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It’s Emmy season!! Don’t worry, I’m going to keep the ranting and raving to a minimum this year—I’ve more or less resigned to the fact that even if my favorite shows get nominated, they probably won’t win because that is the way Hollywood works. But I’ll keep watching in case something like Kyle Chandler last year happens again… a girl can dream.

So while I won’t be self-righteously caps locking you all to death when nominations snubs come in, I can still give you my Emmy nom wish-list! Fingers crossed:

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Okay, because I can’t help myself, I wanted to do a quick mini Favorite TV List: Mid-Year Edition to go along with my year-end lists (‘10) (‘11). Because with Breaking Bad and Louie returning soon, and new shows like The Newsroom looking very promising, some of these shows unfortunately will be knocked off the list come December so it’s only right they get their due now! (or maybe all of the shows that haven’t aired yet this year will end up sucking and I’m spoiling the list for you right now.. who knows!) And god knows I love making lists of my favorite things, so to commemorate the end of the regular network season and to get excited for Summer TV, here are the top ten shows I’ve enjoyed so far this year:

1. Sherlock
2. Mad Men
3. Community
4. Justified
5. Parks and Recreation
6. Veep
7. Game of Thrones
8. New Girl
9. The Good Wife
10. Girls 

What have been your faves so far?!

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Summer TV List time!

I did this last year and it was semi-successful, so I figured with all our favorite shows off for a few months, and Mad Men and HBO Sundays wrapping up in a couple weeks, it’s time to do some catch-up. Summer TV is not a total wasteland- after all, we’ve got Louie and Breaking Bad to look forward to (not to mention The Newsroom!) but that’s not for awhile yet.

So!

This year will be The Wire, Buffy, and New Girl. Because it’s really ridiculous that I still have not watched The Wire or Buffy yet (I know, I know) and I’ve caught enough clips and know enough people who like New Girl that I think I can get past my dislike of Zooey Deschanel (and I need to get ready for the inevitable hour of awesome that will be the New Girl / Mindy Project block on Fox next fall)

So what’s on your TV list for summer?

imwithkanye:

Television: The Revolution | New York

There are several great reads for TV fans:

And Now, a Message From Future Dan Harmon

The New Celebrity of Mrs. Don Draper (Jessica Paré)

Meth Whiz (Aaron Paul profile)

The Do-Over (A note about Happy Endings)

The New Girls (A discussion with six female showrunners)

TV Is Not TV Anymore

The Watercooler Is in the Cloud (#AppointmentTV)

46 Minutes With George Stephanopoulos

New York Magazine’s Television Issue is always the best. Picking up my copy ASAP.

This is my kind of March Madness. (via Vulture)

(although some of these match ups are just cruel… X-Files vs. West Wing? Lost vs. Mad Men? Breaking Bad vs. Friday Night Lights?!?!? You’re breaking my heart, Vulture!)

I’ve been finding myself not really liking many new shows lately, whether they start off kind of promising and then slowly turn frustratingly bad (Once Upon a Time, American Horror Story) or if they are just too dull or uninteresting to merit me watching past the third episode (Luck, Smash) or even if they’re just straight up bad (looking at you, House of Lies!)

But Awake might change this trend! Best pilot I’ve seen in a while. Let’s keep our fingers crossed NBC keeps it around for awhile (I think it did pretty mediocre in the ratings - not terrible - but mediocre on NBC is basically a smash hit at this point, so…)

And also, is it just me, or does Jason Isaacs’s American accent make him sound kinda like Dustin Hoffman?!

So House of Lies… mehhhhh.

I want to like it because !!the cast!! but… mehhhh. It’s kind of coming across like it’s trying too hard, but I will stop there because it’s unfair to judge an entire show by its pilot. I will keep watching for Jean-Ralphio and Veronica Mars and hopefully it gets a little more comfortable!

brynnasaurus:

It’s that time of the year again! Where I take a year’s worth of obsessing over television and impossibly narrow it all down and rank what I thought was the best. It’s my 2nd Annual Favorite Television List! 

If you weren’t around last year, here’s where you can find last year’s list. While you’ll find some repeats on this year’s list, it’s actually quite different! For one, there won’t be any Sherlock, Mad Men, or Party Down (RIP). Some shows have fallen, and some have leaped up quite a few spots. 

