Top 10 TV Shows for 2008

#1 Mad men - The detail in this show knocks me head over heels every time I watch it. The acting is superb. Every moment is cherished by the characters and writers and it comes through the screen and into my living room.

#2 Dexter - Sick and in your face yet sometimes light-hearted. You can tell the actors eat-up every scene they are given and love to do what they do. Yet, they don't take themselves too seriously - and on a show like this, you would go crazy with all the wild and twisted stuff that happens. Each episode makes me wonder what they will come up with next and I'm always eager to watch the next episode.

#3 Damages - Having just watched the season 2 opener I felt like the wind was knocked out of me at how brilliant and nasty this show is. Not nasty, dirty. Nasty, mean. And sometimes I love to be mean (well, not really, but watching other people be mean feels pretty darn good).

#4 30 Rock - Liz Lemon, you are a dork. Much like me. 30 Rock, you rock. Much like me. Enough said about the show that keeps getting better and better.

#5 Lost - Have people given up on this show? I sure haven't. Especially after the mind-F it gave me last season. Cannot wait for what is next. The season premiere can't come soon enough. And might I just add - the fact they actually put an end date on the show tells me that the creators really just want to make a good show. It freed them up to do whatever they wanted, but creatively and thoughtfully. Not - oh, let's stretch this out for years and years to come just because there are enough dupes to keep watching (I'm talking about you ER).

#6 Pushing Daisies (you will be missed) - Excuse me while I wipe away the tears while writing this. I felt like I just got to know you and now you're going away...forever? WTF? Give shows a chance! I know that shows make money off of advertising and that to get advertisers to pay money, there needs to be an audience. Pushing Daisies had an audience. People loved the imaginative, colorful, quick-witted show and weren't ready to see it go. Maybe you didn't have 18 million viewers. But the ones you DID have watched every week and were praising you to all our friends.

#7 The Office - You would think that this show would get boring. 85% of the show is in the office are in the building around it. But I still find it so intriguing. Maybe because I too work in an office and (although not to the extreme as the show) there are definitely characters that run around here all day who are pretty darn strange. But I really just love the awkwardness that is Steve Carell. And yes, I'm obsessed with the Jim/Pam relationship. They have played that out like an opera - a more endearing and not so annoying opera.

#8 Fringe - can I say x-files much? Except it a doesn't make my skin crawl as much. Which is actually a good thing because there are x-files episodes I remember watching as a kid and they still freak me out if I think about them too long. Fringe is x-files lite. It has mystery, a conspiracy thread-line and a little bit of sexual tension. But it also has Walter. And Walter makes me laugh.

#9 Life - Can I just say that Sarah Shahi is the best-looking detective in the history of cop shows? But, she's also believeable, which is why I keep watching. Oh, and that Charlie guy - he's believeable too. You wouldn't think that a show about a dude who is wrongfully put in prison, goes all Buddha-esque, gets out, wins a lot of money in a settlement case, and then goes back to work for the people who put him there would be very believeable. Just goes to show what good writing can do.

#10 Chuck - I loves me some Chuck! He's cute, has heart, funny, and is actually kind of a good spy! One of my favorite film genres is action/comedy and every episode seems to play out like a feature. But without all the lame side-stories or holes to fill.

Hmmm, just thinking - what is my next top 10 list going to be?!