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Don’t Call Me During…: Midseason 2012 – Fridays

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Returning/New Shows:

10:00 PM – Portlandia (IFC; 1/8)
Like most skit shows, it’s hit or miss. I could probably not watch this figuring if anythign really funny happens, it will end up on YouTube. This rule could probably be applied to Key & Peele too.

10:00 PM – Spartacus: War of the Damned (STARZ; 1/25)
The final bloody season! I wonder if they’ve run out of creative ways to kill people in slow motion. I can’t wait to find out.

House of Cards (Netflix; 2/1)
Time to find out if this was worth all the money Netflix spent outbidding HBO for the political drama staring Kevin Spacey (with the first episode directed by David Fincher). Who am I kidding? This sounds amazing.

The Rest:

9:00 PM – Nikita (CW)
9:00 PM – Fringe (FOX)

Don’t Call Me During…: Midseason 2012 Edition

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The fall television season of 2011 will be remembered for Homeland. It was easily one of the best first season of a show I’ve watched from start to finish. I debated doing a post about my top ten TV shows of 2011 but got lazy. I couldn’t decide whether Homeland or Breaking Bad would take the top spot. I thought nothing could top the fourth season of Breaking Bad but some of Homeland’s individual episodes (particularly “The Weekend” and “The Vest”) are up there with the best episodes of the year (another post I was too lazy to write).

Ultimately, my top ten TV shows of 2011 without any elaboration are:

  1. Breaking Bad
  2. Homeland
  3. Louie
  4. Parks and Recreation
  5. Justified
  6. Game of Thrones
  7. Community
  8. Boardwalk Empire
  9. Sons of Anarchy
  10. Parenthood
Now that I’ve gotten that out-of-the-way, let’s talk about what shows could contend for a spot on the best television shows of 2012.  Since I don’t watch these shows live, there’s no sense in listing it by time. New series are in bold.

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