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Upcoming & Recent Movies & Specials

86 The Pacific
HBO, 3/14

51 Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
Lifetime, 3/13

59 The 39 Steps
PBS, 2/28

79 Reporter
HBO, 2/18

84 Temple Grandin
HBO, 2/6

83 Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America
VH1, 2/6

52 A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration
HBO, 1/31

40 Live for the Moment
CBS, 1/28

 

Upcoming & Recent Series Premieres

79 Justified
FX, Tuesday

52 The Price of Beauty
VH1, Monday

52 Sons of Tucson
Fox, Sunday

34 High Society
CW, Wednesday

54 Who Do You Think You Are?
NBC, Friday

77 Southland Season Two
TNT, Tuesday

61 Parenthood
NBC, Tuesday

49 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
NBC, Weekdays

41 The Marriage Ref
NBC, Thursday

62 The Ricky Gervais Show
HBO, Friday

59 How to Make It in America
HBO, Sunday

64 Prison Wives
Investigation Discovery, Wednesday

62 Survivors
BBC America, Saturday

43 Past Life
Fox, Tuesday

56 Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp Season Seven
VH1, Monday

59 Undercover Boss
CBS, Sunday

44 The Michael Vick Project
BET, Tuesday

44 Kell on Earth
Bravo, Monday

82 Damages Season Three
FX, Monday

60 La La Land
Showtime, Monday

72 The Inbetweeners
BBC America, Monday

Best of 2009

TV Critic Top Ten Lists

Unnumbered lists are sorted alphabetically by title. Look for additional lists coming throughout January.

Baltimore Sun (David Zurawik)
1. Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
2. National Parks: America's Best Idea (PBS)
3. Taking Chance (HBO)
4. Modern Family (ABC)
5. Place of Execution (PBS)
6. C-SPAN's healthcare coverage (C-SPAN)
7. American Idol (Fox)
8. Mad Men (AMC)
9. The Last Truck: Closing a GM Plant (HBO)
10. State of the Union (CNN)
10.
 Fox News weeknight lineup (Fox)
Boston Globe
(Matthew Gilbert)
1. Mad Men (AMC)
2. True Blood (HBO)
3. Modern Family (ABC)
4. Breaking Bad (AMC)
5. Nurse Jackie (HBO)
6. Parks and Recreation (NBC)
7. Dexter (Showtime)
8. In Treatment (HBO)
9. Glee (Fox)
10. Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Chicago Sun-Times (Paige Wiser)
1.  Dexter (Showtime)
2.  Lost (ABC)
3.  Weeds (Showtime)
4.  Glee (Fox )
5.  Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
6.  Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
7.  Mad Men (AMC)
8.  The Middle (ABC)
9.  Modern Family (ABC)
10.  Community (NBC)
Chicago Tribune
(Maureen Ryan) [Alphabetical]

Battlestar Galactica (SyFy)

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Chuck (NBC)

Dollhouse (Fox)

Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)

Lost (ABC)

Mad Men (AMC)

Modern Family (ABC)

Nurse Jackie (Showtime)

Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Entertainment Weekly
(Ken Tucker)
1. True Blood (HBO)
2. Fringe (Fox)
3. Modern Family (ABC)
4. Sons of Anarchy (FX)
5. Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
6. Breaking Bad (AMC)
7. Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
8. Mad Men (AMC)
9. Glee (Fox)
10. The Good Wife (CBS)
Los Angeles Times
(Mary McNamara)
1. David Letterman's dalliance
2. Glee (Fox)
3. President Obama goes late night
4. Dexter (Showtime)
5. Capt. Sulley versus Octomom
6. The media spectacle of Jon & Kate
7. Big Love (HBO)
8. Mad Men (AMC)
9. LeBron James' last minute three-pointer
10. Mackenzie Phillips on Oprah
Los Angeles Times
(Robert Lloyd)
  Food Party (IFC)
  Bored to Death (HBO)
  Parks and Recreation (NBC)
  Watching the Doctor Who: The End of Time trailer at Comic-Con
  Castle (ABC)
  Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America)
  Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
  The Good Wife (CBS)
  Party Down (Starz)
  "Seinfeld" episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
New Jersey Star-Ledger
(Alan Sepinwall)

Mad Men (AMC)
Chuck (NBC)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Sons of Anarchy (FX)
In Treatment (HBO)
Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
The Office (NBC)
Lost (ABC)
Modern Family (ABC)
Orlando Sentinel (Hal Boedeker)
1. Mad Men (AMC)
2. The Good Wife (CBS)
3. True Blood (HBO)
4. The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
5. Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
6. Lost (ABC)
7. Breaking Bad (AMC)
8. Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
9. The Mentalist (CBS)
10. The Vampire Diaries (CW)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Rob Owen)
1. Modern Family (ABC)
2. Mad Men (MAC)
3. Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
4. Breaking Bad (AMC)
5. Parks and Recreation (NBC)
6. The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
7. Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
8. Big Love (HBO)
9. Torchwood: Childern of Earth (BBC America)
10. The Good Wife (CBS)
Popmatters (Staff)
1. Mad Men (AMC)
2. Lost (ABC)
3. 30 Rock (NBC)
4. Battlestar Galactica (SyFy)
5. Glee (Fox)
6. The Office (NBC)
7. Community (NBC)
8. Parks and Recreation (NBC)
9. Modern Family (ABC)
10. True Blood (HBO)
Salon ( Heather Havrilesky)
1. Mad Men (AMC)
2. Modern Family (ABC)
3. In Treatment (HBO)
4. Parks and Recreation (NBC)
5. 30 Rock (NBC)
6. Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
7. Dollhouse (Fox)
8. Community (NBC)
9. Big Love (HBO)
10. Damages (FX)
San Francisco Chronicle (Tim Goodman)
1. Mad Men (AMC)
2. Breaking Bad (AMC)
3. Sons of Anarchy (FX)
4. Battlestar Galacitca (SyFy)
5. Lost (ABC)
6. Dexter (Showtime)
7. Glee (Fox)
8. Big Love (HBO)
9. Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
10. True Blood (HBO)
The New York Times (Mike Hale) [Alphabetical]
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel)
Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
Frontline (PBS)

House (Fox)

Little Dorrit (PBS)

Locked Up Abroad (National Geographic)
Masterpiece Mystery! (PBS)

Supernatural (CW)

10 Things I Hate About You (ABC Family)

30 Rock (NBC)
Time (James Poniewozik)
1. Mad Men (AMC)
2. Modern Family (ABC)
3. Breaking Bad (AMC)
4. Big Love (HBO)
5. Battlestar Galactica (Syfy)
6. Lost (ABC)
7. Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
8. Glee (Fox)
9. Sons of Anarchy (FX)
10. The Office (NBC)
10. Parks and Recreation (NBC)
TV Guide
(Matt Roush)
1. Modern Family (ABC)
2. Mad Men (AMC)
3. Battlestar Galactica (SyFy)
4. Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
5. The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
6. Breaking Bad (AMC)
7. Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America)
8. Glee (Fox)
9. True Blood (HBO)
10. Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
USA Today
(Robert Bianco)
Lost (ABC) [Best Drama]
American Idol (Fox) [Best Reality Show]
Modern Family (ABC) [Best Comedy]
Mad Men (AMC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Rescue Me (FX)
True Blood (HBO)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
24 (Fox)

Glee (Fox)













 

 


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