And The Award For This Year’s Best New Show Is…

Yes I know the week’s not over yet, but I’ve seen the other titles and there’s nothing left to see, my mind is made up.

Every year I used to review every first episode for the fall season and then pick my favourite new series of the year. But that was when I used to write for the online magazine, Blogcritics.org. Since I don’t write for them anymore because of their bullshit editorial rules, such as not being allowed to write words like bullshit and contractions like gonna and wanna, and that pissed me off, where was the creativity? Were we writing an encyclopaedia? So I don’t do reviews anymore because they chew up to much time. But I will give out my pick for this year’s best new show.

Last year the obvious pick was everyone’s favourite serial killer, Dexter. No show could even come close to touching this gem. It’s brilliant, dark, funny, sexy, bloody and hypnotic. Michael C. Hall is bloody brilliant in his role as Dexter and any story that has me rooting for a serial killer gets my nod.

This year’s new crop wasn’t much to look forward to but a few were sticking out.

First and fore most I was looking forward to Bionic Woman the most, for the simple reason that the Eick, one of the geniuses behind the still greatest television series of all time, Battlestar Galactica, was behind it and that was good enough for me. Add to that the presence of Starbuck as the villain, Katee Sackoff; another added bonus. And of course it was a remake of a childhood classic. In my mind it couldn’t miss.

But unfortunately the sparks did not fly for me tonight. It’s not a disaster, it sure doesn’t suck, I like it, but it didn’t pump my nads like I hope it would. The intro was way too quick and dirty for the complexity this character could have. The depth of character just isn’t as developed as I hoped it would be. Everything was rushed. Blah!

I was expecting a reimagination of the same level as Eick and Moore had dished out with Battlestar Galactica, where they had taken a cheesy poor-man’s Star Wars and elevated it to pure genius that surpassed all kinds of levels of sci-fi and wiped its ass with Star Wars and Star Trek. So I think perhaps my expectations were too high.

Then on the good tip from Shan, I tuned in tonight to Dirty Sexy Money. This was a surprise to me. Michael C. Hall’s former Six Feet Under co-star as the lead as a lawyer for a super rich New-York family. This family makes Paris Hilton look sane. And the lawyer will be driven insane. Unfortunately I don’t think they can keep this up, as good as this episode was, without getting on my nerves with all their rich snotty antics. But I’ll keep watching.

This leaves us with the real hit for this year, and finally we get an adult television show for adults that’s actually also very smart. I’m talking about the depraved and hilarious Californication with David Duchovny. This show manages to be perverted and heart-warming at the same time. Hank Moody’s self-destructive non-stop bender is only redeemed by his never ending strive to be a good father to his daughter. He’s a total fuck-up and yet I can’t help but look up to this asshole pedantic elitist character only because he has this complete fuck the world attitude and gets away with it somehow. Hank’s my hero. Californication’s this year’s new no miss show.