Boston
Globe (Matthew Gilbert) | | 1. |
Dexter (Showtime) |
| 2. | Mad Men (AMC) |
| 3. | 30 Rock & The Office (NBC) |
| 4. | Friday Night Lights
(NBC) |
| 5. | House (Fox) |
| 6. | How I Met Your Mother
(CBS) |
| 7. | The Sopranos (HBO) |
| 8. | The
Closer (TNT) |
| 9. | Californication (Showtime) |
| 10. | Lost (ABC) |
| |
|
|
Entertainment
Weekly (Ken Tucker) | | 1. |
30 Rock
(NBC) | | 2. | The Sopranos (HBO)ll |
| 3. | CSI (CBS) |
| 4. | Friday Night Lights
(NBC) |
| 5. | Tell Me You Love Me (HBO) |
| 6. | Frisky Dingo (Comedy
Central) |
| 7. | Burn Notice (USA) |
| 8. | Desperate Housewives
(ABC) |
| 9. | Life (NBC) |
| 10. | Life of Ryan (MTV) |
| Los
Angeles Times (Mary McNamara) |
| 1. | Dexter (Showtime) |
| 2. | House (FOX) |
| 3. | Life (NBC) |
| 4. | Mad Men (AMC) |
| 5. | Al Gore |
| 6. | Big Love (HBO) |
| 7. |
Weeds (Showtime) |
| 8. | Mad Men (AMC) & Damages
(FX) | | 9. | Project Runway (Bravo) |
| 10. | Jekyll (BBCA) |
|
Los
Angeles Times (Robert Lloyd) | | 1. |
Prince at Super
Bowl XLI (CBS). |
| 2. | 30 Rock (NBC) |
| 3. | Mad Men (AMC) |
| 4. | Damages
(FX) |
| 5. | Life
Support (HBO) |
| 6. | Donald
Sutherland and Jill Clayburgh in Dirty Sexy Money
(ABC) |
| 7. | Yo
Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon) & Pancake
Mountain (DC cable access) |
| 8. | Nimrod
Nation (Sundance) |
| 9. | Pushing Daisies
(ABC) |
| 10. | Chuck (NBC) |
| |
| New
Jersey Star-Ledger
(Alan Sepinwall) |
| 1. | The Sopranos (HBO)
|
| 2. | Mad Men (AMC) |
| 3. | 30 Rock (NBC)
|
| 4. | Friday Night Lights
(NBC)
|
| 5 (tie). | Dexter (Showtime) |
| 5 (tie). | The Shield (FX) |
| 7. |
House (Fox)
|
| 8. | Extras (HBO) |
| 9. | The
Office (NBC) |
| 10 (tie). | Chuck (NBC)
& Pushing
Daisies
(ABC) |
|
New
York Times (Alessandra Stanley) | | 1. |
Mad Men (AMC) |
| 2. | Damages
(FX) |
| 3. | 30 Rock (NBC) |
| 4. | Curb Your Enthusiasm
(HBO) |
| 5. | The Presidential Prmary Debates |
| 6. | Gossip
Girl (CW) |
| 7. | House (Fox) |
| 8. | Battlestar Galactica
(Sci-Fi) |
| 9. | The Riches (FX) |
| 10. | Friday Night Lights
(NBC) |
| Newsday
(Diane Werts) |
| 1. | Showtime
Shows |
| 2. | The Sopranos (HBO) |
| 3. | The Shield (FX) |
| 4. | Women Protagonists |
| 5. | Dancing With the
Stars (ABC) |
| 6. | Hugh Laurie on House
(Fox) |
| 7. | Pushing Daisies
(ABC) |
| 8. | Planet Earth
(Discovery) |
| 9. | Slings & Arrows
(Sundance) |
| 10. | The Wire (HBO) |
|
Orlando
Sentinel (Hal Boedeker) | | 1. |
Mad Men (AMC) |
| 2. | Damages (FX) |
| 3. | Friday Night Lights
(NBC) |
| 4. | The Sopranos (HBO) |
| 5. | CSI (CBS) |
| 6. | Ugly Betty
(ABC) |
| 7. | The Riches (FX) |
| 8. | Rome (HBO) |
| 9. | Brotherhood
(Showtime) |
| 10. | The Shield (FX) |
| |
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette (Rob Owen) | | 1. |
Mad Men (AMC) |
| 2. | The Sopranos (HBO) |
| 3. | Pushing Daisies
(ABC) |
| 4. | Big Love (Showtime) |
| 5. | 30 Rock (NBC) |
| 6. | Ugly Betty
(ABC) |
| 7. | Corner Gas (WGN) |
| 8. | Lost (ABC) |
| 9. | The Tudors
(Showtime) |
| 10. | Brothers & Sisters
(ABC) |
| |
San
Jose Mercury-News (Charlie McCollum) | | 1. |
The
Sopranos (HBO) | | 2. |
The War (PBS) |
| 3. | Mad Men (AMC) |
| 4. | Planet Earth
(Discovery) |
| 5. | Friday Night Lights (NBC) |
| 6. | Lost (ABC) |
| 7. | Slings & Arrows
(Sundance) |
| 8. | NBC Thursday Night
Comedies |
| 9. | British Invasion |
| 10. | Showtime Originals |
| |
TV
Guide (Matt Roush) | | 1. |
Mad Men (AMC) |
| 2. | Planet Earth
(Discovery) |
| 3. | 30 Rock (NBC) |
| 4. | The War (PBS) |
| 5. | Pushing Daisies
(ABC) | | 6. | Lost
(ABC) |
| 7. | The Sopranos (HBO)
| | 8. | The
Shield (FX) |
| 9. | Friday Night Lights (NBC) |
| 10. | Various Showtime
Shows | | |