Continuing the Top 180 TV Shows here are 150-141. This batch includes 5 dramas, 4 comedies and 1 reality shows.
The Top 180 TV Shows: 150-141
150) "Welcome to Sweden" NBC
NBC got into bed with Amy Poehler for this comedy starring her own brother about a guy who moves to Sweden with his girlfriend and drops his very powerful life of luxury in the entertainment industry. The show has a lot of cameos from celebrities and was very cute. The couple goes through many ups and downs because of their new life together, but the show is very good and keeping the audience well aware that these two people really love each other no matter what obstacle is thrown in their face. The show will be back on NBC next summer, and will likely air in the spring again in Sweden. I’ll be sure to check this one out again.
149) "State of Affairs" NBC
This NBC drama had a lot riding on it. It had to become a Blacklist sized show to stand a chance of survival out of the lucrative lead out slot of The Voice. Off the bat, the show didn’t reach that level, both ratings wise and creatively. While Katherine Heigl does have an ability to make you believe she is the character she is portraying, the world in which the character lives isn’t a believable one. The stakes are always too high and the moments when you are brought back down to earth with humor or personal stories seem to ruin the flow. The storyline about her now dead fiance and her being watched by some outside party is too much of a distraction with the plot of the week and vice versa. Long story short, the show isn’t what it should have been and I don’t see NBC sticking with it beyond the initial order.
148) "Doll & Em" HBO
This comedy/relationship drama that originally aired in England got a shot in the US from HBO. starring Emily Mortimer of The Newsroom, I knew I had to check it out. While low key and not very much happens in the show, it was a good interpersonal program between two friends and how fame and friendship are a tough balancing act. Em asks Doll to be her personal assistant in the US and the complications begin instantly. The show was picked up for Season 2 and HBO will be officially airing the second season later next year.
147) "Resurrection" ABC
This appeared on my list of shows I’m looking forward to in 2014 at number 3. Resurrection started off really promising in the pilot episode. After that, nothing happened. It was very slow paced and the drama was few and in between. The season 1 finale ended with an interesting storyline, but once season 2 started up, I put it on the back burner until I got the chance to catch up. But watching the shows ratings decline quickly and not hearing many things about it anymore, I think I will let this show go. The chances of it getting another season are quite slim seeing that after 2 seasons the show will have 22 episodes means ABC would have to stick with it for at minimum 3 more full seasons to reach syndication. Which is not likely going to happen. I’ll stick with The Walking Dead on Sundays for my zombie fix.
146) "The Valleys" MTV UK
Last Year: 127
This British reality show chronicled the lives of a bunch of misfits, put together in a house to work, live, drink, and fight together. It was never quite as good as its contemporary Geordie Shore is, but I had tons of laughs watching it. This series saw more cast changes, though they didn’t really do much to up the ante of the show. Fights happened, modeling happened, Lateysha looked fit as hell with the work she had done and she really was the star. If they could put her on Geordie Shore all would be perfect! Either way she needs to be on a show of some sort! MTV didn’t renew the show for another series but I’m glad I enjoyed what I got.
145) "Gracepoint" FOX
This appeared on my list of shows I’m looking forward to in 2014 at number 2. And the original version of the show, Broadchurch, appeared on my main list at number 5 in 2013. Long story short, this remake was unnecessary. The show was essentially a shot for shot remake of the original, with a small twist in the end that in a way makes the final twist even more of a twist, but it still didn’t have the same impact as the original Broadchurch did. David Tennant will go back to Broadchurch in January and hopefully be just as great as he was in the original adaptation. Anna Gunn needs to find another project that truely has her shine in a lead role. She did a great job with the material she got on Gracepoint, but it was no where near what she had to work with on Breaking Bad.
144) "Growing Up Fisher" NBC
This comedy about a family where the parents get divorced seems like a normal comedy. This show adds in the twist that the father is blind. So you have two newly single parents navigating life that always end up back in situations together. The show was cute, different, refreshing, though it never really took off to something great that it could have been. I’m glad NBC aired all the episodes and I think it could have become even more had it gotten a season 2.
143) "Teen Wolf" MTV
Last Year: 111
Woof. Teen Wolf is another show with a lot of potential that was ruined by the show runner, Jeff Davis. Like Ryan Murphy, he thinks everything he puts out is the epitome of greatness and over complicates storylines when they don’t make sense. Often the story is driven by connections that even in a TV world are stretched too thin (lets go check the room. THERE'S A COMPUTER IN THE WALL! didn't someone spill wine 5 episodes ago? OH MY GOD ITS A KEY! AND THE KEY MEANS PETER AND OH MY GOD SCOTT IS IN DANGER! … huh?) Jeff told the fans there will be lots of Lydia this past season: Lydia hardly was there and we didn’t learn all too much outside of maybe one episode. Jeff said Danny will show up. Danny never showed up. Long story short, don’t ever trust anything Jeff says because he is an idiot. Female characters exist to be in danger or be the muse of a male character. If they’re not either of those options, they get 5 seconds of screen time in the episode. This show has completely lost me, is no longer the fun summer show it was in Season 1 and 2 and someone needs to stop employing Jeff Davis. (*adds to list of people who should not be employed* 1. Ryan Murphy 2. Jeff Davis)
142) "Ground Floor" TBS
Last Year: 96
This comedy about a group of people who work in the same building, but on the top floor and bottom floor had some promise. The main characters are likeable, situations are pretty funny, but when season 2 started a few weeks ago I couldn’t pinpoint what I enjoyed about the show in season 1 and season 2 has been a bit dull. They changed the job of one of the main characters, got rid of another character and introduced a new character. The show seems to be finding itself still, though the hints of moments when it does shine are still there. I’ll likely stick with it.
141) "Under The Dome" CBS
Last Year: 54
I don’t understand how the quality of this show dropped so much from Season 1 to Season 2. This season of Under The Dome picks up where Season 1 ended with the town ready to hang Barbie thinking that his death will somehow fix everything that has gone wrong since the dome came down over Chester’s Mill. Quickly we meet new characters, original main characters are killed off for no clear plot purpose other than having another body. The show decided to take the show outside of the dome, but it is short lived, over the top and not very believable. I honestly hoped the show would be canceled after this season, even the cliffhanger wasn’t much of one to really draw you back in. The ratings dropped hard this season, but it will be back next summer for season 3.
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