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Blue Glow TV Awards: Top 10 Shows of the Year

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:30:00 +0000

The Blue Glow TV Awards: Top 10 Shows of 2012

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:29:00 +0000

This year, we launched our first annual Blue Glow TV Awards. We assembled a panel of judges by cherry-picking among our favorite critics in print and online, and then we asked them to rank their top five favorite shows of 2012. We assigned 10 points to the No. 1 choice, 9 to No. 2, et cetera. For those judges who offered 10 selections, because they had a lot of love to give: We just took the top 5 from their lists. For the two voters who could not choose favorites and opted out of ranking altogether, we assigned 5 points to each of their selections. From the results, we compiled this definitive list of the 10 best shows of 2012. Note: "The Walking Dead" and "Game of Thrones" are tied.

(ABC Family): 11 points

Blue Glow TV Awards: More winners

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:28:00 +0000

1. Show of the Year: "Homeland." "Mad Men" is a very close runner-up. A majority of our judges singled that series out as the best show of the year. But not only did "Homeland" have the highest cumulative point total, was there another show not on Bravo that sparked more animated conversations in offices across the land? We doubt it.

2. Performance of the Year: Claire Danes, "Homeland": In the least surprising result, a resounding majority chose Danes' performance as the savant-like Carrie Mathison. The Awl's Heather Havrilesky says, "I've grown to love Claire Danes on 'Homeland,' in all her twitchy, fidgety glory. When she meets Brody at the hotel bar? Almost too much going on in that scene, but her ability to capture complexity helps to make this cartoonish moment feel real."