The Buffy in its second year (2005) - Salon.com By Salon's A&E staff :
The awarding of last year's Buffy, our first-ever award for the most underappreciated show on all of television, was an easy choice. "The Wire" is simply everything we want out of a TV show: We bond forcefully with the characters of David Simon's Shakespearean urban drama and become deeply invested in the plot. ..
This year, deciding who was truly worthy of following in 'The Wire's' footsteps was a tougher assignment. Following the advice of people we trust, we have become fans of SciFi's 'Battlestar Galactica.'
We're continually irritated that 'The Daily Show' isn't given much Emmy prominence, the way it's shoved into the category of variety, music or comedy series -- let's face it, the show's a lot more influential, and hilarious, than anything nominated for best comedy series, and it's daily.
Also, we really do have a soft spot for 'Gilmore Girls,' and the devilishly crisp writing on 'Nip/Tuck.' well Salon A&E staff arent you critics after my own heart. esp this after this warm up the announcement is that they are giving the Buffy to VM:
We could go on and on and on about the terrific debut season of Veronica Mars. Oh wait -- we already have. First, Heather Havrilesky swooned: ..Veronica is busy and efficient but never flustered, snide but never unjust, full of feminine wiles but never slutty and pathetic. She's a role model not just for high school girls, but for grown women.
Then Stephanie Zacharek swayed: At the beginning of the season, in particular, 'Veronica Mars' seemed like just the salve for all those still-in-mourning 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' fans out there (myself included). The two shows are similar in some ways. They both feature teenage girls -- blond California girls, to be exact -- with heavy-duty responsibilities: One has to solve a crime that has affected her deeply; the other merely has to save the world...
I like Stephanie Zacharek. like what she says. I do not esp like Heather Havrilesky.
And what more, really, can we say? Except for something obvious to us, and most of you, but probably needs to be explicitly stated for those who still haven't fallen for the charms of "Veronica Mars" and fear it's just another well-done teen drama, with tears and fears and important lessons about life and love: "Veronica Mars" is as smart a whodunit as any that have appeared on recent TV, and its season-long arc was every bit as tautly written and engrossing as -- dare we say it -- last season's spectacular installment of "The Wire." Don't let its hard-candy colors fool you. "Veronica Mars" is a gritty noir with nail-biting plot twists.

Introducing ... the first Buffy! THE WIRE Salon's first annual award honors the season's most unjustly ignored TV show. By Kerry Lauerman

The second Buffy VERONICA MARS Salon's second annual award for the most underappreciated television show in all the land. By Salon's A&E staff

And the third Buffy goes to... BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Our third annual award to the most underappreciated show in all of TV land. By Kerry Lauerman

good list.


via tvtattle (and then linked by sonofabastard in comments on tim goodman's liveblogging of emmys Tim Goodman. The Bastard Machine : Live blogging the Emmys. Come join the stupidity! ) to:
Salon: "Friday Night Lights" wins the Buffy Award
and "The Sopranos" vs. "The Wire" - SALON Which is the best TV show of all time?
...still to look at...