The Ten Best Movies I Saw in 2024

 

1.  The Fall Guy

2.  Oppenheimer

3.  Alien: Romulus

4.  Renfield

5.  Abigail

6.  Totally Killer

7.  Turtles All the Way Down

8.  Bullet Train

9.  Cocaine Bear

10.  Mean Girls

The Twentieth Annual Scooter Television Awards

 

Best Drama: Shōgun

 

Best Comedy: Only Murders in the Building

 

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show: Extraordinary

 

Best Comic Book / Video Game Adaptation: Fallout

 

Best Period Show: Shōgun

 

Best Animated Show: Everybody Still Hates Chris

 

Best Reality Show: Selena + Restaurant

 

Best Remake, Reboot, or (non-comic book) Adaptation: Shōgun

 

Best Miniseries: A Gentleman in Moscow

 

Best Talk Show: Pardon the Interruption

 

Best New Show: Shōgun

  

Guiltiest Guilty Pleasure: Tell Me Lies

 

Worst Show I Made Though an Entire Season Of: Pretty Little Liars: Summer School

 

Best Hour of TV: Did Your Dirty Words Come Out to Play (Tell Me Lies)

 

Best Half Hour of TV: Two for the Road (Only Murders in the Building)

 

Biggest Shocker: The return of Ben Glenroy… sort of.  (Only Murders in the Building)

 

Best Line: "You, sir, are a silly little man! And your hair looks like the tail of a pony!"  (Blackthorn, Shōgun)

 

Worst Idea: Password sharing crackdown (seriously, who cares if you share your password with family members especially if you are on the ad supported tier?)

 

Worst Moment: I do not remember the exact moment, but whenever I realize The Acolyte was a complete mess.  

 

Biggest Disappointment: Era 1 being wiped out early on The Challenge

 

Best Musical Moment: The Perfect Strangers Theme (Only Murders in the Building)

 

Best Karaoke: The Witches’ Road (Agatha All Along)

 

Best New Title Sequence: Shōgun

 

Best GIF: (where are all the GIF’s from the Slapsgiving episode of Tell Me Lies; c’mon Hulu, get on that.)

  

Best Character: Dorothy Lyon (F argo)

 

Best Recurring Character: Glen Stubbins (Only Murders in the Building)

 

Best Guest Appearance:  Scott Bakula (Only Murders in the Building)

 

Best Cast Addition: Death (The Marvel Cinematic Universe)

 

Best Duo: Mariko and the Anjin (Shōgun)

 

Best Trio:  Mabel Mora, Charles Hayden Savage, and Oliver Putnum (Only Murders in the Building)

 

Most Entertaining Male Reality “Star”:  Nicholas "Sifu" Alsup (Survivor)

 

Most Entertaining Female Reality “Star”:  Selena Gomez (Selena + Chef)

 

Most Annoying Reality:  Josh (The Challenge)

 

Most Anticipated New Show of the Next Season: Apple Cider Vinegar

 

Most Anticipated Reboot:  Daredevil: Born Again

 

Show That Should Be Brought Back: Interior Chinatown

 

Biggest Question for 2025: Who could possibly want to kill Leonard?  And what does Téa Leoni have to do with it?

 

The 10 Best Shows of 2024

1. Shōgun 

2. Only Murders in the Building 

3. Tell Me Lies 

4. Extraordinary 

5. Fargo 

6. A Gentleman in Moscow 

7. Fallout 

8. Rivals 

9. Say Nothing 

10. Ghosts 

 Shows must have finished a season in the past year to be eligible.

