Most of what airs on TV is crap; most of what is released to theaters is crap. But when you wade through the garbage and find the good stuff, you realize that despite some setbacks, these mediums truly are something special. For my money, I love TV as much or more as films. When a good movie comes out, it's out and you can either re-watch it or wait for the possible sequel. With a good TV show, you can revisit your favorite characters and see the story progress from week to week. In fact, when TV is good, I think it's a more entertaining medium than film.

I watch a handful of shows, and with the TV season totally wrapped up, I thought I'd give my readers my quick impression on each of these show's respective seasons. With so much stuff on TV, no two people are going to have the exact same TV schedule. So relax if I don't talk about one of your favorite shows-it doesn't mean I don't like it. For instance, I didn't start watching Fringe because, as it is a sci-fi show airing on Fox, I assumed it would be cancelled. It turned out to be a smash hit, and I'll check it out over the summer. The shows I'll talk about here are just the ones I watch, and the purpose of this article is just to reflect on this season of television and take a look at next year.

For each show, I've included a brief summary of my thoughts for the season, along with a letter grade and my pick for the best episode of the season. Here goes...

Chuck: Season 2

Season Rating: A+

Best Episode: Chuck Vs. The Ring

I'm starting with Chuck because the public needs to know about it! If Lost didn't exist, Chuck would be my favorite show on TV. Its first season was terrific, but its second season really raised the bar. It was, in no uncertain terms, a perfect season of television. No episode stood out as the weakest; they all rocked. They told a thrilling, complex story with a beginning, middle and end over the 22 episodes, and developed the incredible cast of characters like crazy. By the time it was over, I was looking forward to Chuck more every week than I was Lost, and that's quite a feat. Such was the strength of the second season that fans launched an unprecedented renewal campaign, one that was truly awe-inspiring (I'm proud to say I participated in a few ways). Our efforts paid off, and NBC renewed the show for a third season...starting in March 2010. It's better than nothing! I'll be doing some things here on YourHub to promote the show in the community during that long hiatus, but in the meantime, please buy the DVDs and watch this show if you haven't already. You won't be sorry.

The best episode pick was a no brainer: the finale was the best hour of TV I saw all year, bar none ( Lost included, to my great surprise). When a 44 minute episode packs in hours of content without a sweat, and sets an action montage to Mr. Roboto, you know you have a great episode.

24: Day 7

Season Rating: A-

Best Episode: 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM

The sixth season of this classic action series sucked hard, but the producers listened to complaints and spent their over-a-year-hiatus from the writer's strike making Day 7 one of the series' strongest outings. Bringing back dead character Tony Almeida could have been a jump the shark moment, but it turned out to be a brilliant move. In fact, many questionable things happened this year that later turned out to be strokes of genius. Best of all, they finally tackled the torture debate, acknowledging that fighting terrorism isn't black and white, and certainly not as simple as the Republicans or the Democrats think it is. One of the best plots involved Jack slowly dying from a pathogen; he's the main freaking character, so we all knew he was going to live, but after spending five seasons making him invincible, this really humanized the character. Keifer Sutherland gave another home-run performance this year, and the rest of the cast did as well. Day 7 isn't the show's best season, but it stands among the best and got the show back on track. Well done.

House, M.D.: Season 5

Season Rating: B

Best Episode: Both Sides Now

This show can be as creative and inventive as it wants, but with the original team neglected to small supporting roles, it will never rise above a "B" again. Season 5 had some truly great stories and cases, but was always weighed down by the boring new team that House hired in season 4. If season 5 had been done with the old team in place, it damn well might have been the show's best year. Oh well. You can't always get what you want. At the very least, the season left me excited for year 6, and the finale, Both Sides Now, was a standout hour of TV.

Lost: Season 5

Season Rating: A

Best Episode: LaFleur or The Incident (tie)

You all know how I feel about this show; it's my favorite, and it had a great year. Complex? Yes. Confusing as all hell? You bet. And I love it. But I love the characters even more, and Lost still has a firm grasp on them. We're headed into the show's final year in 2010, and Lost's penultimate outing was a truly marvelous one. With what they set up in the finale, I expect nothing but the best season the show has ever done from year 6. Some would say I'm setting myself up to be disappointed. My response? It's freaking Lost, and it never disappoints.

The Office: Season 5

Season Rating: A

Best Episode: Stress Relief

I don't know if I've ever talked about this show on YourHub, but it is one of my favorites. With great characters, creative stories and uproariously funny humor, it's a classic. But season 4 showed signs of age; it seemed as though the concept was running out of gas. Season 5 proved me wrong, as The Office returned this year with what could be its best set of episodes yet. There were rough spots, to be sure, and the story sometimes seemed to be dragging in the first half. But it was always, always funny and the last half of the season was pretty perfect. What pushed it over the edge was the Michael Scott Paper Company story arc, one of the best bits of storytelling the season has ever done. The season could have ended there, but it went on for three more episodes, three episodes that defined season five. These last three episodes, the finale in particular, showcased the characters and demonstrated how far they had come this year.

The best episode was Stress Relief, a one-hour outing that aired after the super bowl. Did it move the plot forward? Not really. But it was the funniest hour in the show's history and had some truly great character moments. It was tough to choose a best episode this year; there were so many great ones. All in all, I'd say the title of best season in the show's history would go to either this year or the classic season 2.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 2

Season Rating: A-

Best Episode: Adam Raised a Cain

Poor Terminator. I love this show to death, even its rough spots. Terminator 3 and Terminator Salvation are pretty much wasted, pointless cinematic efforts, but this show found a way to continue the story and feel organic to the Terminator universe. Season 1 was fun, but season 2 really showed what the series was going for. It moved slower than it should have, but this was a consistently excellent season, and each member of the fantastic ensemble got ample screen time. The last six episodes were all A efforts, and the season ended in the most unpredictable, awe-inspiring way possible.

And then Fox cancelled it. We'll never get season 3 and we'll never see what the fate of these characters was. Season 2's ending was an okay series ending, but it worked better as a launch pad for season 3, and I'm incredibly sad to see it gone. Fox didn't give this show a chance; they aired it in two timeslots, Mondays (against Dancing With The Stars and Monday Night Football, where it was doomed to fail) and Friday (the death slot). It was Firefly all over again. But what's done is done, and the show will live on in our memories. This article is dedicated to you, Terminator. And hopefully we'll see Summer Galu in a new show soon enough...

Well, that's it for my shows. I also occasionally watch Family Guy, which was so awful this year that I've pretty much stopped watching it all together, including reruns. As for The Simpsons, I like to pretend that show ended ten years ago. South Parkis on hiatus, with its season only half over, but that first half was very good. Overall, I think Chuck had the best year, but all of my favorite shows had a strong run.

What are your favorite shows? How do you think their seasons went? What are you most looking forward to next year? Use the comments feature and tell me about it!