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87 The Pacific
HBO, 3/14

51 Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
Lifetime, 3/13

59 The 39 Steps
PBS, 2/28

79 Reporter
HBO, 2/18

84 Temple Grandin
HBO, 2/6

83 Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America
VH1, 2/6

52 A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration
HBO, 1/31

62 Ugly Americans
Comedy Central, Wednesday

80 Justified
FX, Tuesday

52 The Price of Beauty
VH1, Monday

52 Sons of Tucson
Fox, Sunday

34 High Society
CW, Wednesday

54 Who Do You Think You Are?
NBC, Friday

61 Parenthood
NBC, Tuesday

77 Southland Season Two
TNT, Tuesday

49 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
NBC, Weekdays

41 The Marriage Ref
NBC, Thursday

62 The Ricky Gervais Show
HBO, Friday

59 How to Make It in America
HBO, Sunday

64 Prison Wives
Investigation Discovery, Wednesday

62 Survivors
BBC America, Saturday

43 Past Life
Fox, Tuesday

56 Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp Season Seven
VH1, Monday

59 Undercover Boss
CBS, Sunday

44 The Michael Vick Project
BET, Tuesday

44 Kell on Earth
Bravo, Monday

TV Critic Top Ten Lists

Unnumbered lists are sorted alphabetically by title. Look for additional lists coming throughout January.

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)

Chicago Sun-Times (Doug Elfman)
1.	Family Guy (Fox)
2.	House (Fox)
3.	30 Rock (NBC)
4.	Rescue Me (FX)
5.	Californication (Showtime)
6.	Reaper (CW)
7.	Mad Men (AMC)
8.	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)
9.	The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central)
10.	Dexter (Showtime)

Chicago Tribune (Maureen Ryan) [Alphabetical except for #1]
1.	Mad Men (AMC)
	30 Rock (NBC)
	Burn Notice (USA)
	Dexter (Showtime)
	Extras (HBO)
	Flight Of The Conchords (HBO)
	Friday Night Lights (NBC)
	House (FOX)
	The Shield (FX)
	Ugly Betty (ABC)

Entertainment Weekly (Gillian Flynn)
1.	30 Rock (NBC)
2.	Pushing Daisies (ABC)
3.	The Sopranos (HBO)
4.	Planet Earth (Discovery)
5.	Big Love (HBO)
6.	Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)
7.	Flight Of The Conchords (HBO)
8.	Mad Men (AMC)
9.	Brotherhood (Showtime)
10.	Andy Barker, P.I. (NBC)

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)

LA Weekly (Robert Abele)
1.	Reaper (CW)
2.	Planet Earth (Discovery)
3.	Damages (FX)
4.	Mad Men (AMC)
5.	Louis C.K.: Shameless (HBO)
6.	Burn Notice (USA)
7.	Tell Me You Love Me (HBO)
8.	Pushing Daisies (ABC)
9.	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!/Lucy: The Daughter of the Devil (Cartoon Network)
10.	BBC World News (BBCA)

Metacritic.com (Television Editor)
1.	Pushing Daisies (ABC)
2.	Bones (Fox)
3.	Dexter (Showtime)
4.	Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
5.	Rome (HBO)
6.	Mad Men (AMC)
7.	The Tudors (Showtime)
8.	Ugly Betty (ABC)
9.	Doctor Who (Sci-Fi)
10.	Torchwood (BBC America)

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)

People Weekly (Tom Gliatto)
1.	Pushing Daisies (ABC)
2.	The Sopranos (HBO)
3.	Damages (FX)
4.	Gossip Girl (CW)
5.	The War (PBS)
6.	El Tigre (Nickelodeon)
7.	Army Wives (Lifetime)
8.	Samantha Who? (ABC)
9.	This American Life (Showtime)
10.	Planet Earth (Discovery)

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 Francisco Chronicle (Tim Goodman) [2-10 Top Dramas & Comedies]
1.	The War (PBS)
2.	Dexter (Showtime) & Flight Of The Conchords (HBO)
3.	Mad Men (AMC) & 30 Rock (NBC)
4.	The Sopranos (HBO) & Slings & Arrows (Sundance)
5.	Rome (HBO) & Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (HBO)
6.	The Shield (FX) & Californication (Showtime)
7.	Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (HBO) & Weeds (Showtime)
8.	The Riches (FX) & Pushing Daisies (ABC)
9.	Brotherhood (Showtime) & The Office (NBC)
10.	Damages (FX) & The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central)

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

Time Magazine (James Poniewozik) [New & Returning]
1.	Mad Men (AMC) & The Sopranos (HBO)
2.	Flight Of The Conchords (HBO) & Lost (ABC)
3.	Tell Me You Love Me (HBO) & 30 Rock (NBC)
4.	Planet Earth (Discovery) & Friday Night Lights (NBC)
5.	Pushing Daisies (ABC) & Big Love (Showtime)
6.	The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central) & The Office (NBC)
7.	The Riches (FX) & The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
8.	Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon) & The Shield (FX)
9.	The War (PBS) & Weeds (Showtime)
10.	Kid Nation (CBS) & Top Chef (Bravo)

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

USA Today (Robert Bianco)
1.	Pushing Daisies (ABC)
2.	Lost (ABC)
3.	Mad Men (AMC)
4.	Friday Night Lights (NBC)
5.	30 Rock (NBC)
6.	Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
7.	Ugly Betty (ABC)
8.	Damages (FX)
9.	Dexter (Showtime)
10.	The Sopranos (HBO)

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