Highlight Hollywood Editors are still unveiling the Best of 2014 in television as the year winds down. And today we reveal top Best TV Shows this year. They include “Game of Thrones,” “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” “Sons of Anarchy,” “General Hospital,” “Longmire,” “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Blacklist.” The shows cross over a wide spectrum, they appear on different networks, they have different storylines, but they were all voted by our editors and staff as the Best of the Best. Things are going to heat up on all but one of them next year. “Sons” will be concluding on Tuesday night, after a successful seven-season run. But the others will blow our minds in 2015, and hopefully beyond.

“Game of Thrones” is simply TV’s very best series, with best writing, production value, acting and it’s the most expansive story. It revolves around the world of the Continent of Westeros, where everything that goes bump in the night is possible, including an ancient humanoid race called White Walkers, who are unstoppable killing machines, and they have the powers of necromancy, so their armies only grow in numbers, because whoever they kill, they have the ability to turn them in to Wights, which are under the total control of the Others, aka: The White Walkers. Dragons also were the thing of myth, long extent, until the last Targaryen went into a fire with petrified hundreds-of-years-old dragon eggs and awakened the next morning bearing three clutching to her charred but naked body. But the real battles are just human in nature. The wealthiest and most powerful families (Houses) vie for power, all seeming to want to lead and rule from the Iron Throne, at the seat of power the nation’s capitol is King’s Landing. Viewers have enjoyed four seasons, each one more exciting than the last. But when spring 2015 comes, Winter is Coming. You have to watch to know what that means, but it’s trouble for all of our favorite characters, and the least favorites as well.

FX has two powerful dramas. One, “Sons of Anarchy” is concluding this Tuesday night, with the SAMCRO biker club possibly breathing its last breaths. Murder and mayhem has ruled the day with this series for all seven seasons, but along the way, writer and showrunner Kurt Sutter, whom Highlight Hollywood dubs “the evil genius” has never bored us. He’s always given us something to root for, something to hate. It’s beyond talented when a writer and creator can make the most evil people on the planet, characters we love and care about. There wasn’t a dry-eye in millions of homes when gang member Bobby was tortured by a rival gang, and ultimately killed. Or when Gemma was murdered last Tuesday by her grieving son. The Final Ride is upon us, and gratefully more exciting things to come for Kurt Sutter.

While Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story” has kept us in awe for four years. This season’s “Freak Show” has prevailed as the scariest and most exciting in all the seasons before. Previously we had bloody face, we also had a mental asylum and we’ll never forget the coven of witches. But the freaks are out at night, and they are breaking our hearts as they die off, and we can promise you on Wednesday night, you’ll never go to another Tupperware party ever again.

Then there are two soaps that have rivaled each other throughout 2014. “General Hospital” and “The Bold and the Beautiful” are the best on TV. They have revived the soap genre in a special way. But through it all two men guide their shows through the rocky path facing soaps these days.





While Frank Valentini, who helms “General Hospital,” is perhaps the only showrunner who stays on the floor at ABC Studios where Port Charles comes to life, and after 50 years of exciting stories, except that period post Wendy Riche and pre-Frank Valentini. The characters are given a chance to grow, they also inhabit a world with rich and nostalgic characters like Luke Spencer and Monica Quartermaine, characters we have loved for decades. Something is really special with ABC’s “General Hospital,” and many ABC executives tell us that they are in for the long run with Valentini’s creative team. Here’s to more “GH!”



What about the Western which proved the motto, “yes we can” is actually more than rhetoric? “Longmire” was dumped from A&E’s lineup, their second highest rated show in the network’s history, simply because it’s viewers in mass were more than 40 and 50-years-old. With great writing, lots of new story potential popping like popcorn and a new home on Netflix, we’re ready to see Sheriff Walt handle all the trouble that crosses his town’s railroad tracks. The epic Western was once pronounced dead, but this show is definitely one that proved it died only because of a lack of loyalty with the host network, but the loyalty and love of the Longmire Posse brought it back to life! Tune in 2015 for “Longmire” on Netflix! A much better home! “The Bold and the Beautiful” is the most watched Daytime Drama in the world, for the past eight years. Run by executive producer and head writer Bradley P. Bell, “B&B” is the show that you can expect camp, exciting stories and great dresses! Bill Bell’s creation has improved greatly under the helming by son Bradley Bell, who promises a lot of exciting stories coming up in 2015. But, it also ends 2014 with a bang! BIG BANG!While Frank Valentini, who helms “General Hospital,” is perhaps the only showrunner who stays on the floor at ABC Studios where Port Charles comes to life, and after 50 years of exciting stories, except that period post Wendy Riche and pre-Frank Valentini. The characters are given a chance to grow, they also inhabit a world with rich and nostalgic characters like Luke Spencer and Monica Quartermaine, characters we have loved for decades. Something is really special with ABC’s “General Hospital,” and many ABC executives tell us that they are in for the long run with Valentini’s creative team. Here’s to more “GH!”What about the Western which proved the motto, “yes we can” is actually more than rhetoric? “Longmire” was dumped from A&E’s lineup, their second highest rated show in the network’s history, simply because it’s viewers in mass were more than 40 and 50-years-old. With great writing, lots of new story potential popping like popcorn and a new home on Netflix, we’re ready to see Sheriff Walt handle all the trouble that crosses his town’s railroad tracks. The epic Western was once pronounced dead, but this show is definitely one that proved it died only because of a lack of loyalty with the host network, but the loyalty and love of the Longmire Posse brought it back to life! Tune in 2015 for “Longmire” on Netflix! A much better home!

And NBC doesn’t have a lot of high rated dramas as it did decades ago. But its hit series “The Blacklist” not only revived acclaimed actor James Spader’s career, but his character Reddington is more exciting to watch than most others on TV. Red is constantly reinventing himself, he breaks one mold and builds another. Watching the writers peel back the layers of this series is almost as much fun as watching Spader show us what real acting is all about. He keeps us guessing, and the show continues to get better each episodes. The second half of this season returns early 2015, and it’s going to be one shocker after another. These are Highlight Hollywood’s Best TV Shows in 2014.

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