RichC2

I've been making my way through American Horror Story Asylum and have to say Lily Rabe as a and Ian McShane as a demented Santa Claus have been two of the most enjoyable things I've seen this season.

I was also surprised to enjoy Bunheads. Alright half of it.

Anything catch you off guard this TV viewing season? Name the shows, spoiler the spoilers.

Figured to be all encompassing and throw worst in there as well.

Best: AHS:Asylum Lily Rabe and Ian McShane, House of Cards
Worst: Homeland starting off slow and then going off the rails

DJariya

Best:

Banshee on Cinemax

Arrow on The CW

Dexter's 7th season. Coming back after a disappointing 6th season

Person of Interest on CBS getting even better than season 1

Covert Affairs on USA becoming a darker and more serialized spy thriller

Michelle Borth becoming a series regular on H50 and gracing us in her short shorts and skimpy clothes

Jimmy Smits on Sons of Anarchy

Gossip Girl finally ending


Worst:

Touch preventing 24: the movie from getting made

Hawaii Five-O's really goofy plots

Although I still watch it and get some enjoyment out of it, 2 Broke Girls regressing in season 2, mainly giving way too much time to Jennifer Coolidge. It was a bad idea to make her a regular.

Revenge's 2nd season being really unfocused

ABC's Thursday at 8pm deathslot

90210 on The CW becoming a bad parody of itself. I'm finishing the show, but season 5 has been horrible. It's a disgrace to the original show from the 90's.

rfduncan

Arrow was a pleasant surprise. I also enjoyed the first half of Revolution (I'll reserve my final judgement until after the second half of the season airs). Mindy Project was a pleasant surprise along with New Normal. Grimm keeps getting better as the mythology thickens. Nashville turned out to be a decent show. Justified continues to dazzle.

American Horror Story:Asylum lost me 6 episodes in. 666 Park Avenue was horrid. Elementary turned out to be another boring CBS procedural paling in comparison to the absolute brilliance that is Sherlock. Cougar Town is dying a slow death on TBS - why aren't they pushing the envelope more now that they're not on a major network?!

Superman07

I assume you mean good GG finished, not that the end was good? I stopped after S2 and was debating checking out the last few eps to see how things wrapped up.

Agree Arrow has been really enjoyable. I find myself looking forward to the next episode whenever one finishes.

I'm not as keen on the Americans, but I still think the premise is great and feel it slowly improving week to week.

May have to pick back up Cover Affairs. I was turned off by the episodic nature by the end of season 2. Also feel like they wasted a lot of actors and characters.

TimeandTide

Low points:
Weak line-up on Amazing Race
The uncomfortable Brandon meltdown on Survivor, and the lack of Brenda.
Every time Andrea appears on screen in Walking Dead
As DJariya mentioned, the stupid plots of Hawaii 5-0

Best:
Another solid season of Nikita
Elementary has been a pleasant surprise

superdeluxe

Best:

Grimm and New Girl firmly entrenching themselves as one of my favorites.
Revolution being a 'decent' surprise. Thought it would have been cancelled.
Game of Thrones.

Low:

Last Resort, so much hope.
Arrow - Watched the first 3-4 episodes, really liked it. episode 5 the sound was screwed up, so we deleted it..then just never got back to it :\
Once upon a Time - We still watch, but there are now so many crazy things going and different storylines..and I thought game of thrones had too many!.

Red Dog

Has Hawaii Five O ever not had stupid plots? The show is unintentional comedy - always has been, always will; can't believe people actually take it seriously. It's biggest problem this year -- not enough McGarrett/Rambo action.

Best: The Americans - another home run for F/X.

Worst: Broadcast TV in general. But I echo the Last Resort sentiment above. Show had so much promise (though I was always skeptical of it's long term approach), but never had a chance in that timeslot.

RichC2

Once Upon A Time seems to be working it's ass off to get cancelled.

Goat3001

Best:

While I loved the first season of American Horror Story I was still surprised at how good season 2 was. It seems like a set up that has failed so many times in the past so I'm always skeptical but AHS has pulled it off twice now.

I'm behind a few episodes on The Americans but I've really been enjoying it.

Dexter pulled out a great season after a really disappointing season 6. The ending of the season gave me a lot of hope for where they'll go in the final season.

Worst:

Really disappointed with Once Upton A Time. It was a lot of fun last season and I just lost interest this season. Haven't seen the last 8 or so episodes.

No new network dramas for me, which is disappointing. I may have to try Arrow out though.

starseed1981

Best: Dexter, AHS Asylum
Worst: HIMYM, Storage Wars

DJariya

Forgot to add

Best:

Chicago Fire on NBC - I know alot of you guys never gave it a shot or wrote it off after the Pilot, but it turned out to be a solid action, character-driven drama. Nothing at all like Rescue Me. It's actually a ratings hit and will probably get a 2nd season.

