This holiday season, I wish…

For someone to put "Heroes" out of its misery. It’s time. Most viewers have abandoned it, and those who are still watching seem to be doing so out of professional obligation, habit or just to see how badly it’s gone off the rails. What was once a promising phenomenon has turned into an embarrassment of convoluted plotting and multiple (failed) last ditch efforts to relaunch the series.

For Project Runway not to suck. The show’s first season on Lifetime was, well, a bore. The designs were as uninspiring as the challenges. Judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia were gone far too often, leading to bizarre challenge winners and far-too-early exits (one can only imagine was...