This week the panelists guffawed over:   former singer Cat Stevens on governmnet terrorist list   Dr. Phil's Prime Time Special   Emmy acceptance speeches   the Star War Trilogy DVD   Dan Rather apologizes to America for faulty broadcast   Britney's new marriage   the reality show The Amazing Race and The Surreal Life   gentler punk-rock   Ben Affleck dates Jennifer Garner   actor Edward Furlong gets arrested for freeing lobsters   Pam Anderson and Jesus   Lifetime's television show How Clean is Your House   cell phone ring tones   and much more.

Who had the best week ever: Italian-American stereotypes.  For evidence: watch an episode of The Sopranos.

Closing video: ""Fall to Pieces,"" by Velvet Revolver.""

Dr. Phil's Prime Time Special, Emmy Speeches and more

Christian Finnegan

Chuck Nice

John Aboud

Judah Friedlander

Michael Colton

Miss Info

Patton Oswalt

Paul F. Tompkins

Rachael Harris

Presidential Debate, Jay Leno calling it quits and more

Oprah's Auto Giveaway, Reality Shows and more

The panelist discuss:    Oprah's car giveaway   reality shows   Martha Stewart   super heroes   Surreal Life hook-up   the CBS's reality show Survivor premieres   Dubya Bush is accused of drug use by author Kitty Kelly   the NBC reality show The Apprentice and The Donald   Nelly's releases two CD's   Charlize Theron   NBC's sit-com Joey   Paris is the new Susanne Sommers   the Baldwin brothers disagree over politics   The Tony Danza television show   and much more.

Upgrade and downgrade: ""Rock and Roll"" Hall of Fame Nominees.

Who had the best week ever: studio audiences.

Closing video: ""1985,"" by Bowling for Soup.

Topics bantered by the panelists include:   presidential debates   Virgin Group honcho Richard Branson space plans via ""Virgin Galactic""   Jay Leno leaving The Tonight Show (er, in five years)   UPN's America's Next Top Model   Star Jones' wedding plans   ABC's new television show Lost   celebrity dish like Paris Hilton's new sex tape, and more   Queer Eye for the Straight Guy has weak ratings   and more.

Special segment: undecided voters and political television commercials.

Special segment: What your CD purchases say about you. Panelist Christian Finnegan explains the meaning of your musical purchases.

Upgrade and downgrade: television cameo appearances.

Who's having the best week ever: Conan O'Brian.

Closing video: ""Shadow,"" by Ashlee Simpson.

Topics fleered by the panelists include:   domestic diva Martha Stewart heads to jail   the ABC television show Desperate Housewives   vice-presidential debates   the female sex patch   Howard Stern moves to satellite radio   Queen Latifah's new film Taxi   comedian Rodney Dangerfield, RIP   the release of the film Alexander delayed   five good reasons to see Hilary Duff's new film Raise Your Voice   Fabreze Scent Stories   and more.

Upgrade and downgrade: celebrity toys.

Who had the best week ever: William Shatner.

Closing video: VH1 promotional video.

Martha Stewart, Desperate Housewives and more

Topics that caused the panelists to roar include:   the film Team America   Bill O'Reilly's alleged (right) sex scandal   meet the new J-Lo   singer Eminem disses Michael Jackson in new music video   the presidential debates   the reality show The Apprentice and contestant Raj   celebrity dish like Cher posing nude? and more   the odd Burger King commercial   criminal forensics fever on television   and more.

Upgrade and downgrade: presidential debates.

Who had the best week ever: pretty boys.  This week the rock group Duran, Duran, Vice Presidential hopeful John Edwards, and male models are excellent examples.

Closing video: ""(Reach Up For The) Sunrise,"" by Duran, Duran.

Team America, Bill O'Reilly and more

Topics sneered by the panelists include:   the abuse of reality television kids   the Boston Red Sox in the World Series   the reality show America's Next Top Model and Amanda   panelist Rachael Harris visits jailbird Martha Stewart   the horror film The Grudge   NBC's reality show The Biggest Loser   VP Cheney warns of October surprise   the scarce flu shot   Bill O'Reilly: in sex scandal and writes kids book   and more.

Word of the week: VeriChip.  VeriChip is an inert, encapsulated microchip that is energized and transmits its information when activated by a VeriChip reader.

Special segment: Doug Benson the Pop Culture Bachelor.  He had a ""rose ceremony,"" and gave roses to the things in pop culture he ""would like to see more of.""

Who had the best week ever: Jon Stewart.  Why?  He dissed Republican political pundit Tucker Carlson on CNN's Crossfire in a magestic manner.

Closing video: ""Bad Girl,"" by Usher.

Reality Kids, the Boston Red Sox and more

Topics tossed around by the panelists include:   actress and singer Ashlee Simpson's major oops on Saturday Night Live   the presidential election preview includes a dead heat in the final polls, and more   the Boston Red Sox win the World Series, finally   Eminem's ""anti-Bush"" video""   Halloween costumes   Bill O'Reilly pays millions in sex scandal   celebrity dish like Usher's possible sex tape, and more   five reasons to vote   Frank Sinatra's VISA commercial   Cuba's strongman Fidel Castro trips   and more.

Upgrade and downgrade: Radio Awards.

Special segment: Panelist Doug Benson, in a mock instructional video, explains appropriate and inappropriate office behavior.

Who had the best week ever: dead people.  Ray Charles, Babe Ruth, Elvis, and Frank Sinatra are having incredible ""casket"" careers.

