#Rick and Morty seasons 1-4 should get an honorable mention

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Tagged by @thesumdancekid , thank you 🍻

Comfort Shows:

1. Parks and Recreation

2. Futurama

3. Ted Lasso (season 1 only) + Carol of the Bells

4. Bob's Burgers

5. The Good Place

6. What We Do in the Shadows

7. The Last of Us

8. Schitt's Creek

9. 30 Rock

10. The West Wing

Tagging anyone who wants to do this!

[donheisenberg]

Top 20 TV Shows of 2017:

So this is the bit where I talk about how difficult it is to write a top 20 list because of peak TV, yada, yada, yada. If you are into TV criticism you have read it all before several over the last few years, the thing is while it might feel like a cliche it is totally true and with every year it become more true. Trying to watch everything out there is impossible and trying to then narrow down what you have watched to a list of 20 is almost as difficult. Every show on this list had an outstanding year as shown by some of the shows I left off of the list. In any other year the likes of Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Americans would be givens even if they just had middling seasons but not this year. It was truly a great year for TV and here are my top 20 shows of 2017.

Shows I Did Not Get Around to Watching/Completing That May Have Made My List: The Deuce The Handmaid’s Tail (to watch) Legion (to watch) Better Things Search Party Difficult People

Honorable Mention: Rick and Morty (season 3): Shout out to Review as well, which was excellent but just had to few episodes for me to really count it. In terms of Rick and Morty it was often in the news (or at least the twitter news) for the wrong reasons this year as a group of its fans decided to act like complete dickheads for a period of time. All of which deflected from the fact it had its best season ever. I’ve always had issues with the show and basically how pro-Rick and his asshole behavior Harmon and co seem to be and this year didn’t necessarily dissuade me of that but on a week to week basis it was crafting, ambitious and well thought out stories, at a rate the show had never before.

No 20: Fargo (season 3): As many observed this was not Fargo’s finest year and it maybe took a while to get going. It is also the case that 3 seasons in it is tougher for a show as idiosyncratic as this one to surprise us. When a seemingly major character dies in episode 1 it is less of a shock than it should be because that is what happened in season 1. Yet at the same time I so enjoyed this season and the performances by the likes of Carrie Coon (more on her later), Ewan MacGregor and David Thewlis and you still had episodes as excellent as The Law of Non-Contradiction.

No 19) Veep (season 6): Similar to Fargo this was a just slightly below average year for Veep, but even then the quality of the ensemble is so far above any other comedy out there and the quality of the writing/jokes/insults is again just of the highest order. There are few shows I enjoy more than Veep.

No 18) Master of None (Season 2): In my review I did write about how aspects of MON did frustrate me. For it’s social awareness, it is a show that wants me to desperately feel sorry for the man with seemingly the nicest/most privileged life in the world. The extent to which the show is essentially lifestyle porn at times can be a problem and the extent to which the show never questions Dev’s actions can also be a little off-putting. Yet having said that the good outweighs the bad and then some. The show crafts so many beautiful fully realized episodes and months after watching it is episodes like Thanksgiving that stick with me, more than the show’s flaws.

No 17) The Young Pope (Season 1): I’m not sure I get The Young Pope. I love it but I’m not sure I get it. Even in this age of weird TV there is something truly odd about this show. So difficult to write about because it does not conform to any conventions or labels and that’s why it makes this list. Having said all of this I’m not quite sure the show ever hit the heights of its pilot (even if it remained excellent throughout) and that’s why it is not a little bit higher.

No 16) Brockmire (Season 1): Brockmire is exactly the sort of gem that can get lost in this golden age, but for those few of us who did see it we know that it was one of the most raucous, hilarious and endearing comedies out there. I don’t know or care about baseball at all but I do love Brockmire and can’t wait til it comes back.

No 15) Brooklyn Nine Nine (season 4/5): Just as Brockmire can get lost in a sea of amazing shows, B99 is the sort of show that you can take for granted so easily but 5 seasons in and it is still full of heart and brilliant gags. More than that though this year on a couple of occasions we saw the show break-out of its comfort zone with episodes about Terry being racially profiled and more recently Rosa coming out to her less than progressive parents. Those episodes showcased a different side of the show and demonstrated how B99 is not just a great sitcom but an important one. Nine Nine!

