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

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IFC, 10/18

80 Occupation
BBC America, 10/18

76 The National Parks: America's Best Idea
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67 V
ABC, Tuesday

54 The League
FX, Thursday

80 Friday Night Lights Season Four
DirecTV 101, Wednesday

77 Endgame
PBS, Sunday

79 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

61 Stargate Universe
Syfy, Friday

37 Hank
ABC, Wednesday

70 The Middle
ABC, Wednesday

53 Trauma
NBC, Monday

57 The Cleveland Show
Fox, Sunday

79 Dexter Season Four
Showtime, Sunday

53 Brothers
Fox, Friday

72 FlashForward
ABC, Thursday

86 The Modern Family
ABC, Wednesday

50 Eastwick
ABC, Wednesday

41 Mercy
NBC, Wednesday

49 Cougar Town
ABC, Wednesday

59 NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS, Tuesday

45 The Forgotten
ABC, Tuesday

76 The Good Wife
CBS, Tuesday

49 Accidentally on Purpose
CBS, Monday

77 House Season Six
Fox, Monday

81 Curb Your Enthusiasm Season Seven
HBO, Sunday

65 Bored to Death
HBO, Sunday

Best TV Shows of 2005

Metacritic's complete Best of 2005 TV Coverage: Critic Top Ten Lists | Awards & Nominations


TV Critic Top Ten Lists

Unnumbered lists are sorted alphabetically by title.

Boston Globe
(Matthew Gilbert)
1. Lost (ABC)
2. My Name Is Earl (NBC)
3. The Comeback (HBO)
4. Rome (HBO)
5. Nip/Tuck (FX) and
Rescue Me (FX)
6. Six Feet Under (HBO) [series finale]
7. House (Fox)
8. Prison Break (Fox) and
24 (Fox) and
Sleeper Cell (Showtime)
9. The Closer (TNT)
10. The West Wing (NBC)
Chicago Tribune
(Maureen Ryan & Sid Smith)
  Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi)
  Deadwood (HBO)
  Everybody Hates Chris (UPN)
  Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
  House (Fox)
  Lost (ABC)
  My Name Is Earl (NBC)
  Rome (HBO)
  The Shield (FX)
  Veronica Mars (UPN)
Entertainment Weekly
(Gillian Flynn)
1. Arrested Development (Fox)
2. Bodies (BBC America)
3. Lost (ABC)
4. The Staircase (Sundance)
5. Entourage (HBO)
6. Veronica Mars (UPN)
7. (tie) Stella (Comedy Central)
(tie) Wonder Showzen (MTV2)
8. Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
9. Everwood (WB)
10. Prison Break (Fox)
Entertainment Weekly
(Mark Harris)
1. The West Wing (NBC)
2. The Shield (FX)
3. Rome (HBO)
4. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
5. (tie) Unforgivable Blackness (PBS)
(tie) No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (PBS)
6. Entourage (HBO)
7. Project Greenlight (Bravo)
8. The Office (NBC)
9. The Comeback (HBO)
10. TV news' Hurricane Katrina coverage (various)
Kansas City Star / TVBarn.com
(Aaron Barnhart)
1. The Staircase (Sundance)
2. Off To War (Discovery Times)
  30 Days (FX)
  The Boondocks (Cartoon Network)
  The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
  Entourage (HBO)
  Foreign Exchange (PBS)
  The Girl In The Cafe (HBO)
  I’m Alan Partridge (BBC America)
  Intervention (A&E)
  Kitchen Confidential (Fox)
  The Shield (FX)
New York Daily News
(David Bianculli)
  Arrested Development (Fox)
  Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
  The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) and
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
  Deadwood (HBO)
  Desperate Housewives (ABC)
  Lost (ABC)
  My Name Is Earl (NBC)
  No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (PBS)
  Over There (FX)
  Scrubs (NBC)
The New York Times
(Alessandra Stanley)
1. The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
2. Sleeper Cell (Showtime)
3. Weeds (Showtime)
4. House (Fox)
5. TV news' Hurricane Katrina coverage (various)
6. Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
7. Commander In Chief (ABC)
8. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC)
9. The Closer (TNT)
10. Martha (syndicated)
Newsday
(Diane Werts)
1. Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi)
2. House (Fox)
3. My Name Is Earl (NBC)
4. Everybody Hates Chris (UPN)
5. Veronica Mars (UPN)
6. Barbershop (Showtime)
7. Slings & Arrows (Sundance)
8. Sleeper Cell (Showtime)
9. The Shield (FX)
10. Lost (ABC)
People Weekly
(Tom Gliatto)
1. Lost (ABC)
2. The Comeback (HBO)
3. Prison Break (Fox)
4. Everybody Hates Chris (UPN)
5. Supernatural (WB)
6. The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
7. Veronica Mars (UPN)
8. Desperate Housewives (ABC)
9. Dancing With The Stars (ABC)
10. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (PBS)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
(Rob Owen)
1. Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi)
2. Lost (ABC)
3. Sleeper Cell (Showtime)
4. Entourage (HBO)
5. Arrested Development (Fox)
6. The West Wing (NBC)
7. The Office (NBC)
8. My Name Is Earl (NBC)
9. Veronica Mars (UPN)
10. Over There (FX)
Pop Matters
1. Arrested Development (Fox)
2. Lost (ABC)
3. House (Fox)
4. The Simpsons (Fox)
5. Veronica Mars (UPN)
6. Nip/Tuck (FX)
7. South Park (Comedy Central)
8. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
9. 24 (Fox)
10. The Shield (FX)
San Francisco Chronicle
(Tim Goodman)
1. Arrested Development (Fox)
2. My Name Is Earl (NBC)
3. Rescue Me (FX)
4. Rome (HBO)
5. Entourage (HBO)
6. Lost (ABC)
7. Extras (HBO)
8. Everybody Hates Chris (UPN)
9. Family Guy (Fox)
10. Over There (FX)
San Jose Mercury-News
(Charlie McCollum)
1. Lost (ABC)
2. Various programs (FX)
3. Deadwood (HBO)
4. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) and
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
5. Veronica Mars (UPN)
6. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (PBS)
7. Nightline (ABC)
8. Various programs (BBC America)
9. Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
10. Arrested Development (Fox)
Time - Best New Shows
(James Poniewozik)
1. Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi)
2. The Office (NBC)
3. Weeds (Showtime)
4. Sometimes In April (HBO)
5. Project Runway (Bravo)
6. Wonder Showzen (MTV2)
7. The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
8. How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
9. Prison Break (Fox)
10. Everybody Hates Chris (UPN)
Time - Best Returning Shows
(James Poniewozik)
1. Lost (ABC)
2. Deadwood (HBO)
3. Arrested Development (Fox)
4. Veronica Mars (UPN)
5. Entourage (HBO)
6. American Idol (Fox)
7. Six Feet Under (HBO)
8. Rescue Me (FX)
9. The Shield (FX)
10. South Park (Comedy Central)
USA Today
(Robert Bianco)
1. Lost (ABC)
2. 24 (Fox)
3. House (Fox)
4. Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
5. Rescue Me (FX)
6. Veronica Mars (UPN)
7. My Name Is Earl (NBC)
8. Arrested Development (Fox)
9. CSI (CBS)
10. Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Village Voice
(Joy Press)
  Arrested Development (Fox)
  Deadwood (HBO)
  Green Wing (BBC America)
  Kath And Kim (Sundance)
  Lost (ABC)
  Rescue Me (FX)
  Rome (HBO)
  The Shield (FX)
  Veronica Mars (UPN)
  Weeds (Showtime)
 

 

 

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