Two Tivos To Paradise 12.30.11: The 2011 TV Entertainers of the Year

Posted by Al Norton on 12.30.2011

From Community, Homeland and Glee to Breaking Bad, Louie, The Daily Show, Friday Night Lights and more, 411's Al Norton counts down the 2011 TV Entertainers of the Year!



Hello friends. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, and/or long weekend and that you are all excited about the prospects for the new year. Santa (and Mrs. Tivo) were quite good to me; I have a Kindle Fire that I have been enjoying greatly and not one but TWO copies of the Glee concert movies (which of course does mean there will be an upcoming giveaway of Glee Live to look forward to). We also got a new HDTV for our bedroom from the Tivo in-laws. Of course the main attraction for the holiday was seeing the twins go crazy and boy, did they ever! Once the recovered from the shock and joy of finding that Santa ate the cookies and drank the milk they left for him, they tore into their presents with abandon. Even better, they both seemed to really appreciate all the family who were around as that is one of the more important parts of the day.

Before we get to our list of the top TV entertainers of the year I want to thank all of you who join us here every Friday as well as those of you who have become part of our Facebook community as well; you'll see that seven people from our list stopped by to accept their awards and that is a testament to all of you. I am hoping for bigger and better things for TTTP in 2012, so keep coming back!!!

When I say I need news you say you better, you better, you better, you bet.

The 2011 Two Tivos To Paradise TV Entertainers of the Year
Here is our 5th annual list of those who gave us the most TV joy over the course of the year. While I do my best to not ignore any obvious choices, I also go out of my way to try and find people who constantly deliver the goods but might not get the full spotlight they deserve and then use this list to shine a light. Mixed in with the list are a few of my favorite video clips from the year.

And away we go…

Honorable Mention: Neil Patrick Harris, the cast of Happy Endings, Jennifer Morrison & Lana Parrilla, Delroy Lindo, and Alison Sweeney.




20) Geoff Peterson
This was a pretty major year of growth for the robot sidekick from The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson; his few pre-programmed lines were always good for laughs but over the last 12 months Geoff has come into his own, with a wide ranging personality and words that come freely, almost always providing great comedic pleasure to the audience. Things got even better when there was a couple of weeks where celebrities took over Geoff's personality, the highlight to me being Alfred Molina's night inside the steel brain. It may be surprising that a robot is consistently demonstrating more personality than several other late night hosts but there is no question that Geoff Peterson is one of a kind.

Geoff was kind enough to tweet his acceptance of being named to the list last week…

Thx 411mania.com/Two TiVos to Paradise for naming me an Entertainer of the Year. So glad u guys have never heard of George Clooney.

19) USA
I was planning on posing the question, "did any network have a year like USA's?" but then realized I could pretty much say, "has any network ever had a year like USA's 2011?" and have the answer still be the same. Think about it; when has a network every renewed its entire lineup?!?! Sure, they are not programming as much as the likes of the Big 5 but Burn Notice, White Collar, Royal Pains, Suits, Fairly Legal, Necessary Roughness, PSYCH, and Covert Affairs all got new seasons picked up, and ANY network would kill to have eight hour long series returning to their lineup. Even more impressive is that all of these shows are actually worth watching (Fairly Legal needs some work but Sarah Shahi is clearly a talent worth building a series around) and Suits ranks near-or-at-the-top of a list of the best new shows of 2011 (seriously, has NBC premiered a new show anywhere as good as Suits in the last TWO years?!?!). And it's not like the network is content with what they've got; there are several new series set to premiere in 2012 but they are branching out into the half hour comedy field as well.

18) Fall Sunday Nights
Sunday nights this fall were as stacked as any single night in recent memory in terms of quality programming; off the top of my head there was Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, Homeland, Once Upon a Time, The Good Wife, The Amazing Race, Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs, The Walking Dead, Hell on Wheels, Fox's animated lineup (minus Allen Gregory, of course), and some great Sunday Night Football match ups, and I know there are shows I'm not thinking of. If you couldn't find something good to watch on Sunday nights this fall you simply weren't trying.

