By: Aleks Chan
1. MAD MEN
2. PARKS AND RECREATION
3. BREAKING BAD
4. PARTY DOWN
5. BOARDWALK EMPIRE
6. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
7. COMMUNITY
8. THE GOOD WIFE
9. IN TREATMENT
10. 30 ROCK
You’ve probably been told countless times about how great TV has become in the last few years, that a supposed Golden Age is upon us. Whatever you want to call it, there’s definitely something extraordinary happening in TV right now: In my short experience as someone who writes about the medium, this was the hardest year yet to complete my top 10, there’s so much to choose from. In many ways, my list is rife with clichés: low-rated, critical darlings and niche programs – my completed lineup is made up of Shows You Should Watch, those shows professional critics keep telling you are great, get heaps of ink telling you further, and now here I am telling you all over again.