Television's Three Best Shows

HOLLYWOOD —With so many shows on TV, fans are always wondering what should we watch. Choosing the top three shows was a tough one, but I tried to be as fair and unbiased as possible. The three top shows are "True Blood," the HBO vampire series that breaks all the rules more than any other television show on air today; CBS's "The Bold and the Beautiful," for award winning acting and writing, which showcases some of television's best actors like Susan Flannery, Jack Wagner, Ashley Jones and Kyle Lowder just to name a few; finally I am simply amazed by the acting and writing of Showtime's "The Tudors," which is the true story of King Henry VIII and his six wives. Two of which were doomed in reality and on the series to beheading for adultery and other alleged crimes by a King who was frankly uncontrollable even for the Catholic Church, which in the sixteenth century would have been considered the most powerful entity on the planet. Sookie and Bill, True Blood, Courtesy: HBO "True Blood" is one of those series that delves into the assimilation of vampires into mainstream society. The setting is Bon Temps, a sleepy town on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. with the regular stereotypes which did exist and in many ways still do. Vampires are essentially the minority population in the south on this series, they battle discrimination and bigotry. One thing however is different from the real story of this part of the country. Vampires are unstoppable forces when they need to be, while other minorities decades ago had no superpower strengths to get them the respect they fought and died for many times in our nation's history.

Courtesy: Showtime From vampires to shape shifters and mind readers, the show is a supernatural story of love between breakout actor Stephen Moyer as  vampire Bill Compton and his heroine, Academy Award winning actress Anna Paquin's character Sookie Stackhouse. Sookie is the heart of the show, she is the protagonist which struggles to protect those she loves and even herself against often demonic forces like an ancient maenad, which was portrayed by Michelle Foster as Maryann. The one theme in the series is Sookie is our heroine. We want her to remain safe and happy, yet thanks to the genius of director and creator Alan Ball, we know that such a boring scenario is not possible.

Kyle Lowder Courtesy: Gillse Toucas, Bell Phillip TV Prod "The Bold and the Beautiful" has something going for it that no soap created in the past 20 years can brag about. It is not only the most successful soap in television history but every soap brought on during this show's two decade long history has failed and been canceled. From "Passions" to "Sunset Beach," none of these soaps has captured the audience's attention like Bradley Bell's charge. Bell just two months ago accepted the coveted daytime Emmy award for Best Daytime Drama. No award has ever been so deserved. The series focuses on the Forrester clan headed by John McCook's Eric and Susan Flannery's Stephanie. With Flannery on the series, there is no stopping the success of this show. Ms. Flannery is perhaps an act of nature as a performer She is surprising, powerful and beautiful, all of the attributes one thinks of when describing a natural act in nature. Bell's writing is sharp, entertaining and at times over the top. In only the best ways, that is. An over the top soap is what fans desire today, which is why the show is the most watched TV show on the planet. Actors like Kyle Lowder, Jack Wagner, Katherine Kelly Lang and many others round out the perfect ensemble when Bell puts his pen to paper and uses his brilliant imagination to tease and entertain viewers. Finally, "The Tudors" is one of television's best and brightest. Being a student and lover of history, there has never been a monarch in European history with such a disastrous and yet epic life as King Henry Tudor the VIII of England. Whether it was falling in or out of love with his current wife, being delusional and paranoid about his friends and allies or battling the Pope from across the continent, King Henry was never boring. The actors who portray the major roles such as, King Henry, Jane Seymour, Anne Boelyn and Thomas Cromwell are perfectly cast in their roles. "The Tudors" is groundbreaking in that instead of showcasing actors who would look identical to the their real life counterparts, they use what is considered the "Melrose Place" standard looking actors who are sexy, beautiful, exciting and leave fans wanting to see more of them. The actor Jonathan Rhys Meyer is King Henry, VIII and is perhaps the epitome of what a television leading man should be. Showtime's superb drama is addictive. All three of these shows are equally as delicious. "True Blood" airs on HBO, "The Bold and the Beautiful" on CBS and "The Tudors" on Showtime. (Photo credits: HBO, Showtime and Kyle Lowder Courtesy: Gillse Toucas, Bell Phillip TV Prod)

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