Saturday, January 15, 2011

the final list: 2010 in TV watching

Ok, it's a little late to be making a 2010 end-of-year list, but lisa b. asked and how can I refuse? So, here is the list of tv shows I watched in 2010. I will tell you that for some of these (perhaps many) there was more than one season involved. I will also remind your that for the first three months of 2010, I was very pregnant and not really in the mood to do much besides sit around--and eat french fries. Don't judge me, people. Just consider how truly awesome tv is. I should also add that Will and I don't actually have a tv; it's amazing how much tv a person can watch without a tv.

  • Mad Men
  • Community (if you haven't seen this, you must! best tv out there)
  • 30 Rock
  • Caprica (I just want this to be better than it is. I miss BSG. tears)
  • True Blood
  • Walking Dead
  • Being Human (which is so, so good. and now there is going to be a lame U.S. version because it is apparently difficult to understand those British accents)
  • Luther (kind of ridiculous in its psycho-drama ways, but pretty entertaining)
  • Top Chef
  • Top Chef Just Desserts
  • Top Chef All-Stars
  • Iron Chef America
  • The Next Iron Chef
  • The Closer
  • Big Love
  • Circus (if you didn't see this, go to PBS right now and watch. It is fantastic!)
  • Sherlock. meh
  • The Daily Show
  • Colbert
  • South Park
  • The Sarah Silverman Show
  • Ugly Americans
  • Important Things
  • America's Next Top Model. I know, forgive me.
  • Project Runway
  • V
  • The Vampire Diaries
  • The Tudors
  • The Border (the best Canadian tv show, which got cancelled. whatever)
  • Dragon's Den. Canadian entrepreneurs pitch ideas to Canadian millionaires. love it.
  • So You Think You Can Dance. Thanks guy on Facebook who posts these episodes. You are doing an important public service.
  • Flash Forward. This was so lame. I can't believe I watched this. But I am sure I will watch if they make Season 2.
  • There were also a smattering of episodes from: House, the Good Wife, the Office, Gray's Anatomy, the Practice, and Family Guy.
My favorites from this list are Circus, Community, Being Human, and True Blood. The rest I probably could have lived without. But that won't stop me from watching.

5 comments:

middlebrow said...

Community is excellent, and I'm glad you agree. I knew you were an excellent colleague.

It's really much funnier than any description of it would predict. Although I know some cc folks out there who are offended by the show.

Lisa B. said...

I think you have to get a good run at Community. I watched a current(-ish) episode recently and thought, I am underwhelmed. But I think I will try to start from the beginning and watch several episodes in a row to see if I fall for it. So many people I know--you, MB, the dean of Learning Resources at our school--love it that I think I must just need to give it an optimal shot.

Is it Big Love you loved? You said True Love at the end, but I didn't see a True Love in the list. I think I need to watch that show as well. Or is it True Blood? In which case, never mind.

I love beyond reason The Closer also. I know it is just a cop show. But I lurve it. I just have to add that to this discussion.

In conclusion, television is amazing. And thank you for posting this list. I truly, truly appreciate it.

lis said...

lisa b., if you watch Community from the beginning I think you will love it. It is worth it. There are occasional episodes that are underwhelming, but as a whole it is amazing. and middlebrow, those offended cc folks should probably take themselves less serious.

also, lisa b., at the end I meant True Blood. It is just vampires, but something about it is really good--but also ridiculous. Big Love, I do not love it. But I can't stop watching it. It's complicated.

Sarah @ Baby Bilingual said...

How do you manage to watch Top Chef? Netflix only has season five, which Ed and I devoured and now want more more more but we don't have cable and don't want to purchase DVDs.

lis said...

Sarah, Itunes. Not the most cost-effective way to watch tv, but it's convenient (a little too convenient)