The TV Zone

If you've headed over to Newsday's big, full, complete, no-story-left-unturned "Top Ten" compilations of 2008, you may have noticed a glaring omission - the biggest TV frak-ups of 2008.

Oversight hereby corrected.

Here's our list di tutti lists - the bad, the badder and the baddest of TV in 2008.

I've got the distinctly asymmetrical number of fourteen listed here, but as more baddies occur to me, I'll drop them in. By the end of the week, this could be the top 100 trainwrecks...

- The 2008 winner: Sue Simmons says to Chuck Scarborough, "what the FRAK are you doing?" A TV moment for the ages. Turns out Sue didn't know the cameras were rolling, and she, as a result, rolled merrily along...

- Gary Busey paws, sucks on Jenn Garner's neck. Danger! Danger! Do not go to a red carpet at the Oscars when Gary Busey is within a hundred miles. This remarkable baddy comes in second this year - so bad that even the New King of Bad, Ryan Seacrest, was taken aback by its badness. The priceless clip is at the bottom.

- Jane Fonda says C-word on "Today." Oh man, she slipped the word in as effortlessly as if she were using "and," "the," or "whatever." Whatever indeed.

- Diane Keaton says the F-Word on "GMA." "GMA" was still laughing at the gaff on their rival's air; and then, the laughter stopped, when Diane Keaton let slip this word. The other Diane - Sawyer - was stunned, then laughed, then asked the producer (I imagine) whether ABC's broadcast licenses were about to be revoked...

- Brooke White: Forgetful of the words, she stops, then starts, and gets a mouthful of rebuke from Simon Cowell.

- Paula Abdul: Forgetful of what she's actually seen, she tells Jason Castro that his second song didn't cut it, when in fact he hadn't sung it yet. Ry Seacrest - once again, at the intersection of Catastrophe Boulevard and Disaster Drive - says to Pauduhl, "you're seeing the future, baby..."

- Cloris Leachman calls Len Goodman a "bastard." And why not! He had just panned her imminently pannable performance on "Dancing With the Stars." Oooomph...

- "Survivor:" X-Rated! A shot of a guy's nether parts, unclothed as it were, made it on to the national airwaves. Hey, the edition was called "Earth's Last Eden," right? The guy couldn't find a figleaf.

- "Rosie Live!" I don't think Ry Seacrest had anything to do with this. But what a beast - song and dance numbers with plastic turkeys? The perfect metaphor...

- McCain ditches Letterman...and Letterman pulls up the live interview of McCain doing Katie Couric. A politician caught in a fib? Imagine. Dave went haywire for days, proving that there's nothing like a late-night talk-show host spurned...

- "Project Runway:" Somebody screwed up here. Or somebody screwed somebody. Whatever, "PR" may not air on Lifetime next season, or may not air on Bravo either.

- Fred Armisen's Obama: So bland it was even panned by Obama himself. Fred sorta saved the impression with the clever/less dull Joe Cool sketch.

- "Momma's Boys:" The worst reality show of the year. And guess who produced? Hint: Initials are "R" and "S."

- NBC: A whole network? Yes, why not?. A bad year for the Peacock, with the exception of a couple shows on Thursday and "Saturday Night Live,"