Dania Ramirez by Trae Patton/NBC
Jeers to Heroes for blowing the chance to kill off the season's most annoying new character, Maya (Dania Ramirez). When Sylar shot the overwrought refugee in the otherwise thrilling "finale," I let out a yelp of excitement — because maybe I'd never have to see that nasty bleeding-eyes effect again. Then Suresh gave Maya an injection of Claire's magic blood, and she came back to life. It was cool when the serum revived HRG, but does anybody really die on Heroes anymore? Next they'll tell us Niki escaped the explosion and Nathan survived the assassination attempt!• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on My Name Is Earl, Dirty Sexy Money and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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John Slattery and Ricardo Antonio Chavira in Desperate Housewives by Danny Feld/ABC
Cheers to Desperate Housewives for finding a creative way to dispatch Victor (John Slattery, who's better suited to Mad Men anyway). Fairview's Machiavellian mayor met his maker during the ABC soap's spectacular "twister" episode when he was impaled on a shard from a white picket fence. The week's other casualty, crazed ex-mistress Sylvia (Melora Walters), seemed like a bit of a cheat, especially since the opening voiceover led us to believe the ladies of Wisteria Lane would lose a "friend." Still, when the final shot revealed the tornado's devastation, I was blown away.• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on My Name Is Earl, Dirty Sexy Money and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Jesse Spencer by Art Streiber/Fox
From Lisa Menaster in Los Angeles...Jeers to House for giving Chase almost no screen time. The Australian doctor, fantastically played by Jesse Spencer, has been reduced to about one scene per episode, usually doing a surgery. Chase is one of the most interesting characters on the show, and creator David Shore is wasting him. Please, give us more Chase!• Read and react to Bruce Fretts' opinions on My Name Is Earl, Dirty Sexy Money and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Jason Lee by Justin Lubin/NBC
Jeers to My Name Is Earl for overstaying its welcome — behind bars. When Jason Lee's do-gooder was locked up in last spring's finale, I figured he'd get sprung in this fall's opener. But it's almost winter, and he's still cooling his heels. The jailhouse shtick quickly grew tired, and it only got staler with the addition of Lee's Incredibles costar Craig T. Nelson, who's beyond cartoonish as the warden. (Not-funny guest star Shawn Hatosy didn't help.) Next week's promos promise, "The breakout begins!" It'd better, because more prison time would constitute cruel and unusual punishment.• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on Dirty Sexy Money, SVU and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Sofia Vergara and Seth Gabel by Vivian Zink/ABC
Cheers to Sofia Vergara for bringing the Sexy (and, OK, the Dirty) to Dirty Sexy Money. The former Knights of Prosperity stunner has joined ABC's rookie sudser in a recurring role as the creatively named Sofia, a love interest for the world's richest parking-lot attendant, Jeremy Darling. Some guys have all the luck. But that's just where the good, not-so-clean fun begins. How about "professional divorcée" Karen sleeping with family rival Simon Elder, the perfect casting of Peter Strauss as Peter Krause's father, and the revelation that Brian is Nick's brother? I love this show!• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on SVU, Dancing with the Stars and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Mark Valley by Blake Little/ABC
Cheers to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for redeeming itself. After the "Blinded" fiasco of a few weeks ago, SVU bounced back with a classic episode. Standout guest star Mark Valley (as a man who discovers he's not the biological father of his son) got more dramatic meat to chew in an hour than he's had in three years on Boston Legal. And how about that shocker when Stabler's pregnant wife got into a car accident while Benson was driving? Mother and baby survived — and Stabler named his son Elliot, Jr. Awww!• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on Dancing with the Stars, Criminal Minds and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Marie Osmond by Carol Kaelson/ABC
Jeers to Marie Osmond for providing the most surreal moment in Dancing with the Stars history — and that's saying something. For her freestyle number, the long-shot finalist grotesquely made herself up to look like a wind-up doll and performed a bizarro routine Bruno Tonioli aptly described as "Baby Jane meets the Bride of Chucky." (Osmond lamely explained that she's a doll designer and dedicated the performance to collectors.) All I can do is paraphrase "Start Me Up," the Rolling Stones song that accompanied the debacle: She made this grown man cry.• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on Criminal Minds, Nip/Tuck and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Kirsten Vangsness by Monty Brinton/CBS
Cheers to Criminal Minds for putting the spotlight on Kirsten Vangsness. The appealingly quirky actress, who's usually stuck behind a wall of computer screens, stepped out when techie Penelope Garcia met a hot guy in a coffee shop—and he shot her on their first date. Turned out he was a bad cop who thought Garcia was onto him, but the story line gave Vangsness the chance to share emotional scenes with her costars (especially Shemar Moore). Plus, it brought her a charming new love connection: Buffy alum Nicholas "Xander" Brendon as a fellow hacker. Hope Minds ' producers are smart enough to bring Brendon back.• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on Nip/Tuck, How I Met Your Mother and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Eva Longoria and Nathan Fillion by Ron Tom/ABC
From Shelly Hachman in Billerica, MA....Jeers to Desperate Housewives for the brilliant but wasteful casting of Nathan Fillion! This guy can do it all, but he's languishing in cheap short-sleeve shirts and khaki chinos. Do they want him to be the sexy and dashing doctor we've seen in Waitress? Are they after something like the tortured-but-trying-to-hold-it-together captain in Firefly or Serenity? Probably not. But hey, if they really wanted some fun, they could let him show something twisted and insane, like the bizarre and scary Preacher Caleb from Buffy! Come on, producers of DH, you obviously recognized the talent — now let us see it! • Read and react to Bruce Fretts' opinions on Nip/Tuck, How I Met Your Mother and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Rosie O'Donnell by Michael Becker/FX
Jeers to Nip/Tuck for going way over the top — and hitting rock bottom. After a promising start to its Hollywood season, FX's plastic-surgery drama has lost its, uh, mind again. It began with Paula Marshall's repulsive diarrhea-in-a-hot-tub scene (clearly "inspired" by a notorious viral-video clip). And it only got crappier with Rosie O'Donnell's return as Dawn Budge, who was attacked by an eagle while hang-gliding(!), had her mouth sewn shut (now there's an idea), was violated by an "ass bandit" (don't ask), then fell in love with ambiguously gay producer Freddy Prune (Oliver Platt). Add a buxom nun, Christian turning tricks with a hypothermia nut, and Sean lusting after his ex-wife's lesbian lover's bulimia-teaching teen daughter, and you've got enough freaks for a week's worth of Jerry Springer Shows. Bring back the Carver!• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on How I Met Your Mother, Dexter and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader...
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