And while I tried keeping this to Top 10, there was just way too much good television this year. And because the top 4 are all on the same level (and that level is blowing everyone else away) and they are two dramas and two comedies, I’m doing something a little different: there will be two #1s and two #2s, one for comedy and one for drama (because comparing the two is a little apples-to-oranges). So it’s technically a Top 12. I’ve just got more lovin’ to go around, what can I say.

There will also be a few honorable mentions, and a ‘Special Place of Honor’ post. There won’t be a Late Night TV category though, because I’ve been terrible at keeping up this year.

So yeah, hope you’re all excited! As always, I welcome disagreement and discussion and whatnot! While the list is made, I haven’t actually made any posts yet, so I’m not sure when it will start, but it will hopefully start within the next week or two. Stay tuned!

Yay TV!

This starts tonight!! Honorable mentions are up first!

It’s that time of the year again! Where I take a year’s worth of obsessing over television and impossibly narrow it all down and rank what I thought was the best. It’s my 2nd Annual Favorite Television List! 

If you weren’t around last year, here’s where you can find last year’s list. While you’ll find some repeats on this year’s list, it’s actually quite different! For one, there won’t be any Sherlock, Mad Men, or Party Down (RIP). Some shows have fallen, and some have leaped up quite a few spots. 

And while I tried keeping this to Top 10, there was just way too much good television this year. And because the top 4 are all on the same level (and that level is blowing everyone else away) and they are two dramas and two comedies, I’m doing something a little different: there will be two #1s and two #2s, one for comedy and one for drama (because comparing the two is a little apples-to-oranges). So it’s technically a Top 12. I’ve just got more lovin’ to go around, what can I say.

There will also be a few honorable mentions, and a ‘Special Place of Honor’ post. There won’t be a Late Night TV category though, because I’ve been terrible at keeping up this year.

So yeah, hope you’re all excited! As always, I welcome disagreement and discussion and whatnot! While the list is made, I haven’t actually made any posts yet, so I’m not sure when it will start, but it will hopefully start within the next week or two. Stay tuned!

Yay TV!

Today’s the day: the EMMYS!

My feelings about these award shows are basically the same as good ole Ron Swanson’s up there, so let’s talk about what would make this award show a lot less stupid, shall we? 

In a perfect world, here’s who I think should be walking home with trophies tonight (these are not predictions - in fact, they’re more like anti-predictions since whoever I think should win usually never do..)

Best Drama Series:
Friday Night Lights (although if The Good Wife or Game of Thrones pull out a win I won’t be unhappy!)

Best Comedy Series:
Parks and Recreation

Best Actor, Drama:
Kyle Chandler, FNL (or Timmy O for Justified - but it’s Kyle’s last year!)

Best Actress, Drama:
Connie Britton, FNL

Best Actor, Comedy:
Steve Carell, The Office (it’s a bit of a sentimental vote for all of his years on The Office, because otherwise my vote would be with Louis CK)

Best Actress, Comedy:
Amy Poehler, Parks and Rec

Best Supporting Actor, Drama:
This is one of the toughest categories, I think. I’d be fine with almost any of them winning. Although Walton Goggins or Peter Dinklage would really make me happy!

Best Supporting Actress, Drama:
Margo Martindale, Justified

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy:
Ty Burrell, Modern Family (although we all know this category SHOULD have Nick Offerman in it..)

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy:
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock

Variety Program:
The Colbert Report

Miniseries:
Downton Abbey

I don’t want to make this post super long, so here’s also hoping that Maggie Smith wins for Downton, Idris Elba wins for Luther, Louis CK wins for writing, Steven Moffat wins for writing Sherlock, and Friday Night Lights wins for the Drama writing.  

PS. Don’t worry about me clogging your Dashboards tonight with Emmy-related ranting, I’ll be moving my Emmy rage to Twitter. So if you want to talk Emmys all night, follow me here! (and let me know who you are so I can follow you back) Although if something crazy happens, like if Parks and Rec or Steven Moffat wins, sorry Tumblr, you’ll be hearing about it.