Top 10 lists are tricky things. It can be absurdly hard to narrow down anything to a select group of ten. It’s like being asked to choose your favorite child and you just want to wail, “But I love all of them!” This is particularly true in television. Each year I commit to nearly 100 television shows that air throughout the twelve-month period. Thus, to pare down to the few that were truly outstanding, it can be exceptionally difficult. But there are always a deserving few who manage to do the impossible: sustaining a high caliber of performance and be equally captivating entertainment. As a caveat, there will always be better shows, but sometimes those shows just didn’t manage to be as consistently entertaining. Addictiveness plays a large part of what makes television shows successful. It is a quality that is rare and elusive and can be dependent upon the personal tastes of the viewer. However, when you simply cannot wait to see what comes next, then you know there is something special about that show.
Accordingly, these were the Top 10 TV Shows that I found myself counting down the minutes and hours of each week anxiously awaiting the next episode: [Read more…]
Archives for December 2012
Get All the Scoop on Tonight’s CALL THE MIDWIFE Holiday Special
Providing viewers with a touching holiday treat, the popular British television series CALL THE MIDWIFE offers a special 75-minute Christmas episode, airing December 30th on PBS. Bookended with the warm narration of Vanessa Redgrave, this holiday episode invites viewers to revisit the world of Nurse Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine) at the Nonnatus House convent with its heart-warming message to share about the strength of the human spirit and love we all have to share with one another even during the most harsh and extreme times of our lives. [Read more…]
Happy Holidays From theTVaddict.com
We interrupt your regularly scheduled holiday proceedings to wish each and every one of you a safe, healthy and happy holiday season. We also (and by “we,” I of course am referring to this site’s official mascot “Mac”) wanted to take this opportunity to alert you to the fact that while theTVaddict.com will sporadically be updated throughout the week, regularly scheduled postings will resume on Tuesday January 2nd, 2012.
We Preview a DOCTOR WHO Christmas Special Wrapped Up In A Bright Blue Box
In honor of the Christmas season, the British time-traveling adventure series returns with a holiday treat. It’s a Christmas special filled with everything nice — snowmen, a mystery lady, and perhaps just a little bit of spice all wrapped up in a bright blue box. As we know, life with The Doctor is never dull and taking no exception this year, this year’s holiday adventure starts right off with another fun twist. [Read more…]
Morning Static: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, LEVERAGE, COMMUNITY & More!
• Move Over Neverending Story, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER to return for a ninth season.
• The Business of Show: TNT’s LEVERAGE cancelled after 5 seasons.
• Christmas Comes Early for COMMUNITY Fans… with this Holiday sneak peek!
• Talking Dead: Kurt Sutter Slams “Small-Minded” AMC over THE WALKING DEAD Showrunner Exit.
• The One Top 10 List No Network Exec Wants to Make: Find out which television show was the most pirated of 2012.
On TV Tonight: Sunday December 23, 2012
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM | |
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ABC | The Sound of Music | ||||||
CBS | Blue Bloods (R) | The Good Wife (R) | The Mentalist (R) | ||||
FOX | The Simpsons (R) | The Simpsons (R) | Family Guy | American Dad | |||
NBC | Football Night in America | Sunday Night Football: 49ers at Seahawks | |||||
MISC | The Next Iron Chef: Redemption (Food) Chained to My Ex (MSNBC) | Finding Bigfoot (Animal) |
Good News, Bad News: THE WALKING DEAD, 666 PARK AVENUE & THE JOB
Good News: AMC has renewed THE WALKING DEAD for a fourth frame. Bad News: Minus Showrunner Glen Mazzara, who is stepping down after shepherding the series through a tumultuous second and fantastic third season. [Source] [Read more…]
On TV Tonight: Friday December 21, 2012
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Last Man Standing (R) | Malibu Country (R) | Back to the Beginning with Christiane Amanpour | |||
CBS | The Good Wife (R) | The Good Wife (R) | The Good Wife (R) | |||
CW | The Happy Elf | Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer | ||||
FOX | Kitchen Nightmares (R) | Fringe | ||||
NBC | Blake Shelton’s Not-So-Family Christmas (R) | Michael Bublé: Home for the Holidays (R) | Dateline NBC | |||
MISC | Christmas in Washington (TNT) | My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera (BIO) | The Brit List: The Doctor Who Ultimate List of Lists (BBC America) |
Morning Static: THE CW, BANSHEE, 30 ROCK & More!
• Rebel With a Cause! The hilarious Rebel Wilson to host the MTV Movie Awards.
• Proof Positive All Good Things Must Come to an End, 30 ROCK wraps filming.
• Move Over ARROW! The CW developing a Robin Hood-themed drama.
• Holy Smoke! Showtime orders THE VATICAN with Ridley Scott directing.
• Cue Sad Trombone in 3… 2… 1… The CW opts to not come to the THE LA COMPLEX’s rescue.
• Mark Your Calendars: Alan Ball’s BANSHEE will premiere on Cinemax in January.
ONCE UPON A TIME First Look: “The Cricket Game”
If a sneak peek at ONCE UPON A TIME’s January 6th return was on your holiday shopping list, have we got a treat for you! Namely, your first look at “The Cricket Game,” which kicks off the second half of ABC’s fairytale infused series on a decidedly darker note. Or at least that was the distinct impression we here at theTVaddict.com were left with after perusing a handful of just released photos complete with episode description that promises to see Emma come to the unlikely defense of Regina who becomes suspect numero uno following the death of one of the town’s most beloved Disney denizens. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land that was, Snow White and Prince Charming busy themselves with planning a murder of their very own in the form of the Evil Queen’s public execution. See for yourself, after the jump. [Read more…]