Closing video: ""U Make Me Wanna,"" By Jadakiss, with Mariah Carey.

Ashlee Simpson, Presidential Election and more

Topics that amused the panelists include:   post mortem on the presidential election   the television show The OC returns   R. Kelly v. Jay Z (in a tour brawl)   Shania Twain's new music video   the Grand Theft Auto video game   celebrity gossip like Matthew McConaughey walking around nude to befriend ghost, and more   reality show cry babies   newsman Dan Rather and his Ratherisms   and more.

Special segment: The Modern Humorist Political Review (in mock television pundit format).

Special segment: What your CD purchases say about you?  With panelist Christian Finnegan.

Who had the best week ever: America.

Closing video: ""Right Right Now Now,"" by the Beastie Boys.

Election Post Mortem, The OC and more

Topics that tickled the panelists include:   the film Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason   the ABC television show Lost   five reasons to see the film The Seed of Chucky   the PBS reality show Regency House Party   this day in history: the Berlin Wall remembered   celebrity gossip like Angelina Jolie buys baby in Russia, and more   the film The Incredibles   America loves the suckers in the reality shows My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, and $25 Million Hoax   and more.

Special segment: Tara Alert (Tara Reid mock press conference by panelist Brian Huskey as Homeland security expert and The Modern Humorists as journalists).

Upgrade and downgrade: celebrity classes on college campuses.

Who had the best week ever: The American South.  The Country Music Awards and the Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork helped make it so.

Closing video: ""Lose My Breath,"" by Destiny's Child.

Bridget Jones, Lost and more

Topics that caused badinage this week include:   the NFL racy skit   FOX's unscripted series Nanny 911   the 2nd Annual VIBE Awards and the brawl   the Star Jones and Al Reynolds Sponsored Wedding   George W. Bush and Condi Rice   celebrity dish like Denise Richards freaks at Playboy photo shoot, and more   the film Kinsey   television programming teasers   and more.

Special segment: Doug Benson the Pop Culture Bachelor.

Who had the best week ever: retirees.  US Secretary of State Colin Powell and actor Hugh Grant call it quits.

Closing video: ""Daughters,"" by John Mayer.

NFL Racy Skit, Nanny 911 and more

Topics fleered by the panelists include:   the NBA brawl   the film Alexander   the NBC weight loss television reality show The Biggest Loser and being fat in America   the rock group U2   celebrity dish like Kirstie Alley hasn't had sex in four years, Naomi Campbell abuses assistant, and more   the humor in the commercials of GEICO, the automobile insurance company   Ophra continues to give away things on her show   and more.

Upgrade and downgrade: celebrity endorsements & holiday leftovers.

Special segment: What your Thanksgiving purchases say about you. Panelist Christian Finnegan explains the meaning of them all.

Special segment:  Panelist Paul Sheer hosts a faux Thanksgiving Day eating event.

Who had the best week ever: Seinfeld fans.  Fans were able to see the Seinfeld Reunion show and buy the new DVD.  Fans can't be any happier.

Closing video: ""My Boo,"" with Usher and Alicia Keys.

NBA Brawl, Alexander and more

The topics tossed back and forth by the panelists include:   the television show Desperate Housewives   Ken Jennings finally looses on the game show Jeopardy   the television reality show Amazing Race   NBC nightly news anchor Tom Brokaw's farewell   celebrity gossip like Pam Anderson and Stephen Dorff hook-up, and more   the video game Lord of the Rings   anti-drug PSA's   Godzilla gets Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, 50 years after his film debut   singers Tim McGraw and Nelly   and more.

Upgrade and downgrade: holiday television specials.

Special segment: in the opening of the episode Paul Scheer had a skit about Ken Jennings final appearance on Jeopardy.

Who had the best week ever: Julia Roberts.

Special promotion: plug for Best Year Ever episode coming up December 17th.

Closing video: ""Get Back,"" by Ludacris.

Desperate Housewives, Amazing Race and more

The 2004 topics reviewed and remembered by the panelists and guests include:   Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, yikes   Levitra and Viagra commercials, no yikes   Howard Dean's political suicide yell/scream   David Guest gets beaten up by Liza Minnelli   break-dancers visit the Pope at the Vatican   Reality shows like The Apprentice and pompous host Donald Trump   the four stages of Lil John's moniker ""Yeah""   gay ""wise-guy"" in The Sopranos   the spongmonkeys Quizno's singing rodents   U2's Bono and his AIDS crusade   the docu Fahrenheit 9/11   the quirky song Why?   the reality show Amazing Race and Charla Faddoul   Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger disses Dems in California   Paul Hamm wins gold at the Summer Olympic Games   the Democratic Party presidential candidates: John and John   animated films like Team America, The Incredibles, and others   the NFL causes a stir with racy commercial   Jon Stewart gets irate on CNN's Crossfire   Oprah's auto giveaway on daytime talk-show   A

Best Year Ever

Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in the summer of 2009. In January 2010, it was announced that the show was cancelled. On August 3, 2012, VH1 announced the return of Best Week Ever. New weekly episodes began January 18, 2013.

On the show, comedians analyze the previous week's developments in pop culture, including recent happenings in entertainment and celebrity gossip.

The show's tagline is, "It's everything you love, everything you missed, and all the stuff you need to see again."

Dr. Phil's Prime Time Special, Emmy Speeches and more

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