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46 The Prisoner
AMC, 11/15

73 Collision
PBS, 11/15

70 Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags
HBO, 10/19

84 Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
IFC, 10/18

80 Occupation
BBC America, 10/18

 

Upcoming & Recent Series Premieres

47 The Wanda Sykes Show
Fox, Saturday

67 V
ABC, Tuesday

54 The League
FX, Thursday

81 Friday Night Lights Season Four
DirecTV 101, Wednesday

77 Endgame
PBS, Sunday

78 White Collar
USA, Friday

20 The Jeff Dunham Show
Comedy Central, Thursday

47 Lock 'n Load
Showtime, Wednesday

74 30 Rock Season Four
NBC, Thursday

65 Nip/Tuck Season Six
FX, Wednesday

49 Secret Girlfriend
Comedy Central, Wednesday

62 Sherri
Lifetime, Monday

48 Three Rivers
CBS, Sunday

Best TV Shows of 2008


TV Critic Top Ten Lists

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

Boston Globe
(Matthew Gilbert) 
1.  Campaign Humor: Tina Fey as Sarah Palin (NBC), "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central), "The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central), "The Rachel Maddow Show" (MSNBC), and Sarah Silverman's "The Great Schlep" (online)
2.  Mad Men (AMC)
3.  Lost (ABC)
4.  In Treatment (HBO)
5.  Dexter (Showtime)
6.  30 Rock (NBC), How I Met Your Mother (CBS), and Californication (Showtime)
7.  Friday Night Lights (DirecTV)
8.  Cranford and My Boy Jack (PBS)
9.  Generation Kill and the final season of The Wire (HBO)
10.  True Blood (HBO) and Gossip Girl (CW)
Chicago Sun-Times (Staff)
Boston Legal (ABC)
Gossip Girl (CW)
House (Fox)
Life (NBC)
Mad Men (AMC)
Man Vs. Wild (Discovery)
Survivorman (Discovery)
Swingtown (CBS)

Chicago Tribune
(Maureen Ryan)
1. Mad Men (AMC)
2. The Shield (FX)
3. Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
4. Lost (ABC)
5. Chuck (NBC)
6. In Treatment (HBO)
7. Supernatural (CW)
7.Torchwood (BBC America)
7.Doctor Who (Sci-Fi)
8. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Internet)
9. 30 Rock (NBC)
10. Presidential Election
Entertainment Weekly (Ken Tucker)
1. The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
2. The Wire (HBO)
3. 30 Rock (NBC)
4. The Shield (FX)
5. Lost (ABC)
6. Mad Men (AMC)
7. Fringe (Fox)
8. Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
8.The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS)
9. Dexter (Showtime)
10. In Treatment (HBO)
Kansas City Star
(Aaron Barnhart)  [Alphabetical except for #1]
1.  John Adams (HBO)
  American Idol (Fox)
  Black Magic (ESPN)
  Chicago 10 (PBS)
  A Colbert Christmas (Comedy Central)
  Fringe (Fox)
  High School Confidential (WE)
  King Corn (PBS)
  Leverage (TNT)
  The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
LA Weekly (Robert Abele)
1. The 2008 Election
2. Gavin & Stacey (BBC America)
3. John Adams (HBO)
4. Breaking Bad (AMC)
5. In Treatment (HBO)
6. A Colbert Christmas (Comedy Central)
7. Bernard and Doris (HBO)
8. Sons of Anarchy (FX)
9. The Wendy Williams Show
10. Cranford (PBS)
LA Times (Robert Lloyd)
1.  Embedded video
2.  Katie Couric and Rachel Maddow
3.  Tina Fey
4,  Somebodies (BET)
5.  Craig Ferguson (CBS)
6.  The Middleman (ABC Family)
7.  The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (Cartoon Network)
8.  In Plain Sight (USA)
9.  Bernard and Doris (HBO)
10.  Beyonce "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" TV blitzkrieg
LA Times (Mary McNamara)
1. Life (NBC)
2. In Treatment (HBO)
3. Dexter (Showtime)
4. House (Fox)
5. Fringe (FOX)
6. The View (ABC)
7. Barack Obama
8. Tina Fey
9. Lost (ABC)
10. Bernard and Doris (HBO)
New Jersey Star-Ledger
(Alan Sepinwall)  
1.  The Shield (FX)
2.  The Wire (HBO)
3.  Mad Men (AMC)
4.  Chuck (NBC)
5.  Lost (ABC)
6.  The Office (NBC)
7.  Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
8.  In Treatment (HBO)
9.  Breaking Bad (AMC)
10.  Burn Notice (USA) & The Middleman (ABC Family)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Rob Owen)
1. Mad Men (AMC)
2. Friday Night Lights (DirecTV)
3. Big Bang Theory (CBS)
4. Lost (ABC)
5. Sons of Anarchy (FX)
6. The Wire (HBO)
7. Pushing Daisies (ABC)
8. 30 Rock (NBC)
9. The Shield (FX)
10. Boston Legal (ABC)
San Francisco Chronicle (Tim Goodman)
1.  Mad Men (AMC)
2.  The Shield (FX)
3.  The Wire (HBO)
4.  Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
5.  Breaking Bad (AMC
6.  Lost (ABC)
7.  30 Rock (NBC)
8.  Generation Kill (HBO)
9.  Dexter (Showtime)
10.  Sons of Anarchy (FX)
Time (James Poniewozik)
1. The Shield (FX)
2. Mad Men (AMC)
3. The Presidential Election
4. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Online)
5. The Wire (HBO)
6. Breaking Bad (AMC)
7. Lost (ABC)
8. Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
9. Architecture School (Sundance)
10. Chuck (NBC)
USA Today (Robert Bianco)
1.  Mad Men (AMC)
2.  The Wire (HBO)
3.  Lost (ABC)
4.  Pushing Daisies (ABC)
5.  The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
6.  True Blood (HBO)
7.  Fringe (FOX)
8.  The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
9.  Dexter (Showtime)
10.  Breaking Bad (AMC)

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