17)Robert Ulrich
Glee's season two stories may have been all over the map but a constant throughout the show's run including the second half of season two and the start of season three is the casting; I can't recall the last time I saw someone on Glee I didn't think was perfect for the part, which is why Robert Ulrich won an Emmy for casting this past September and part of the reason we're including him on our 2011 TV Entertainers of the Year List. The other reason was his work on The Glee Project, the best reality competition series of the year; Ulrich served as de facto host of the show and one of the three judges advising Ryan Murphy and because his job is to cast the show, he had unique and meaningful insight for the competitors. When you play a large role in two different shows that made our Top 40 of 2011 list, you pretty much automatically make it on this list, too.

Ladies and Gentleman, Robert Ulrich…

I'm thrilled to be included in your "Entertainers of the Year" column. You have featured some incredible people on the list in the past and it is a pleasure to be mentioned alongside so many entertainers whom I enjoy. As a casting director, I honestly never thought I would be on a list of entertainers (much less entertainers of the year), but The Glee Project has allowed me to step into a world that I am thoroughly enjoying. This honor is a lot of fun and I'm excited to be a part of it.





16) Steve Carell
Michael Scott was not a huge TV presence in 2011, leaving The Office in the spring, but the growth and maturity he demonstrated as he left Scranton, PA was enough to get Steve Carell on this list. Any show can have its residents change and become more enlightened over the course of its run but to do so while having those changes be in character – be believable – and also have the audience rooting for them to get there is impressive, even more so when the show is a comedy, and that's why Carell really should have won an Emmy to go with his Norty. Michael's marriage proposal to Holly was one of the more surprisingly emotional moments of the year and his sendoff was perhaps a highpoint for the series itself.

15) Steve Higgins
Steve Higgins is the proud holder of the "Funniest Person on TV Most Folks Haven't Heard Of" title, which is sad in that so many are missing out on him taking the talk show host sidekick gig to a level of quality and humor not seen before on television. Higgins timing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is as razor sharp as his mind and he and Fallon play off of each other like they've been doing so for decades; their constant references to Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer during the weeks leading up to Christmas was one of the high points of the holiday viewing season. The main reason I tivo Late Night is for the opening segment – consisting of the monologue and the desk comedy piece – as it's frequently laugh out loud funny, with Fallon more than willing to let things get off on a tangent if it makes for good television.

14) Denis Leary & Peter Tolan
I feel bad that Rescue Me's strong final season seemed to get no love during the end of the year awards season this month as it really was quite good, with stories advanced in ways that fit the tone of the show and none of the forced wrapping-it-all-up moments that some series force into their finales. While the final hour was quite well done, with both the humor and pathos the show made its hallmark, it was Vows, the penultimate episode, that was as good as anything from the series 7 season run, with 45 minutes of uproarious comedy followed by 15 minutes of tension that had you on the edge of your seat with tears in your eyes. Denis Leary and Peter Tolan can feel quite proud of the way their show went out.

13) Howard Gordon
Being the executive producer of the best new drama series of 2011 – Homeland – which also happened to land the number 4 spot on our Top 10 Dramas of 2011 list last week – is more than enough to get Howard Gordon on this list as the show was a brilliant mash up of the political thriller and emotional family genres, with top of the line casting to go with plot twists that not only made sense but were also nearly impossible to see coming, but he also was executive producer of Awake, the yet-to-air NBC series that had the single best pilot I watched this year and is one of the best pilots I've seen during my 5+ years writing this column.

(That might be one of the best sentences I have ever written)

12) Troy Johnson
I love watching a show where I feel like I really get to know the host during my viewing, that the personality they are presenting on screen is in fact who they are. It helps when said personality is smart, funny, engaging, and just the right amount of snark. I also love watching a show where I feel like the host's passion comes through loud and clear in a way that invites me to join them in it as opposed to putting me off because I am not into what they are into and they don't do anything to help me "get it." Finally, I love food and the joy that comes when you seek out something you've been jonesing for and it's everything you hoped for and then some. Add that all together and you've got Troy Johnson and Crave, his wonderful show on the Food Network. Not only did Crave immediately become my favorite food-related show on television but Johnson took no time in establishing himself as one of TV's best and most charmingly self-depreciating experts on food, or any subject. Hopefully Food Network will come to their senses and give the show a second season but if not I am quite confident another network will sweep in and grab him if they don't (hey CBS, aren't you re-launching your morning show next week? How about a top notch new guy for your food segments?!?!).

Ladies and Gentlemen, Troy Johnson…

Al Norton obviously knows genius when he sees it. I'm extremely glad he didn't see it before he watched our TV show. Because next to genius (cough, Joel McHale), we look like that frumpy gal with donut dust in the corner of her mouth who really needs to spend quality time with ProActiv. Thank, you, Al and TTTP. I sincerely hope Food Network doesn't cancel our ass, because I would like to be your frumpy donut gal next year as well.

