Best Television of 2013

Probably better served as a poll, but my top ten for the year are:

breaking bad
justified
the americans
game of thrones
veep
the eric andre show
eagleheart
getting on
it's always sunny in philadelphia
adventure time

followed by:
key and peele, the venture brothers, family tree, regular show, sword art online, archer, real sports, newsreaders, modern family, 30 for 30, girls, inside comedy, rick and morty, masters of sex, children's hospital, the blacklist, Aqua Teen Whatever, Your pretty face is going to hell, uncle grandpa

second tier stuff that doesn't quite fit the narrative would include jeopardy, american masters, independent lens, nature, great performances, pov, antiques roadshow, moyers and company

i need to start or catch up on treme, boardwalk empire, time of death, longmire, the returned, homeland, ray donovan

can't really do standard sitcoms (with the exception of modern family); what am i missing?

Is there a dedicated thread for the Americans?

there is a thread for the americans

A thread for The Americans on FX

And add nathan for you and enlightened... Maybe switch adventure time and enlightened really

Awkward
Breaking Bad
Bunheads
Enlightened
Happy Endings
Veep

Rectify has had a couple of mentions around here. Quite good, can't wait for SE02.

Oops, forgot Bob's Burgers.

My UK-centric list:

Broadchurch
The Day of the Doctor
The Five(ish) Doctors
Last Tango In Halifax
Pointless

You need The Good Wife.

I'm just not ready to start watching CBS dramas yet. Give me a few decades.

Well it flirts with being The Wire of network shows (bitcoin, NSA, social media, etc.), also, sexy as hell (insert Archie Panjabi gifs).

And seconding "The Five(ish) Doctors."

i guess mad men in there somewhere as well. i'm having to check as to when a lot of this stuff aired.

gogglebox.
top of the lake.
masters of sex.
the returned.
broadchurch.

been some great tv this year.

Eastbound & Down

didn't we just do this thread forks? i guess like adventure time, game of thrones, veep, the eric andre show, it's always sunny in philadelphia, venture bros, rick and morty, bee + puppycat, alpha house, bob's burgers, china il

bravest warriors

mordy, we did a "best tv on right now". nobody's doing a best of 2013 poll-style. no idea whether that's necessary or what, but it reminded me that top of the lake was this year; completely forgot about that.

so a revamped top ten tv of 2013 for me would be breaking bad, veep, top of the lake, eagleheart, getting on, the eric andre show, game of thrones, justified, the americans and enlightened.

four hour long dramas about people behaving badly, three smarter-than-they-should-be half hour hbo comedy dramas, two fifteen minute live action dada metafests and one show about dragons.

Totally Biased

^^ Yes.

TV has become so fiendishly pervasive in my life in the last year, some episodes have seriously emotionally superseded important rl stuff, but hey it makes me happy. BB, Boardwalk Empire, Game Of Thrones, Mad Men, Justified, American Horror Story, The Returned, Banshee, Veep, The Americans, The Walking Dead, Orphan Black, Top Of The Lake, The Fall, Hannibal, Enlightened and Eastbound & Down.

other stuff

S2 of Revolution got a bit better but still only tepidly watch-able. Darabont's Mob City isn't too bad, a lot better than the damning reviews suggest. I actually stuck with Siberia and would watch a second season but I am easily pleased. Fuck I even watched all of Vikings!

Favorites in order
Breaking Bad
Good Wife
Treme
Southland
Parenthood
Top Of The Lake
Justified
Boardwalk Empire
Inside the NBA
Orphan Black
Spartacus
The Bridge
The Americans
Vikings

Reality in order
Shark Tank
Survivor
So You Think You Can Dance
The Voice (only good until the live shows, tho)

Fell off or falling off or never was v good in the first place but still watching anyway
Homeland
Mad Men
Walking Dead

top 20

Breaking Bad
Rectify
Justified
Spartacus: War of the Damned
Orange Is the New Black
Top of the Lake
The Americans
The Good Wife
Bunheads
Adventure Time

Orphan Black
Hannibal
The Venture Bros
Game of Thrones
American Horror Story: Coven / Asylum
Southland
Bob’s Burgers
Key & Peele
Masters of Sex
Les Revenants

I only watched Breaking Bad last year.

and by last year I mean this year (although it was true of 2012 as well)

Rectify is good, simon? Never heard of it tbf.

rectify is v good, spots!

