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 New Drama – This Is Us (NBC)
Most Anti-Climatic and Unsatisfying Series Finale – Castle (ABC)
Most Entertaining Crossover – Supergirl, Arrow, The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW)
The Best, Most Twisty Episode – “Cape May” from The Blacklist (NBC) and “The Abominable Bride” from Sherlock (PBS)
You Should Always Be Careful What You Say While on Set – Thomas Gibson’s altercation on set with one of Criminal Mind’s (CBS) writers that caused him to be fired from the show
The Show That Just Can’t Die – Supernatural (The CW)
Best Actor in a TV Show – Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us and The People vs. O.J. Simpson)
Best Online Series – The Crown (Netflix)
Most Entertaining Penultimate Episode of a Final Season – “The Good News Is…” (the musical episode) on Royal Pains (USA Network)
Most Upsetting Deaths on TV – Aife and Trick on Lost Girl (Syfy); Laurel Lance on Arrow (The CW); Lexa on The 100 (The CW), Root on Person of Interest (CBS); Tommen Baratheon and Hodor on Game of Thrones (HBO); Barb on Stranger Things (Netflix) and Elizabeth Keen on The Blacklist (NBC) [even though the last one was faked)
Thanks for the Memories – Downton Abbey coming to an end on PBS
Best Villains – Reverse Flash and Damien Darhk on The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW)
If He Isn’t Nominated for an Emmy, Someone Really Screwed Up – John Lithgow for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in The Crown (Netflix)
Best Mini-Series – The Night Manager (AMC)
Best Actress in a TV Series – Caitriona Balfe in Outlander (Starz) and Sarah Paulson (in everything she does)
Most Entertaining Guilty Pleasure Show – Shadowhunters (Freeform) and Wynonna Earp (Syfy)
The Final Season That More Viewers Should Have Watched – Person of Interest (CBS)
When Reboots (or Small Screen Adaptations) Ruled the World (Whether We Wanted Them To or Not) – The X-Files, Lethal Weapon and The Exorcist (FOX), MacGyver (CBS), Frequency (The CW); and coming in mid-season Prison Break and 24: Legacy (FOX) and Training Day (CBS)
Prettiest Newcomer – Tori Anderson on No Tomorrow (The CW) and Kylie Bunbury on Pitch (FOX)
The News That Made Fans So Happy – Nashville being picked up for another season by CMT after ABC canceled it, airing a cliffhanger to boot
Most Disturbing Season Finale – UnReal (Lifetime)
Best New Additions to a TV Show – Tyler Hoechlin and Chris Wood on Supergirl (The CW) and Scott Porter on Scorpion (CBS)
Why Are These Shows Still on the Air – Scream Queens (FOX) and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW)
Most Anticipated Shows for the Upcoming Mid-Season TV Season – Emerald City and Midnight, Texas (both on NBC)
Best Male Newcomer – Aaron Diaz on Quantico (ABC) [he is well-known for his telenovelas but new to American viewers]
We Hardly Got to Know You (Disappointing Cancellations) – Guilt and Dead of Summer (Freeform) and BrainDead (CBS)
Coolest New Sci-Fi Series – The Magicians (Syfy)
Most Unsettling Storyline to Fans – Nick and Adalind having sex on Grimm (NBC)
They Did What Now – Lifetime cancelled Devious Maids, leaving viewers with a big cliffhanger
Why Isn’t This Show Doing Better in the Ratings – Pitch (FOX)
They Shouldn’t Have Done This – ABC cancelling Marvel’s Agent Carter for Conviction, as Hayley Atwell (and Peggy Carter) deserves better
Get This Woman Her Own Show Already – Bridget Regan (she’s appeared in Grey’s Anatomy, The Last Ship, Marvel’s Agent Carter and Jane the Virgin this year)
Two of the Best Shows You’re Still Not Watching – The 100 (The CW) and 12 Monkeys (Syfy)
Best Ending to a Long-Running Drama – Rizzoli & Isles (TNT)
Favorite New Cable Drama – Chesapeake Shores (Hallmark)
It’s About Damn Time – Tatiana Maslany finally getting an Emmy Award for her work on Orphan Black (BBC America)
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on what you liked the most and the least on television throughout 2016. Please share.
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