Bi-Monthly Power Rankings- Honorable Mentions

Whoah buddy! The fall tv season is upon us, and so are the September Power Rankings here at the Quiet Pool Perspective. Here is your look at what you should be watching, or catching up on if you have missed the boat.

Show (Last Week) red=moving down, green=moving up

30 Rock (18) Thursdays on NBC
The NBC comedy didn't leave that great of a taste in my mouth after last season, so it falls out of the rankings. It doesn't air again until mid-season, so I doubt it will return any time soon.

Kasey on Bachelor Pad

Bachelor Pad (-) Mondays on ABC
I don't watch Bachelor. I don't watch Bachelorette. But putting all of these crazy people in one house does it for me. This season hasn't had a top group as enjoyable as last year's Dave and Kovacs, but it's been just as fun to hate on Kasey and Vienna.

Entourage (-) Sundays on HBO
I haven't hated this final season of Entourage thus far, but it has been really boring. Other than the episode when Tig blew his brains out, I could really care less about what is going on. I vote for Vince getting back on coke before it's all over. That was the most interesting thing in series history.

Falling Skies (HM) Sundays on TNT
I enjoyed the first season of Falling Skies, but if this was on during the year, it definitely would have started to back up on my DVR. I was never excited to see the next episode, but it was nice to have each Sunday this summer.

Dave and Alex on Happy Endings

Happy Endings (-) Wednesdays on ABC
I just finished listening to Mo Ryan and Ryan McGee wax on about the things they didn't like about Happy Endings. I was visibly angry at them. I really enjoy this series and you all should get on board the Happy Endings train. I'm not sure what the point of airing a new episode in the middle of the summer was, but I was pretty excited to see it.

iCarly (-) Fridays on Nickelodeon
With Hannah, Jonas, and Sonny of the air, Nickelodeon is the current king of teen comedies with iCarly coming into its own. I've enjoyed Miranda Cosgrove ever since School of Rock, but never gave this show a chance until this summer. She and her tv older brother Jerry Trainor kill it on this Nick show week in and week out.

The Lying Game (-) Mondays on ABC Family
I could only get through two episode of Nine Lives of Chloe King, I have seen six of Switched at Birth but not really enjoying it, so The Lying Game is the only new ABC Fam show I am really enjoying. The leading girl is all well and good, but it's her tv sister that I am really loving. This is some nice and light summer fare.

The Mentalist (-) Thursdays on CBS
It took me a while to finish this past season of The Mentalist, but once I got to that finale, I was certainly glad I did. It was some of the most suspenseful and emotional television I had seen in a while. I just don't know where the show goes from here, now that the only long-running story line is basically finished.

Marnie on True Blood

True Blood (HM) Sundays on HBO
This season hasn't been nearly as strange for strange's sake as last year, but I was over the witches from day one...especially Marnie. I can not stand her, and she is ruining the entire season. The only bright spot from this season has been Bill's development into a likable character...well that and the absence of Larry's were-panthers.

Wilfred (HM) Thursdays on FX
I've said enough about Wilfred through my reviews as of late, but I wanted to put it here in Honorable Mentions to note that I was very close to adding it to the Top 20. I have thoroughly enjoyed this first season, and am excited to see the finale.

Bi-Monthly Power Rankings- Honorable Mentions

It is a sad day when the Poolie Awards are all over, but look at the bright side, there are always the Bi-Monthly Power Rankings to look forward to! The July edition is here to tell you what shows currently on the air you should be tuning in to see. Take a look and then turn on your tv.

Show (Last Time) red = moving down, green = moving up

The Challenge: Rivals (-) Thursdays on MTV
It's Big Brother with less strategy and a lot more fighting. I've never watched The Challenge before, I've never seen Road Rules, and I haven't watched Real World since Tech in Hawaii back in '99, but Jacoby's love for this show has me on board for the summer.  UPDATE: After watching this past week's episode, I am out.  Not enough substance and too much bickering.  I knew there was a reason I stopped watching Real World.

