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AFI
The Americans (FX)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Mad Men (AMC)
Masters of Sex (Showtime)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Scandal (ABC)
Veep (HBO)

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Series:
1. Enlightened (HBO)
2. Breaking Bad (AMC)
3. Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
4. Game of Thrones (HBO)
5. The Good Wife (CBS)
6. Bob's Burgers (Fox)
7. Rectify (Sundance)
8. The Americans (FX)
9. Mad Men (AMC)
10. Orphan Black (BBC America)

Episodes:
1. "Ozymandias," Breaking Bad (AMC)
2. "One Man's Trash," Girls (HBO)
3. "Decoy," Justified (FX)
4. "Hitting the Fan," The Good Wife (CBS)
5. "Hogcock!" and "Last Lunch," 30 Rock (NBC)
6. "For Immediate Release," Mad Men (AMC)
7. "Uprising," Switched at Birth (ABC Family)
8. "The Rains of Castamere," Game of Thrones (HBO)
9. "Nobody Likes Babies," Scandal (ABC)
10. "Two Parties," Parks and Recreation (NBC)

Matt Zoller Seitz (Vulture)
1. Arrested Development (Netflix)
2. Hannibal (NBC)
3. Breaking Bad (AMC)
4. Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
5. Game of Thrones (HBO)
6. Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
7. Girls (HBO)
8. Justified (FX)
9. Scandal (ABC)
10. The Americans (FX)

Alan Sepinwall (Hitflix)
1. Breaking Bad (AMC)
2. Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
3. Enlightened (HBO)
4. Top of the Lake (Sundance)
5. Masters of Sex (Showtime)
6. Mad Men (AMC)
7. Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
8. Southland (TNT)
9. Hannibal (NBC)
10. The Good Wife (CBS)

Allison Wilmore (Indiewire)
1. Breaking Bad (AMC)
2. Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
3. Top of the Lake (Sundance)
4. Enlightened (HBO)
5. Scandal (ABC)
6. Game of Thrones (HBO)
7. The Americans (FX)
8. Hannibal (NBC)
9. Bob's Burgers (Fox)
10. The Returned (Sundance)

Maureen Ryan (Huffington Post)
Borgen (Danish)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Broadchurch (BBC America)
Enlightened (HBO)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Mad Men (AMC)
Masters of Sex (Showtime)
Orphan Black (BBC America)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Sundance Channel (Rectify, The Returned, Top of the Lake)

Melissa Maerz (Entertainment Weekly)
1. Breaking Bad (AMC)
2. Enlightened (HBO)
3. Game of Thrones (HBO)
4. Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
5. Please Like Me (Australian)
6. Mad Men (AMC)
7. Top of the Lake (Sundance)
8. The Good Wife (CBS)
9. House of Cards (Netflix)
10. The Returned (Sundance)

Jeff Jensen (Entertainment Weekly)
1. American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
2. Time of Death (Showtime)
3. Orphan Black (BBC America)
4. Parks and Recreation (NBC)
5. Breaking Bad (AMC)
6. Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
7. Mad Men (AMC)
8. House of Cards (Netflix)
9. The Fall (BBC)
10. Arrested Development (Netflix)

Willa Paskin (Slate)
1. Borgen (Danish)
2. Top of the Lake (Sundance)
3. Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
4. Breaking Bad (AMC)
5. The Good Wife (CBS)
6. The Americans (FX)
7. The Returned (Sundance)
8. Bunheads (ABC Family)
9. American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
10. Mad Men (AMC)

Hank Stuever (Washington Post)
1. Breaking Bad (AMC)
2. Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
3. Masters of Sex (Showtime)
4. Game of Thrones (HBO)
5. Time of Death (Showtime)
6. Broadchurch (BBC)
7. The Americans (FX)
8. Vikings (History)
9. The Returned (Sundance)
10. Veep (HBO)

Ryan McGee (Boob Tube)
1. Enlightened (HBO) (tie)
1. Orange is the New Black (Netflix) (tie)
Aziz Anzari: Buried Alive (Netflix)
Mike Birbiglia, "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" (Netflix)
Bob's Burgers (Fox)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Justified (FX)
Mad Men (AMC)
Orphan Black (BBC America)
Scandal (ABC)
Sleepy Hollow (Fox)
Spartacus (Starz)


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Six cable series, two network series, two Netflix series. Times are changin'.

Boy, Arrested Development really got no love this year for their Netflix experiment. Too bad. It was far from perfect, but I admired the effort.

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GOT, TGW, Veep are all excellent and deserve to be in any TOP 10.


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BOARDWALK EMPIRE, DAMN IT.

