TV 2013: Disappointments

I'm just not feelin' it this year.  Meaning, I don't feel like doing a big roundup of anything from last year like I usually do.  It would help if I did the whole year-end wrap-up stuff earlier.  Well, maybe next time.  Anyway, here's a quick hit of some disappointing shows from last year so I can keep clearing out the Drafts folder.

THE BIGGIE:
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
I soooooo wanted this show to be good.  I waited.  And waited.  And made excuses.  And ya know?  It's just not good.  It's made enough improvement that unless the quality goes backward, I'll probably keep watching the rest of the season, but I dunno.  I don't look forward to it and it mostly makes me sad.  It should look like and BE a high quality show, but instead it's not much better than a crappy SyFy original.  Don't get me wrong: SyFy has a few quality shows, but the crappy ones are quite crappy.  And a show with this much money behind it should LOOK like it has a big budget.

Downton Abbey
It was mostly fine until that car crash.  SO BAD.  Such a bitchy and sad way to remove a character who decided he was ready for the Big Time in Hollywood.  (Dan...Somebody...)

Community
The 4th season just wasn't...right.  Let's move on.

Cougar Town
Despite a stoopid title, I gave this show a try and it turned into a fun little show about a bunch of weirdos hanging out together.  And I loved it.  And then it moved to TBS, and it was ... okay.  I won't blame that on TBS because I just don't know if that's why I started falling out of love with the show, but it went from being something I watched on the DVR the next evening, right away, to something I got behind on.  And I "flew to Florida" for the newest season, but have yet to watch any and I suspect I won't.  I guess it just couldn't last forever.

The Tomorrow People
I wanted to like this show so much.  Pretty people, interesting concept...CW...I was THERE.  And I quite liked the pilot.  But I dunno, I just...lost interest.  The characters weren't interesting enough.  It didn't feel like it was going anywhere.  And I just stopped watching, and I likely won't go back.

TV 2013: Odds and Ends

SHOWS THAT ENDED
30 Rock
Breaking Bad
Eastbound and Down
Fringe
Spartacus

SHOWS I GAVE UP ON 
Awkward
DaVinci's Demons
Family Tree
The Following
Graceland
The Heart, She Holler
Homeland
Legit
Low Winter Sun
The Mindy Project
Parenthood
Under the Dome
Raising Hope
Ray Donovan
Suburgatory

SHOWS I GAVE UP ON  BUT MAY CATCH UP TO VIA NETFLIX INSTANT
Lost Girl
Switched at Birth

TV 2013: Favorite Shows

I did this up and it came to 11, so I have a top 11 list.  No one's paying me to write this, so I can make my own rules.

American Horror Story: Asylum

The Americans

Archer

Arrow

Boardwalk Empire

Bob's Burgers

Breaking Bad

The Good Wife

Key and Peele

Justified

Mad Men

Favorite New Shows

Almost Human

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Hannibal

Masters of Sex

Orange is the New Black

Orphan Black

Rectify

Witches of East End

TV watched in 2013

30 Rock
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Almost Human
Alphas
American Horror Story
The Americans
Archer
Arrow
Awkward
Banshee
Bates Motel
The Blacklist
Boardwalk Empire
Bob's Burgers
Breaking Bad
The Bridge
Broadchurch
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Children's Hospital
The Colbert Report
Community
Cougar Town
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Dallas
DaVinci's Demons
Defiance
Downton Abbey
Dr. Who
Eagleheart
Eastbound and Down
Elementary
Enlightened
The Eric Andre Show
The Fades
The Fall
Family Tree
The Following
Fringe
Game of Thrones
Girls
The Good Wife
Graceland
Grimm
Hannibal
Happy Endings
The Heart, She Holler
Hemlock Grove
Homeland
In the Flesh (mini-series)
Inside Amy Schumer
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Justified
Key and Peele
The League
Legit
Lost Girl
Low Winter Sun
Luther
Mad Men
Maron
Masters of Sex
The Mindy Project
Misfits
New Girl
Nikki and Sara Live
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Orange is the New Black
The Originals
Orphan Black
Parenthood
Parks and Recreation
Peep Show
Raising Hope
Ray Donovan
Rectify
Revenge
RuPaul's Drag Race
Scandal
Shameless
Sherlock
Sons of Anarchy
The Soup
South Park
Spartacus
Strike Back
Suburgatory
Suits
Supernatural
Switched at Birth
Teen Wolf
The Tomorrow People
Top of the Lake (mini-series)
Treme
Under the Dome
The Vampire Diaries
Veep
Wilfred
Witches of East End

TV I caught up with this year

Kroll Show (2 episodes) Will continue in 2014
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (1 episode) Will continue in 2014
Black Mirror (2 episodes) Will continue in 2014
The Peter Serafinowicz Show (2 episodes) Will continue in 2014
The In-Betweeners (series 1, about 4 episodes) Will continue in 2014
Southland (season 2) (disc 1)
Southland (season 1)
The O.C. (season 2) (through disc 3)
The Thick of It (season 4)
The O.C. (season 1)
Breaking Bad re-watch
Teen Wolf (season 1-2)
Elementary (season 1)
Arrested Development re-watch (season 1, about 3 episodes)
Banshee (season 1)
Suits (season 2)
Suits (season 1)