And now... the first non-rant Best Of list for 2004. However, this one is pure crap. Oops.

Well I never thought it would come to this. An award for "Best New TV Show", and all of the shows are based on reality tv (except one is animated), and two of the shows are about the same thing - makeovers. I'm really sinking to a new low. I'll redeem myself when I present the "Best TV Show Of 2004" as opposed to "new" shows only.

Okay, so here are the nominees...

1. The Swan: Dear Swan, oh god how I hate you. You represent the worst side of humanity, but you are ever so compelling. I hate you for making me stay up too late to watch you. I hate you for being so addictive. I hate you for all the horrible messages about physical attractiveness that you represent. In other words, I love you.

2. Extreme Makeover: This is the same as The Swan, except without any drama. They just do makeovers on this show. No competition. Everything else holds true though. This show is more technical. Thats a very relative comment of course. Basically they find moderately unattractive people spend thousands of dollars for plastic surgery, diet, exercise, etc... and then they look a whole lot better at the end. Interesting, but unfulfilling. Yet, watchable. Oddly watchable.

3. Drawn Together: The animated reality show I wrote about two posts ago. The show is vile, ridiculous, absurd, filthy and HILARIOUS. Oh god, I laugh my ass off to this show. I repeat, the pig actually takes a crap in the decapitated head of Toot. This is on TV. TV, I'm telling you!

4. Trading Spouses: I got snagged by this bit of silliness several weeks ago. Every week they take two families that are culturally very different, and then trade the wives. Every episode plays out the same way: rich liberal woman goes to live with hick family, judges them, tries to change them, and the family hates her. On the other hand, the poor redneck wife goes to live with the fancy family and they fall in love with her homespun ways. Then they don't like their own mother as much.

And the winner is Drawn Together! The makeover shows are terrible but I can't stop watching. But I hate myself and feel dirty when they're over. Trading Spouses has the same premise and IS basically the same every show. Drawn Together, on the other hand, is pure brilliance. Nearly every 5 seconds, there is something hilarious happening. I hope this show is on forever.