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Homeland has really fallen off the list of almost every tv critic out there. Its still very werid seeing Scandal on the list considering AFI usually awards prestigious shows not soap operas.


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Homeland isn't getting the love this season simply because it just hasn't been very good.

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I'm glad to see Masters of Sex on the list.


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I'm just gonna make this a general thread for TV top 10 lists this year.

Time
Series:
1. Enlightened (HBO)
2. Breaking Bad (AMC)
3. Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
4. Game of Thrones (HBO)
5. The Good Wife (CBS)
6. Bob's Burgers (Fox)
7. Rectify (Sundance)
8. The Americans (FX)
9. Mad Men (AMC)
10. Orphan Black (BBC America)

Episodes:
1. "Ozymandias," Breaking Bad (AMC)
2. "One Man's Trash," Girls (HBO)
3. "Decoy," Justified (FX)
4. "Hitting the Fan," The Good Wife (CBS)
5. "Hogcock!" and "Last Lunch," 30 Rock (NBC)
6. "For Immediate Release," Mad Men (AMC)
7. "Uprising," Switched at Birth (ABC Family)
8. "The Rains of Castamere," Game of Thrones (HBO)
9. "Nobody Likes Babies," Scandal (ABC)
10. "Two Parties," Parks and Recreation (NBC)


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Matt Zoller Seitz (Vulture)
1. Arrested Development (Netflix)
2. Hannibal (NBC)
3. Breaking Bad (AMC)
4. Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
5. Game of Thrones (HBO)
6. Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
7. Girls (HBO)
8. Justified (FX)
9. Scandal (ABC)
10. The Americans (FX)

Alan Sepinwall (Hitflix)
1. Breaking Bad (AMC)
2. Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
3. Enlightened (HBO)
4. Top of the Lake (Sundance)
5. Masters of Sex (Showtime)
6. Mad Men (AMC)
7. Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
8. Southland (TNT)
9. Hannibal (NBC)
10. The Good Wife (CBS)


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Maybe I just don't "get" TV. Because TV awards/lists always seem awful to me.

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Chippy wrote:
Maybe I just don't "get" TV. Because TV awards/lists always seem awful to me.


Funny 'cause I was just talking to both TV Awards AND TV Lists and they both thought you were pretty awful yourself.

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I'm hoping Orange is the New Black getting unanimous praise on all these lists is a sign of things to come at the Emmys.


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Chippy wrote:
Maybe I just don't "get" TV. Because TV awards/lists always seem awful to me.


Funny 'cause I was just talking to both TV Awards AND TV Lists and they both thought you were pretty awful yourself.


Well then at least we feel the same way about each other.

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Orange is the New Black is really dominating the list. I knew it would be on the lists but didn't expect it to be that high in the top 3. It seems like the list this year is all over the place except with Breaking Bad and Orange. It will be interesting to see the final tabulation.

Boardwalk Empire is making a comeback of all sorts after missing from those lists 2 seasons ago while Homeland has not yet appeared on any of the published critics list. Showtime has really gone "Dexter" with that show.


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I don't get time. First they put Enlightened above Breaking Bad, but then can't find one episodes from Enlightened to put in their Top 10?

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Waiting for a lone voice of truth to emerge and rightly hail Dracula. ;)

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No offense against you or Dracula, but could it be that you hail it this much because you are just not watching many of the "good"/acclaimed series? ;)

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Shut up, you Kraut bastard.

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David, did you watch the first season of Orange is the New Black? It's a must see. And now is the time to catch up before season 2 arrives.


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No, I don't have Netflix streaming. I would have to watch it on DVD/Blu-ray.

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Here for "Orphan Black" being on a few of these lists, it's SO incredible and worth watching.

"OITNB" is amazing too. Happy for it.


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David wrote:
No, I don't have Netflix streaming. I would have to watch it on DVD/Blu-ray.


You can just sign up for the month free trial and then cancel it before it charges you, I know a lot of people who have done that.


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Shut up, you Kraut bastard.


Is that your way of saying "Yes, you are correct, milord"?

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http://www.metacritic.com/feature/tv-cr ... ws-of-2013
with 11 top 10 list


1.Breaking Bad (AMC)

2.Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)

3.Game of Thrones (HBO)

4.Mad Men (AMC)
Enlightened (HBO)

6.Hannibal (NBC)
The Americans (FX)

8.American Horror Story (FX)
Arrested Development (Netflix)
Top of the Lake (Sundance)

11.House of Cards (Netflix)
The Returned (Sundance)
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)

15.Borgen (various)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Orphan Black (BBC America)
Time of Death (Showtime)


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Top of the Lake started off so well and the imagery is just beyond beautiful but it completely dropped the ball in the last episode.


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