No 14) Preacher (Season 2): Parts of season 2 of Preacher were as good as anything on TV. The opening scenes of the first two episodes, as well as standout episode Sokosha plus a whole host of other moments, showed how Preacher could execute some of the most ambitious TV out there to near perfection. It was not all perfect and the season might have benefited from being 10 episode long rather than 12 but nonetheless I love this show and it seems to only go in one direction. Bring on season 3.

No 13) GLOW (Season 1): GLOW was sort of the perfect summer show. It was funny and likable and so binge-able. Netflix makes a lot of deeply serialized shows, designed to be consumed in one sitting so as you find out what happens next. Glow was not that. What GLOW was, was a show that quickly established an ensemble of distinct and interesting characters who you wanted to spend time with and for that it was a standout show.

No 12) Better Call Saul (Season 3): It pains me to put BCS at number 12, in any other year this could be a contender for my number 1 spot but here it does quite make the top ten. Part of the reason why it is a little lower than you might have excepted is that at this stage I don’t have to tell anyone how good this show is. Into it’s third season and BCS was possibly better than ever. Certainly episodes like the chilling Lantern and in particular Chicanery mark series high points and some of the finest TV I’ve seen all year.

No 11) American Vandal (Season 1): American Vandal is a curious show. It is ostensibly a parody, yet by the time you finish it you look back and think that was funny but not funny enough to be making this list necessarily. What it was though was the most engrossing show of the year. And it all centred on the question “who drew the dicks?” Yet for the silliness of the premise I could not have been more intrigued. AV found new ground for the most tired of sub-genres, the mockumentary and in the process delivered an absurd but in many ways tragic story of a stupid but well meaning kid in high school whose life goes array for reasons that have little to do with him. Defining the pleasures of the show may not be straight, but boy was it insanely watchable-the Netflix model at its best.

No 10 )Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Season 3): Similar to B99, UKS is the sort of consistent joke machine that you can take for granted, and that many have, but for me this year there were few shows enjoyed nearly as much as it. I thought the show delivered its best season. The work of Ellie Kemper and in particular Titus Burgess can match any comedic performers on TV. Again though amidst all the laughs is a very human character study piece of an abuse victim and maybe where the show’s genius thoroughly lies  is in the way the show balances these two sides of itself.

No 9) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Seasons 2/3): Rachel Bloom’s musical comedy/drama goes from strength to strength. Like many shows of this list it perfectly balances cartoonish sensibilities with discussions on mental health and never more so than in the first half of season 3. In addition to that though are the musical numbers. At times I’m just in awe of how spot on and clever their parodies, my favorite this year being “Let’s Generalize About Men” and for that it had to make my top ten.

No 8) Bojack Horseman (Season 4): In its 2nd and particularly 3rd seasons Bojack became a show that delivered some of the most outstanding individual episodes of television, possibly ever. Escape From LA, Fish Under Water and That’s Too Much Man are just incomparable half hours of TV. Season 4 did not deliver a single episode of quite that standard. What season 4 did do though is deliver quite possibly the show’s most consistent, revealing and hopefully season. Something we all needed at the end of the show’s previous season.

No 7) Catastrophe (Season 3): Okay it was only 6 episodes along, but I ask this question every year, is there a better written show on TV? There might be snappier dialogue out there, there might be more profound existential musings on some other show, but there is no show with more wonderfully naturalistic dialogue on now or possibly ever. Also there is not really a couple of TV I root for quite as much as Sharon and Rob and I really just want to watch the two of them on screen together as much as possible.Plus the final episode of season 3 was just the perfect send-off for Carrie Fisher and for that alone it deserves it place on my list.

No 6) Jane The Virgin (Season 3/4): Now four seasons in Jane the Virgin still has the power to surprise and hit me emotionally as much as just about any show on this list. I would go as far as to stay no episode of television this year hit me as hard as (spoilers) Michael’s death which was absolutely devestating. But when it comes to Jane the Virgin it is not just the big gut-punches that count, it is the smaller moments as well. The other scene that sticks with me most from its episodes this year is when Rogelio (often the show’s most comic presence) opens up to Xo about how he hasn’t been able to grieve properly for Michael, who was his best friend, because he knew he had to be strong for Jane while she was grieving. It is a comparatively small moment but every bit as resonant. I can take or leave all the intrigue concerning the Marbella but week after week the show delivers moments that really effect me, which even in this golden age can’t be said of too many show.

