best of 2010: tops in TV

Best Television Series of 2010

1. Parks and Recreation (NBC)

2. Friday Night Lights (NBC)

3. Modern Family (ABC)

4. Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo)

5. 30 Rock (NBC)

6. Mad Men (AMC)

7. Nurse Jackie (Showtime)

8. The Big C (Showtime)

9. Raising Hope (FOX)

10. United States of Tara (Showtime)

Best Female Television Performances of 2010

1. Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie)

2. Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)

3. Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

4. Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)

5. Laura Linney (The Big C)

6. Toni Collette (United States of Tara)

7. Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)

8. Portia de Rossi (Better Off Ted)

9. Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

10. Megan Mullally (Party Down)

Best Male Television Performances of 2010

1. Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)

2. Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation)

3. Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation)

4. Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live)

5. John Krasinski (The Office)

6. Ed O'Neill (Modern Family)

7. Steve Carell (The Office)

8. Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family)

9. Garret Dillahunt (Raising Hope)

10. Ryan Kwanten (True Blood)

Best Television Episodes of 2010

1. "The Suitcase" (Mad Men)

2. "The Possum" (Parks and Recreation)

3. "Taking the Plunge" (The Big C)

4. "Toddlers & Remodelers" (Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List)

5. "Leslie's House" (Parks and Recreation)

6. "Divine Intervention" (The Big C)

7. "Laboring" (Friday Night Lights)

8. "The Delivery" (The Office)

9. "The 21-Second Excitation" (The Big Bang Theory)

10. "Wildfire" (The Walking Dead)

11. "Chirp" (Modern Family)

12. "Maggie, the Musical" (Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List)

13. "Telethon" (Parks and Recreation)

14. "My Funky Valentine" (Modern Family)

15. "Down the Block There's a Riot" (Desperate Housewives)

16. "Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land" (30 Rock)

17. "Apple Bong" (Nurse Jackie)

18. "Summer Catalog" (Parks and Recreation)

19. "Say Cheese" (Raising Hope)

20. "The Impertence of Communicationizing" (Better Off Ted)

21. "Road to the North Pole" (Family Guy)

22. "The Lights in Carroll Park" (Friday Night Lights)

23. "Blue Dots" (Raising Hope)

24. "Nine Hours" (The Good Wife)

25. "Anna Howard Shaw Day" (30 Rock)

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