Noah Wyle on Falling Skies

Falling Skies (-) Sundays on TNT
The third episode (fourth hour) of Falling Skies airs tonight, and I am a bit shakier on the series than I thought I would be. I loved it after the two hour premiere, but I wasn't too thrilled with last week's installment. They need to continue to give Jesse from Hannah Montana a larger role, and they should do just fine.

Franklin and Bash (-) Wednesdays on TNT
I will never complain about Zack Morris being back on television. I'm just surprised that I never checked out Raising the Bar. As Peter Bash, Mark Paul Gossawhatever seems to playing a very Zack Morrissey character. He's been pretty darn funny so far, so I am down to watch it during the summer when much less television is on. If it were on in the fall, episodes would probably start to stack on top of each other, un-watched.

Good Luck Charlie (-) Sundays on Disney
With Hannah Montana and Jonas ending their runs, and Sonny With a Chance turning into the Gawd Awfulll sketch show So Random, Good Luck Charlie has become the best show on Disney. Little Charlie Duncan is easily the cutest character on television since Michelle Tanner, and it's a joy to watch the family around her every Sunday.

The Killing (HM) Sundays on AMC
I feel like everyone and their brother has written something about The Killing as of late. My biggest problem with The Killing is that its horrendous finale is overshadowing just how awful this show was on the whole. Yes it was ridiculous that we didn't find out who killed Rosie by the end of the first season, but that was just another notch on The Killing's belt of terrible moves. It was a 13 episode CSI story that bored audiences to death in the process. The lead characters were impossible to enjoy and after their first couple of leads on who the killer was, it was obvious that it wasn't going to be any of them. It wasn't the typical procedural format, but it certainly had an obvious format of its own. Introduce someone who might be the killer, have the cops investigate it for a while, then find out it's not the killer. There is so much more to say, but you have heard it all before. The saddest thing of it all though, is that I will probably be tuning in to season two just to see how bad it can get.

Love Bites (-) Thursdays on NBC
For some strange reason, I've been enjoying this Love Actually-esque drama series. Maybe it's because I'm a sap, or maybe it's because I like the idea of introducing brand new stories and characters each and every week, but I'm tuning in with interest on Thursdays this summer.

Annie (right) on Treme

Treme (16) Sundays on HBO
This second season of Treme has been an extreme disappointment so far. I understand that their were many of my fellow Poolies that bowed out early because it didn't bring much to the table, but there was a lot in season one that gave me hope. Season two leaves me with very little hope, and I haven't been all that entertained in the process. Granted I am a couple episodes behind, but nothing seems to be happening. There is a difference between letting a story build, and just bringing it nowhere. My theory for this is that the great The Wire mastermind has taken more of a backseat this time around. In season one he had his name on seven of the ten episodes. Through the first ten of season two, he has it on only four.

True Blood (-) Sundays on HBO
I have yet to watch an episode of the fourth season, but I'm kind of excited to start it. There's no way it can be as ridiculous and as bad as the third installment was.

The Voice (HM) Tuesdays on NBC
What started out as an interesting new twist on the singing competition series, turned into another reality competition that I scream at for being so stupid. There have been plenty of things I enjoyed about The Voice, but 45 minutes of filler in the two hour final performance episode was not one of them. The judges had all gotten on my nerves by the end of this season, Blake doing that the least. But to those that think that this is the answer to Idol, you all have another thing coming. It's a case of novelty for most of you. This is new and bright and shiny, so you think it's amazing. Give a season or two more, and you'll be ripping your hair out every time Adam asks a contestant how they are doing, or each and every time they go back to the social media room to ask a dumb question. It has been nice, but in the end it's going to be another Idol.

Wilfred (-) Thursdays on FX
Elijah Wood and an Australian man dressed up in a dog suit. What's not to love?