No 5) Twin Peaks (Season 3): It seems to me that Twin Peaks has either been number 1 or completely absent from every critics list. And I can understand both positions. Twin Peaks was fascinating in a way that television and art more generally rarely is. It was also incredibly and deliberately frustrating at times. I’m almost reluctant to point out how obviously frustrating parts of the revival were because I feel like I might be missing something. On the other hand because its Lynch and because he is a widely and rightly acknowledge genius I think some critics have been too forgiving of some pretty blatant narrative issues, that on another show they would have lambasted. Ultimately though it was the TV event of the year and nothing quite engaged me on a week to week basis like it did. More than anything though there were certain moments, particularly toward the end of the season, that were greater than anything else on TV this year. Moments I completely lost myself in, in ways that are quite difficult to explain and for that I won’t be forgetting the revival for a very long time.

No 4) Mr Robot (Season 3): If season 1 was clinically perfect, in a way no show since Breaking Bad has been, season 2 was an over-ambitious, definitely fascinating, mess. I was a bit of an apologist for the largely disliked second season-but even I was somewhat disappointed after the heights of season 1. Season 3 not only got the show back on track but it found a balance in the ensemble that neither season 1 (which was almost all Elliot) or season 2 (which felt like very little Elliot) had. It also starting making sense again and the show successfully battled the urge to be overly opaque or to have unnecessary twists. All of which meant that we got some of the show’s finest hours yet specifically the thrilling fifth and sixth episodes as well as the surprising and heart-warming eight hour, not to mention the finale which had a bit of everything. And for all its pessimism few shows made me happier this year, because I was so delighted to see this great show prove all the doubters wrong.

No 3) The Good Place (season 1/2): Michael Schur has secured himself a place in TV history with The Office, B99 and in particular Parks and Rec, already but with The Good Place he has gone one further. We all knew he could craft wonderfully funny and likable sitcoms, but here he has delivered a show as twisty and as engaged in huge philosophical issues as any prestige serialized drama. The Good Place is not necessarily a sad-com like many of the show’s on this list but it is possibly the most plot driven network sitcom ever. The thing is the plot has real stakes and is completely unpredictable as well. The huge twist at the end of season 1 showed that even in the age of Reddit you could pull out the rug from underneath your audience and I did not think that was possible. I don’t know how much longer they can continue it but as of now The Good Place is just about a perfect piece of television. 

No 2) Halt and Catch Fire (Season 4): Without spoiling what is number 1 on my list, when it aired I thought nothing would come near it but Halt and Catch Fire came very very close. Back in its much derided first season Halt was a jukebox spitting one antihero cliche after another. In some ways it never strayed too far from the conventions of the antihero drama but what made it different was that at a certain point it just wasn’t about antiheroes. Sure all the characters were deeply flawed, none more so than Joe, but their constant strive for something more, for some kind of connection felt so human you could not help but love them. The final four episodes were TV drama at its best and when it ended I really struggled with the notion that I would not be spending more time with these characters, but if anything made it okay it was how well they stuck the landing. Speaking of which..

No 1) The Leftovers (Season 3): No show has ever made quite the impact in such a short space of time. The Leftovers conclude its mere 28 episode run this year, just 28 episodes yet about half of them are nothing short of masterpieces. That includes just about every episode in this final run. It’s tough in just a paragraph to breakdown what made The Leftovers such a transcendent piece of television-so to be glib I’ll say it took the ambition and phantasmagoria of Twin Peaks and combined it with the heart and focus on character of Halt and Catch Fire. LOST-one of my absolute favorite shows of all time-will define Lindelof’s career but The Leftovers is ultimately a more complete and mature piece of work. The writing, performances and direction coalesced to give us something often hilarious and surprising and always deeply powerful. There may never be a show like The Leftovers again and for those reasons it was always going to be my number 1. 

