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The Most Pirated Shows of 2010

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Lost has garnered one more accolade for its final season, though I’m not sure if this is one that it’s creators would relish.

According to TorrentFreak, people are still illegally downloading TV shows instead of watching them on live TV. In fact, two of 2010’s most-pirated shows — Heroes and Dexter — outnumbered their live Nielsen ratings.

Anyhoo, here’s the ten most pirated shows of 2010, followed by their approximate number of illegal downloads:

  1. Lost – 5,940,000
  2. Heroes – 5,480,000
  3. Dexter – 3,880,000
  4. The Big Bang Theory – 3,270,000
  5. House – 2,610,000
  6. How I Met Your Mother – 2,490,000
  7. 24 – 2,240,000
  8. True Blood – 1,920,000
  9. Glee – 1,700,000
  10. Family Guy – 1,620,000

Battlestar Galactica and Lost Wins Saturn Awards

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saturn_awards_trophyThe Saturn Awards were given away last week and we all know that the “Dark Knight” dominated the awards show, at least for the movie awards categories. When it comes to the TV awards “Battlestar Galactica” still rules, managing to get back its title of being the Best Cable TV Series, which it has won 2005 but was snatched away by “Dexter” last year.

Below’s a list of this TV winners of the 35th Annual Saturn Awards. For a full list of winners you can download this Microsoft word document provided by the by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.

Best Television Series: LOST

Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

Best Presentation on Television: THE LIBRARIAN: THE CURSE OF THE JUDAS CHALICE

Best Actor on Television: EDWARD JAMES OLMOS (Battlestar Galactica)

Best Actress on Television: MARY MCDONNELL (Battlestar Galactica)

Best Supporting Actor on Television: ADRIAN PASDAR (Heroes)

Best Supporting Actress on Televison: JENNIFER CARPENTER (Dexter)

Guest Starring Role on Television: JIMMY SMITS (Dexter)

My reaction to the winners? Being a Battlestar Galactica fan I’m glad they got the title back. I also really like Dexter though so it’s good that they at least got awards. As for Lost, I lost my interest in the series a few seasons ago so I couldn’t care less. The twists and turns are also too much to follow and I am not in the mood for a Lost marathon just so I can finally figure out what’s been happening.

10 Best TV Shows Of 2008

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Here it is again – another one of those lists which eventually crop up at the end of each year. This time, this is a list of the best TV shows that we had in the past year. This list was compiled by the people at The Connecticut Post and I do have to disagree with some items so I am merely noting down the ones I think should really be part of anyone’s list. Call me biased but here they are.

“Lost,” ABC: The wildest, most daring drama on broadcast TV continued to go for broke in its fourth season, bringing us time travel, the relocation of the island and a bunch of other nutty stuff. I don’t always know what’s going on on “Lost,” but the writing is so consistently smart and surprising that I always want more. Bonus: Michael Emerson’s pitch-perfect work as Ben Linus, TV’s best villain.

This only made number 5 on their list. Not a bad choice, don’t you think?

“30 Rock,” NBC: Though this was the year of Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live,” her NBC sitcom about the nutty goings on at a sketch comedy show was also worthy of praise. The series struggled a bit after returning from the strike hiatus, but last season’s finale was great, as were several of this season’s episodes. My favorite was “Reunion,” in which we find out that Fey’s character, Liz, was evil in high school. The episode also gave us the line “I want to go to there,” now in competition with “I can see Russia from my house” for the best Fey line of the year.

30 Rock at number 7? Whoa…there’s something wrong here. I thought it should be at a higher place!

“Dexter,” Showtime: A lot of people disliked the third season of this drama about lovable serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), and I agree that this season wasn’t as good as the past two. But I’m putting it on the list for Hall’s always excellent work as Dexter, and Jimmy Smits’ fantastic performance as an assistant district attorney with a dark streak.

This was their last choice. Bad choice. Dexter should have been in the top 3 in my book.

What’s your opinion?

Moral Issues Spark Debate Over TV Shows

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Lines such as “everyone’s favorite serial killer” would not have been uttered by the average person a few years ago. However, with the popularity that Dexter has reached, this tag line is well known all over the world. This has sparked a certain amount of interest in those who believe that there is a correlation between real life happenings and what is portrayed in TV shows.

Dexter is not a lone ranger in the recent trend of dark heroes on TV. We have Jack Bauer, who has gotten himself into every sort of tangle possible. We also have Dr. Gregory House, a “distinguished” doctor addicted to Vicodin. There are countless TV heroes today who, contrary to the traditional perception of heroes, cannot be labeled as good or bad. In fact, they fall in the various shades of gray that we encounter in our daily lives.

This is what people who have issues with the moral impact of TV are bringing up. These people, in spite of the fact that they are fictional, may have a way of impacting how the real person thinks and perceives things. But how real is that danger? Will a person act on his immoral tendencies because of what he sees on TV? Will the average guy go out and kill “bad” people because of watching Dexter? Will the clean guy try and get some Vicodin because House does?

Maybe. Maybe not. One thing I can say – these shows are darned good but I am not about to go out and kill all the scum I see on the streets every day.

Dexter renewed for two seasons

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Dexter, Showtime’s hit drama, looks like it has enough staying power. It has recently been renewed for two more seasons.

Showtime has ordered 12 episodes for both Season 4 and 5. The fourth season is set to begin production this spring.

For those who still haven’t seen it, Dexter (played by Michael C. Hall) is an expert of the Miami police department who at night is also a serial killer.