2011 Oscars Best Picture Rank

I usually write about TV here, but since I make it a point to watch all the Best Picture nominees each year, I thought I would offer up my personal rank of the nine nominees.  I don't have time to do write up for each picture, so this will be just a simple rank with a few quick thoughts at the end.  Also, this is not what I think will win, it's just how I felt about them.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Week 16

Great news this week, Community is returning!  NBC released that Community will return on March 15th at 8.  The only downside is that it kicks Parks and Recreation of the schedule for five weeks.  So 30 Rock will move to 8:30, The Office stays where it is at 9, and Parks and Rec will return at 9:30 on April 19th, when Up All Night finishes its run.  Everyone got all that?  Scheduling is fun!

Breaking Bad - Season 2

I knew this show was suppose to get better as it went along.  I was most certainly not disappointed.  There was a little bit of struggle in the early episodes of season one, but most shows go through something of a learning curve and this one's was minimal.  Once they found their voice before being cut off by the writers strike, it has been pretty phenomenal ever since.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Week 15

There was a reason only Parks and Recreation had a Valentines Day episode last week.  It's because it was a whole week and a half before the holiday and Parks and Rec is not on this week.  Instead, 30 Rock has an hour-long Valentine's episode.  Goes to show how aware I am of this particular day.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Week 14

Back to the usual line-up this week.  Strangely we only get one Valentine's Day episode, that's usually a holiday sitcoms love to do.

Sherlock - Series 1

I've taken a detour from British sci-fi to British drama.  There are a lot of good UK shows that I've seen, State of Play, The Office, Extras, Spaced, Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.  There are many more I need to see, but the beauty of the UK model is that a series is not long.  This first series of Sherlock was only three 90 minute episodes and I blew right through them.  Partly because of the low number and partly because they were just so good.