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There are a lot of terrible shows out there who have characters that are too good for their shows. Or good shows who just have too many characters to service. So as has become our annual tradition (2010, 2009, 2008), we've found shows where these people would be far better utilized.
10. Robin (How I Met Your Mother)
The show recently gave her an almost interesting plotline with her potential pregnancy. They also gave her an almost interesting plotline with dating Kevin. But neither of those actually paid off. It's like they don't know what to do with her. Robin Sparkles would be far better off joining Up All Night as a producer trying to give Ava's show some newsy credibility.
9. Elias (Person of Interest)
We were thrilled to see Enrico Colantoni... until we realized that this show was so boring that even the idea of him playing a serial killer/mob frontman can't keep us intrigued. We'd love to see Elias move from PoI's New York to Blue Bloods' New York.
8. Wade (Hart of Dixie)
He's way too hot and too adorable to be stuck in boring Bluebell. Let's have Wade relocate to the even weirder small town of Bon Temps. There's definitely a bartending job available at Merlotte's for him, not to mention cuter crazy girls who would appreciate his shirtless state.
7. Victoria (Mike & Molly)
Molly's stoner sister has some of the best lines on the show, but she's fairly one-note and never gets all that much screentime. We'd love to see some of her misadventures. Perhaps she can date Schmidt on New Girl?
6. Ted (Pan Am)
The dopey and slightly dorky First Officer was charming, but the show never really took off. Ship him over to 30 Rock where he can date Liz Lemon (granted, this would require some time travel). She does love pilots, doesn't she?
5. JWOWW (Jersey Shore)
She's so over this reality series -- she doesn't even seem to get all that drunk anymore. Since she's practically an adult, let's move her to Real Housewives of New Jersey where she could really make things interesting.
4. Roxanne (Whitney)
We are reluctant to admit that we like anything about Whitney, but the bitter divorcee Roxanne is pretty great. Anything would be better than where she is, but maybe Modern Family would be a good fit. Does Cam have a sister we've never seen?
3. Maureen (The Playboy Club)
This hot young naïve girl looked fantastic in that bunny suit. Send her over to Don Draper stat, before he marries Megan.
2. Daryl (The Walking Dead)
He's hands-down fantastic, what with his tough exterior and his sensitive attitude. Can we not send him to Justified (again, this may require time travel)? We're not even picky about which side of the law he ends up on.
1. Manny (Modern Family)
The show clearly has no idea what to do with him anymore as he's just there to make a stale, groan worthy laugh once in a while. That's a shame because he used to be a highlight of that sitcom. Move him to Suburgatory, let him skip a few grades and give him the attention he deserves.
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Good to read someone else commenting on the strange way that Person of Interest manages to seem boring in too many episodes. Characters knowing martial arts, talking in monotone, and having generally too much power for their enemies to act as credible threats? It's a Matrix sequel...but on TV!
Person of Interest boring? That's crazy.
I agree with Jen - no way is POI boring! It's just not over-the-top like so many shows on tv right now.
And Angel's solution is to stick Elias on Blue Bloods? Yeah, there's an exciting show. (yawn!)
Person of interest may not be your cup of tea but I woudn't call it boring. And move the character to the geriatric Blue Bloods? Whoo hoo, that's excitement!
Why do they let Angel Cohn continue to make these lists? Seriously, she/he is hte only one that I've seen to complain about POI being boring yet praising Blue Bloods.
Why would Daryl have to jump time to go to Justified? I watch both shows and they are both current time.
How about giving Joshua from V some love? He was the best thing about that show :)
POI is not boring, I'm really enjoying it. Angel, please don't review that show anymore. Snark is one thing, but outright dislike makes for a boring review.
@Kate- YES, I loved Joshua. He deserved better!
Naw Manny and Roxanne need to stay exactly where they are
The people who call "Person of Interest" and "Boardwalk Empire" boring are the reason we have three dozen new shows every January -- the idiot execs at the networks hear those words from the Twitterati and panic, canceling good shows before they can build an audience in favor of more mindless reality crap from New Jersey or Alaska.
Don't like POI? Fine - tune out. Let the rest of us enjoy subtlety and story arcs that stretch longer than 10 seconds. Go Twitter about something else!
And if we had today's impatient Twitterhead execs who cancel shows 2-3 episodes in, we would never have had "Seinfeld" or "Cheers" -- which both started out slow creatively and poor in the ratings. Or the original "CSI" ... so take your too-short attention span to the next bright flickering light and leave Person of Interest alone!
PS - Speaking of boring, how many times will you rehash the same whiny comment on Manny and Modern Family? We get it. We got it the first 20 times you wrote it. Repetitiveness IS boring!
"Person of Interest" boring? No way, Jose'. In my opinion, POI is one of the best new shows this season, and I look forward to every new episode (and every rerun) each week.
It does seem like TV execs are quick to jump on the cancel button, these days. I think the main reason for that is that the execs fear losing the advertisers and their money. TV is very, very expensive, especially now. Stars receive huge (sometimes outrageous) payouts per episode, you need to pay the rest of the cast and crew, special effects are pricy, etc.
Wow, I'm always amazed at how loyal people are to their mediocre-to-bad CBS snoozers. Careful, TWOP, wouldn't want to offend the lemmings...
Manny was the principle reason I stopped watching Modern family after only a few episodes into its first season (that he was considered one of the best things about it made me doubt that it could be as good a show as claimed), so how much worse he is now is worrying to me.
Sarah, I am far from a lemming. I'm stating that I like "Person of Interest" because *I* like POI, NOT because a lot of other people do. If I thought it sucked, I'd say it.
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Manny is and has always been the WEAKEST link of Modern Family. Stale, groan-worthy one-liners is all the character has ever done; I don't see how he has changed one whit. Wow, a kid who acts like an adult and doesn't get why other people are surprised? That's original.
Shelly, it would require a time jump because Daryl is living in a time of zombie apocalypse. Unless they were miraculously spared, Daryl would have to jump to a time before the Z.A. to hang with the folks on Justified.
Good call w/Ted on Pan Am. The show is doomed but I hope he lands somewhere good.
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I agree with Angel. Tho' not precisely boring, POI is stale warmed over. The all knowing, all-seeing "machine" handing them new cases feels like something out of "Dark Angel". The weathered, world weary ex-agent wavers in Caviezel's hands. And the deliberate monotone maintained by Emerson and Caviezel in all their conversations is almost laughable. Subtle is one thing, but when the effort to be charismatic, cool and under-stated becomes obvious, it's annoying. Leave the enigmatic squints to Clint Eastwood, and the silent-look-that-speaks-volumes to Steve McQueen. Nolan and Caviezel still have a way to go to truly capture the late '60s-'70s style they so admire.
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