Our 2010 TV Year in Review (Part I)

Worst Name For A Great New Character: Lumen Pierce? Seriously, DEXTER?

Standout Episode Of A Show Having A Mediocre Season: THE OFFICE’s outing titled “Andy’s Play” showed the series at it’s very best, which is something we haven’t seen much of this year.

Most Genre-Defying Sitcom: Zombies? Paintball apocalypse? Heartfelt emotions? One never knows what one will get when tuning into COMMUNITY… and that’s a good thing.

Guilty Pleasure We’re Not Feeling So Guilty About: Last year, GOSSIP GIRL wasn’t giving anyone much reason to talk about it. But this year — thanks to Chuck and Blair’s relationship and the addition of Katie Cassidy’s Juliet — we’re back to agreeing when Kristen Bell’s voice urges us to admit, “You know you love me!”

Oddest Ad: The mind-bending, creepy promo for LOST’s “The Last Recruit” episode featuring Gene Wilder’s terrifying rant from the 1970’s children’s flick Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.

Most Insulting Use Of A News Division: 20/20’s two hour “investigation” into THE BACHELOR was nothing but an attempt to bolster a much-maligned, flagging show.

The Too-Little, Too-Late Award: When FLASHFORWARD came back from its mid-season break, it was with a jaw-dropping opening scene and several brilliant twists… all of which played to an audience too small to keep it alive.

Most Welcome Return, Reality Division: We were sad when sassy Anthony got the boot from PROJECT RUNWAY… and thrilled when a week later, when another contestant quit, he was invited back.

The Mountain-Out-Of-A-Molehill Award: ESPN actually managed to turn Lebron James’ announcement of which team he’d be blessing with his presence into an hour-long special.

Celeb Most Likely To Binge Drink Thanks To A Bad Year: David Hasselhoff was the first contestant booted off his season of DANCING WITH THE STARS, then had the plug pulled on his reality show, THE HASSELHOFFS, after only two episodes.