TV 2013: The returning

I doubt I’ve ever watched as much TV as I did in 2013. Self-evidently, it’s because I’ve been reviewing TV throughout the year, again, thanks to the Guardian’s continued patronage of Telly Addict, which has now reached its 134th edition. There’s a special review of the year coming up on December 30, so look out for that, although, in the heat of trying to put together a definitive list, I forgot to mention The Returned, which is something of an omission. I’ll provide a Top 10 here, as it’s easy enough to siphon out the highest echelon from another quality-packed year. But after that, they’re in no order. All entries here are, in my fallible opinion, what the piece of furniture in the corner was made for.

1. Utopia, C4*

2. Breaking Bad, Netflix

3. Ripper Street, BBC1

4. The Returned, C4

5. Louie, Fox

6. Parks & Recreation, BBC4

7. Gogglebox, C4

8. Fresh Meat, C4

9. Game Of Thrones, Sky Atlantic

10. Broadchurch, ITV

Friday Night Lights, Sky Atlantic

The Walking Dead, Fox

The Fall, BBC2

Love/Hate, C5

Y Gwyll, S4C

The Job Lot, ITV

In The Flesh, BBC3

The Village, BBC1

Boardwalk Empire, Sky Atlantic

Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience, Comedy Central

The Wrong Mans, BBC2

Bates Motel, Universal

Hannibal, Sky Living

The Newsroom, Sky Atlantic

Boss, More4

The Good Wife, More4

Nashville, More4

Fried Chicken Shop, C4

The Route Masters, BBC2

David Bowie: Five Years, BBC2

Family Tree, BBC2

The Great British Bake Off, BBC2

Southcliffe, C4

Mad Men, Sky Atlantic

It’s Kevin, BBC2

London Irish, C4

Oliver Stone’s Untold History Of The United States, Sky Atlantic

The United States Of Television, BBC2

Suits, Dave

Veep, Sky Atlantic

I feel certain I’ll have missed essential titles off this already fairly swollen list, so let me know if I have.

*Having named Utopia as my TV show of the year, it would be rude of me not to provide a link to it at the Channel 4 Store website, as Channel 4 DVD were kind enough to send me a copy just before Christmas when I merely asked them, via Twitter, where I might buy a physical copy at short notice (having failed to find one in my local HMV). For that, they deserve a link.