Happy Holidays to you all! As another year ends, I select the best of television in the year gone by. This list is special, as it gives credit to a lot of people and shows that don’t get their due at all the big awards, and I know that many of you will be more familiar with these shows than those. Read on, and let me know what you liked most on television during 2010
As the year comes to an end, I look back at all that I’ve watched on television, and I can safely say that television has had a major role to play in my life this year. Besides having started TV TALK, I also started watching a few extraordinary shows, and a few that may not have been extraordinary, but have touched me at some level. I started watching House MD, which exceeded every expectation I had from the show, and it showed me what a fantastic actor Hugh Laurie is. I also started Modern Family, which has certainly broken new ground in comedy, with fabulous writing. I saw a major part of Dexter’s last few seasons, and the thriller had me hooked and gripped throughout. And then there was Glee, which was just such a feel-good show, with music that always lifts my spirits.
It was the year Ugly Betty came to an end, which was bittersweet, and it was also the year Damages outdid itself in ways no one could have thought was possible. While Brothers & Sisters saw new levels of intensity, another family drama Parenthood had me in awe of how well every aspect of families and relationships could be portrayed on screen. I also started watching a few rather entertaining crime shows like Castle and White Collar, and I even began watching the very interesting Mad Men, which I’d wanted to do ever since the show started sweeping away every TV award that exists.
Over and above all of that, my favourite shows—Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy, which I’ve grown with, over the last six-plus years, had me falling in love with them all over again. It’s been a great year for television, so I wanted to pick out the best of everything that matters to me in a show. I decided to do it with nominees and all, because I feel that even those shows and performances that come close to being the best deserve some mention here.
So here are my nominees for the TV TALK BEST OF 2010...
So here are my nominees for the TV TALK BEST OF 2010...
Best Series – Drama
Brothers & Sisters
Damages
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Grey’s Anatomy
House MD
Best Series – Musical or Comedy
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
How I Met Your Mother
Modern Family
Ugly Betty
Performance by an Actress in A Leading Role – Drama
Eva Longoria, Desperate Housewives
Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
Glenn Close, Damages
Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives
Rose Byrne, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Performance by an Actor in A Leading Role – Drama
Hugh Laurie, House MD
John Hamm, Mad Men
Michael C Hall, Dexter
Patrick Dempsey, Grey’s Anatomy
Peter Krause, Parenthood
Performance by an Actress in A Leading Role – Musical or Comedy
America Ferreira, Ugly Betty
Courtney Cox, Cougar Town
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Lea Michele, Glee
Performance by an Actor in A Leading Role – Musical or Comedy
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Josh Radnor, How I Met Your Mother
Matthew Morrison, Glee
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Drama
Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy
Drea de Matteo, Desperate Housewives
Jennifer Carpenter, Dexter
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Lisa Edelstein, House MD
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Drama
Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl
James Pickens Jr, Grey’s Anatomy
Johnny Lee Miller, Dexter
Justin Chambers, Grey’s Anatomy
Matthew Rhys, Brothers & Sisters
Omar Epps, House MD
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Musical or Comedy
Alyson Hannigan, How I Met Your Mother
Becki Newton, Ugly Betty
Jane Lynch, Glee
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Musical or Comedy
Chris Colfer, Glee
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Jesse Tyler Fergusson, Modern Family
Michael Urie, Ugly Betty
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Writing – Storylines & Dialogues
Damages
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Grey’s Anatomy
House MD
Modern Family
Character Development
Damages
Dexter
Grey’s Anatomy
House MD
Art Direction
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Gossip Girl
Mad Men
Modern Family
Costume Design
Desperate Housewives
Glee
Gossip Girl
Mad Men
Ugly Betty
Make-up
Damages
Dexter
Glee
Grey’s Anatomy
House MD
Mad Men
Music – Background Score
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Glee
House MD
Ugly Betty
Music – Compilation
Brothers & Sisters
Glee
Gossip Girl
Grey’s Anatomy
Private Practice
Titles – Opening & Closing Credits
Damages
Dexter
House MD
How I Met Your Mother
Mad Men
Please feel free to copy and paste the list in a comment, with only your picks in each category. If you just want to vote for the main categories, you can do so in the polls alongside. Either way, I’d love to know what you guys think, so I look forward to your comments. And before I go, I’d like to wish you all the best for 2011!
The TV TALK BEST OF 2010 will be declared soon (watch this space)!