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As we watched the season premiere of "The Biggest Loser" last night (we thought it would motivate our own weight management/diet improvement at the TVGuy Mansion... starting today) they listed the 5 fattest cities in America as part of a promo for their travelling "Biggest Loser" production...

According to their giant onscreen graphics, the cities included Houston... Chicago... and of course "Witchita"...

Seriously. How hard is it to maybe mix in a Spellcheck once in awhile?? You can't spell "Wichita"?? Really?

I'm rethinking who the "Biggest Loser" is...

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Every year I assemble the Nation's Top Ten Critics Lists for tv programs, combine them using a ten point scale and then post them here... I feel it's a far more accurate way to see what the true "Top Ten" really are... here ya go...

Your Aggregate Top Ten List (and more) of 2007...

Rank / Show / Points

1. Mad Men (129)
2. 30 Rock (115)
3. The Sopranos (94)
4. Pushing Daisies (90)
5. Lost (84)
6. Friday Night Lights (57)
7. Big Love (50)
8. The Office (38)
9. Damages (35)
10. The War (34)

11. Dexter (33)
12. Planet Earth (31)
13. The Shield (30)
14. Heroes (25)
15. Battlestar Galactica (24)
16. Desperate Housewives (21)
17. Ugly Betty (20)
18. Flight of the Conchords (19)
19. Reaper (17)
20. House (16)
21. Rescue Me (15)
22. CSI (14)
23. Brothers & Sisters (13)
24. Weeds (12)
25. Family Guy (10)
26. Life (10)
27. Jericho (9)
28. Project Runway (9)
29. Samantha Who? (9)
30. Jekyll (9)
31. Torchwood (9)
32. The Wire (8)
33. American Idol (8)
34. Dirty Sexy Money (8)
35. Entourage (8)
36. Saving Grace (7)
37. The Closer (7)
38. The Riches (7)
39. Californication (7)
40. How I Met Your Mother (6)
41. Tell Me You Love Me (6)
42. Gossip Girl (6)
43. The Kill Point (6)
44. Frisky Dingo (5)
45. Chuck (5)
46. Survivor (5)
47. Daily Show with Jon Stewart (5)
48. Grey's Anatomy (5)
49. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (5)
50. Nip/Tuck (5)
51. Burn Notice (4)
52. Clatterford (4)
53. Aliens in America (4)
54. Curb Your Enthusiasm (4)
55. Extras (4)
56. Brotherhood (4)
57. Corner Gas (4)
58. My Name is Earl (4)
59. Back to You (4)
60. The Tudors (4)
61. Rome (3)
62. The Bronx is Burning (3)
63. The Sarah Silverman Program (2)
64. The 4400 (2)
65. Dancing with the Stars (2)
66. Kid Nation (2)
67. Life of Ryan (1)
68. Andy Barker, PI (1)
69. My Boys (1)
70. Little Mosque on the Prairie (1)

Critics Used:
Amy Amatangelo, Zap2it.com
Michael Ausiello, TV Guide
Chuck Barney, San Jose Mercury News
Hal Boedeker, Orlando Sentinel
Robert Bianco, USA Today
Pat Clark, Modesto Bee
Ted Cox, Chicago Daily Herald
Amanda Cuda, Connecticut Post
Mark Dawidziak, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Doug Elfman, Chicago Sun-Times
Gillian Flynn, Entertainment Weekly
Glenn Garvin, Miami Herald
Bill Harris, Toronto Sun
Michael Hewitt, Orange County Register
Danny Hooley, Charlotte Observer
Vince Horiuchi, Salt Lake City Tribune
Whitney Matheson, USA Today
Rob Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Alan Pergament, Buffalo News
Matt Roush, TVGuide
Rob Salem, Toronto Star
Laura Saltman, Access Hollywood
Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly

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I don't think I could do a true "Top Ten" because I don't watch a lot of shows that I know are excellent but I just haven't gotten around to them yet ("Mad Men", "Battlestar Galactica", "Dexter" etc)...

I can however post my favorite 10 shows of the past year.. this isn't a "Best of" list, just the 10 shows I watched which gave me the most pleasure... from 10 to 1 we go...

10. Pushing Daisies / Doctor Who (tie)

9. Smallville (sue me, I'm a Supes fan..)

8. Survivor

7. House

6. Numb3rs

5. 24 (despite the "down" year)

4. Feasting on Asphalt/Good Eats

3. Planet Earth

2. The Office

1. Lost

Honorable Mentions: 30 Rock, GSN's "High Stakes Poker", ESPN's "World Series of Poker, Food Network's "Tyler's Ultimate", Flight of the Conchords, Heroes, Damages, Grey's Anatomy...

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