Question: Which do you like better, Christmas or Poolies Season? Answer: Ummm, Poolies Season. Get psyched because the Quiet Pool Television Awards are back and better than ever. All the votes are in, but as we wait for a few guest posts to come in, we here at the Pool will spend some time recognizing a few shows and characters that didn't quite make the ballot this year.The Dynasty Award For Best Drama Series
The Best of the Rest: Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
This is not just a shameless plug to the fact that I am review this series for TV Fanatic this summer. The Ray Romano drama has been great when it is on. It suffered this Poolies Season due to the fact that TNT chose to split its 12 episode season into two six-ep installments. Hard to nominate this series on half a season. Californication (Showtime), Shameless (Showtime), One Tree Hill (The CW), and Glee (FOX) make up the others that didn't quite make the cut.
The Dr. Doug Ross Award For Best Lead Character in a Drama
The Best of the Rest: Vincent Chase (Entourage)
In what was a bounce back season for Entourage, Vinny's fall from grace was a big reason for why I enjoyed it once again. I love when a character goes from someone I detest to someone I really like watching on screen. Whether it was doing mountains of cocaine, or simply chilling with his porn star girlfriend, Vinny was awesome this season. Julian Baker (One Tree Hill), Antoine Batiste (Treme), Joe Tranelli (Men of a Certain Age), and Johnny Leary (Lights Out) make up the others that didn't quite make the cut.
The Noah Hunter Award For Best Supporting Character in a Drama
The Best of the Rest: Ed Romeo (Lights Out)
Like many of those that missed out on a nomination, Ed Romeo suffered from lack of screen time. In his first episode as the scary new trainer of "Lights" Leary, Ed Romeo kept my eyes glued to the screen with his unique techniques in training Patrick. It was only an episode later though, that Romeo left the show because Patrick needed to bring his beloved father back into the fold. How dumb was that? Joel Graham (Parenthood), Beaver Beudreaux (Greek), Billy Riggins (Friday Night Lights), and Chuck Scholnik (One Tree Hill) make up the others that didn't quite make the cut.
The Veronica Mars Award For Best Female Character in a Drama
The Best of the Rest: Santana Lopez (Glee)
It came down to Brittany or Santana in who was going to get the nomination from Glee in the category. Both have had great moments this season, but in the end, the dumb blonde made it in over the sultry Santana. Her hatred for most of the other people in the Glee club, and her unadulterated love of Brittany were some of the only great moments of a show that has gone extremely down hill, extremely fast. Savannah Munroe (Hellcats), Rebecca Logan (Greek), Brooke Davis (One Tree Hill), and Lexi Grey (Grey's Anatomy) make up the others that didn't quite make the cut.
The Marissa Cooper Award For the Character You Love to Hate in a Drama
The Best of the Rest: Haddie Braverman (Parenthood)
Haddie had quite a run going as she tried to run off with Vince from Friday Night Lights. Every time she got into a screaming match with her mom, I couldn't help but feel the need to slap her across the face. Lucky for Haddie though, her cousin Amber trumped her terribleness with a fantastically difficult to watch end of the season. I don't think she had a single scene in the second half of the season in which she wasn't crying or yelling. So be thankful for family Haddie. Artie Abrams (Glee), Quinn James (One Tree Hill), Dixon Wilson (90210), and Marcy Runkle (Californication) make up the others that didn't quite make the cut.
Stay tuned for the Best of the Rest from Comedy and Action this 2010-11 season.
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