The 100 Best Songs of 2024

1. I Love You, I'm Sorry - Gracie Abrams 

2. In The Living Room - Maggie Rogers 

3. BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish 

4. TEXAS HOLD 'EM - Beyoncé 

5. Goddess - Laufey 

6. Blowing Smoke - Gracie Abrams 

7. Don't Do Me Good - Madi Diaz, Kacey Musgraves 

8. Running Out Of Time - Ashe 

9. I Guess - Lizzy McAlpine 

10. (Isn’t It) Obvious - Alessia Cara 

11. Stay In Your Grave - The Black Keys feat. Alice Cooper 

12. Bored - Laufey 13.

A-frame - Jeremy Zucker, Chelsea Cutler 

14. Risk - Gracie Abrams 

15. Time - Childish Gambino feat. Ariana Grande 

16. Genesis. - RAYE 

17. obsessed - Olivia Rodrigo 

18. Burn The Hard Drive - Jade Bird feat. Mura Masa 

19. Comin’ Around Again - Amber Mark 

20. I Should Have Known It - Chris Stapleton 

21. Maybe Life Is Good - Em Beihold 

22. Nine Ball - Zach Bryan 

23. Runaway Train - Sarah Jarosz 

24. labour - Paris Paloma 

25. All - Snow Patrol 

26. LUNCH - Billie Eilish 

27. Up All Night - James Bay with The Lumineers & Noah Kahan 

28. so american - Olivia Rodrigo 

29. You've Fallen In Love Again - Jade Bird 

30. Think I'm In Love With You (Live From The 59th ACM Awards) - Chris Stapleton With Dua Lipa 

31. Call Me (Whatever You Like) - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 

32. Beaches - beabadoobee 

33. But Daddy I Love Him - Taylor Swift 

34. Future Enemies - Yola 

35. All the Ways - The Secret Sisters feat. Ray LaMontagne 

36. Scar Tissue - Ghostface Killah, Nas 

37. Don't Forget Me - Maggie Rogers 

38. Dark Matter - Pearl Jam 

39. The Black Dog - Taylor Swift 

40. Sunday Drive - Eves Karydas 

41. Pair Of Hammers - Ghostface Killah, Method Man 

42. Good People - Mumford & Sons, Pharrell Williams 

43. Nobody's Soldier - Hozier 

44. The Beginning - Snow Patrol 

45. Be Yourself - Wilder Woods feat. The War and Treaty 

46. Cardinal - Kacey Musgraves 

47. Pushing It Down and Praying - Lizzy McAlpine 

48. Ever Seen - beabadoobee 

49. Oak Island - Zach Bryan 

50. Maktub - Gary Clark Jr. 

51. Fake Flowers - Maggie Rose 

52. All Now - The Staves 

53. Good Together - Lake Street Dive 

54. the situation - mxmtoon, Kero Kero Bonito 

55. So Sick Of Dreaming - Maggie Rogers 

56. black & white - Jeremy Zucker, Chelsea Cutler 

57. Anger - Nina Nesbitt 

58. Murdergram Deux - LL COOL J feat. Eminem 

59. Take A Bite - beabadoobee 

60. eternal sunshine - Ariana Grande 

61. Gen-X Cops - Vampire Weekend 

62. The Kill - Maggie Rogers 

63. Heartless - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 

64. Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter 

65. On The Game - The Black Keys 

66. Days Can Turn Around - Sarah Jarosz 

67. Houdini - Dua Lipa 

68. Carolina Rolling By - Mipso 

69. That’s So True - Gracie Abrams 

70. Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves 

71. The Architect - Kacey Musgraves 

72. Beautiful People (Stay High) - The Black Keys 

73. Wranglers - Miranda Lambert 

74. Wreckage - Pearl Jam 

75. Sandpaper - Zach Bryan feat. Bruce Springsteen 

76. BE ILL - Rakim, Kurupt, Masta Killa 

77. Dive - Holly Humberstone 

78. All Kind Of Ideas – Common Feat. Pete Rock 

79. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart - Taylor Swift 

80. Too Good to be True - Kacey Musgraves 

81. Wise Up - Common, Pete Rock 

82. Too Sweet - Hozier 

83. Mi Tormenta - The Black Keys feat. DannyLux 

84. All In My Head - The Linda Lindas 

85. Older - Lizzy McAlpine 

86. Close To You - Gracie Abrams 

87. Staring at the Wall - Norah Jones 

88. Free Like - Maddie & Tae 

89. Training Season - Dua Lipa 

90. Finishem - Gang Starr 

91. Mint Tea - Johnny Blue Skies 

92. Love On - Selena Gomez 

93. Screamland - Father John Misty 

94. Sin City - The Black Keys

95. we can't be friends (wait for your love) - Ariana Grande 

96. Peaceful Place - Leon Bridges 

97. Vultures (feat. PVRIS) - MisterWives, PVRIS 

98. Bright Lights - The Killers 

99. People Watching - Sam Fender 

100. Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar