Norman Chad is the most entertaining, but maybe because of all of the Seinfeld references. Kaplan is also good.

As for analysis, Tony Dunst is very good in The Raw Deal analysis. He needs to be more involved in WPT. Although the time he sat in for Mike Sexton, I think he "tried to hard", and came across as "fake" IMHO.

My favorite Tony Dunst Raw Deal was when he analyzed (chewed to shreds) Vanesso Russo in the 2010 Five Diamond Classic.

I guess it's between sexton, Lon, Norman, and van patton because wsop and WPT are pretty much only shows left.

what shows has galfond and haxton commented on? im trying to find some watchables.

I heard Esfandiari during the heads-up at the WSOP ME, in November 2011. Great commentator.

You could try Durrrr live challenge. Galfond does the PLO side whilst Haxton does the NLHE. Not sure where Haxton does other commentary but Galfond has also done livestream WSOP. Last I saw was Galfond's live stream WSOP HU where Cody won it last year. See link below for Gus vs Cody livestream.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3tYbTYEkBE

Haxton did couple of eps from this Party Poker Premier League:

Gabe Kaplan has to be the best commentator ever. He knows the game and he is genuinely funny.

Best:
1) Gabe Kaplan
2) Joe Stapleton
3) Dusty Schmidt (his commentary on Big Game V was amazing)

Worst:
1) Robert Williamson III (AINEC)

I haven't been keeping up to date on televised poker in a while. Any recent poker with good commentating (other than entertainment value) ?

kaplan by far.

Pretty much this!