Top 10 TV blogs of 2008

It's been another controversial year for telly with reality contestants walking off shows, divas causing backstage bust-ups, yet more voting fiascos and some steamy scenes in the soaps. We take a look back at some of the most talked-about TV stories of the year in reverse order...

10. Pushing Daisies gets red card - 1167 comments
Fans of US drama Pushing Daisies cried foul play when ITV decided to skip out an episode of the series so that it didn't clash with Euro 2008. 'Typical ITV' said jones_peter_william - Read full story and comments

9. Wogan slams BBC - 1199 comments
In a shock interview to mark his 70th birthday, veteran broadcaster Terry Wogan launched an attack on the BBC saying that it was no longer the best in the world. 'It is about time somebody in the business spoke out' said brianfdavies18 - Read full story and comments

8. Ant and Dec facing lawsuit over name - 1277 comments
There was trouble for Ant and Dec when it was revealed that US entertainer Ant was launching a multi-million pound lawsuit over claims that he was losing work because of confusion with the British stars. 'It seems to me that Ant from the US is somewhat blaming Ant and Dec for his failing career' said lindakirkpatrick  - Read full story and comments

7. Coronation Street gets steamy - 1566 comments
Temperatures rose across the land as Coronation Street sexed things up with a storyline involving Rosie Webster and very little clothes. The plot saw her strip to some very revealing underwear and try to seduce her boss in a hotel room. Users were split with some, such as uzma1uk, branding the scenes 'disgusting' while the likes of luke_maggs said they were 'brilliant' - Read full story and comments

6. Rain may force I'm A Celebrity off air - 2019 comments
News that torrential rain may cause ITV to call time on jungle reality hit I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! divided users. 'Sounds good to me, I never watch it anyway as it's rubbish' said waddingtonmargaret but lozza_farrell said 'No way! It's great this year!' - Read full story and comments

5. Basil Brush in 'racist' gag row - 2028 comments
A complaint was made to the police after an episode of children's TV show Basil Brush was shown in which the fox told jokes about gypsies. 'What is the world coming to?' asked elganharries, while mcgregor396 joked that someone should 'lock him up and throw away the key.' - Read full story and comments

4. John Sergeant quits Strictly Come Dancing - 2928 comments
Unbelievably, John Sergeant's decision to pull out of Strictly Come Dancing made more headlines than some of the major political stories he's covered in his career as a journalist. 'I do not agree with John feeling like he was forced to leave the show. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth' said kimberleybell1, however, barrakev2000 disagreed and said 'yes, it is time he went.' - Read full story and comments

3. Britney 'causes chaos' at The X Factor - 5280 comments
She came, she mimed and she left again but Britney Spears' appearance on The X Factor won't be forgotten for a long time. It was also revealed that she kept the judges waiting to meet her backstage - 'she wouldn't get past auditions' said jackwinguk and bunnybandit2001 branded her 'a waste of space' - Read full story and comments

2. George Sampson wins Britain's Got Talent - 5822 comments
It was second time lucky for dancer George Sampson who won this year's Britain's Got Talent after being knocked out in the preliminary stages of last year's contest. Carolebuck said the victory proved that 'if you have the determination and are willing to put in some very hard work you can achieve your goal' but d.simm470 disagreed and thought that Gin the dog was er, 'top dog' and should have won - Read full story and comments

1. Kerry Katona's This Morning interview - 6155 comments
ITV's switchboard went into meltdown - as did our TV blog - after former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona slurred her way through an interview with Philip Schofield and Fern Britton on This Morning. More than 6,000 users commented on the story with most expressing shock over her appearance. Dylancraigeb said 'only in the UK can someone like this makes loads of money and be famous' while vinaypatel69 simply commented 'what a mess'. - Read full story and comments

Let us know what you think of these and the other big TV stories of the year...