11) Giancarlo Esposito
Fans of quality actors certainly knew who Giancarlo Esposito was before he debuted on Breaking Bad – I knew him first from Do the Right Thing, than Bakersfield P.D., and then again from Homicide: Life on the Street, although his IMDB page is amazing, including 5 episodes of Sesame Street, three different characters on Miami Vice, and a guest spot on Touched by an Angel – but there is no doubt that his work as Gus Fring is the best of his 30+ year career. I wrote earlier in the year that you can tell someone is giving an excellent performance when you can't imagine anyone else playing the part, and that is clearly the case here, with Gus' quiet cool being unlike anything TV has seen recently. While the audience always knew there was something going on beneath the surface – we weren't always sure what, of course, but we knew it was something – the other characters only saw exactly what Gus wanted them to see, which means Esposito not only had to show off his acting skills by playing Gus but he had to make Gus' ability to fool others believable as well, and he accomplished both tasks with honors. Of course the one time Gus lost his cool was in the moment when he realized something was up, which led to the best – and most in-character – death scene of 2011.

All of the above more than earned him a place on our list but then he went and showed us how much range he had by turning in a performance on Once Upon a Time that was downright unrecognizable from what we had seen just weeks earlier. Giancarlo Esposito owned Sunday nights in 2011 in a big way.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Giancarlo Esposito…

To be named as one of "Two Tivos to Paradise 2011 Entertainers of the Year" is an acknowledgement of my existence! After all, I know exactly who you are...especially you, Al. Right? (wink)

I am happy to accept! I love what I do! I have had an incredible run this year. I haven't really looked up yet. This is a sweet wake up call. My first, and there is only one first!

So, now I'll do my research and learn more about you . One thing's for sure, I'll never forget you.

In gratitude,

Giancarlo Esposito.





10) Naya Rivera
There have been breakout stars each of the first three seasons of Glee; year one was Lea Michele, year two Chris Colfer, and in season three it has been Naya Rivera, who has shown some serious acting and singing chops as Santana has gotten more and more of the spotlight. Truth be told, her ascension to greatness began back in the second half of season two when she declared her love to Britney and did a heart wrenching version of Songbird in the Rumors episode and she hasn't slowed down since. Rivera delivers a cutting insult about as well as anyone on TV right now and it makes those moments when Santana lets her walls down that much more effective. Out of the entire cast Rivera is the one I think has the best shot at prolonged post-Glee success, although I am not in any rush for that phase of her career to begin.

9) Michael B Jordan
Although Michael B Jordan has been working steadily for over a decade, it wasn't until I saw him portray quarterback Vince Howard on season four of Friday Night Lights that I knew who he was, and you can bet I will know who he is going forward. Vince was a teenager straddling the line between the life he had always known and the new life that his athletic talent was helping him discover, and that journey was made believable and compelling by Jordan's rich and layered portrayal. My admiration for his talents reached a whole new level when he began a run on Parenthood as Alex, who in many ways was the kind of honorable, trustworthy man Vince likely turned into. His performances are a mix of strength and vulnerability that guarantee we will be enjoying his work for years and years to come.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Michael B Jordan…

Are you sure you got the right actor? I am truly honored to be selected, thank you!!

8) Callie Thorne
I've been a fan of Callie Thorne's since I saw her in charming indie movie called Ed's Next Move in the mid-90's (FYI – that cast included Matt Ross, Peter Jacobson, and Will Arnett as well) so I was thrilled when she was cast in the role of a lifetime as Sheila on Rescue Me, a part she owned in ways that seemed to jump right off the screen at you. During the show's final season her flair for careening back and forth between drama and comedy at breakneck speeds was on full display, and made her work as the lead on the hit USA series Necessary Roughness that much more impressive for the many, many ways in which her Dr. Dani was a more grounded character. It is a testament to her talents that both came across as very real people although, to be honest, after seeing her at emotional wits end for so long on Rescue Me, it is something of a relief to see her have such a good time playing the romantic comedy aspects of Roughness.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Callie Thorne…

What a surprise and an honor! First, I would like to thank the aca.. de..... Wait, why are you laughing? ..Is this a prank? I didnt get it? I did? Ohhhh.. wait, wrong award? Wrong list, you say? You're sure? Well, I don't believe you now. Okay, just to play it safe, if this is true.. THANK YOU TWO TIVOS TO PARADISE!!!! How exciting! When an actor loves what they do and works hard it, getting noticed in a positive manner is like an awesome surprise birthday party. You don't expect but, but when it happens, you really appreciate it and are thankful for the attention. Now.... if this is a joke on me...sleep with one eye open.

