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Kicking off the “Best of 2012” Coffee Talk columns is your favorite television show of the year. It was a tough choice for me and I was very close to giving the nod to Game of Thrones Season Two, but I’m going to go with another HBO show: The Newsroom. A lot of people enjoyed the show for its political commentary and use of real-world events. That stuff was great, but I loved the writing and character interaction. Aaron Sorkin himself describes the show as a romantic comedy and I’m an absolute sucker for rom-coms.
The cast is absolutely loaded, with Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, and Sam Waterston leading the older generation. Alison Pill, John Gallagher, and Thomas Sadoski lead the younger cast members. When the guy from Slumdog Millionaire is your seventh lead then you have a pretty stout cast. Oh yeah, Olivia Munn was there too.
The Newsroom was just a fantastic blend of great writing and strong performances infused with a unique dose of reality. I loved the debut season and can’t wait for more.
How about you? What was your favorite TV show of 2012?
I’d have to agree with you here. Newsroom is a great show that both me and my better half can watch together. While I thought the tie-ins to real iife events were done well, sometimes it became a bit too preachy, it delivered on character development and interaction.
I can’t pick just one, but I’ll throw out a top 5 ( in no particular order):
Newsroom
American Horror Story
Fringe
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
I’ll give the nod to Arrow, simply because it’s the only show this year that has gotten me to watch the show while it is actually airing on tv. Normally I watch all my shows once they go to dvd or netflix, but this one I actually watch every week (granted it’s on dvr, but that’s because I normally work when it airs).
I give it up to wwe raw for getting me to watch again after an off and on hiatus
Breaking Bad, hands down.