The end of the year draws nigh, which means it is time for everyone and his sister to release their list of the year’s best this-and-that.<\/p>\n
I’m thrilled to say that in almost all the lists of the best television shows of 2011, HBO’s GAME OF THRONES is turning up.<\/p>\n
To wit:<\/p>\n
ROLLING STONE !\u201c 1\/5\/12 issue
!\u01532011 Season: Why We Watched!\u009d
Rob Sheffield
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Rolling Stone lists Ned Stark’s execution on !\u0153Game of Thrones!\u009d as one of the highlights of the 2011 television season.<\/p>\n
PEOPLE WEEKLY !\u201c 12\/26\/11 issue
!\u0153Top ten shows!\u009d
Tom Gliatto
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!\u0153Game of Thrones!\u009d ranks third in Gliatto’s list of 2011’s best TV.<\/p>\n
TV GUIDE !\u201c 12\/19\/11 issue
!\u0153Matt Roush’s Top 10!\u009d
Matt Roush
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Roush awards !\u0153Game of Thrones!\u009d fifth place in his list of the year’s best television<\/p>\n
TIME !\u201c 12\/19\/11
!\u0153The Best of 2011: Television!\u009d
James Poniewozik
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!\u0153Game of Thrones!\u009d makes TIME’s list of the top ten shows of 2011.<\/p>\n
HITFIX !\u201c 12\/13\/11
!\u0153TV Top 10 of 2011: The Best 10 (or 11) Overall Shows!\u009d
Alan Sepinwall shares his top 11 TV shows of 2011, which includes Game of Thrones.
http:\/\/www.hitfix.com\/blogs\/whats-alan-watching\/posts\/tv-top-10-of-2011-the-best-10-or-11-overall-shows<\/p>\n
The Washington Post -12\/11\/11
!\u0153Best of 2011: Television!\u009d
Hank Stuever
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!\u0153Game of Thrones!\u009d makes The Washington Post’s list of the year’s top television shows.<\/p>\n
NEWSDAY !\u201c 12\/11\/11
!\u0153Playing it to the hilt!\u009d
Verne Gay
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!\u0153Game of Thrones!\u009d makes it onto Newsday’s roundup of the year’s top five TV shows.<\/p>\n
AFI TV Top 10 !\u201c 12\/11\/11<\/p>\n
!\u0153Game of Thrones, Homeland Crack AFI’s TV Top 10!\u009d
The American Film Institute’s Top 10 TV Shows of 2011 lists Game of Thrones.
http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1118047333?refcatid=13
http:\/\/insidetv.ew.com\/2011\/12\/11\/afi-top-10-tv-list-2011-game-of-thrones-louie\/
http:\/\/www.hitfix.com\/articles\/game-of-thrones-homeland-crack-afis-tv-top-10<\/p>\n
THE ATLANTIC WIRE !\u201c 12\/12\/11
!\u0153The Best Television of 2011!\u009d
Game of Thrones lands on The Atlantic’s list of Top TV shows of 2011.
http:\/\/www.theatlanticwire.com\/entertainment\/2011\/12\/best-television-2011\/46048\/<\/p>\n
TIME – 12\/7\/11<\/p>\n
!\u0153The Top 10 TV Episodes of 2011: The Best and the Rest!\u009d
TIME compiles a list of the top 10 TV episodes of the year, which includes Game of Thrones’ !\u02dcBaelor’. Honorable mention goes to !\u02dcThe Wolf and the Lion.’
http:\/\/entertainment.time.com\/2011\/12\/07\/the-top-10-tv-episodes-of-2011-the-best-and-the-rest\/<\/p>\n
!\u0153The Top 10 TV Series of 2011: The Best and the Rest!\u009d
Game of Thrones makes TIME’s list of 2011’s best TV series.
http:\/\/entertainment.time.com\/2011\/12\/07\/the-top-10-tv-series-of-2011-the-best-and-the-rest\/<\/p>\n
TVology – 12\/6\/11
!\u0153Ology Presents: The 10 Best Shows Ever 2011!!\u009d
Ology ranks Game of Thrones as one of the best shows in 2011.
http:\/\/www.ology.com\/tv\/ology-presents-10-best-tv-shows-ever-2011<\/p>\n
My hat is off to David Benioff, Dan Weiss, our amazing cast and crew, and all the great folks at HBO who helped make the first season of GAME OF THRONES such a success.<\/p>\n
And the best is yet to come… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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