I'm back. Had to take the holidays off since I was leaving my house at 5 am and not getting back until midnight. Didn't really leave much time for blog writing. Anyway, my schedule has opened back up so I should be able to get back to updating this thing on a regular basis.
Normally this time of year I would start a series of Top 5 Of The Year lists, but I have become super out of touch with music and movies are best done when the Oscars come around in another month, so the Top 5 TV Shows of 2010 is all I really feel qualified to do. I might do a Top 5 Books I Read In 2010, but that won't be a best of 2010 since there are a good chunk of this year's books I haven't gotten around to yet. So, here's my best of 2010 list, Top 5 TV Shows... (Note: I don't get HBO so shows like Boardwalk Empire and Treme couldn't be considered for the list)
5) Community
NBC is said to be the worst network on TV and maybe that's what the ratings say, but for my money it's the best network tv has to offer. Community is one of two NBC shows on my list. No other network is represented. I still enjoy How I Met Your Mother and Modern Family, but Community has rocketed into my favorite sitcom position. Everyone is the cast is spot on, the comedy is fresh, its the most consistent comedy on tv. Each character feels like they could have their own show. Even the side characters like Ken Jong's Senor Chang and John Oliver's Professor Duncan are never wasted. If you're not watching, you're missing out.
4) Walking Dead
I don't think I've ever been rewarded by a TV show I so highly anticipated then with The Walking Dead. Robert Kirkman's awesome zombie comic was beautifully transformed into TV magic even if it was for 6 short episodes. The show creators did a good job of mixing the comic's theme of human survival with good old zombie horror. At it's heart the comic was more about what humans are capable of doing to each other then a zombie invasion. The tv show got that and started to convey it before the season was abruptly ended. I can't wait for next season (which should be a full 12 episodes).
3) Terriers
Why didn't anybody tune in to this show? By far the best new show of 2010. I'm going to miss Hank and Britt even though I just got to know them. I won't go on too much about it since I spent a lot of time on this blog going over each episode. I'm thinking I'm going to do a Top 5 Shows Cancelled Early list soon in it's honor.
2) Friday Night Lights
Another show that doesn't get the audience it deserves. I haven't seen the Direct TV episodes airing right now, but last season was as strong as ever. It makes me sad to know that this will be the last episode. Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton are the best couple on TV, if not the best of all time, and two of the best television actors around. So many characters over the 4 seasons have made such an impact, much like the Wire, I will only be able to see the actors that played them as Matt Saracen or Jason Street or Tim Riggins or Vince Howard. For whatever reason, Minka Kelly will always be Minka Kelly and not Lyla even if she marries that overrated Yankee.
1) Mad Men
I've enjoyed Mad Men right from the beginning, but this season was one of the all time best seasons of any TV show ever. The four episode run of Waldorf Stories, The Suitcase, The Summer Man, and Beautiful Girls was the best four episode run ever, with The Suitcase being the gem of the whole season. If you don't watch this show you are missing out on story telling at it's absolute best. Anyone who says TV is vapid and cheesy and that film is a better medium isn't watching this show.
Honorable Mentions: Sons Of Anarchy, Fringe, Tosh.0, Rubicon, Breaking Bad
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