7) Claire Danes & Damian Lewis
Seriously, how much has Claire Danes stock risen in the last two years? She went from basically being an afterthought in the world of acting to winning Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG awards for Temple Grandin to taking series TV by storm with her work on Homeland. Carrie Mathison was something rare to find on TV these days, a wholly original character who felt both fresh and real and it is a huge credit to Danes that we bought her both as a top level CIA agent and an emotionally vulnerable person quietly desperate to make a connection with someone.

Damian Lewis has been impressing pretty consistently for the past 10 years with his work on Band of Brothers and Life, but that doesn't take away from just how good he was on Homeland, making us feel for Brody even as we saw him planning to do something so clearly wrong. The two characters fit so well together because they are so similar, both believing in what they are doing so much so that they are willing to break the rules in order to accomplish what they feel is the greater good. They clearly recognize that in each other as much as they do the shared experience they have in being in the middle of war zones. I can't wait to see what season two has in store for the two of them.





6) Anna Gunn
Now that Katey Sagal has a Golden Globe and Kyra Sedgwick an Emmy, Anna Gunn holds the title of the most criminally under-recognized actress on television. Yes, Bryan Cranston is doing Hall of Fame work on Breaking Bad, Aaron Paul more than deserved his Emmy, and Giancarlo Esposito was so good he earned a spot on this list as well, but there is no doubt that the show simply would not work without Gunn being so dead solid perfect as Skylar White. Her slow transformation from emotional devastation at the news of her husband's cancer to shock at finding out what he was doing to make money to clear eyed pragmatist is as much a part of the show's journey as is Walter's and Jesse's. In many ways Skylar is the surrogate for the audience, reacting the way that we would, and those of us who watch the show are much more likely to wonder if we'd react the same way she would to a given situation than we would any other character on the show. There is no question she is an actress I will be following for many years.

5) Ryan Murphy
While I did not personally care that much for American Horror Story there was no series in the last quarter of 2011 that generated more buzz, and that buzz translated to record breaking ratings for FX, so that got executive producer and co-creator Ryan Murphy consideration for this list. Oh right, he also continued to executive produce Glee, which dramatically corrected its course this fall with the musical's third season, one that focused on the core group of characters and also meshed the music of West Side Story perfectly into a multiple episode arc. Oh right, one more thing, The Glee Project – the best reality competition show of the year – exists because of him, and he served as the final decision maker as well. Sure, Murphy may not do a great job at keeping his mouth shut (or stopping himself from talking out of both sides of it) when dealing with the press but there is no doubt he's one of the most powerful creative forces in television right now.

4) Scott Bakula, Andre Braugher, and Ray Romano
There are lots of high quality shows on TV right now – seriously, this is a golden age of television drama – but I defy anyone who watched Men of a Certain Age to name any three actors on one show who did the same level of work that Scott Bakula, Andre Braugher, and Ray Romano did in 2011. Leaving aside the crime against humanity committed by TNT by cancelling this show after screwing up the scheduling of the second season so much it made it nearly impossible for Men to get any traction and grow its audience, what we were fortunate enough to get were layered performances that showed us real human emotions while also never going too long without making us laugh. What was great about this trio of actors is they weren't afraid for the laughs to be about them.

Each had a very strong story arc, with Braugher doing his typical brilliant work and Romano continuing to impress in ways that Everybody Loves Raymond would never have led you to believe possible, but Bakula may have shined brightest as his Terry traveled the longest journey; there was no one I was rooting for to grow up as much as Terry and there was no couple I was as happy to see together in the end as Terry and Erin. It really is a shame we'll never get to see what these three could have done with a longer run.

