TV TALK BEST OF 2010 – NOMINEES

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...

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)!