My TV 2011: If I Was The Average Consumer, The TV Biz Has Nothing to Worry About

I spent a lot of 2011 traveling around the world and watching good TV. When I say TV I mean video created for television, watchable on any screen. It was a good year. Whether live, DVR, via Slingbox, HBO GO, Netflix or iTunes/iPad on a couch, plane or whatever I spent real time watching everything below. Here are all my likes and season pass choices in alphabetical order. Those notated with "*" were at such a level of excellence IMHO that my jaw often dropped wipe open. But all relatively pretty great for different reasons. We're in a golden age of television my friends, soak it in and watch. Thank you to the creators!

NOTE: I probably spend the equivalent of at least 1/3 of my yearly cable bill total on buying catch up show on iTunes.  

 

• 30 Rock (NBC)
• 60 Minutes (CBS)
• Archer (FX)
• Boardwalk Empire* (HBO)
• The Borgias (SHO)
• Boss (STRZ)
• Breaking Bad* (AMC)
• Burn Notice (USA)
• Californication (SHO)
• Charlie Rose (BLOOM)
• Covert Affairs (USA)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm* (HBO)
• Damages (FX/The Audience Network)
• Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (FOOD)
• Dowton Abbey (PBS)
• Eastbound & Down* (HB0)
• Entourage (HB0)
• ESPN Films* (ESPN)
• Fringe (FOX)
• Frontline (PBS)
• Game of Thrones* (HBO)
• Gossip Girl (CW)
• Homeland* (SHO)
• How To Make It In America (HBO)
• In Plain Sight (USA)
• Inside The NFL (SHO)
• Justified* (FX)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
• Luther* (BBCA)
• Mad Men (AMC)
• Modern Family* (ABC)
• Nikita (CW)
• Person of Interest (CBS)
• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
• Revenge (ABC)
• Royal Pains (USA)
• Saturday Night Live (NBC)
• Shameless (SHO)
• Sons of Anarchy* (FX)
• South Park (COM)
• Suits (USA)
• Terra Nova (FOX)
• White Collar (USA)

Goes without saying:

• NFL Football (CBS, NBC, FOX, ESPN)
• SportsCenter (ESPN)

Some I jump in and out of:

• CBS Sunday Morning (CBS)
• The Colbert Report (COM)
• The Daily Show with John Stewart (COM)
• Nightline (ABC)
• Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Some I want to check out and catch up on:

• American Horror Story (FX)
• The Killing (AMC)
• The League (FX)
• Rubicon (AMC)
• True Blood (HBO)
• The Walking Dead (AMC)

Some I'm looking forward to:

• The Firm (NBC)
• Girls (HBO)
• House of Lies (SHO)
• Luck (HBO)

Comments

[Michael Alex]

"Television" is a good word. It lets you know that there will be sound ("audio" to the technorati") coming with your video.