Watching my favorite TV Series

Cliffhangers are among the things that spectators both love and hate about TV series. As contradicting as it sounds, producers of American TV shows definitely know how to make us crave more episodes as they cut their episodes in the most crucial and heart-stopping parts of the storyline.

We love it even more when a season comes to a conclusion. We can’t wait for the next season premiere just to know what happened to our favorite characters. We can relate to the problems they’re facing, whether matters of love and career or troubles caused by entities beyond the realm of reality.

If you are currently looking for something to wait for every week or to look forward to in weekend DVD-marathons, here are the top 10 most popular TV shows that the whole world is addicted to. They are serial shows that come from different genres, ranging from fantasy and action to dramas and comedies.

1. Heroes

“Save the cheerleader, save the world” – this is a line that virtually every character delivers in the serial saga and is also definitive of the first season’s main plotline. People from all over the world discover that they have supra-human abilities. Along the line, they learn how to deal with their powers and how fate leads them all into saving the whole city from a major explosion.

Cast of Heroes

The abilities of the characters are varied. You see a cheerleader with a regenerative bodily system and a simple office worker who can freeze time. Heroes is also the story of a congressional candidate who can fly and his brother who has the ability to absorb other “heroes’” powers. It also features a troubled family with different abilities and a cop who can hear people’s thoughts.

2. Smallville

Smallville is supposedly the story of a young Superman, but its plotline and characterizations sometimes deviate from the movies. In the earlier seasons, young Clark Kent starts discovering and developing his power and learns how to use it in his constant strive to save the residents of Smallville, a fictional town in Kansas.

The full cast of Smallville

It is the perennial plot of Smallville for Clark and Lana Lang to have a series of on-and-off relationships due to Clark’s real identity. It also shows how Lex Luthor develops from Clark’s best friend-figure into his greatest nemesis. Antagonists a.k.a. “meteor freaks” are frequently being introduced as regular people qho acquire superhuman powers from being infected by green Kryptonite from Clark’s home planet.

3. House

It’s not everyday that you see a physician who thinks out of the box and uses unconventional methods to diagnose medical mysteries, but in the end always save the day. House is a series in which the rather controversial doctor who does not trust his patients always finds villains in different medical maladies.

Dr House

Dr. Gregory House is a borderline antisocial doctor who would not talk to his patients if not necessary. He uses a cane while dealing with his own pain, a clear-cut excuse to his self-diagnosed acerbic and honest demeanor. Despite these characteristics, he never fails to prove himself as the most brilliant infectious disease specialist in the facility, reason for earning the trust of his colleagues.

4. Prison Break

Prison Break is a fusion of action and drama, primarily revolving around the story of Michael Scofield and his elaborate plan to free his wrongly-accused, death-sentenced brother from prison. On the surface, the concept sounds too limited, but you’ll realize how gripping and exciting it can be when you start watching the series.

The exciting series of Prison Brepak

As often mentioned in the show, escaping prison is just the start of their journey, and the series indeed follows the life of the escapees in the outside world and their constant flight from the authorities. It is expected for the show to stay true to its title by taking the characters back to prison by the third season.

5. Lost

To say that Jack and the rest of the passengers of Oceanic Flight 185 are lost may be an understatement. After their mysterious crash on an island in the Pacific, the survivors’ first instinct is to help each other in an attempt to get rescue. Along the way, they realize that the island they are on is full of mysteries beyond comprehension.

The Season four cast

To complicate their lives even more, the characters discover the secrets each of them keep and the existence of non-passenger inhabitants on the island, who they brand as the “Others”. By season three, Jack, Kate, and Sawyer become captives of the Others and realize that these people are making plans of their own.

6. 24

24 is one of the most action-packed and acclaimed dramas on TV. It is very innovative for simulating the feeling of watching events in real-time, which is also the primary factor for the spectators’ addictions to the series. In the first six seasons, the main character, Jack Bauer, alongside the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU), works hard to stop different kinds of threats to US national security.

Twenty Four

Some of the well-loved elements of 24 are Jack’s disregard of by-the-book procedures to get his job done, his interesting relationship with the staff of CTU, the White House, the US President, and the costly portrayals of explosions, terrorist-and-government encounters, and chase sequences.

7. Grey’s Anatomy

Grey’s Anatomy is the ultimate McTV show for the McLover of romance and medical drama. Dr. Meredith Grey is presented as the central character, who is one of the five new interns in Seattle Grace Hospital at the start of the first season. As opposed to House, Grey’s Anatomy features more of the characters’ personal lives, in and out of the hospital.

A Medical Television Drama

The show also integrates unusual medical cases that make it more interesting to watch. It is easy to comprehend the conversations of the doctors in the show despite some use of medical jargon. Grey’s Anatomy is one TV series that is both fun and informative to watch, “seriously”.

8. Desperate Housewives

Who’d have thought that anyone would find delight watching women struggling to keep their families and relationships intact? Desperate Housewives portrays the story of five women, as told by Mary Alice Young, another housewife who commits suicide in the first episode. At a certain point, the women of Wisteria Lane connive to unravel the mysteries behind the death of their friend.

The Title Theme of Desperate Housewives

The suburban setting of the series adds an interesting paradox to how harsh life can be for a wife and mother. The show’s treatment is so light that you won’t be stressed out despite a few dark events.

9. Supernatural

Supernatural tells the story of two brothers, Dean and Sam, and their adventures while trying to look for their father and battling evil forces that come their way. It is implied that their father became obsessed with finding reason for his beloved wife’s mysterious death – and the reason why the brothers are trained to be hunters.

Sam and Dean Winchester

The story reveals Sam set for a law school interview and happy with his girlfriend until his elder brother comes to visit him. He agrees to a one-time shot at finding their father, but they fail to do so. After a tragic incident, though, Sam finds himself on the same mission with Dean and in the process, battling terrifying forces like the Lady in White, Phantom Travelers, Bloody Mary, and others deemed to be folklore creatures.

10. CSI

As opposed to most crime and mystery dramas, CSI is more of a “howdunit” than a whodunit. Of course, the main goal of Grissom and the rest of the Las Vegas forensic scientists is to identify offenders in unusual deaths and other crimes. The use of cutting-edge forensic technology to unveil crime mysteries makes the show very innovative.

CSI Season One cast

The techniques employed by the characters deviate from the usual interrogations of the suspects and witnesses. They instead utilize forensic tools and gadgets in investigating crime scenes and in processing gathered samples in their labs. The stylistic qualities of CSI are also something to look forward to, including their shooting angles, editing styles, and realistic graphics.

Pick Your Title

We simply can’t get enough of TV shows. At times, we even watch repeat episodes despite seeing their first screenings. When TV series DVDs come out, we also head to the nearest video shops or we immediately log-on to online stores to purchase what are bound to be classics in our media library.

TV shows are not popular for nothing. Some producers stand out in creating lovable characters, while others are great in making exciting and relatable circumstances. The list above is varied enough so you can pick a genre you prefer. You’ll soon figure out why millions of TV viewers are addicted to these shows.

No family on TV is ever quite complete without the Top Ten TV Dogs that can turn a simple TV series into one of the Top Ten Addictive TV Series of our time.