Countdown to 2010: Top 5 Pop Culture Break-Ups

As in years past, Phillyist will be counting down to 2010 every workday of December, presenting you with our highlights from the past year and our predictions for the next. If you have a list you'd like to submit, let us know!

Everyone should be well aware by now that the lovely and talented Miss Bee can be pretty darned inspirational—even when she's not trying. A few days ago our fair lady was tweeting while purging her iTunes library. She cleared out Against Me and Creed, Justin Timberlake and Coldplay, Bronski Beat and Of Montreal. And she got us thinking, which Aught pop culture phenomenons have we jettisoned from our lives? Coldplay makes the list. Justin Timberlake we're not ready to give up on just yet (Justin—we forgive you for The Love Guru, call us!). Check out our top 5 greatest break-ups of the decade below, then be sure to add your own in the comments section.

5. Coldplay
Things started off okay. At first you were new and different. We kind of liked your piano-driven serenades. But then you lied to us about Viva La Vida and that just wasn't cool. It's okay though. In the end it was easy to move on. We just weren't that into you.

4. House
Oh, Hugh Laurie. It wasn't you (you'll always be near and dear to us), it was us. You were dependable week after week, with your sharp, curmudgeonly ways and endearing charm. But there's a fine line between dependable and boring. We needed a change. Something fresh and exciting. We think we may have found that something special with The Big Bang Theory. We'll stay in touch via reruns, but things will never be the same again. We never meant to hurt you. We truly are sorry.

3. Blockbuster
We're not sorry at all about dumping you. You were inconvenient and antiquated. Not only did you not have what we needed when we needed it, but you smelled funny and made us go out when we just wanted to stay in. We're much happier now that we're dating On Demand, DVR, Hulu and Netflix instead.

2. Saturday Night Live
Talk about dysfunctional relationships. This one should have ended long ago, but like suckers we kept hoping things would get better. We've finally realized that's never going to happen. We're leaving you. This time for good.

1. Heroes
We were doomed to failure from the very beginning. We were in love with you before we even met and our expectations were just too high. It would have been impossible for you to satisfy our needs on a regular basis. Plus, you brought too many people to the party and things got confusing. We stopped feeling like you loved us back, so we had to end it.