Pretty Little Liars - Great 3rd season from the girls in Rosewood. Mainly highlighted by Troian Bellisario's solid performances.

Dallas - Bringing back the over the top nightime soap opera.

Nashville - Pleasant surprise highlighted by really good music. Doesn't get talked about much here though.

Southland - One of the most underrated shows on TV

Parenthood -- Really great and dramatic season highlighted by Monica Potter


Worst:

NBC giving Parenthood only 15 episodes

Girls on HBO losing the must see factor. I'm still watching it, but I don't have the immediate urge to watch it right away. Lena Dunham made the show too much about Hannah in season 2.

DJariya

No, I meant that Gossip Girl finally wrapped up and had an ending. I slogged through the last 2 seasons and was happy it finally wrapped up. I liked the ending of the show. It was unexpected.

Yes, definitely give Covert Affairs another shot if you have the time. Not sure if it will re-air before season 4. But, it's almost an entirely different show. They got rid of IMO the most useless characters, gave it more edge and made the plots more serialized.

tommyp007

Best: Community is back

Worst: what season four has become

mphtrilogy

best:
the americans has taken a perch on the top of the list of must watch shows
nashville turned into a solid show, tunes are consistently good and t-bone burnett as producer is gr8
bbt still delivers solid laughs
shameless continues to be a hoot
parenthood remains one of the most underrated shows on tv, hoping for a renewal
downton abbey remained a fun watch

not so good:
survivor just doesnt do it for me anymore, stopped watching
same for american idol
same for the office
same for HIMYM
smash flamed out, after a kooky first season, was hoping for a solid re-boot, oh well..
homeland definitely going off the rails, hoping for better results in s3
x-factor in s2 was as bad as in season 1, with simon getting worse as a judge... and overproduction nightmares

Charlie Goose

BEST
Slightly new format of The Ultimate Fighter
Cool villains like the Governor, Wynn Duffy, Regina Mills
The chicks often being the funniest thing on The Big Bang Theory
Bar Rescue
Elementary - The only new show I watch

WORST
Waiting a year between seasons (Psych, Breaking Bad)
Charlie Sheen's 30th chance
American Idol finally forcing me to quit after 11 seasons
The fact that my wife loves Mob Wives and that Big Ang now knows her by name. UGH.

Fist of Doom

Pleasant surprises:

Justified: Went fully serialized this season.
Chicago Fire: Took a while to get going, but has turned into a good show.
Person of Interest: Even better than last season.


Disappointments:

Revenge: Losing its way.
The Americans: I have some problems with it, but will keep watching.
2 Broke Girls: Not exactly a quality show, but S1 made me laugh a lot. S2 was so bad I gave up.
Arrow: Just didn't find this one engaging.

Howie2000

Best
Enlightened turning into one of the most unique and just out there shows on tv

New Girl continuing to be the most funniest show on tv but also one that can handle dramatic stuff well when it needs to go there.

Person Of Interest,Parenthood and Nashville being just as good as critically acclaimed cable awards bait darlings even if the later 2 are ratings challenged bubble shows

King Of The Nerds being as funny,entertaining and compelling as it was in a reality competition genre that usually doesn't make for great tv anymore.

30 Rock going out with a great final season

Worst
Homeland,Girls,Revenge 2nd seasons

The Office finding new lows to sink for a once great series

conscience

Great: Finding out about and loving Banshee/Survivor Philippines
Good: The Mindy Project getting better as it goes along
Bad: 2 Broke Girls (this season is getting worse and worse)/Top Chef

That'sAllFolks

Strongly disagree here. Elementary is the best new show in a few years. It is a procedural, but I love JLM's take on Sherlock and am warming up to Lucy Liu.

While Cougar Town is not great, it is better than previous seasons and I am finally really enjoying it.

BEST
Elementary
Downton Abbey
Touch '
The Good Wife
Grimm


WORST:
1. Finally sick of Glee and gave it up.
2. The eps I've watched of the Mindy Project have been very disappointing.
3. cancelling Last Resort. This was not the best show on TV, but it had a unique premise and was well worth the watch.

Ayre

Those are my 3 best.

RichC2

You should have Enlightened getting cancelled as one of your worst.

fujishig

Ugh, this makes me sad. Finally got around to finishing up season 1 via Blu-ray, and went about halfway through the current episodes of season 2. While looking up the episode threads, I noticed that they don't even make a page of comments. So does it just completely go off the rails?

One thing I will say, the multiple storylines and backstories must get really confusing if you don't marathon the episodes, especially with the hiatus mid season.

I still watch the Office and enjoy some of it, but it has gone off the rails. What's sad is that my DVR, which was once so full of comedy shows, is nearly bare now... I've all but given up on catching up with HIMYM, 30 Rock ended, the Office is ending, Community is ending, who knows how long Parks and Rec will last (hopefully a long time). All that's left is Modern Family and maybe Happy Endings. A lot of that is due to NBC just dropping like a rock, which is sad in it's own right.