2013 Predicitions: A Look Back at Entertainment and Sports

Entertainment:

1. Reality TV starts to grate on the public as American Idol has its lowest rated season ever. People talk of cancellation but it is still renewed for 2013. Many other reality TV staples are cancelled to make way for more Mad Men style adult dramas.

American Idol had its lowest season ever but it was renewed for 2013. Adult Dramas dominated the news with Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones capturing headlines. You don't hear much about the Bachelor, Housewives of Whereever, Survivor and such. However Duck Dynasty seems to be huge and everywhere so reality TV is still a staple. At least the Kartrashians are hopefully going to be off of TV for 2014.

2. The Jersey Shore miscreants disappear from the national consensus as their 15 minutes of fame fades. This ignominious fate befalls Honey Boo boo, Dog the Bounty Hunter, the Storage Wars cast, and any American Idol not named Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood.

I assume all of the Jersey Shore people are still alive and have not fallen all the way off of the face of the earth. Honey Boo boo seems to be still lurking but Dog the Bounty Hunter is no more. I assume Storage Wars is still on the air and I cannot name an American Idol for the last several years.

3. New Shows of 2012:
  Renewed: The Following, How to Live with your Parents, the Carrie Diaries, Cult
  Cancelled: Goodwin Games, Do No Harm, Save Me, Deception, 1600 Penn, Hannibal, Zero Hour, Red Widow, The Family Tools, Mistresses


The Following and Carrie Diaries were renewed but all the rest were cancelled. I never called the two breakout hits the Blacklist and Sleepy Hollow though.


4. Top 10 Movies for 2013 in any order:

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Thor the Dark World, Iron Man 3, Star Trek into Darkness, The Hunger Games Catching Fire, Man of Steel, Monsters University, Kick-ass 2, Despicable Me 2, The Lone Ranger

Kick-ass 2 (85th ugh,) Thor the Dark World (just missed at 12,) and the Lone Ranger (36th) do not belong in this top 10 list at all. However, the Hobbit will probably get there (its 16th now) if you give it a few more weeks. All the rest were spot on.

Sports:

College Football National Title: Alabama (Alabama won)
College Basketball National Title: Indiana (Kentucky won)
NFL: Denver Broncos (Baltimore Ravens won)
NBA: LA Clippers (Miami Heat won)
MLB: Los Angeles Angels (Boston Red Sox won)
NASCAR: Kasey Kahne (Jimmie Johnson won)
NHL: none season cancelled (season did go on and the Chicago Blackhawks won)
Premier League Title: Arsenal (Manchester United won)
Bundesliga Title: Bayern Munich (Bayern Munich won)

Ugh dismal 2 for 9 turned in on sports predictions.