Zap2it.com Posts Winners of TV Gal Awards; Viewers Vote on Best and Worst of TV

Zap2it.com Posts Winners of TV Gal Awards; Viewers Vote on Best and Worst of TV

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- What do television viewers think of the current crop of shows? According to the just released results of the annual Amy Awards: The Hottest Man on television is Sawyer on "Lost" and Gabrielle on "Desperate Housewives" is the Hottest Woman. They LOVE "Veronica Mars," which earned kudos in several TV Gal categories, including the Show That Gets No Respect and Best Character. The Most Underused character? Carl Lumbly as Dixon on "Alias."

Each year, TV critic Amy Amatangelo, better known as TV Gal, looks to the fans to give their opinions on all things television. Through her message boards on Zap2it.com, TV Gal lets the real experts -- the TV viewers -- pick the categories, vote on the nominees and ultimately pick the winners of the Amy Awards.

Other Amy Awards categories include: Best Cast, Worst Character, Most Underused Actor, Most Shocking Moment, Shame Award, Least Believable Plotline and Most Shocking Moment. For a full list of winners, click http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,276|96417|1|,00.html .

Amy, who thinks TiVo is the best invention ever, watches everything from "24" to "Everwood" to "Rescue Me." A life-long fan of television, Amy writes a weekly television column, under the moniker "TV Gal," on Zap2it ( http://www.zap2it.com/ ). She is also a regular freelancer for the Boston Herald and the Washington Post.

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