The doldrums of winter television are definitely upon us, meaning very little change in the rankings and only a small handful of truly elite shows. Breaking Bad and Parks & Recreation (both Four) keep their grip on the top spots, while Fringe (TV2), True Blood (Prime), Louie (Comedy Central) and Episodes (One) are unchanged. Castle (One) comes in at #12 after the season finale of New Girl (Four)..
Agree with my list? Disagree? Post your thoughts below …
| # | LW | SHOW | CH | LATEST EPISODE |
| 1 | 1 | Breaking Bad | Four | 4×03 “Open House” |
| 2 | 2 | Parks & Recreation | Four | 4×01 “I’m Leslie Knope” |
| 3 | 3 | Fringe | TV2 | 4×12 “Welcome To Westfield” |
| 4 | 6 | True Blood | Prime | 5×06 “Hopeless” |
| 5 | 5 | Louie | CC | 2×05 “Country Drive” |
| 6 | 7 | Episodes | One | 1×06 “Episode 6″ |
| 7 | 8 | Modern Family | TV3 | 3×24 “Baby On Board” (season finale) |
| 8 | 9 | Weeds | SoHo | 8×02 “A Beam Of Sunshine” |
| 9 | 11 | Supernatural | TV2 | 7×05 “Shut Up, Dr Phil” |
| 10 | 10 | The League | Four | 2×03 “The White Knuckler” |
| 11 | 12 | 30 Rock | Four | 6×04 “The Ballad Of Kenneth Purcell” |
| 12 | - | Castle | One | 4×15 “Pandora (Part 1)” |
Dropping Out:
New Girl (Four) is done for the year and drops out accordingly.
Making Noise / Coming Up:
Hawaii Five-0 (TV3) is still sitting just outside the Top 12. Forbrydelsen (SoHo) and The Fades (UKTV) are right there as well.
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(The rankings are put together using an average rating for each show over its past five episodes: every episode is rated out of 10, then the average rating across all episodes is worked out – the shows are then ranked according to their average to date. The episode rating is purely the opinion of Chris Philpott – no input from other critics is used, and information like ratings is not considered. Shows will be considered for the rankings only when they are on the air. Also, non-fiction shows – panel, current affairs and reality shows, for example – are not considered.)
