Continuing the Top 180 TV Shows here are 100-91. This batch includes 6 comedies, 2 reality, and 2 dramas.
The Top 180 TV Shows: 100-91
100) "The Following" FOX
Last Year: 50
This show about a cult of serial killers took an unexpected turn this season. We saw the rise of a new leader, this time a woman, who was out to cause chaos in the world. We saw the resurrection of a perceived to be dead villain. We saw the resurrection of someone else we thought was dead. The upcoming season seems to be again focusing on a new villain and Ryan has to help save the world again.
99) "Dallas" TNT
Last Year: 148
Last year this time, I was ready to drop Dallas from my viewing habits. I gave it one last shot, and wow I was surprised how much more I enjoyed this season, especially the second half. It was full of drama, cliffhangers, and they went all out, even though the ratings were down. Unfortunately the show was cancelled due to ********, and we’ll never know what happens after the many cliffhangers were left in the final episode.
98) "Top Chef" Bravo
I love cooking competitions. A lot of my friends watched Top Chef and not many other cooking shows. It took me this long but I finally got myself around to watching this show on Bravo (my first show I’ve ever watched on Bravo to be exact) and I was pleasantly happy with what I got. The challenges are fun, the food looks amazing and most importantly the food is almost always the sole focus of the show. I’m rooting for Mei and Doug! I can’t wait to see who makes it to the finale when it comes back in January.
97) "Hot in Cleveland" TV Land
Last Year: 69
Hot in Cleveland is always a reliable laugh. This year, we saw a lot of relationship drama, new lovers, ex lovers, new roles for Victoria, new job for Melanie, a new outlook on life for Joy and a new role in politics for Elka. The show had an animated episode and went to LA again. Hot in Cleveland was recently announced to be ending after this current season on TV Land. It’s been a great show and I will miss it once it concludes next year.
96) "Baby Daddy" ABC Family
Last Year: 91
Baby Daddy is another show I can always rely on for laughs. The best thing about the show is the Bonnie/Tucker relationship. Its so dysfunctional and hilarious. I love episodes where they interact the most. We saw Ben’s affections for Riley, we saw Danny’s affections for Riley, and we saw Emma be cute like always. This year we also got holiday themed episodes which were fun to take the show to new places and celebrations.
95) "Worst Cooks in America" Food Network
Last Year: 103
Worst Cooks is always a show I look forward to. This year, Anne Burrell tried to reclaim the title of the winning mentor from Bobby Flay by teaching the worst cooks how to cook really good meals. Again I was disappointed in the outcome of the season finale, but in the coming season, Anne will now take on Tyler Florence and that should be interesting change. Tyler is a very relaxed chef and Anne is always in your face. So it will be interesting to see if Tyler gets a little tougher with his group and work them until they can cook well.
94) "black-ish" ABC
black-ish is a comedy about an African American family and the situations they end up in a world where the father, Dre, is afraid is losing its connection to their black identity. He has to balance work and the family and making sure he is happy with who he is as a man, husband, father and coworker. I find myself laughing a lot when the show comes on and it is a great pairing after Modern Family.
93) "Wilfred" FXX
Last Year: 105
Wilfred returned for a final season where we saw all truths come to be. It was a deep, thought provoking season that left me really satisfied with the entire series. The previous season ended with Ryan stumbling on a statue of a Wilfred lookalike and left the viewers thinking WHAT THE ****. The biggest reveal was the questions to what is Wilfred: Is he real? A figment of Ryan's imagination? Something supernatural? And my biggest question about if the basement existed or was a broom closet overall was answered (but if you wanna discuss that I still have theories, that ending scene made my brain explode all over the place).
92) "The Crazy Ones" CBS
Last Year: 95
The Crazy Ones continued into 2014 seeing more clients and the things they had to do to make their clients happy. Robin Williams continued to do a great job as the boss, and the rest of the supporting cast members held up their game against a comedic legend. The show didn’t fare so well in the ratings as time progressed in 2014 and was eventually canceled. Its a shame about Robin Williams, his talent was front and center in this show and he will be missed for sure.
91) "Faking It" MTV
Faking It is a high school comedy about two friends that in order to gain popularity, pretend to be lesbians. Their social status is elevated in their very very liberal school. in 2014, we got season 1, which ended in a pretty huge cliffhanger, and we got the first half of season 2, which also left relationships hanging in the balance. Season 1 was still finding itself, while I feel season 2 it really came into itself (expect the episode with the kids from Brazil which was a huge mess) and each character was really starting to be fleshed out and not just a stereotype of a high school kid. I’m really looking forward to the second half of season 2 in 2015.
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