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Post Personal selections for the best in TV: 2013-2014
It's that time again, friends. My winners are in bold.

BEST DRAMA SERIES (tie)
"Arrow" (CW)
"Breaking Bad" (AMC)
"The Good Wife" (CBS)

"Parenthood" (NBC)
"Scandal" (ABC)
"True Detective" (HBO)

BEST COMEDY SERIES
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox)
"Modern Family" (ABC)
"New Girl" (Fox)
"Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
"Parks and Recreation" (NBC)
"Veep" (HBO)

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Stephen Amell, "Arrow" (CW)
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad" (AMC)
Woody Harrelson, "True Detective" (HBO)
Peter Krause, "Parenthood" (NBC)
Matthew McConaughey, "True Detective" (HBO)
Matthew Rhys, "The Americans" (FX)

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Connie Britton, "Nashville" (ABC)
Claire Danes, "Homeland" (Showtime)
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife" (CBS)
Keri Russell, "The Americans" (FX)
Emily VanCamp, "Revenge" (ABC)
Kerry Washington, "Scandal" (ABC)

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jake Johnson, "New Girl" (Fox)
Joel McHale, "Community" (NBC)
Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
Josh Radnor, "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS)
Andy Samberg, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox)
Adam Scott, "Parks and Recreation" (NBC)

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Zooey Deschenal, "New Girl" (Fox)
Lena Dunham, "Girls" (HBO)
Anna Faris, "Mom" (CBS)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep" (HBO)
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation" (NBC)
Taylor Schilling, "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Josh Charles, "The Good Wife" (CBS)
Alan Cumming, "The Good Wife" (CBS)
Henry Czerny, "Revenge" (ABC)
Matt Czuchry, "The Good Wife" (CBS)
Mandy Patinkin, "Homeland" (Showtime)
Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad" (AMC)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christine Baranski, "The Good Wife" (CBS)
Anna Gunn, "Breaking Bad" (AMC)
Monica Potter, "Parenthood" (NBC)
Emily Bett Rickards, "Arrow" (CW)
Madeleine Stowe, "Revenge" (ABC)
Bellamy Young, "Scandal" (ABC)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Andre Braugher, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox)
Ty Burrell, "Modern Family" (ABC)
Adam Driver, "Girls" (HBO)
Max Greenfield, "New Girl" (Fox)
Nick Offerman, "Parks and Recreation" (NBC)
Timothy Simons, "Veep" (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julie Bowen, "Modern Family" (ABC)
Anna Chlumsky, "Veep" (HBO)
Laverne Cox, "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
Melissa Fumero, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox)
Allison Janney, "Mom" (CBS)
Kate Mulgrew, "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A DRAMA SERIES
"Breaking Bad" (AMC)
"The Good Wife" (CBS)
"Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
"Homeland" (Showtime)
"Parenthood" (NBC)
"Scandal" (ABC)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A COMEDY SERIES
"The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox)
"Modern Family" (ABC)
"Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
"Parks and Recreation" (NBC)
"Veep" (HBO)

BEST INDIVIDUAL EPISODE - DRAMA SERIES
Arrow ("The Promise")
Breaking Bad ("Felina")
Breaking Bad ("Ozymandias")
The Good Wife ("Hitting the Fan")
The Good Wife ("The Last Call")
True Detective ("Who Goes There")

BEST INDIVIDUAL EPISODE - COMEDY SERIES
Brooklyn Nine-Nine ("The Party")
Modern Family ("Las Vegas")
Orange is the New Black ("Lesbian Request Denied")
Orange is the New Black ("Tall Men with Feelings")
Parks and Recreation ("Ann and Chris")
Veep ("Alicia")


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Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:18 am
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Post Re: Personal selections for the best in TV: 2014-2015
Libs, how do you find the time to watch so many TV-shows (the question applies to everyone else as well, of course)? I mean I'd love to, but I struggle to find time to watch more than 2-3 at once, let alone, what seems like 10! Dayum.

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Well, shows air year-round now so it's a little easier to watch.

I mean, in theory you could have watched the last season of Breaking Bad, S3 of Homeland, and S2 of Hannibal in the August 2013-May 2014 time frame. Until fairly recently in TV viewing that time period would've yielded probably one show.

Still, people watch too many shows nowadays ;) (I refer not to Libs here).


