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Corinne Kaplan (left) prided herself on speaking her mind through the 17th season of "Survivor," but she reached a new low during the show's season finale by mocking pin-up model and third-place finisher Jessica "Sugar" Kiper for "crying about your dead father." (CBS photo)

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Unscripted TV Mo... Corinne Kaplan (left) prided herself on speaking her mind through the 17th season of "Survivor," but she reached a new low during the show's season finale by mocking pin-up model and third-place finisher Jessica "Sugar" Kiper for "crying about your dead father." (CBS photo)
Unscripted TV Mo... In the heat of the Presidential election, John McCain decided to blow off his appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman" to lobby for a bank bailout, and Letterman might never let McCain hear the end of it. Letterman spent much of that night's episode launching into McCain and mocking the fact that he had time to sit in a chair for makeup before appearing on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. (CBS photo)
Unscripted TV Mo... Paula Abdul gave the conspiracy theorists some material during "Idol's" seventh season when she commented on Jason Castro's performance of a song he hadn't sung yet. Paula and the producers blamed the mistake on a particularly hurried and hectic night where the singers performed two songs. (FOX photo)
Unscripted TV Mo... Ryan Seacrest found himself in the odd position of breaking up Gary Busey's apparent groping of Jennifer Garner on the red carpet at the Oscars. as Seacrest interviewed Garner and actress Laura Linney on E!, Busey approached and hugged Linney before pulling Garner into an embrace that included, as she put it, "getting kissed on the neck by that man." (Getty Images)
Unscripted TV Mo... Rosie O'Donnell didn't take all the drama with her when she left "The View." There were more than a few heated debates on the show, especially involving the staunchly Republican Elisabeth Hasselbeck, during the Presidential election. But none got more heated than a chat that turned to the use of the N-word and ended with Hasselbeck crying. (ABC photo)
Unscripted TV Mo... There was no Goliath when David battled David on "American Idol," propelling the show to its third-most watched season finale as more than 31 million viewers tuned in. Rocker David Cook came away with the prize over the charming and shy teen David Archuleta. (FOX photo)
Unscripted TV Mo... The seventh installment of "Dancing with the Stars" was taken over -- to the dismay of some fans -- by the unstoppable Cloris Leachman. There were too many Cloris moments to pick just one, whether she was getting bleeped, throwing her cleavage in judge Len Goodman's face, sitting down on the dance floor or letting her wig fly across the studio. (ABC photo)
Unscripted TV Mo... Regardless of their side of the political spectrum, most people agreed that Nov. 4, 2008, was an historic day in American history as Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech after becoming the first African-American to win the office of the President. The election itself was full of huge TV moments, including massively popular debates between the candidates, but it was Election Night that sealed a long, unprecedented journey. (AP photo)
TV's Most Shocki... Find out our picks for the Most Shocking Moments on TV in 2008.
