Top 14 Best TV Shows EVER!!!!!

14. Birds Of Prey (I always loved this show, despite what others may have thought of it. It was a very, very interesting take on what the future of  what Gotham City would be like after "No Man's Land" and just the fact that the storyline took so much inspiration from DC's Earth-Two where Batman and Catwoman have a daughter named Helena [whom becomes the Huntress] was beyond exciting for me as a Comic Book fanboy even after it's cancellation.)

13. Life (This show struck a chord with me from the very first time I ever heard the plot: A cop is framed, sent to prison for fifteen years and when aquitted of his charges and released, he is awarded $50,000,000 by the Supreme Court. To find out exactly who framed him, he uses his money in an effort to shed light on a conspiracy theory which sent him away in the first place. The show is not just fantastic plot-wise and acting-wise but it's just damn brilliant all around!)

12. Reaper (It's not everyday that you'll find such a genius blend of comedy and the occult but this show does it like nothing I've ever seen before. Once again, the plot itself is unique: Before Sam Oliver was born, his parents sold his soul to the devil and on his twenty first birthday, the devil would come for him and Sam would become the devil's bounty hunter for eternity. As the first season opened, I was immediatley hooked. It's the perfect blend of comedy, mystery, romance and character exploration.)

11. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Thanks to my Mom and Dad letting me watch Judgement Day when I was three, I've been a "Terminator" movie buff for almost two decades (Wow! I'm almost twenty come to think of it) and this show does nothing but feed my addiction to the movie series and expanded universe of the Terminator. It was definatley a good idea to tell the unseen story of the events between T2 and T3, and with the fourth film in the series (Terminator: Salvation) coming next year, the show made me go "Terminator crazy," during it's first season a few months ago. Not to mention, the show had one of the best shoot-outs [The latest T-100, shooting twenty-five S.W.A.T officers off of a motel's balcony and into a pool, down below] in television history.)

10. Burn Notice (If you were to strip James Bond down to just his bare-self as a person, you'd have Michael Westen, a former Spy. The show is hip and at times, straight out and/or subliminal in it's sense of humor. It's a great character driven story and I honestly couldn't see the series taking place anywhere else other than Miami. There's a great, rich chemistry between all three major characters, Michael (Ex-Covert Operative), Fiona (Ex-IRA) and Sam (A former military intellegence contact). The thing I love the most about the series is that you can always count on it to be itself.)

9. Jack and Bobby (The show was cancelled after it's first season but the story was none other than pure genius. It tells the story of two brothers growing up in our time, but in about forty years, the younger brother, Bobby becomes "the best President in United States history". It was a relatable story to me since the first episode. In itself, just the idea of two brothers growing up together under the roof of a single mother was always something that I felt related to me, especially. I love futuristic storylines and this show did it best. It kinda cracked the code of "keeping the future grounded in reality.")

8. In Treatment (The show is based off of an Israeli classic but to be honest, Gabriel Byrne takes these daily episodes to a whole new level. To be honest, the entire cast does! It's that type of series where you litterally can't miss one episode or else you'll be lost until it repeats and quite frankly, you'd have to be crazy to let the idea of the episode coming on, slip your mind. I've hardly ever seen a better acted show in my life. It almost makes you believe that the characters are real and that's a very rare thing to come across especially since it's a therapy show and much more than that too.)

7. Journeyman (Another unfortunate casualty of the 2007 writer's strike but one of the best things in film or television that I've ever seen. It was a time traveling show and that itself isn't original but the story was! It's about a family man named Dan Vasser whom one day just begins to travel into the past. As the series progressed until it's final thirteenth episode, tons of things were revealed (like Livia Beale, Dan's ex, turning out to be a traveller from 1948) and it's one of those shows that unfortunatley wasn't given a chance to even breathe into life before it was shut down by it's network. It ended abruptly but I'll never forget what it meant to me.)

6. Rescue Me (This series is just purley fantastic. It's the epitome of balance between genres. It's another good example of Drama being mixed with Comedy and although some episodes tip the balance to the dramatic side of the story, it's always a good show to watch. The plot evolves with the times but the first season was released at the right time....after 9/11. To show the daily lives of Firefighters and their struggles and triumphs was as striking a few years ago as it is now. It's interesting and of course, Denis Leary steals the show as usual.)

5. Rome (I despise school but History was my favorite and best subject when I would go (). I generally knew the entire story of the fall of the Republic and rise of the Empire before the time I was twelve (No joke!) but the show really did open my eyes to how things were back then and how it effected our present world. The series follows two actual historical Roman soldiers, in particular, named Lucius Vorenus (The stoic of the story) and Titus Pullo (The irresponsible bad-ass of the story). Of course, I was just as well interested in the famous rise and fall of Mark Antony but the one character that made me think a lot was, Gais Octavian. I loved the show for every second it was on and I still think about it everyday.)

4. The X-Files (The X-Files is in my eyes, the most influential show in TV history. Many have used or at some point tried to use the "Mulder and Scully" chemistry techniques and most have failed and some have come close to succeeding but I can't really say I've seen any show do it yet. I mean, there must've been something special about the show to keep it running for nine seasons and spawn two movies. It's been off for six years but the legacy still lives on!?! That's rare in it's own sense. I think by the series' end, it trully did make us all "believe".)

3. Heroes (At first, I didn't give the show a chance and I ended up not watching it's first season because I thought it was just a take off of the X-Men but when I met the cast last year and bought the first season on DVD, I litterally couldn't stop watching it until it was over. It took me over twenty hours to do it but I did and I couldn't be any more glad that I did. It's got this certain tone to it that just makes you think, "What if?". It cracked the code that many have tried to crack before and have failed at: Ordinary people in extraordinary situations. Oddly, it always seems to make everyone ask themselves the same thing, "What would you do if you were gifted such and such power(s)?" Not many television shows make you think these days and Heroes is one of the few that does.)

2. Smallville (I grew up watching this show. As all of my close friends know, I've never missed an episode since it's orginal airdate (Oct. 16. 2001) and I'm not planning on letting up for the eighth and final season. The thing I love about this story is that it's always been an interesting story to hear since we were all children: How did Clark Kent become Superman? The series has had it's ups and downs but it's always a show that I look forward to seeing week-to-week.)

And the winner is....

1. Supernatural (This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone but it's my opinion so, I'll get on with it. Supernatural is what I like to think of as the epitome of continuity. There have been things that have happened in the first season that hadn't been explored until the third season. In other words, it's one big, epic, looooong story that doesn't waver and isn't afraid to explore new things in itself. The acting, directing, writing and subplots have all been nearly perfect in each and every episode. The story is great because it's not just about two brothers on the road, going across the country hunting and killing evil and the supernatural but it takes it's time to explore the family aspect of it's characters, the morality of it's characters, the greed in both-it's heroes and villains and of course, the story is one that can keep you glued without wanting to ever look away for a second. Another big reason why this show is number one on my list is because it doesn't force itself onto you like most shows do, it just lets you breathe and if you like it then you like it and if you don't then you don't. It's just a great show but I went over all of this stuff once before (HERE). All in all, I think this show is going to go far and it'll have a huge legacy similar to that of the X-Files and Angel. Supernatural is everything I could ever wish to see in a television show!)