I will sheck it out then! Only 6 eps? Coming around again or was it a mini series?

Renewed for a second season of 10 eps. It's great.

Alright cool

good:
breaking bad
the returned
rectify
game of thrones
masters of sex
bob's burgers
the americans
hannibal
justified
veep
childrens hospital

exciting up & comers:
rick & morty

this show bores me now, will prob keep watching anyways:
mad men
boardwalk empire
parks & rec
wilfred
mindy project

bad:
homeland
the walking dead
community season 4

i haven't watched top of the lake or orange is the new black yet but anticipate them making this list had i watched.

The Americans
Sleepy Hollow (seriously, it's a fucking blast)
Justified
Person Of Interest
The Good Wife
Vikings
The Mindy Project
New Girl
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

This series I really grew to love Hebburn.

first episode of rectify is great

feel like I've been watching all the wrong shows this year. :/

Top picks:

Hannibal
Bunheads
Orphan Black
The Mindy Project
New Girl
Veep
Doctor Who
Game of Thrones

Still enjoying despite ridiculously stupid plotlines/characters:
Scandal
The Vampire Diaries

Not really sure why I'm still watching:
Revenge
Mad Men
Homeland

Roz, are you watching The Originals? It's as good as TVD S2 right now, IMO.

I'm not but yeah, have been hearing good things about it! I might catch up on it later when I have the time.

(Yay, someone else watches TVD besides me haha. tbh I pretty much only watch it because every single person on the show is insanely hot.)

I'll still stick with mad men but def done with homeland. Kinda crazy to see people turning on it. I thought it was universally loved even still.

Oddly enough, I don't really find anyone on the show all that attractive. I dunno, I watch it because that and The Originals manage to be the most crazily paced shows on TV.

I mean, unless you include The Originals, which in case, Elijah, daaaaaaaamn.

Elijah, yes! I def find all the Originals more attractive than anyone in the current TVD cast, apart from Caroline. (RIP Alaric <3). The only reason I haven't started watching it yet is time.

But yeah I agree, there's something addictive about how many plot twists TVD can squeeze in a 40-min episode - almost as good as Gossip Girl was at its peak.

miss u S1-2 Gossip Girl

can anyone vouch for House of Cards, everyone irl is telling me to watch it.

no

that bad?

just watch it, whatever

not bad, just...there. too much awesome TV to worry about the middling stuff imo

ha, true.

alright, started up on Hannibal yesterday, seems good after a couple eps

How grotesque does Hannibal get? I have a delicate constitution re: body mutilation.

um...

It gets pretty gross sometimes.

Especially with body mutilation. Surprisingly graphic for network TV.

I suspected that, and I know people love it, but it may just be one I never watch.

Just rewatched all of Eric Andre in one sitting. The absolute exemplar of that kind of TV. In tears so many times, laughing at stuff I'd already seen.

I don't really watch real-time TV and don't have cable so I'm pretty behind on everything so my list would be
1. Nathan For You
b/c that show is AMAZING.

oh I forgot about Nathan For You!

It really transcends the cringe-y prank show genre, especially due to his willingness to follow weird tangents and digressions from the main action.

Like the gift that Nathan gave the funeral home director to give back to Nathan, or the cigar store indian surveillance of the Librarian's Quest surveillance of the large-chested lady. Stuff like that absolutely kills me.

My favorite one so far is the end of the gas station rebate episode, with the gas station owner totally confusing Nathan by talking about how he drinks his grandson's urine.

Doggy Styling, from tonight's Channel 4.