Most Shocking Mo... Tyra Banks' 'America's Next Top Model' featured a surprise in its 11th cycle: one of the contestants was a 22-year-old transgender model named Isis. (Photo: CW)
Most Shocking Mo... Bravo, arguably the biggest reality TV channel out there now, lost the rights to one of its first hits, 'Project Runway,' when the production company made a new deal to air the series on Lifetime. Bravo filed a breach of contract suit and the resulting court battle has delayed the start of the next season. (Photo: Bravo)
Most Shocking Mo... A fourth judge? 'American Idol' added Kara DioGuardi to the judges' table for the eighth season, and changing the dynamic between Paula, Simon and Randy is definitely a risky move. (Photo by: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)
Most Shocking Mo... ABC turned into a slaughterhouse this fall when they canceled three of their shows (with low but not dismal ratings) that fans seem to love: 'Pushing Daisies,' 'Eli Stone,' and 'Dirty Sexy Money.' Patience clearly is not a virtue in Hollywood. (Photo: ABC)
Most Shocking Mo... 'Grey's Anatomy' is a top 10 show, but it's also in crisis. Brooke Smith (Dr. Hahn) was abruptly fired after the network claimed fans reacted negatively to her unlikable character (or was it the lesbian storyline?). Now word comes out that T.R. Knight (George) wants out of his contract. Meanwhile, viewers are suffering through a storyline even more ridiculous than last year's George-Izzie fiasco--now it's the Izzie-Denny ghost fiasco. (Photo: ABC)
Most Shocking Mo... 'CSI' fans were still recovering from the shooting death of Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan), whose final goodbye in the season premiere was the most touching episode of the series, when star William Petersen announced he was leaving (for real) this season. Heartbroken fans say 'CSI' isn't 'CSI' without Gil Grissom, and it remains to be seen if his 'replacement' Laurence Fishburne can keep viewers tuned in. (Photo: CBS)
Most Shocking Mo... When NBC announced Jay Leno would be stepping down as host of 'The Tonight Show,' fans couldn't believe it. But in July 2008 the network announced Leno's last show is in May 2009--and Conan O'Brien inherits the throne--then fans knew it was for real...and the outrage really kicked in. (Photo: NBC)
Most Shocking Mo... NBC dropped another bombshell in December when they announced they were keeping Jay Leno at the network--and giving him a new show in primetime. That takes scripted dramas off the map for NBC each night at 10 p.m., adds an extra hour talk-show time, and pretty much steals any thunder Conan O'Brien may have had as the new 'Tonight Show' host. Most of the reaction to the news has been, 'Are they nuts?' Time will tell. (Photo: NBC)
The Top TV Momen... Find out our picks for the Top TV Moments of the Year.
Top TV Moments: ... The writers' strike crippled the television industry, making the fall 2008 premiere season one of the worst of all time. But a few good things did come out of it. While CBS' 'The Mentalist' emerged as the sole ratings hit, it's Alan Ball's addictive, shocking and Emmy-nominated vampire gem on HBO, 'True Blood,' that takes our title as 'Best New Show of the Year.' (Photo: HBO)
Top TV Moments: ... The island disappeared! Locke was in the coffin! Penny and Desmond finally found each other! Jin DIED in the freighter explosion? Noooooo! 'We have to go baaaaaack!!!' 'Lost' was once again 'addictive, don't miss-TV' with a mind-blowing fourth season that has fans chomping at the bit for its return in January. (Photo: ABC)
Top TV Moments: ... At the end of its sophomore season, 'Mad Men' continues to be one of the best shows on TV. And in this year's finale, Peggy, who's climbing her way to the top at the office, made a heart-breaking confession to her one-time fling and coworker Pete Campbell that she secretly had their child and gave it away. It was the first time we felt sorry for that weasel Pete. (Photo: AMC)
Top TV Moments: ... You've heard it plenty of times: 'The Wire' was one of the best shows that nobody watched on TV, and it signed off after five valiant years. (Photo: HBO)
Top TV Moments: ... Shane's shocking murder-suicide on 'The Shield' blindsided fans and made for one memorable series finale. The end game of Vic Mackey and the Strike Team did their fans justice. (Photo: FX)
Top TV Moments: ... Late-night naughtiness made for one of the funniest jokes of year when Sarah Silverman made a video informing her boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel that she was "Bleeping Matt Damon." (Kimmel fans know there's an inside joke between Damon and Kimmel.) How did Jimmy respond? By making his own video revealing he was..."bleeping Ben Affleck." (Photo: Getty Images)
Top TV Moments: ... Tina Fey out-Palin-ed Sarah Palin with her scarily spot-on impersonation of the Alaska governor that not only reinvigorated 'SNL' but also fueled the fire of 2008's history-making presidential election. No wonder Fey was named "Entertainer of the Year." (Photo: NBC)
Top TV Moments: ... An estimated 40 million viewers were glued to the tube for Olympian Michael Phelps' historic gold-medal chase, which comes in--what else--first place as the Top TV Moment of 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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