[kyleeoty]

2020

Albums: 1. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (Dead Oceans) 2. Code Orange - Underneath (Roadrunner) 3. HUM - Inlet (Earth Analog) 4. Touché Amoré - Lament (Epitaph) 5. Hazel English - Wake UP! (Polyvinyl) 6. Four Year Strong - Brain Pain (Pure Noise) 7. Narrow Head - 12th House Rock (Run For Cover) 8. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (Warner) 9. Chris Stapleton - Starting Over (Mercury) 10. New Found Glory - Forever + Ever x Infinity (Hopeless) Honorable Mentions: The Strokes - The New Abnormal (RCA/Cult) Snarls - Burst (Take This To Heart)

EPs: 1. Gouge Away - Consider (Deathwish) 2. Linda Susan - Home Recordings Vol. 1 (Criminalized) 3. Holy Fawn - The Black Moon (Triple Crown)

Shows: 1. SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Gabe’s, Iowa City, IA - 3/10/20 2. Elizabeth Moen - The Outer Space, Oskaloosa, IA - 2/29/20 3. Kevin Burt - The Outer Space, Oskaloosa, IA - 2/8/20 4. Good Devils, Hollowtree - The Castle, Ottumwa, IA - 2/15/20

Livestreams: 1. Code Orange - Underneath Record Release Show 2. Touché Amoré - Lament Record Release 3. Parker Gispert - 5 Sundays, 5 The Whigs records 4. Taylor Madison/Webbed Wing - Live from his practice space

Films: 1. 1917 2. Tenet 3. The Hunt 4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire 5. Just Mercy Honorable Mention: The Devil All the Time

TV: 1. High Fidelity (Hulu) 2. Dave (FXX) 3. The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) 4. The Right Stuff (Disney+) 5. The Real Bros of Simi Valley - Season 3 (Facebook Watch) Honorable Mention: Three Busy Debras (Adult Swim)

Originally posted on December 18th, 2020.

Favorite Songs playlist: Touché Amoré - “Come Heroine” Four Year Strong - “Get Out of My Head” HUM - “Desert Rambler” Phoebe Bridgers - “ICU” Snarls - “Walk In the Woods” Charmer - “Wolf Fang Fist” Halsey, Alanis Morissette - “Alanis’ Interlude” Into It. Over It. - “Courtesy Greetings” Gouge Away - “Consider” Dua Lipa - “Cool” Hazel English - “Waiting” Code Orange - “Autumn and Carbine” Hayley Williams - “Over Yet” Some Stranger - “Speak In Code” Narrow Head - “Yer’ Song” Forest Green - “In Waves” Chris Stapleton - “You Should Probably Leave” The Strokes - “Ode to the Mets” Rick & Morty - “Snake Jazz”

[cryptiboy]

All of them binch all 25

I hate you so much I should've realized you would do this 1. Who's your favorite family member?oh fuck um probably morty? very relatable and good 2. What is your favorite episode?S2E4 TOTAL RICKALL BITCHHHHH3. Who's your favorite character of all time?oh godOh godOh gOdkrombopulous michael4. Who's your favorite femme character?summer definitely 5. Who's your favorite masc character?Other than k michael and morty imma go with sleepy gary6. Who is your favorite background character?YOU MEAN OTHER THAN THE ONES IVE ALREADY LISTED toss up between scary terry and doofus rick7. Who's your favorite Rick?oh god they're all so good I guess honorable mentions are c-137, c-132, doofus, the scientist formerly known as rick, lab rick (that face though), and super fan rick 8. Who's your favorite parasite character?SLEEPY GARY MY BOYYYYY also tinkles 9. Which season is better in your opinion?oh shittttt probably 2 10. What is your favorite Rick catchphrase?Uh oh summersault jump OrGrass tastes bad Actually all of them they're all stupid and ridiculous I love all of them 11. Do you play pocket mortys?I DID FOR A BIT I SUCKED AT IT SO I JUST DELETED IT BUT IM STILL BALLS DEEP IN THE LORE AND SHIT 12. Have you read the Rick and Morty comics?YESSSSSS B I T C H Y E S 13. What's your opinion on Jessica?she is definitely hiding something and is probably either secretly badass or is like into some really really REALLY weird kinky shit like necrophilia or dismemberment type weird I am suspic14. What's your opinion on Jerry?he's really cute and i wish that I didn't enjoy hating him so much but he's just so dislikable? It's so easy and fun to hate on him 15. Who's your favorite voice actor?why did I make this question were all gonna pick justin who am I kidding 16. What's your favorite interdimensional tv bit?some favorites: ants in my eyes Johnson, I'm a tax attorney, steally, octopus man, how did I get here 17. What do you use your plumbus for?;) wonk 18. If you play pocket mortys, who is your favorite morty?(If you think I'm choosing just one you are quite mistaken) Phantom morty, all evolutions of cat morty, telepathic morty, shadow morty, all evolutions of the sleepy morty, flu morty, punk morty, unicorn chaser morty, black hole morty, super morty fan morty, all beautiful evolutions of blob morty, and the evolutions of (I can't believe they got away with such blatant knockoffs) loner morty 19. Have any headcanons?so so so so SO manymain big one is that morty has like extremely bad anger issues and violence issues that he's bottling up and that we got a beautiful glorious peak of in look who's purging now and that one day he is going to snap and it will be wonderful 20. Have any unpopular opinions?Summer should go on more adventures with rick 21. What Rick device do you wish was real?dream inceptor 22. If you could get a meseeks, what would you ask him to help you with? HELP ME MAKE COMEDY SHIT HELLLLLL YES NOBODY ELSE DOES THAT SHIT WITH ME 23. What's your favorite Rick and Morty song?Human music Head bent over is also a jam they're all jams24. Hungry for Apples?Always 25. How do you think Rick is gonna get out of prison?EITHER SUMMER OR BETH ARE GONNA BREAK HIM OUT OR POOPYBUTTHOLE IS GONNA BREAK HIM OUT OR COUNCIL OF RICKS RETRIVES HIM

