2015 TOOBITS AWARDS (PART ONE)

2015 TOOBITS AWARDS

It's that time of year again, when we all make lists and think back over the past year, in whatever field of interest concerns us, and chronicle the high points and the lows. For the past few years I've been presenting this compilation as an awards show, the Toobits, which of course celebrates my two bits about Toobworld.

As it is with any such list you'll find in TV columns across the country these last few weeks, these are my opinions. You're welcome to your own and I hope you'll share them, but I'm sticking to my weapons of choice. (It could be you won't see something that was a favorite of yours because I just never got around to seeing it. There's only so much time in the world - even for a do-nothing-else-anyway sort like me! - and I've only got the two eyes, even if they do operate independantly of each other at times.)

Unlike the Emmy Awards which will just keep handing out trophies to some shows forever, only shows, characters and what-not that debuted in 2015 can be considered. (And by "debuted", I mean that which I first came in contact with in 2015. It could be a few years old, but if it's my first time seeing it, it's new.)

This one-time-only rule includes characters who have been recast; those are still the same characters who already exist in Toobworld. (But there were a few notable appearances that deserved honorable mention, and they get it.)

So without further ado, let's have at it:

BEST NEW TV SHOW

IMPORT

'Dicte'

DOMESTIC

'Jessica Jones' & 'Daredevil'
I see them as parts of a whole....

WORST NEW TV SHOW

'Man Seeking Woman'

BEST TV MOVIE
"The Ridiculous Six"

WORST TV MOVIE

"Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!"

BEST MINI-SERIES

'Arthur And George'

BEST ONLINE TV

'Marco Polo'

BEST COMMERCIAL
"Amish Buggy" - Slim Jim

BEST EPISODE, ANY GENRE

"LCD Sound System" - 'You're The Worst'

BEST TWO-PART EPISODE

"The Zygon Invasion" & "The Zygon Inversion" - 'Doctor Who'

BEST SERIES RETURN

Drama:
'Longmire' on Netflix

WORST SERIES RETURN
Comedy:
'Community' on Yahoo!

BEST SEASON FINALE

'How To Get Away With Murder'

BEST SERIES FINALE

A major tie!
'The Late Show with David Letterman'
'The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'
'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'
'The Colbert Report'
'The Soup'

'Mad Men' never could catch a break.  It would have won had it not been for this massive exodus by reality/tallk shows.

BEST CLIFF-HANGER

'How To Get Away With Murder'

WORST CLIFF-HANGER

'Galavant'

THERE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A CLIFF-HANGER!!!!

BEST SPIN-OFF

'Agent Carter'

WORST SPIN-OFF

'Fear The Walking Dead'

BEST SEQUEL

'The Muppets'

BEST REMAKE

'Poldark'

BEST PILOT
'Dark Matter'
I fell out of the series after a few episodes, but the important thing was that the first episode gripped me enough to continue with it for awhile.  

WORST PILOT

'The Wheel Of Time'

BEST ONE SEASON WONDER
'A To Z'

BEST EPISODE TITLE

"Superdick" - 'Sirens'

BEST HISTORICAL RECREATION

'Marco Polo'
Even the death of Kublai Khan's brother by Kublai (which never happened) didn't diminish the historical feel.  A close runner-up was 'Arthur And George' about a real life mystery investigated by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

BEST SENSE OF ONE'S OWN HISTORY

'Grimm'
A Wesen real estate agent named Suzanne Acker helped provide information to Nick that led to where her brother was holding Monroe. In the next week's episode, Suzanne Acker's name was seen on a "For Sale" sign at the site of a Wesen murder case.

BEST BLEND OF TOOBWORLD AND REAL WORLD HISTORY

'New Tricks'

"London Underground"

The history of London's Fleet River and its environs (including an anecdote from the life of Thomas Hardy) provided the backdrop of a 40 year murder mystery.

BEST BLEND OF TOOBWORLD AND REAL WORLD CELEBRITY
'Alpha House'
All of the politicians and newscasters who played themselves keep 'Alpha House' locked into Earth Prime-Time.

BEST EXAMPLE OF LIFE DURING PRIME-TIME

"Dream Weekend" - the 2016 Subaru Impreza
I dare anyone to be unmoved by this story of a man taking a final road trip with his 14 year old dog, all to the song "My Buddy" by Willie Nelson

BEST TIE-IN

Sonic Sunglasses - Peter Capaldi has stated that he wanted 'Doctor Who' to be more accessible for kids when it came to acquiring props connected to the show.  (They can be pricey.)  So what could be cheaper than ordinary sunglasses?  Any pair, any style would work.

BEST CLASSIC TV EXPERIENCE
IMPORT
Tie: 'Campion' & 'Jonathan Creek'

DOMESTIC
'The Love Boat' - "Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?"