Best Reviewed New Television Series by Season, 2005-09
Everybody Hates Chris (UPN) (2008) [88]
Big Love (HBO) (2005-2006) [72]
Brotherhood (Showtime)(2006) [75]
The Nine (ABC) (2006) [81]
This American Life (Showtime) (2006-2007) [79]
Mad Men (AMC) (2007) [77]
Pushing Daisies (ABC) (2007) [86]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox) (2007-2008) [74]
The Middleman (ABC Family) (2008) [73]
Life on Mars [US Version] (ABC) (2008) [74]
Nurse Jackie (Showtime) (2009) [76]
Modern Family (ABC) (2009) [86]

Worst Reviewed New Television Series by Season, 2005-09
Killer Instinct (Fox)
Modern Men (WB)
How to Get the Guy (ABC)
The Game (CW)
The Real Wedding Crashers (NBC)
Lil’ Bush: Resident Of The United States (Comedy Central)
Cavemen (ABC)
The Return of Jezebel James (Fox)
Farmer Wants a Wife (CW)
Knight Rider (NBC)
Momma’s Boys (NBC)
Mental (Fox)
The Jeff Dunham Show (Comedy Central)

TV Shows with Most Mentions in Critic "Best of the Decade" Top 10 Lists
1 The Sopranos (HBO)
2 The Wire (HBO)
3 Arrested Development (Fox)
3 Mad Men (AMC)
5 Lost (ABC)
5 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
7 The Office [UK Version] (BBC Two / BBC America)
8 Deadwood (HBO)
8 The Shield (FX)
10 American Idol (Fox)
11 Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi)
11 The West Wing (NBC)
13 Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
13 Freaks and Geeks (NBC)
13 The Office [US Version] (NBC)
16 24 (Fox)
16 30 Rock (NBC)
16 Friday Night Lights (NBC)
16 Survivor (CBS)
20 Breaking Bad (AMC)
20 Six Feet Under (HBO)
20 Veronica Mars (UPN/CW)


by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor