Heroes Award - Worst Season

Named For: Heroes (NBC) 2006-10
Awarded To: The series with the worst season of the year
2010 Winner: Heroes (NBC)
2011 Winner: Eastbound and Down (HBO)
2012 Winner: Terra Nova (FOX)

Check out this year's honorees in the video below...



10th. Brickleberry (Comedy) 0 points

9th. Deception (NBC) 1 point
5th by Jack

8th. Legit (FX) 5 points
1st by Cecil; 5th by me

7th. The Glass House (ABC) 7 points
2nd by T-time

6th. Revenge (ABC) 7 points
1st by Matt; 4th by me

5th. Once Upon a Time (ABC) 8 points
2nd by Jack, Lenny

4th. Hell on Wheels (AMC) 11 points
2nd by Larry, Mags, Cecil

3rd. Girls (HBO) 20 points
1st by Mags, Tyson, Bonz; 3rd by me

2nd. The League (FX) 20 points
1st by T-time, Jack, Braids; 2nd by me

and the Poolie goes to...

1st. Kroll Show (Comedy) 21 points
1st by Larry, Jaydon, Lenny; 1st by me

The Nip/Tuck Award- Worst Series

Named For: Nip/Tuck (FX) 2003-10
Awarded To: The worst series that you used to like
2010 Winner: Heroes (NBC)

Place. Show (Network) Points (My Vote)

5. One Tree Hill (The CW) 1 point

4. True Blood (HBO) 1 point (3rd)

3. America's Got Talent (NBC) 4 points (1st)

2. Glee (FOX) 7 points

and the Poolie goes to...

1. Eastbound and Down (HBO) 10 points (2nd)

This is Eastbound and Down's first Poolie nomination for the Nip/Tuck Award and first ever win for the worst series you used to like.  The series was nominated and placed fifth for best comedy back in 2009.

Eastbound and Down came out to glowing reviews by most Poolie voters.  The first season was great, and Danny McBride was awesome, but they certainly ran out of gas in the second season.  It is as if they had this hilarious character, and a funny idea that he loses everything and goes to rural America, and then said "huh, we have nothing else."  They came up with a new story - sending Kenny to Mexico - but the writing was awful, the new characters were terrible, and it all fell apart.  Is this coming back?  If so, I'm not sure I'll watch again.

The Nip/Tuck Award- Worst Series

Named For: Nip/Tuck (FX) 2003-10
Awarded To: Worst series that you used to like from June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010
Last Year's Winner: no award

Place. Show (Network) Points (My Vote)

5. Gossip Girl (The CW) 3 points

4. One Tree Hill (The CW) 3 points (2nd)

3. 24 (FOX) 7 points

Runner-Up
2. Entourage (HBO) 8 points (3rd)

and the Poolie goes to...
1. Heroes (NBC) 17 points (1st)

Here with his thoughts on Heroes is Poolie voter, T-time...

The first season of Heroes did everything you want in a show of it's ilk. It introduced a set of disparate characters who would be brought together by fate, while steadily delving deeper into the mythology. It asked a series of questions, answering some of the important ones by season's end while leaving major facets of the universe unexplained. The season culminated with an event foreshadowed early in the season, a major obstacle that concluded the destiny of several,
well-established characters.

Or so we thought, because soon into season 2, it all went wrong. The show caved to fans who demanded their favorite characters return and instead of telling a new story in the developing universe, the show began to follow the people we knew as their lives continued. We saw characters who had outlived their dramatic arc be foolishly working into plot lines they simply didn't belong in. As seasons wore on, we learned less and less about the world and the whole series devolved into a series of villains with nefarious plans threatening the same group of characters.

Season One set a blueprint for greatness, if only they had been willing to let obvious deaths like Parkman's stand, and let Claire fade from the spotlight when she had nothing to do instead of following her like a soap. The world at that point was interesting and full of possibilities. Each season should have answered questions deepening the world, while introducing further questions to pull the audience along. Maybe it is a lesson for future shows. The fans got what they asked for, and when they realized it wasn't what they thought, they abandoned the show in droves.

by Tim Forcella