'Glee,' 'True Blood' crack AFI's 2009 TV Top 10
Only 'Mad Men' repeats from last year's AFI list
Lea Michele of 'Glee'
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It was a good year for new television, according to the American Film Institute.
The AFI's TV Top 10 of 2009, announced on Sunday (Dec. 13) afternoon, features five programs that premiered this year, including the surprising inclusion of the Starz comedy "Party Down."
Also making the AFI TV Top 10 were "The Big Bang Theory," "Big Love," "Friday Night Lights," "Glee," "Mad Men," "Modern Family," "The No.
1 Ladies' Detective Agency," "Nurse Jackie" and "True Blood."
The only show carried over from last year's AFI TV Top 10 was "Mad Men," meaning that "Breaking Bad," "In Treatment," "The Office" and "Life" must have done something to disappoint the AFI's voting panel.
While the AFI honored a pair of TV movies/miniseries last year, with "John Adams" and "Recount," this year's list only saw value in series television.
The 13-person AFI TV panel included writer-producer David Milch, actress CCH Pounder, Syracuse University quote machine Robert J. Thompson, critics Maureen Ryan, Matt Rouch and Brian Lowery, plus an additional assortment of academics and industry professionals.
The AFI Awards will be presented at a Jan. 15 luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.
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Login or create a HitFix account Login SignupJordo My Top 10 is far geekier: (in alphabetical order)
December 13, 2009 at 8:56PM EST Reply to CommentBattlestar Galactica, Breaking Bad, Chuck, Dexter, House, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Lost, Mad Men, Party Down, True Blood
mike No Breaking Bad? The best show currently on television? How? That's an absolute travesty. This moves ahead of John From Cincinnati and just behind Lack of a Deadwood Resolution as the most disappointing things that Milch has ever done.
June 12, 2010 at 3:31AM EST Reply to Comment