My all-time favorite show, which unfortunately completed its run a couple years ago, is Highlander, a series based on the classic movie about a race of immortals. A bad-ass hero, lots of hot women, and people getting their domes removed from their shoulders almost weekly. What more could you possibly ask for?

One of the best new dramas to come along in a long time is Lost. If you're not at least somewhat familiar with the show, you probably live under a rock and don't have a TV. The producers do the "moment that gives you chills" way better than anyone else these days.

It's spawned seemingly dozens of imitators, but the original is still the best: CSI. The first time we watched that show I told my wife "That has potential to be a great show, but it'll never last - too smart for the general public". Hey, even I'm wrong once in a great while. Who would have thought the great dumb-assed masses would make a show based on - gasp - science number one?

The newest show I've gotten into premiered this summer on USA – In Plain Sight. It's about the witness protection program, and combines drama and humor in a really original way. Check it out or I'll kill you.

If you haven't watched House, you really should. The lead character is a complete ass, but he's so freaking funny and so freaking brilliant that you gotta love him anyhow. It's gotta be really hard to pull that off.

Holy shit, what is this? AN ORIGINAL IDEA FOR A SHOW? In a world where moronic TV execs force-feed reality shows to a drooling public and movie makers keep recycling the same ideas - hey can we have another bad superhero movie (redundant, I know) please? - along comes a truly original and delightful comedy, My Name Is Earl. Hey, I'm just trying to be a better person.

From the archives: I don't really watch the new episodes much – it's just not the same – but for its first 8 seasons or so, the Simpsons was the most clever show on TV, bar none. Click here to check out my guest appearance on the show, in MP3 format.