[mandibierly]

‘Battlestar Galactica,’ ‘Buffy,’ and Other Series Genre Show Producers Believe Deserved More Emmy Love

Edward James Olmos in ‘Battlestar Galactica’

Leading up to the 20th anniversary of the March 10, 1997 premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Yahoo TV is celebrating “Why Genre Shows Matter” and the history of how these shows have tackled universal themes (i.e. how much high school sucks) and broader social issues.

Name one Emmy nomination you would have loved to see a genre show receive over the years. It’s a question we posed to more than 30 executive producers of current sci-fi/fantasy series who agreed to take part in our “Why Genre Shows Matter” survey over the last month, either via email or by phone.

Why was that particular query part of our survey? The response we received back from J. Michael Straczynski, co-creator of Netflix’s Sense8, explains it well:

Rather than look at one particular show or individual, I think it might be more instructive to look at this in terms of categories. In 62 years, the TV Academy has seen fit to grant SF and fantasy programs the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series five times [‘Game of Thrones’ in 2015 and 2016, ‘The X-Files’ in 1996, and ‘The Twilight Zone’ in 1960 and 1961]. ‘The Bold Ones’? ‘The Waltons’? ‘Columbo’? Sure, not a problem. ‘Star Trek’? ‘Outer Limits’? ‘Lost’? ‘Buffy’? Not a chance. And it’s only won Outstanding Drama Series three times [‘Game of Thrones’ in 2015 and 2016 and ‘Lost’ in 2005].

Actors may get the nomination or the win, same for effects, or music… but to acknowledge writing means taking the stories seriously, and the TV Academy has never extended genre shows that respect. They see it as kiddie programming.

Which goes in a way to the topic at hand: “Why Genre Shows Matter.” Nobody ever asks “Why Mainstream Shows Matter,” so there’s always the presumption of societal irrelevance. Even in a courtroom one is innocent until proven guilty, but genre shows have to prove their value when other shows don’t have to bear that burden… which is even more astonishing considering that SF shows in particular are dealing with the technological, social, and political issues that are of greatest social interest right now. Mainstream shows won’t touch stem cell research, or cloning, or robotics, or artificial intelligence for fear of being labeled “genre”… but that’s the world we live in, folks, and if they ignore that world, then aren’t they in greater danger of irrelevance than shows that do address these questions? Why does yet one more cop show matter while a show about colonizing Mars does not? Shouldn’t that be the other way around?

