NeoGAF TV Show of the Year! Cast your votes!

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I just thought I'd throw out a suggestion; wouldn't it make sense to have a separate list for non-American TV shows? At least that way they'd get a chance.

I don't mean separate ballots - just separate tallies....
 
boardwalk empire
breaking bad
homeland
game of thrones
louie
curb your enthusiasm
parks & rec
treme
sons of anarchy

i forget what else

oh yeah treme edit #7
 
1. Game of Thrones
2. Boardwalk Empire
3. Futurama
4. Treme
5. Good Eats (it had new episodes in 2011...)
6. No Reservations
 
1. Game of Thrones
2. Parks and Recreation
3. Boardwalk Empire
4. Breaking Bad
5. Homeland
6. Louie
7. Community
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm
9. South Park
10. Modern Family
 
1. Adventure Time
2. Louie
3. American Horror Story
4. Boardwalk Empire
5. Game of Thrones
6. Workaholics
7. Fringe
8. Treme
9. Breaking Bad
10. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Still haven't seen Homeland. Way behind on Dexter and Sons of Anarchy. Up and down seasons for Modern Family and Community.
 
1. Breaking Bad
2. Downton Abbey
3. Treme
4. Boardwalk Empire
5. Game of Thrones
6. Homeland
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. Louie

That's all I can think of right now.
 
1. Breaking Bad
2. Game of Thrones
3. Spartacus GotA
4. Psych
5. Workaholics
6. Wilfred
7. Louie
8. An Idiot Abroad
9. Hell on Wheels
10. Beavis and Butthead
 
1. Breaking Bad
2. Game Of Thrones
3. Archer
4. Boardwalk Empire
5. Treme
6. Community
7. Louie
8. Southland
9. Justified
10. Adventure Time

Honorable mentions: The Borgias, Homeland, Sons of Anarchy, Beavis & Butthead, Supernatural, Fringe, Castle, Nikita, The Walking Dead.

Lots of great TV out there.
 
1.Breaking Bad
2.Enlightened
3.Homeland
4.Louie
5.Community
6.Archer
7.Awkward
8.Happy Endings
9.Parks and Rec
10.(Changed my mind) The Good Wife

Honourable mentions:

Game of Thrones
Revenge
Nikita
Vampire Diaries
 
1. Game of Thrones
2. Parks and Recreation
3. Louie
4. Community
5. The Walking Dead
6. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
7. Archer
8. How I Met Your Mother
 
1. Breaking Bad
2. Homeland (despite the finale)
3. Game of Thrones
4. Californication
5. Archer
6. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm

I could fill out a top 10, but those other shows (Louie, The Walking Dead, etc.) don't really deserve to be called "Show of the Year."
 
1. Justified
2. Game of Thrones
3. Revenge
4. Downton Abbey
5. Boardwalk Empire
6. Thorn Birds
7. Californication
8. Sons of Anarchy
9. The Good Wife
 
brianjones said:
boardwalk empire
breaking bad
homeland
game of thrones
louie
curb your enthusiasm
parks & rec
treme
sons of anarchy

i forget what else

oh yeah treme edit #7
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I'm glad you also noticed that BE > BB this year.

Damn I forgot Treme aired this year. I'm gonna have to edit my list again...tomorrow I guess.
 
1. Breaking Bad
2. Homeland
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. Justified
5. Louie
6. Sons of Anarchy
7. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
 
1. Breaking Bad
2. Game of Thrones
3. Homeland
4. Enlightened
5. Boardwalk Empire
6. Parks and Recreation
7. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm
9. Eastbound and Down
10. Portlandia

The ones that just miss the cut for me are Louie, Bored to Death, Modern Family, Sons of Anarchy, Community... and apparently I need to check out The Good Wife, whatever that is.
 
Eggplant Wizard said:
Wait, only seasons that BEGAN in 2011 are eligible? That rules out a third of the episodes that aired on TV this year, how does that make sense?
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Best TV show of the year. Every year, the major publications (Time, LA Times) do it this way. Otherwise, you have the second half of Modern Family season 2 competing with the first half of season 3, etc.

Try not to take it too seriously. This is just for fun. :)
 
1. Game of Thrones*
2. Breaking Bad
3. Homeland**
4. Boardwalk Empire***
5. The Good Wife
6. Curb Your Enthiusiasm
7. Parks and Recreation
8. Raising Hope
9. New Girl****
10. Family Guy*****

*:Game of Thrones gets a bump to the top spot for strategic reasons, but Breaking Bad is this year's true winner.
**:Haven't seen the finale yet. Might edit accordingly after tonight.
***: Gets an overall boost for being such an improvement over season 1.
****: I was as surprised as anyone.
*****: Come at me bro.

Community, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Fringe, and Sons of Anarchy are all honorable mentions, but each of them saw declines this year that require penalization in their ranking. Though Fringe at least has new episodes in the spring to recover.

Edit: Saw the Homeland finale. Not only does it maintain its ranking, but I wish I could move it higher. Still, the top two cannot be moved.
 
RatskyWatsky said:
Best TV show of the year. Every year, the major publications (Time, LA Times) do it this way. Otherwise, you have the second half of Modern Family season 2 competing with the first half of season 3, etc.

Try not to take it too seriously. This is just for fun. :)
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I wasn't trying to come off as hostile, and I really do appreciate you putting this together. Thanks for it.

That said, I think that the restrictions should just be "TV shows that aired the best episodes in 2011," (regardless of the division between seasons) rather than "best TV seasons that started in 2011." This way, notable shows (FNL, MoaCA, all of Doctor Who besides the upcoming Christmas special) aren't excluded. Plus, I think that everybody who's voting for returning network series is voting based on all of the year's episodes, not just on the fall's.

Just a suggestion. I think it'd be more fair and clear this way.

Oh, and what are the rules for British series that aired in the UK and US in different years? Downton Abbey series 1 aired in the UK in 2010 but in the US in 2011, for instance.
 
1. The Good Wife - The best drama on TV. If you're not watching it (chances are you aren't since it rates terribly) you're doing yourself a huge disservice.
2. Desperate Housewives - Guilty pleasure of mine. It's the final season and the writing is as amazing as it was in the first season after a few missteps in previous seasons.
3. 90210 - Best teen drama on TV hands-down.
 
God, I miss Mad Men so much.


1. Breaking Bad
2. Homeland
3. Parks and Recreation
4. Game of Thrones
5. Archer
6. Louie
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
9. Downton Abbey
10. Boardwalk Empire
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10,000. The Killing
 
I don't watch that many TV shows so I cant really fill the 10 spots. But here it is my top 5

1. Once Upon a Time
2. Fringe S4
3. Homeland
4. Terra Nova
5. Dexter S6
 
1. Game of Thrones
2. Suits
3. Hell on Wheels
4. Breaking Bad
5. Modern Family
6. Community
7. Homeland
8. Person of Interest
9. House
10. Happy Ending
 
1. Game Of Thrones
2. Breaking Bad
3. Fringe
4. Homeland
5. Boardwalk Empire
6. The Walking Dead
7. Family Guy
8. American Dad
9. Castle
10. Revenge


Honorable Mentions:
x. Once Upon A Time
x. Futurama
x. South Park
x. How I Met Your Mother
 
1. Game of Thrones
2. Breaking Bad
3. Black Mirror
4. Fringe

Breaking Bad is probably a better show but I have to go with my heart. I've seen many others but those are the only 4 I consider worthy of a mention, the rest would just be padding out the list. Going to marathon Homeland over christmas as I've noticed it getting a lot of traction so I may edit that in later if I like it. Also MIGHT have time to get into Broadwalk Empire.
 
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