-By Marc Berman

With the start of the new TV season upon us, it is time to wax nostalgic about 2008-09 by featuring the results of Mediaweek and Mr. TV’s polling partnership with Televisionwithoutpity.com and its annual Tubey Awards. 

The Tubeys, of course, give viewers a chance to voice their picks for the best and the worst in television of the season. And there was no shortage of small-screen junkies across the country chiming in with their votes on the Best and Worst Programming Trends, Worst Renewals and the Best and Worst Programming Moves.

The bottom line: Viewers like single-camera sitcoms, think there's way too much unscripted programming out there and didn't shed any tears when According to Jim went away. Also, viewers said that it pays to hold back some of their favorite shows until midseason. And they believe ABC should have kept core faves Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money alive.
 
Without further ado, here are the results (in order of percentage):
 
Best Programming Trend
Single camera sitcoms: 30 percent
Forensic crime solvers: 24 percent
Original Canadian programming: 23 percent
Docu-dramas: 18 percent
Revivals: 5 percent
 
Worst Programming Trend
Too many non-scripted series: 54 percent
Unnecessary repeats—America’s Next Top Model (CW), 90210 (CW), Law & Order (NBC): 14 percent
The networks refusing to aggressively program Saturday: 14 percent
Revivals: 10 percent
Relationship-driven dramas—Cupid (ABC), The Ex List (CBS), Valentine (CW): 8 percent
 
Worst Renewals
According to Jim (Fox): 37 percent
Wife Swap (ABC): 27 percent
Scrubs (ABC): 10 percent
‘Til Death (Fox): 10 percent
Cops (Fox): 4 percent
Reaper (CW): 3 percent
The Simpsons (Fox): 3 percent
Law & Order: 2 percent
Rules of Engagement (CBS): 2 percent
Life (NBC): 2 percent
 
Best Programming Move
Holding back American Idol (Fox), Lost (ABC) and 24 (Fox) and others until midseason: 44 percent
Fox’s House into the Monday anchor spot: 23 percent
NBC’s Southland stepping in for the retired ER: 21 percent
ABC’s Private Practice out of Grey’s Anatomy on Thursday: 8 percent
CBS’ Flashpoint out of Ghost Whisperer on Friday: 4 percent
 
Worst Programming Move
ABC giving up on Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money: 34 percent
ABC keeping Scrubs alive: 13 percent
Fox giving the Osbournes a variety series: 12 percent
Burying rating challenged shows on Saturday (NBC’s Crusoe and Kings; Harper’s Island on CBS): 11 percent
The CW reviving 90210: 9 percent
NBC reviving Knight Rider: 8 percent
ABC’s Desperate Housewives flashing forward five years: 5 percent
Without a Trace moving away from lead-in CSI: 3 percent
Bob Saget returning to prime-time in ABC’s Surviving Suburbia: 3 percent
Sitcoms In the Motherhood and Samantha Who? in place of ABC’s Ugly Betty: 2 percent
 
For more on the winners (and losers), click here.