Sleepy Hollow co-showrunner Albert Kim put it succinctly: “I can think of scores of genre episodes that should have won every writing award out there. From Buffy’s ‘The Body,’ to Star Trek: The Next Generation’s ‘Inner Light,’ to Battlestar Galactica’s ’33,’ to Doctor Who’s ‘Blink.’ I could go on and on,” he wrote. “Some of the best writing in television has been done on genre shows, but they’re almost always overlooked because of the traditional bias against anything having to do with sci-fi or fantasy.”

Here now, a look at seven other takeaways.

Mary McDonnell in ‘Battlestar Galactica’ (Photo by Carole Segal/NBC/Getty Images)

1. Battlestar Galactica should have been nominated for everything. Literally, 12 Monkeys showrunner Terry Matalos simply wrote, “Battlestar Galactica for all of them. Every single one.” The 2004-2009 series racked up a number of nominations (including two wins for Special Visual Effects and one win for Sound Editing), but it never cracked the best drama or acting categories. Only two episodes received writing noms (“Occupation/Precipice” and “Six of One”).

Among those who believe the series deserved better are the show’s former showrunners. “I think Edward James Olmos should have absolutely received an Emmy nomination for BSG,” Ronald D. Moore (Starz’s Outlander) wrote. “His performance as Adama was one of the best on TV through the years we were on the air and it was almost criminal that he was never recognized for his amazing work.”

David Eick (Freeform’s Beyond) agreed with Kim: “Battlestar Galactica and Ron Moore should have won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for its premiere episode, ’33.’ (Or at least been nominated… I mean c’mon. It’s f–king off the hook.)”

Related: ‘Battlestar Galactica’ EP David Eick Revisits 5 Episodes That Remain Relevant

Other nods that helped make Battlestar Galactica the most mentioned series:

Jeff Davis (MTV’s Teen Wolf): Battlestar Galactica should have received a nomination for Best Drama simply because it was incredibly good drama.

Ken Woodruff (Fox’s Gotham) The first season of Battlestar Galactica was so good. I remember thinking of it as The West Wing in space. While the series did pick up writing nominations in later seasons, that first season was by far my favorite.

Marco Ramirez (Netflix’s Daredevil): Mary McDonnell for Battlestar Galactica. She brought sophistication to her work, bringing a bit of West Wing flavor to what was essentially a show about space battles with robots.

Joss Whedon (who took our survey in honor of Buffy‘s 20th Anniversary): Battlestar, I still think, is the greatest show ever made. It’s The West Wing with rockets, and some of the most brilliantly subversive storytelling. The kind where that’s the feeling I had when I saw The Matrix: “I’m going to put down my pencil for a while until I learn more about writing and structure.” Battlestar would definitely be my pick.

2. Buffy was the second most mentioned series. Again, the show received a number of nominations over the years (including two wins, one for makeup and one for music composition for a series original dramatic score), but Whedon only earned one nod, for writing the silent episode “Hush” (which also nabbed a cinematography nod).

Related: ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ 20th Anniversary: Joss Whedon Looks Back — And Forward

As Bruce Miller (Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale) wrote, “I would say that the amazing serialized storytelling on Buffy never got the recognition it deserved…” Melissa Rosenberg (Netflix’s Jessica Jones) said she considers it “probably one of the Top 5 all-time best series in the history of television.”

James Marsters, Sarah Michelle Gellar in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ (Credit: Photo by 20th Century Fox Television/REX/Shutterstock)

Of course the musical episode, “Once More, With Feeling,” which earned a nomination for music direction, was particularly awards-worthy. It got votes from David Greenwalt (NBC’s Grimm), who worked on Buffy before co-creating Angel with Whedon, and also Drew Goddard (NBC’s The Good Place), another man with ties to the Whedonverse. “I was [a writer] at Buffy the year Joss forgot to submit himself to the Emmys for directing ‘Once More, With Feeling,'” Goddard wrote. “It was a good reminder not to be too precious about award shows… but if we could go back and retroactively fill out the right paperwork for him, that’d be great.”

John Noble in ‘Fringe’ (Credit: Everett Collection)

3. Some wrongs will never be righted… Daredevil‘s Ramirez also mentioned John Noble for Fringe. “He brought grace and poise to what could’ve easily been reduced to a ‘kooky scientist’ stereotype. With the support of some smart writing, he broke my heart almost every episode,” he wrote.

