The most notable thing about the fall 2007 TV season is how few of the shows that premiered remain, but then again, that happens every year. The season started out with a major controversy: The CBS reality show “Kid Nation” threatened to break hundreds of child labor laws by throwing 40 children aged 8 to 15 into a New Mexico town where they would live and work basically all on their own. The show only got one season, sadly, but no surprise there. ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy”-spinoff “Private Practice” and NBC’s “Chuck” are two of the few hour-long shows that premiered in 2007 that are still on air, while “The Big Bang Theory” is the only comedy—thankfully, as it’s not like Chuck Lorre’s other hit, “Two and Half Men” is faring too well these days.

But for the shows you may have loved and lost from your freshman year (heck, who am I kidding…who watches TV freshman year?), there’s “Pushing Daisies,” always bringing new ways to show color on the screen; “Viva Laughlin,” Hugh Jackman’s dashing attempt to bring a musical to the small screen before “Glee” figured out how to do it right; “Reaper,” a fun show about the devil who randomly shows up in a Home Depot-type store; “New Amsterdam,” about an immortal man who, for some reason, isn’t a vampire; “Moonlight,” about an immortal man who is a vampire (but this show didn’t do much better); and that tiny show called “Gossip Girl.” Oh wait, that’s still on? I lost track after “Chair” failed to get together for good after their eighth try. Oh well. Maybe it wasn’t a bad year for TV after all.