Every TV season viewers never know what to expect from their favorite shows because the powers that be behind those shows are sneaky, they like to freak us out, make us laugh, make us cheer and sigh in relief. There is always so much going on each TV season that sometimes it’s hard to point out all of the best (and worst) that TV gives us each year, but the following list, which is featured in no particular order, is what really stood out for me:
Best Battle – Oliver and his team against the Mirakuru soldiers on the May season finale of Arrow
It’s About Damn Time [TIE] – Kate finally gets Bracken for the murder of her mother AND Castle and Beckett finally get married and have their honeymoon on Castle
Reaching a TV Milestone [TIE] – 250th episode of NCIS and 200th episode of Supernatural
NOTE: Here is the awesome rendition of “Carry On My Wayward Son” from the Supernatural 200th episode:
Best First Kiss [TIE] – Felicity and Oliver on Arrow (even though it meant the end of their relationship before it could even really get started) and Jack and Elizabeth finally kissing on When Calls the Heart
Best Actress in a Drama – Eliza Taylor on The 100
Best Actor in a Drama – Josh Charles on The Good Wife
Best Male Newcomer [TIE] – Grant Gustin on The Flash and Justin Baldoni on Jane the Virgin
How Could They End It Like That – Witches of East End (huge cliffhangers for all the characters and then the show gets canceled)
Favorite New Cable Drama – Outlander
Best New Summer Cable Drama – Finding Carter
Best New Villain [TIE] – Mara on Haven and Martine Rousseau on Person of Interest
Best Way to Bring a Show to an End – Warehouse 13’s series finale
What the Hell Just Happened – Olivia being taken on Scandal’s fall finale
The Returning Drama That’s Experiencing a Bit of a Sophomore Slump – Sleepy Hollow
Best Performance By a Veteran Female Character – Kate Beckett in the episode of Castle entitled “In the Belly of the Beast” when she goes undercover as a Russian courier who actually turned out to be a hired killer
Best Performance By a Male Character – Stiles on Teen Wolf (when the fox spirit was possessing him)
Prettiest Newcomer [TIE] – Candice Patton on The Flash and Gina Rodriguez on Jane the Virgin
Most Anticipated Shows for the Upcoming Mid-Season TV Season [TIE] – 12 Monkeys on Syfy and Agent Carter on ABC
The Most Overlooked New Drama of the Fall TV Season – Red Band Society
I Didn’t See That Coming [TIE] – Dean becoming a demon on the May season finale of Supernatural and Ingrid and Freya being killed on Witches of East End
Most Valuable Player – Kenzi sacrificing her live to save Bo and the rest of the team on Lost Girl
I Actually Did (Kinda) See This Coming – Ward turning out to be part of Hydra on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Favorite New Show of the Fall TV Season (Not Based on Ratings Results) – Scorpion
Best Season Finales (from May 2014) [Four-Way TIE] – The 100, Grimm, Castle and Person of Interest
Best Supporting Actor on Cable Drama – Rick Hoffman on Suits
Best New Addition – Jacqueline Toboni as Trubel on Grimm
Worst Cancellations from 2013-2014 TV Season [TIE] – Star-Crossed and Almost Human
We Are SO Gonna Miss You, but Pretty Happy with the Ending (Well, Almost) [Three-Way TIE] – Drop Dead Diva, Psych and White Collar
Favorite Couple on a New Drama – Jamie and Claire on Outlander
Most Anticipated Episode of a Cable Drama – The Wedding episode of Outlander
Best Guilty Pleasure Shows [TIE] – Bitten and Transporter: The Series
Still Can’t Believe This New Show Is Doing As Well As It Is – The Mysteries of Laura
He So Deserved What He Got – Slade Wilson on Arrow
Best Sidekick (Who Is SO Much More Than Just a Sidekick) – Diggle on Arrow
Most Buzzed About Family-Themed Cable Drama – The Fosters
Favorite TV Techie – Tory Ellis on Castle
What’s Up With All the Stunning Deaths [Nine-Way TIE] – Allison on Teen Wolf; James Novak on Scandal; Will Gardner on The Good Wife; Neal Cassidy on Once Upon a Time; Hale on Lost Girl; King Joffrey on Game of Thrones; Moira Queen and Sara Lance on Arrow; Captain Irving on Sleepy Hollow and Dr. Lance Sweets on Bones
Why Did They Have to Show Us That – Huck and Quinn having sex on top of a parked car on Scandal (EWWW!!!)
Dramas That Have Taken The Biggest Ratings Hits This Fall TV Season [TIE] – Resurrection and How To Get Away With Murder (losing 4 million and 5 million viewers respectively from their premiere nights)
This Cable Show Is Just Unstoppable – The Walking Dead
The What the Hell Just Happened in That Fall Finale – Oliver Queen getting stabbed by Ra’s al Ghul, who then kicked him off a cliff on Arrow
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on what you liked the most and the least on television throughout 2014. Please share.
TOMORROW: Movies
Rueben's Ramblings 
Thank you Rueben. What an awesome synopsis of the best on television.
Outlander to me was the best show of the season, Jamie and Claire are an amazing couple, even though there is an age difference, it works.
I love Arrow and of course Stephen Amell, he’s from Toronto, you know? Got to love those from home. The Flash is good but Arrow is better. Can’t wait to see what happened to Oliver. Felicity and Oliver…HOT.
I stopped watching a lot of the shows. Bones was a favorite, but got tired of it. Sorry to hear Dr. Sweets died.
Got lost somewhere with Teen Wolf, Person of Interest, (when the lady cop died it changed and not for the better), Vampire Diaries (loved it, but missed some epi’s and wasn’t sure where it went on cable, they kept changing times here).
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Looking forward to the new season starting in January.Cheers
Glad you enjoyed my run-down on the year. I enjoy doing my round-ups and put a lot of work into them throughout the whole year. In fact, I’ve already started some notes on 2015 before the year has even started (wink!). Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too and thanks for visiting the site and for commenting!