TVLine Shares Its 2016 Wish List

That Penny Dreadful's criminally underrated, astoundingly fearless Eva Green takes home the trophy for actress in a drama series at next month's Golden Globes.

That funnylady/Mysteries of Laura frontwoman Debra Messing, who somewhat remarkably has never hosted Saturday Night Live — not even during her eight-year run on NBC's own Will & Grace! — finally gets a chance to lord over Studio 8H.

That American Idol doesn't get so obsessed with nostalgia in its farewell season that the business of crowning the show's 15th and final champ becomes a mere footnote. 

That The Mindy Project adds a series regular who offers Danny some real, believable competition for Mindy's affections — that'll stop him from crowing about her giving up her career.

That Fuller House is everything we hope it'll be — and more. With the world in such dire straits, the Tanners' signature brand of senseless optimism is needed now more than ever.

That The Good Wife's Alicia gives into her not-so-good nature and finally gets it on with Jason. After depriving us of even a kiss with Finn, the CBS drama better not leave viewers – and Alicia – similarly sexually frustrated when Jeffrey Dean Morgan exits the series for The Walking Dead.

That Crazy Ex-Girlfriend relocates to Hulu — because as much as I admire The CW for taking a chance, it hasn't been quite the right fit for this ambitious musical-comedy. The thriving streaming service would provide Crazy Ex the platform it needs to revel in its oddball quirkiness — without having to worry about those silly ol' ratings.

That the Deadwood revival comes together at HBO. I'm even willing to pick up the craft services tab.

That Mr. Robot keeps its morally gray world precisely the size it is and resist the temptation to go "bigger" in Season 2, as many surprise freshman hits do.

That showrunners take a hard line against fake-out deaths in 2016 — and commit to the idea that once characters (even beloved ones) take dirt naps, they're gone for good.

That if Sleepy Hollow's low ratings lead to its cancellation, which I hope they won't but fear they might, the show has enough lead time to find a clever way to complete its seven-years-of-tribulation premise and give the Witnesses (and us Sleepyheads) a satisfying ending.

That iZombie's Liv and Major find a way to make their human-zombie relationship work. (Or their zombie-zombie relationship, as alluded to in the final moments of the fall finale.)

That Hindsight finds a new home – you listening, Hulu? TV Land? – because I'm still upset that VH1 cancelled the show after renewing it. The charming, time-traveling series deserves a redo to wrap up that cliffhanger.

That Hollywood's obsession with reboots and revivals dies down — or, better yet, ends altogether. My favorite freshman series of the 2015-16 season (Blindspot and Crazy Ex among them) worked because they were original and took risks. TV execs, I beg you not to leave us stranded in the past during the most creative years of entertainment we've ever had.

That Showtime ends House of Lies, freeing Kristen Bell up to join a TV show I actually want to watch.

That Once Upon a Time — after its trip to yet another realm (the Underworld), which apparently will be coupled with a return to Oz — stops to breathe in Season 6 and spend a half-season firmly planted in quaint Storybrooke.

That the pregnancy arc set in motion for Mistresses' Karen doesn't mean she'll have to give up her crown as TV's hottest summer mess when the show returns for Season 4.

That the X-Files revival is so spooky good that it absolutely slaughters its competition, ratings-wise, leading Fox to bring it back from time to time a la 24.

That, for once, I'm able to understand what's happening on Teen Wolf at any given moment. I really think 2016 might be my year.

That Vampire Diaries and The Originals host a two-hour crossover event in their new Friday-night timeslots. The shows hardly feel related at this point, and that's troubling considering the spinoff's current arc could take out most of the Vampire Diaries cast. It's time to address the mythology links – and give both dramas a much-needed ratings boost.

That The Affair, once and for all, stops playing "Compare the perspectives!" with its viewers. Noah, Helen, Alison and Cole are complex and fascinating characters on their own. That should be enough, without getting the audience worked up over whose point of view is the right point of view.

That we truly are at Peak TV. I'd settle for 20 percent fewer original programs in 2016. I'd like to spend a little time with my family. And maybe tend to my garden. (JK about the garden; I live in Manhattan.)

I'm just gonna leave this slide from last year here....

That in Season 10, The Voice avoids declaring a front-runner in the Blinds and sticking with that pre-set narrative all the way through the finale — as it did with Sawyer Fredericks and Jordan Smith the last two cycles.

That USA Network's Playing House gets another season, if for no other reason than to let us know how the Emma-Mark love story resolves. (Stupid conga line...)

That Greg Berlanti gives the heroes a rest and gifts us with a relationship/family drama. I love the super producer's comic-book shows, and clearly high-concept is working for him (see: Blindspot's success), but I miss the simplicity of series like Everwood and Brothers & Sisters.

That You're the Worst keeps Jimmy and Gretchen in a good place in Season 3. They may be fighting a losing battle against Gretchen's clinical depression, but the couple has exchanged "I love you"s and more. Let us not spend the next 12 episodes watching them break up and reconcile time and again.