If you’re a regular podcast listener, I already revealed my Top 10 of 2011 in this week’s Firewall & Iceberg. If you’re not… This’ll be new for you. And even if you already know the listing, you haven’t seen my Top 10 with studio-recorded voiceover and superior editing from our video guru Alex Dorn.
As I discussed on the podcast, my Top 9 was pretty easy to put together. Other than specific placement between No.6 and No.9, there was almost no deliberation at all.
The issue arose at No.10, where I had five or six shows that I wanted to place in that position. If you’re going to cheat — SEPINWALL!!! — it’s easy to find an extra place for an extra show and I could have come up with thematic reasons to pair, for example, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “Archer.” If I’d had the chance to see the “Boardwalk Empire” finale before the list was locked, it might have also made a stronger case than it did when the season was unresolved still.
But no matter. I’m happy with the show that rounds out my Top 10 list and many of the shows I regretted excluding will appear in my Second 10 blog post later this week and darned if I’m not going to cheat to find a way to get 13 or 14 shows into that Second 10.
This list has what I think is a good mixture of the various types of shows that made 2011 such a solid year on the small screen. I’ve got a couple comedies, a couple costume dramas, a couple thrillers, a fantasy, a sports drama and TV’s *best* show about vampires and werewolves [Suck it, “True Blood”].
Anyway, sound off on my Top 10 below. I’ll post my Second 10 on Friday, I think.