Mads Mikkelson as Dr. Hannial Lecter in ‘Hannibal’ (Credit: Brooke Palmer/NBC/Getty Images)

And who could argue with Nick Antosca (Syfy’s Channel Zero)? “Mads Mikkelson should have been nominated for best actor for Hannibal, because nobody has ever given a more satanic performance,” he insisted.

Carrie Coon in ‘The Leftovers’ (Credit: HBO)

4. But some wrongs still can be… With one season left of The Leftovers, there’s still time for Carrie Coon to pick up her first nomination. “Carrie Coon has been robbed. I cannot believe that she has not been nominated,” The Vampire Diaries and The Originals EP Julie Plec told us. “I think her work in the whole show, but Season 1 specifically, is so magnificent. The fact that she didn’t get every award that was possible to give to an actress is a shame.”

Bae Doona in ‘Sense8’ (Credit: Netflix)

A second season of Sense8 could put Bae Doona in contention. Dana Gould, creator of IFC’s Stan Against Evil, thinks her performance in Season 1 was “utterly compelling, and I would have loved to have seen her nominated,” he wrote. “In a big, flashy, complicated story, she was small, still, and immensely powerful.”

‘Rick and Morty’ (Credit: Cartoon Network)

And hey, let’s lighten the mood a little: “Justin Roiland should get an Emmy for his voice work on Rick and Morty,” Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss wrote.

Ted Danson and Kristen Bell in ‘The Good Place’ (Credit: Vivian Zink/NBC)

5. It’s never too early to start this year’s Emmy advocacy. Season 1 of The Good Place will be eligible for the 2017 Emmys, and it has a big fan in Damon Lindelof (HBO’s The Leftovers), who creator Mike Schur famously invited to lunch to get his thoughts on the concept before he pitched it to NBC. “The Good Place blew my mind,” Lindelof wrote. “Mike Schur told me what he was gonna do before he did it and it STILL blew my mind. Best first season finale for any show I think I’ve ever seen. All that, and FUNNY too. This show should get Emmy nominations for everything there is.”

Emily Andras (Syfy’s Wynonna Earp) thinks the show’s star deserves a nom. “Kristen Bell did fantastic work making an inherently unlikable heroine utterly lovable on The Good Place — and she made it look effortless,” she wrote.

Jeffrey Wright in ‘Westworld’ (Credit: HBO)

Dan Harmon, co-creator of Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty is leading the charge for a certain actor on a freshman HBO series. “I think Jeffrey Wright as Bernard on Westworld definitely earned an award. If I explain why, I’ll spoil Season 1 for someone,” he wrote. “I think saying that just spoiled Season 1 for someone.”

Melanie Scrofono in ‘Wynonna Earp’ (Credit: Michelle Faye/Syfy)/Wynonna Earp Productions)

6. If you don’t think you’re worth it, why you should anyone else? You can’t blame Andras for backing her own leading lady. “I also think Wynonna Earp herself — Melanie Scrofano — is a once-in-a-generation talent, but I might be the tiniest bit biased,” she wrote.

Tom Ellis in ‘Lucifer’ (Credit: Jack Rowand/FOX)

Lucifer EP Joe Henderson believes his lead is best actor material. “Tom Ellis. He needs to be funny, dark, broken, confident, and childlike all at once,” he wrote. “He makes it look effortless, so it’s easy to underestimate… but he works damn hard to walk that fine line, and we reap the benefits.”

Elijah Wood and Samuel Barnett in ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ (Credit: Bettina Strauss/BBC America)

Robert Cooper (BBC America’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) kept it simple: he thinks Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s music for Season 1 deserves recognition. (Also, he asked “How could Kermit the Frog be ignored for so many years?”)

Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles in ‘Supernatural’ (Credit: Dean Buscher/The CW)

Supernatural EP Robert Singer gave a longer list. “This one will sound self-serving, but I believe both of our lead actors deserve much more credit than they are given. Also on our show our Director of Photography, Serge Ladouceur, has done exceptional work virtually unnoticed, and our production designer, Jerry Wanek, has probably built more sets than any other designer around, and makes our show, which is shot on not a large budget, look absolutely fabulous every week,” he wrote.

The cast of ‘Grimm’ (Credit: Allyson Riggs/NBC)

And as NBC’s Grimm approaches its series finale at the end of March, co-showrunner Jim Kouf issued a blanket statement: “Grimm for anything.”