3) Jon Stewart
I have already apologized many, many times for being so late to The Daily Show bandwagon but now that I am here I am certainly not going anywhere, and while there are many people who contribute to the brilliance of each night's 22 minutes, none have more weight on the shoulders every Monday through Thursday than Jon Stewart. To expand on what I wrote in last week's piece, part of being smart is having a vast amount of knowledge, part of being smart is being able to share that knowledge with people of all different intelligence levels, and part of being smart is recognizing that you are not always – or even ever – the smartest person in the room, and judging by those standards Stewart is far and away the smartest person on TV. He never argues with his guests but he does challenge them at times, always with a goal of reaching a higher level of mutual understanding, and those are some pretty admirable goals for any show, let alone a comedy.

Ahh yes, the comedy parts of The Daily Show are certainly not to be ignored, especially since they produce more laughs than just about any sitcom I can think of. Stewart's self-effacing nature comes in handy as he always makes sure to come across like a guy who good-naturedly assumes everyone else spots the obvious hypocrisy as easily as he does. His anger towards Donald Trump eating pizza with a fork was fantastic every single time I watched it and in many ways he earned a spot on this list simply by paying homage to a classic Tim Kazurinsky Weekend Update bit during one opening segment. If must-see TV truly exists, it is the opening segment on The Daily Show.

Stewart's goal is clearly to entertain the audience and he amuses himself doing it, and regular readers know what a big fan I am of people who enjoy their jobs. He's not number one on this list because the two ahead of him are a group and a guy who does EVERYTHING on his show, but as far as an individual presence on television, there is no question Jon Stewart is tops.

2) The Cast of Community
Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Chevy Chase, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Alison Brie – this is the best comedy cast on television right now, bar none, and that's before I factor in the strong supporting work from and Ken Jeong and Jim Rash, not to mention the band of recurring actors like Dino Stamatopoulos, Richard Erdman, Luke Youngblood, John Oliver, and others. Community is the most ambitious comedy series that TV has to offer in its current lineup, with a lot of different comedy styles cooking in the pot at the same time, so to pull it off this group needs to be at the top of their respective games at all times and they have yet to disappoint, with all of them working to create unique and distinctive characters that are both familiar and surprising. This cast is so good I would love to see them take scripts from bad comedy series of years gone by just to see what they could do with them; imagine how funny Veronica's Closet or Drexel's Class might be in their hands. Or what they would do with the likes of I Hate My Teenage Daughter. Getting back on point, this group generates more genuine laughter than any other and they do so while allowing us to get to know interesting and complex people, and I literally don't know what more you can ask for (well, other than decent ratings, I suppose).

Ladies and Gentlemen, accepting on behalf of the cast of Community, Joel McHale…

I'd like to do more thanking for receiving Entertainer or Entertainers or the Year (or whatever the hell it's called) for Community. The entire cast would be thrilled if they knew about this. If I remember to tell them (highly unlikely) I'm sure they would give me a sincere smile and say "That's nice." And then say, "Can you move? I'm trying to get some coffee". Especially Danny. He loves coffee. None the less I will display your email to me saying we won prominently ay home. It may take awhile to print it out and put it up since I'm out of toner. Again thanks Two Tivos to Paradise, thank you Ann Norton, and thank you Chevy Chase.





1) Louis C.K.
Louis C.K. wasn't messing around when he set up Louie at FX; determined to succeed or fail with his vision of the show, he has written and directed all 26 episodes in the series' two season (so far) run, meaning he was going to get all the praise or all the blame (in the entertainment industry there never seems to be much of an in-between. Season one was pretty funny, with some moments that seemed to hint at a more than just a comedy with a harsh but realistic ear for dialogue, but something happened in the hiatus that changed everything. I have no idea what it was, why C.K. suddenly had the confidence to take the show to a deeper level, but season two of Louie was a brilliant treaty on the human condition . No, I'm not kidding, Louie was that good.

Pregnant, the season premiere, eased viewers into the transition in a wonderful way; up until the final scene where his neighbor tells him about the power of leaning on others for help it was hard to tell what the show was going for but from that moment on it was clear that C.K. wasn't mocking sitcoms but rather using his show to give light to people and emotions not normally shown on TV, and almost never in a comedy. Subway/Pamela opened with a sublime little art piece and then went on to give us the best – and most realistic -declaration of unrequited love that I've ever seen, but the season's true highpoint was Duckling, chronicling the comedian's trip to Afghanistan on a USO tour that brought genuine tears to go with the trademark awkwardness.

Since Louis C.K. is the writer, director, lead actor – essentially the major creative force behind the show – of Louie, he's the only logical choice to be the 2011 Two Tivos To Paradise TV Entertainer of the Year.

