TV GUIDE: Matt Roush's TV Top 10 of 2012
Dec 17, 2012
by Matt Roush
In selecting a top-10 list for this year in TV, I found myself focusing on shows that made noise. Not every show on this list is a niche critic's darling, although a few certainly are. Some have a more populist appeal, not that there's anything wrong with that. This may also help explain why there's no new representation from the dismal fall season we just endured. (I like Elementary, Nashville and The New Normal, and will miss Last Resort, but none jumped out as being particularly significant.)
If I had a second 10, I might have included a few reality favorites: The Glee Project, Face Off, the durable Survivor. I'm sorry I didn't find room this year for Parenthood, Person of Interest, Justified, Community and a handful of other underdogs. And what would TV be without guilty pleasures like The Vampire Diaries, Grey's Anatomy and the berserk Scandal (which when it's on fire is the show Revenge would like to still be)? That said, the following 10-plus shows are the ones that personally and professionally brought me the most pleasure — or at least made me sit up and take notice — in 2012...
... 10. The Big Bang Theory
Success hasn't spoiled this geek-chic sitcom, a smash in syndication and cable while still dominating its weekly Thursday time slot on CBS. More important, Big Bang is funnier than ever, with a riotous ensemble finding infinite new variables in that most desirable formula: the essence of classic comedy.
The BiG Bang Theory airs Thursday at 8/7C on CBS.
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