Alf (Credit: Alien Productions/Everett Collection)

7. Finally, don’t take awards too seriously. Once Upon a Time creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis put their weight behind ALF. “Because never has there been a more expressive alien in the history of television. We feel his anti-cat stance prejudiced the Academy against him, but history will judge him kindly,” they wrote.

Simon MacCorkindale in ‘Manimal’ (Credit: Herb Ball/NBC)

Timeless EP Eric Kripke went a different direction: “Tough question, but I’d have to say Simon MacCorkindale in Manimal. Turning yourself into a hawk? Or a tiger? Or a wolf? That’s range.”

Perhaps, in the end, it’s best to think like Sera Gamble (Syfy’s The Magicians). “I am personally not really bothered by the fact that genre gets ignored, for the most part, by awards voters and nominators, or that genre is considered populist,” she said. “It makes genre fans actually self select what they like. If they come to our shows, it is because they liked it, not because a bunch of critics said they liked it or it was showered with awards.”

Still… “I can’t believe that Buffy was never nominated as a show,” she added. “That just blows my mind.”

Read more from Yahoo TV’s “Why Genre Shows Matter”: ‘Luke Cage’ Showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker on Embracing Exploitation Superheroes, Spells, and Sexual Abuse: A Conversation With Melissa Rosenberg and Sera Gamble, EPs of ‘Jessica Jones’ and ‘The Magicians’

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The Series of your LIFETIME!

We all are into the culture of ‘Netflix and Chill’ – but there are a few series that go beyond all that, and totally deserve your serious time and consideration. The world of television series has undergone a drastic turn in the past few years.

Here we are taking a peek at six such outstanding television series which are determined to leave you in awe, a list you should absolutely watch before you die.

Edit: Note that we are making a few honorable mentions (Which also are a must watch) before directly leading you to the almost impeccable list.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Set in the 90’s, Friends is the story of six friends trying to go about their life with the help of one another in the busy city of New York. While all of them have different dreams and agendas, throughout the 10 seasons, the one thing that stays intact until the very end and surprisingly even today is their surreal friendship.

If you haven’t yet watched this, GO RIGHT NOW!

The Big Bang Theory

Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter are socially awkward physicists, but their life takes a surprising wild turn when the beautiful and free-spirited Penny moves in next door. Later on, she brings in two other women into the lives of Leonard, Sheldon, and their other two evenly awkward friends.

SUITS

A college drop-out Mike Ross while caught up in a drug deal gone wrong, stumbles upon the opportunity of working as an associate for Harvey Specter – one of New York City’s best lawyers. They must handle cases while keeping Mike’s identity of not having a lawyer’s license a secret.

Now coming onto the real deal!

6) House of Cards

Frank Underwood is a house whip in the parliament of the United States, as the president takes back on a promise to Frank. Frank unravels on a dark journey along with his wife Claire Underwood to destroy anything and anyone who stands in his way to becoming the next president.

5) Westworld

Set in a futuristic Western-themed – amusement park, the visitors get to interact with automatons. Here, there are no rules and regulations and a person is free to do anything. But, all hell breaks loose when the automatons start malfunctioning.

4) SHERLOCK

Mr. Sherlock Holmes is the world’s most famous and the only consulting detective ever, right from author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional novels. This Sherlock, on the other hand has set on his ventures in the 21stcentury along with his all-time partner Dr.Watson from his famous apartment in London on 221B Baker Street.

3) Rick and Morty

After having been missing for almost 20 years, infamous Rick Sanchez decides to arrive on his daughter Beth’s doorsteps. Rick who is the most intelligent scientist in the universe sets on various endeavors across infinite timelines with his grandchildren – Morty and Summer.

2) Game of Thrones

In the fictional world of Westeros, power is everything, and the one who sits on the iron throne is the ruler of all. Seven royal families fight amongst each other to gain control over the throne, whilst, a supernatural horror approaches them from beyond the Wall in the north.

1) Breaking Bad

There are ample of reasons why the Br-Bad is on top of our list. A surreal crime – drama, featuring Walter White, a chemistry teacher who partners with his not-so-good student, Jesse Pinkman to get into the Meth-making business, after he is diagnosed with cancer.