Sun Jun 01, 2014 1:09 pm
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Post Re: Personal selections for the best in TV: 2014-2015
BEST DRAMA SERIES
"Arrow"
"Bates Motel"
"Breaking Bad"
"Fargo"
"Justified"
"True Detective"

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Stephen Amell, "Arrow"
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Freddie Highmore, "Bates Motel"
Andrew Lincoln, "The Walking Dead"
Matthew McConaughey, "True Detective"
Timothy Olyphant, "Justified"
Robert Taylor, "Longmire"

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Anne Cosigny, "The Returned"
Vera Farmiga, "Bates Motel"
Diane Kruger, "The Bridge"
Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story: Coven"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Manu Bennett, "Arrow"
Paul Blackthorne, "Arrow"
Walton Goggins, "Justified"
Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"
Norman Reedus, "The Walking Dead"
Billy Bob Thornton, "Fargo"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Annabeth Gish, "The Bridge"
Anna Gunn, "Breaking Bad"
Melissa McBride, "The Walking Dead"
Emily Bett Rickards, "Arrow"
Katee Sackhoff, "Longmire"
Gabourey Sidibe, "American Horror Story: Coven"

BEST GUEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Angela Bassett, "American Horror Story: Coven"
Kathy Bates, "American Horror Story: Coven"
Colin Hanks, "Fargo"
Oliver Platt, "Fargo"
Michael Rappaport, "Justified"

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A DRAMA SERIES
"American Horror Story: Coven"
"Arrow"
"Bates Motel"
"Breaking Bad"
"Justified"
"The Walking Dead"
"True Detective"

BEST NEW DRAMA SERIES
"Fargo"
"Sleepy Hollow"
"The Blacklist"
"True Detective"

BEST DRAMA SERIES DUO (Tie)
Stephen Amell/Manu Bennett, "Arrow"
Woody Harrelson/Matthew McConaughey, "True Detective"
Walton Goggins/Timothy Olyphant, "Justified"
Bryan Cranston/Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"
Andrew Lincoln/Norman Reedus, "The Walking Dead"
Martin Freeman/Billy Bob Thornton, "Fargo"

BEST EPISODE - DRAMA
Arrow ("Seeing Red")
Breaking Bad ("Ozymandias")
Fargo ("Buridan's Ass")
Justified ("Whistle Past the Graveyard")
The Walking Dead ("The Grove")
True Detective ("Who Goes There")

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
"American Dad"
"Archer"
"Family Guy"
"South Park"
"The Simpsons"


Sun Jun 01, 2014 4:48 pm
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Post Re: Personal selections for the best in TV: 2014-2015
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Libs, how do you find the time to watch so many TV-shows (the question applies to everyone else as well, of course)? I mean I'd love to, but I struggle to find time to watch more than 2-3 at once, let alone, what seems like 10! Dayum.


I think thompsoncory's weekly watch list is the champ

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Post Re: Personal selections for the best in TV: 2013-2014
I'm just gonna do 2014.

1. Game Of Thrones Season 4
2. Rick & Morty Season 1 - The BEST animated show in many years. Seriously anyone who likes Futurama or Community needs to watch this asap. I can't hype it up enough.
3. How I Met Your Mother Season 9
4. Review Season 1
5. True Detective Season 1

Honorable mentions go to Archer, Community, Parks & Rec, Workaholics and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Off my list is New Girl which got really bad this season for some reason. Happy Endings suffered the same season 3 downfall. Curse? Also off is Walking Dead which is just boring now. House of Cards season 2 sucked, but I'll probably still watch season 3. Have not seen new Mad Men, Veep or Louie.


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I haven't watched the Louie/Walking Dead/Downtown Abbey seasons yet and am only a few episodes into Mad Men/Homeland/Game of Thrones

Best show

American Horror Story: Coven
Breaking Bad
Community
Once Upon A Time
True Detective

Weird year because I feel all the non-True Detective shows, may have had their weakest season, or weakest Harmon year for Community. Nevertheless that's only by their standards, compared to everyone else they're still special seasons. OUAT is still my favorite and the most dynamic show on TV.

Best Actor

Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Robert Carlyle - Once Upon A Time
Matthew McConaughey - True Detective

McConaughey won the Oscar and then destroyed that performance, with one of the best performances I've seen on TV or film.

Best Actress

Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Coven
Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad
Jennifer Morrison - Once Upon A Time
Lana Parrilla - Once Upon A Time
Anna Paquin - True Blood

The other three aren't close to Lange and Parrilla, Lange is just too good to deny, though

Best Supporting Actor

Walton Goggins - Justified
Dean Norris - Breaking Bad
Colin O'Donoghue - Once Upon A Time
Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad

Goggins has been giving one of the best performances on TV for years

Best Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates - American Horror Story: Coven
Charlotte Rampling - Dexter
Rebecca Mader - Once Upon A Time
Michelle Monaghan - True Detective

Truly inhabited it and man, that's 4/4 for great acting winners, before mentioning some standout losers - there was a lot of fabulous acting this year in TV

Best individual episode:

Breaking Bad Season 5, episode 10 - Buried
Community Season 5, episode 4 - Cooperative Polygraphy
Community Season 5, episode 8 - App Development and Condiments
True Detective Season 1, episode 4 - Who Goes There
Once Upon A Time Season 3, episode 8 - Think Lovely Thoughts

I had my problems with BB's 5th season but Buried may have been its all time greatest episode. Community having two episodes here is a sign at its peak it was as good as any TV show this year, but was badly inconsistent.

