So now that the season is pretty much over, I thought it was time for our annual selections for the best in TV! I'd put my choice for the best of the nominees in bold.

DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad (AMC)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Homeland (Showtime)
Mad Men (AMC)
Parenthood (NBC)
Revenge (ABC)

COMEDY SERIES
Community (NBC)
Cougar Town (ABC)
Happy Endings (ABC)
Modern Family (ABC)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Veep (HBO)

LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Peter Krause, Parenthood
Hugh Laurie, House
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Timothy Olyphant, Justified

LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Claire Danes, Homeland
Lauren Graham, Parenthood
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Anna Paquin, True Blood
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Emily VanCamp, Revenge

LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Will Arnett, Up All Night
Garret Dillahunt, Raising Hope
Joel McHale, Community
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Josh Radnor, How I Met Your Mother
Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation (apparently he's being placed in this category rather than supporting, so I went with it)

LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Courteney Cox, Cougar Town
Zooey Deschenal, New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad
Gabriel Mann, Revenge
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Morena Baccarin, Homeland
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Monica Potter, Parenthood
Mae Whitman, Parenthood

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation
Adam Pally, Happy Endings
Chris Pratt, Parks and Recreation
Damon Wayans Jr., Happy Endings

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Eliza Coupe, Happy Endings
Elisha Cuthbert, Happy Endings
Gillian Jacobs, Community
Busy Philipps, Cougar Town
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

ENSEMBLE CAST IN A DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad
The Good Wife
Homeland
Parenthood
Revenge
True Blood

ENSEMBLE CAST IN A COMEDY SERIES
The Big Bang Theory
Community
Cougar Town
Happy Endings
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation

WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad ("Crawl Space")
The Good Wife ("Another Ham Sandwich")
The Good Wife ("Marthas and Caitlins")
Homeland ("The Weekend")
Parenthood ("Road Trip")
Revenge ("Reckoning")

WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES
Community ("Remedial Chaos Theory")
Girls ("All Adventurous Women Do")
Happy Endings ("Meat the Parrots")
Happy Endings ("Spooky Endings")
Parks and Recreation ("The Debate")
Veep ("Catherine")

Awake for everything.

Including all of the comedy categories? Is it laughably bad or something?

Drama Series:

Shameless
Homeland
Revenge
Once Upon A Time
Game of Thrones
Parenthood
Honorable Mentions: The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Scandal, Mad Men, The Walking Dead

Comedy Series:

Happy Endings
Parks and Recreation
New Girl
30 Rock
Suburgatory
Cougar Town
Honorable Mentions: Veep, Girls, Up All Night, Awkward, Enlightened

Lead Actor In A Drama Series:

Damian Lewis, Homeland
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Peter Krause, Parenthood
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
William H. Macy, Shameless
Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead

Lead Actress In A Drama Series:

Emmy Rossum, Shameless
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Emily VanCamp, Revenge
Lauren Graham, Parenthood
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Connie Britton, American Horror Story

Lead Actor In A Comedy Series:

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation
Will Arnett, Up All Night
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Josh Radnor, How I Met Your Mother
Jeremy Sisto, Suburgatory

Lead Actress In A Comedy Series:

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Courteney Cox, Cougar Town
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Jane Levy, Suburgatory
Christina Applegate, Up All Night

Supporting Actor In A Drama Series:

Robert Carlyle, Once Upon A Time
Craig T. Nelson, Parenthood
Gabriel Mann, Revenge
Jon Bernthal, The Walking Dead
Eion Bailey, Once Upon A Time
Sam Jaeger, Parenthood

Supporting Actress In A Drama Series:

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Morena Baccarin, Homeland
Monica Potter, Parenthood
Lana Parilla, Once Upon A Time
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones

Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series:

Damon Wayans Jr., Happy Endings
Adam Pally, Happy Endings
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Chris Pratt, Parks and Recreation
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation

Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series:

Eliza Coupe, Happy Endings
Elisha Cuthbert, Happy Endings
Casey Wilson, Happy Endings
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Busy Phillips, Cougar Town

Ensemble Cast In A Drama Series:

Parenthood
Revenge
True Blood
Grey's Anatomy
Homeland
Shameless

Ensemble Cast In A Comedy Series:

Happy Endings
Parks and Recreation
Cougar Town
Modern Family
New Girl
30 Rock

Umm, where is The Big C on your list Thom?

This current season wouldn't make my list of best comedies.

Surely Linney deserves to make your list for her performance though.

Drama:

Hell on Wheels
Justified
Homeland
The Walking Dead
Shameless
American Horror Story

Lead Actor in a Drama:

Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Timothy Olyphant (Justified)
Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels)
Damian Lewis (Homeland)

Lead Actress in a Drama:

Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Claire Danes (Homeland)
Anna Paquin (True Blood)
Emmy Rossum (Shameless)
Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter)

Supporting Actor in a Drama:

Walton Goggins (Justified)
Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead)
Mykelti Williamson (Justified)
Evan Peters (American Horror Story)
Eric Christian Olsen (NCIS: Los Angeles)

Supporting Actress in a Drama:

Jessica Lange (American Horror Story)
Linda Hunt (NCIS: Los Angeles)
Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story)
Frances Conroy (American Horror Story)
Joan Cusack (Shameless)

Ensemble Cast in a Drama:

The Walking Dead
Shameless
Justified
Homeland
American Horror Story


.... Didn't list comedies because I don't watch enough of them to make an accurate selection.

Drama
Homeland
Mad Men
Once Upon a Time
Breaking Bad
True Blood

Comedy
Community
Louie
Parks and Recreation

I'll do the actors later. Just for fun my mass rankings of the TV shows I watched this year

1. Community
2. Mad Men (inc.)
3. Homeland
4. Once Upon a Time
5. Louie
6. Breaking Bad
7. Parks and Recreation
8. True Blood
9. Justified
10. Dexter

Best Series
Boardwalk Empire

Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock

Best Actress
Romola Garai, The Hour

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Pitt, Boardwalk Empire

Best Supporting Actress
Holliday Grainger, The Borgias

Best Shows

Mad Men
Boardwalk Empire
Revenge

Game of Thrones
American Horror Story
Once Upon a Time

Best season of TV in a long time. Haven't see Homeland or Shameless.

Over Eliza Coupe [or, well, anyone]?! OKAY.

I agree. Eliza Coupe FTW.

That category is killer (both of the comedy supporting ones are). It's a tough choice but I thought Jacobs was the standout on Community this past season (and yes I know you hate the show with a fiery passion).

These two are horrible in terms of acting and this is coming from someone who likes those shows

TWD definitely. But I would disagree on AHS. The acting there was top notch. Over the top and campy maybe, but perfectly suitable.

Im not fooled by the cast accolades. Lange, Britton and Mulroney have all done fine work in their resume but in AHS, they were definately Nicholas Cage hamming it. As you said, its way too over the top and campy

How else would you have expected actors in a show like that to be? Come on.

Now I see why you would defend the acting

I don't even watch American Horror Story but to criticize the actors for being over-the-top and hammy on a show that was expressly designed to be over-the-top and hammy seems strange.