (they're getting rescued!), BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (one year later???), GREY'S ANATOMY (boom), THE OFFICE (funniest holiday party ever!), 24 (damn those chinese), SCRUBS (a baby for JD?!), HOUSE (need to finish season, but great so far), VERONICA MARS (papa Mars is supposedly dead!, what an ending!)
The "whatevas":
THE SOPRANOS (not as great as i expected, but still good), SURVIVOR (entertaining, but too much of the same), KING OF QUEENS (fun getaway), AMERICAN IDOL (Chris wuz robbed!), SMALLVILLE (better than before)
The sad cancelations:
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (I want that movie!), INVASION (what happened to Larkin?), SONS & DAUGHTERS (funniest "normal" family ever)
Freshmen hits:
PRISON BREAK ('the fugitives'), MY NAME IS EARL (entertaining white trash), HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (when WILL he find their mother?), EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS (oh, the days of the 80's)
Big Disappointments:
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (sophomore slump anyone), GILMORE GIRLS (it went downhill when the little girl showed up), TWO AND A HALF MEN (Completely unfunny with 'Candy'), THE AMAZING RACE (that Family Edition sucked!), MEDIUM (boooooooring!!!!)
And that's it for now, even though the summer season is full on already, i'll have a full report on that a bit later, i need to catch up with The 4400 and Deadwood, but good tv is coming from Entourage (Medellin!!!), Big Brother (welcome back Will), Rock Star: Supernova (Go Dilana!), Last Comic Standing (Josh Blue rules), and the surprisingly likeable Treasure Hunters (damn those 'to be continued's....).
See ya!
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