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Only a crazy person would call "Breaking Bad"'s season weak. A crazy person.

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Post Re: Personal selections for the best in TV: 2013-2014
God I don't even know. I watch too much that's good.

Here would be my picks I guess. Subject to change:

BEST DRAMA SERIES
"Parenthood"
"Homeland"
"Orphan Black"
"Breaking Bad"
"The Good Wife"

"American Horror Story: Coven"
"Arrow"

BEST COMEDY SERIES
"The Mindy Project"
"Veep"
"Girls"
"Shameless"
"Trophy Wife"
"Orange Is The New Black"
"Parks and Recreation"

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Matthew McConaughey, "True Detective"
Damian Lewis, "Homeland"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"
Freddie Highmore, "Bates Motel"
Matthew Rhys, "The Americans"

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Connie Britton, "Nashville"
Claire Danes, "Homeland"
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Keri Russell, "The Americans"
Tatiana Maslany, "Orphan Black"
Vera Farmiga, "Bates Motel"
Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story: Coven"

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Andy Samberg, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
William H. Macy, "Shameless"
Robin Williams, "The Crazy Ones"
Joel McHale, "Community"
Jake Johnson, "New Girl"
Josh Radnor, "How I Met Your Mother"
Adam Scott, "Parks and Recreation"

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Zooey Deschenal, "New Girl"
Lena Dunham, "Girls"
Mindy Kaling, "The Mindy Project"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"
Amy Schumer, "Inside Amy Schumer"
Emmy Rossum, "Shameless"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Josh Charles, "The Good Wife"
Alan Cumming, "The Good Wife"
Matt Czuchry, "The Good Wife"
Mandy Patinkin, "Homeland"
Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"
Peter Dinklage, "Game Of Thrones"
Dean Norris, "Breaking Bad"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christine Baranski, "The Good Wife"
Anna Gunn, "Breaking Bad"

Monica Potter, "Parenthood"
Kathy Bates, "American Horror Story: Coven"
Sarah Paulson, "American Horror Story: Coven"
Hayden Panettiere, "Nashville"
Michelle Monaghan, "True Detective"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jeremy Allen White, "Shameless"
Ty Burrell, "Modern Family"
Albert Tsai, "Trophy Wife"
Lamorne Morris, "New Girl"
Nick Offerman, "Parks and Recreation"
Chris Messina, "The Mindy Project"
James Wolk, "The Crazy Ones"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julie Bowen, "Modern Family"
Anna Chlumsky, "Veep"
Laverne Cox, "Orange is the New Black"
Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"
Marcia Gay Harden, "Trophy Wife"
Chelsea Peretti, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
Allison Janney, "Mom"

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A DRAMA SERIES
"Breaking Bad"
"The Good Wife"
"Homeland"
"Parenthood"
"American Horror Story: Coven"
"House of Cards"
"Mad Men"

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A COMEDY SERIES
"The Mindy Project"
"Modern Family"
"Orange is the New Black"
"Parks and Recreation"
"Veep"
"Girls"
"Trophy Wife"

BEST NEW SERIES
"Trophy Wife"
"The Goldbergs"
"Orange Is The New Black"
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
"The Crazy Ones"
"Enlisted"

SHOWS I'LL MISS THE MOST
"Suburgatory"
"American Horror Story: Coven"

"Enlisted"
"The Crazy Ones"
"Community"
"Trophy Wife"


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Only a crazy person would call "Breaking Bad"'s season week. A crazy person.

especially since it lasted eight weeks

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Best Drama

Boardwalk Empire S4
Game of Thrones S4
Mad Men S7.1
American Horror Story : Coven
Revenge S3
Once Upon a Time S3

Comedy

Silicon Valley
Episodes

Really need to catch up on a lot of shows - especially Breaking Bad, True Detective and House of Cards.

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MadGez wrote:
Best Drama

Boardwalk Empire S4
Game of Thrones S4
Mad Men S7.1
American Horror Story : Coven
Revenge S3
Once Upon a Time S3

Comedy

Silicon Valley
Episodes

Really need to catch up on a lot of shows - especially Breaking Bad, True Detective and House of Cards.


Add Fargo to your list! It's been amazing.


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Libs wrote:
MadGez wrote:
Best Drama

Boardwalk Empire S4
Game of Thrones S4
Mad Men S7.1
American Horror Story : Coven
Revenge S3
Once Upon a Time S3

Comedy

Silicon Valley
Episodes

Really need to catch up on a lot of shows - especially Breaking Bad, True Detective and House of Cards.


Add Fargo to your list! It's been amazing.


Yes definitely, thanks! I've heard good things and love the film.

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