Best shows of 2003 (1 Viewer)

[Brad Porter]

1. Gilmore Girls (WB)
Best episode: "Those Are Strings, Pinocchio" (Rory graduates from Chilton)

2. South Park (Comedy Central)
Best episode: "Fat Butt and Pancake Head" (Cartman's J-Lo impersonation)

3. Arrested Development (Fox)
Best episode: "Charity Drive" (Lots of stuff happens, but this was the episode where the show went from very good to great in my forming opinion)

4: 24 (Fox)
Best episode: "Day 2: 10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M." (Bombs away!)

5. Ed (NBC)
Best episode: "Captain Lucidity" (Ed has a lucid dream when debating a relationship with Frankie)

6. Futurama (Fox)
Best episode: "The Farnsworth Parabox" (Good news everyone! Farnsworth invents a box which contains a pathway to an alternate universe)

7. Coupling (Seasons 1-3) (BBC America)
Best episode: "Inferno" (Pornography and lesbians are a major topic of dinner conversation)

8: Alias (ABC)
Best episode: "The Telling" (Even with the wacky ending, the season finale catfight makes it the best episode)

9. Dead Like Me (Showtime)
Best episode: "Nighthawks" (So maybe it was a clip show, but it was a very well done clip show)

10. Survivor: Pearl Islands (CBS)
Best episode: "The Great Lie" (There's nothing like a good villain to capture the audience's attention, and the "dead grandma" bit is as compellingly awful as they come)

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Eligible shows - must have first aired in calender year 2003, meaning Curb Your Enthusiasm is ineligible, and I must have watched at least three episodes. I'm making an exception to the first airing rule with Coupling since 2003 was my first opportunity to see it.

* = I've recorded episodes of this show but haven't watched any that have aired since Sept. 2003

ABC:
Alias, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Karen Sisco*, Life With Bonnie, Line of Fire*, 10-8*

CBS:
Hack*, Queens Supreme, The Handler, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*, Everybody Loves Raymond, CSI: Miami*, Cold Case, Survivor: Pearl Islands, Survivor: The Amazon, The Amazing Race

NBC:
Ed, Boomtown*, Mister Sterling, Kingpin*, The Lyon's Den, Crossing Jordan, Friends, ER, The West Wing, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent*, Las Vegas, Saturday Night Live, Miss Match

Fox:
Arrested Development, 24, The O.C.*, Futurama, John Doe, Keen Eddie, Oliver Beene, Malcolm in the Middle, The Simpsons, King of the Hill*

WB:
Gilmore Girls, Smallville, Grounded for Life, The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, The Surreal Life, High School Reunion

UPN:
Jake 2.0*, Enterprise*, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

PBS:
This Old House, Nova, Frontline

HBO:
The Wire, Oz, K Street, Carnivale

Showtime:
Dead Like Me, Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

FX:
The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Lucky

USA:
Monk, The Dead Zone, Peacemakers

The Cartoon Network:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, The Brak Show, Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law

Comedy Central:
South Park

BBC America:
Coupling, The Office

IFC:
Dinner for Five

TLC:
Junkyard Wars, Trading Spaces

Discovery Channel:
MythBusters, Monster Garage, Monster House, Escape from Experiment Island

The Travel Channel:
World Poker Tour

Bravo:
Celebrity Poker Showdown

Syndicated:
She Spies

 

[Jake Gove]

Best:

1. Arrested Development
2. Scrubs
3. Amazing Race
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm
5. Survivor Pearl Islands
6. The Shield
7. Lucky
8. King of the Hill
9. Chappelle's Show
10. Malcolm in the Middle


Worst:

1. American Idol
2. American Idol
3. American Idol
4. Joe Millionaire
5. Coupling (U.S. version)
6. K Street

 

[Mike Albano]

Love Curb Your Enthusiasm but can not find the humor or genius in Arrested Development.

I don't understand it, but then again I like queer eye. Some shows, and not so much the formula the producers utilize to create them just grab you.

 

[Doug Smith]

Best Shows

1.) Sth Shield
2.) Six Feet Under
3.) Carnivale
4.) Joan of Arcadia
5.) Enterprise
6.) Trailer Park Boys
7.) H.N.I.C.
8.) 24
9.) Nip and Tuck
10.) Tru Calling

 

[Roberto Carlo]

1. Without a Trace
2. Law & Order: SVU
3. The Sopranos
4. Boomtown :frowning:
5. Pardon the Interruption
6. Joan of Arcadia
7. Ed
8. Stargate SG-1
9. CSI
10. Around the Horn

 

[Jeremiah]

There were some excellent shows in 2003.....

1. The Wire
2. CYE
3. Street Time - Surprised nobody mentions it. I love it.
4. Alias
5. Queer Eye
6. Nip/Tuck
7. 24
8. Dead Like Me
9. Arrested Development - Is ranked higher just didn't want to redo the list.
10. The Shield
11. The OC

 

[Angelo.M]

• scrubs
• law and order: criminal intent
• the shield

no particular order

has become almost unwatchable: ESPN, except for college basketball and hockey