In no particular order....
It may have been off the air for over a year now, but LOST is still one of my favorite TV shows of all time. A show that continued to dive deeper into plot lines by intertwining past, present, and future, I feel strongly that this show changed the course of science fiction television shows. I'm still mourning the end of such an unforgettable show.
While I've only been familiar with How I Met Your Mother for about 6 months, I've watched every episode at least once. I have my favorites, like Blitzgiving and the Slap Bet, but this show speaks to me on a young adult level that Friends did during it's time. Every character is different, and any young (or formerly young) person can identify with each character on some level. I love that the inside jokes made during the show keep coming back (Robin Sparkles, telepathic conversations, eating a sandwich) because it just makes me feel more involved in their lives. Is that creepy? Even if it is, I'm not ashamed. This show was recently renewed for at least 2 more seasons, and I can't wait to finally get a good hint on how Ted meets his future wife.
While I'm not the biggest fan of the juvenile plot lines, I love Glee for 2 main reasons. A) the singing and dancing scenes appeal to my love of musicals, and they are all quite talented; and B) those juvenile plot lines often send an excellent message that highschoolers probably needs to hear. Acceptance, teen pregnancy, gay tolerance, and anti-bullying are only some of the topics that Glee has covered. For that reason alone, I hope that this show stays around. And because I love listening to some of my favorite songs being sung by this talented group of people.
I have a very special place in my heart for True Blood. Jumping on the vampire bandwagon that started with Twilight, True Blood is based on the Sookie Stackhouse novel series about vampires exposing themselves as what they truly are, and trying to live in a mostly-human world. It has extremely weird moments in it, and season 2 almost turned me off to the whole series, but I love the way HBO pushes the envelope in most of their shows, and True Blood is far from an exception. As a damsel in distress, Sookie is always in some sort of trouble and relies on an abundance of "mythical" creatures such as vampires, werewolves, and fairies to save her. My favorite character, Lafayette, is a fabulous-looking sort-of drag queen who happens to be an enormous black man and has awesome one liners like "Bitches, you both is pretty." This show is on its fourth season and has been renewed for another, but there is talk that next season will be it's last. Sad. I hope it continues to stick around and merge the human world with one that we've only heard about in fairytales.
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