Thrones lands on tons of top TV shows of 2011 lists
The end of the year is almost upon us and that means… “best of” lists. Lots of them. And Game of Thrones seems to be on just about all of ’em. Here are the ones I’ve found, in no particular order:
- TIME’s James Poniewozik has Game of Thrones as the 5th best TV series and ‘Baelor’ as the 10th best TV episode of 2011.
- Alan Sepinwall of Hitfix names Thrones the 2nd best new series of the year and the 7th best series overall.
- The Hollywood Reporter’s TV critic Tim Goodman has Thrones as the 2nd best drama of the year.
- Maureen Ryan of Huffington Post TV has Game of Thrones as one of her top 11 shows in 2011.
- The AV Club lists it as the 6th best show of the year.
- Matt Zoller Seitz of Salon has Thrones as the 7th best TV show of 2011.
- Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever somewhat grudgingly acknowledges Thrones as the 8th best show of 2011.
- Paste Magazine has Game of Thrones as the 13th best show of the year.
- The Atlantic lists Thrones one of the best series’ of the year and “Baelor” one of the best episodes.
- Rolling Stone lists Ned Stark’s execution one of 2011’s reasons “Why We Watched” TV.
- People Magazine pegs Game of Thrones as the 3rd best series of the year.
- Ology also has Thrones as the 3rd best TV show of the year.
- Matt Roush of TV Guide Magazine ranks Thrones as the 5th best series of 2011.
- The Daily Beast writers Jace Lacob and Maria Elena Fernandez both have Thrones in their list of the best TV shows of 2011.
- Yahoo! TV includes the show amongst its best TV shows of 2011 as well.
- Complex ranks Game of Thrones the 3rd best show of the year.
- Cinema Blend lists Viserys’ crowning as one of the 10 best TV moments, Ned’s death as one of the 10 best TV deaths, and the show itself as one of the 10 best TV shows of 2011.
- Digital Spy ranks Thrones as the 2nd best TV show of the year.
- Newsday has Game of Thrones as the top TV series of 2011!
- The biggest Croatian TV series website Serijala.com chose Thrones as the 3rd best series of the year.
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