And that's our list. Please use the comments section below to talk about whose on your list of the TV Entertainers of the Year.

And We Can Break Through, Though Torn In Two We Can Be One
The long holiday weekend means cable networks will be breaking out programming marathons for your viewing pleasure. Below are ten highlights from each day…

SATURDAY
Top Gear (BBC America), 6am, 23 episodes
House Hunters/House Hunters International (HGTV), 7am, 42 episodes
Twilight Zone (Syfy), 9am through 6am on Monday
NCIS (USA), 10 am, 13 episodes
The Walking Dead (AMC), 11am, 13 episodes (entire series to date)
The Amanda Show (Teen Nick), Noon, 16 episodes
Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan(G4), Noon, 10 episodes (entire season one)
Martin (TV One), 1pm, 34 episodes
MASH (TV Land), 3pm, 8 episodes
Batman (Hub), 11:30pm, 13 episodes (the Adam West – Burt Ward live action series)

SUNDAY
V.I.P. (Logo), 4am, 18 episodes
Degrassi: The Next Generation (Teen Nick), 6am, 14 episodes
Absolutely Fabulous (BBC America), 7:20am, 34 episodes
House (Oxygen), 8am, entire first season
The Lying Game (ABC Family), 9am, 10 episodes (entire first season to date)
Storage Wars (A&E), Noon, 20 episodes
Unsung (BET), Noon, 17 episodes
Hell on Wheels (AMC), 3pm, 9 episodes (entire first season to date)
Diners, Drive-In's, and Dives (Food), 7pm, 18 episodes
Pawn Stars (History), 7pm, 18 episodes

MONDAY
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA), 4am, 13 episodes
The Rachel Zoe Project (Bravo), 6am, 11 episodes
Intervention (A&E), 7am, 8 episodes
Murder, She Wrote (TV Land), 8am, 7 episodes
Project Runway (Style), 8am, entire 3rd season
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Syfy), 8am, 8 episodes
1000 Ways to Die (Spike), 9am, 38 episodes
Myth Busters (Discovery), 9am, 10 episodes
Sex and the City (E!), 10am, 10 episodes
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family), 11am, entire second season to date followed by new episode at 8pm

Two Tivos To Paradise
24 Hour Restaurant Battle, 30 Rock, After the Catch, American Idol, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Antiques Roadshow, Archer, Auction Hunters, The Big C, Boardwalk Empire, Being Human, Bones, Bored To Death, Breaking Bad, Burn Notice, Celebrity Apprentice, Cake Boss, Chopped, Chuck, The Closer, Community, Cougar Town, Crave, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Deadliest Catch, Desperate Housewives, Destination Truth, Entourage, Eureka, Fact or Faked, Falling Skies, Fairly Legal, Family Guy, Flipping Out, Food Feuds, Food Network Challenge, Food Network Star, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Academy, Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Lab, Glee, Gossip Girl, Great Food Truck Race, Grey's Anatomy, Happy Endings, Haunted Treasure, Hawaii 5-0, Hell on Wheels, Hollywood Treasure, House, How I Met Your Mother, How To Make It In America, Hung, Iron Chef America, Justified, The Killing, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, Louie, Mad Men, Man v. Food Nation, The Middle, Mike and Molly, Modern Family, Necessary Roughness, New Girl, Next Iron Chef, The Office, One Tree Hill, Outside the Lines, Parks & Recreation, Private Practice, Project Accessory, Project Runway, Psych, Raising Hope, Real Time With Bill Maher, Restaurant Impossible, Revenge, Ringer, Rocco's Dinner Party, Royal Pains, Rules Of Engagement, Sanctuary, Saturday Night Live, The Secret Circle, Shear Genius, So You Think You Can Dance?, Sons of Anarchy, The Soup, Suits, Suburgatory, Supernatural, Table For 12, Terra Nova, Top Chef, Top Chef Just Desserts, Top Chef: Masters, Top Design, Torchwood, Tosh.0, True Blood, Up All Night, The Vampire Diaries, The Voice, The Walking Dead, Warehouse 13, Web Soup, Wilfred, Worst Cooks In America,

People Love You When They Know You're Leaving Soon
Here ends another Two Tivos To Paradise.





And this brings to a close the 2011 chapter of TTTP. We'll be back next week – NEXT YEAR – with the first regular news column of 2012. I hope everyone has a happy and safe New Year's celebration.