Top TV of 2012

I forgot to post these lists. Whoops.


Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2012:
10. Blake Jenner, Samuel Larsen and Alex Newell, Glee
9. Andrew Rannells and Adam Driver, Girls
8. Gwendoline Christie, Game of Thrones
7. Jake Cannavale, Nurse Jackie
6. Kaitlyn Jenkins and Julia Telles, Bunheads
5. Allison Williams, Girls
4. Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live
3. Clare Bowen and Sam Palladio, Nashville
2. Melissa Benoist, Glee
1. Lena Dunham, Girls

Top 10 Episodes of 2012:
10. Parks and Recreation "Sex Education"
9. Happy Endings "The Butterfly Effect Effect"
8. Modern Family "Mistery Date"
7. Girls "All Adventurous Women Do"
6. Mad Men "The Other Woman"
5. Game of Thrones "Blackwater"
4. Homeland "New Car Smell"
3. Louie "Miami"
2. Community "Basic Lupine Urology"
1. Breaking Bad "Fifty One"

Top 10 Performers of 2012:
10. Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire and Nurse Jackie
9. Christina Henricks, Mad Men
8. Julianne Moore, Game Change
7. The Ensemble of Downton Abbey
6. Lena Dunham, Girls
5. Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) and Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
4. Claire Danes, Damian Lewis and Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
3. Eliza Coupe and Damon Wayans Jr., Happy Endings
2. Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn and Jonathan Banks, Breaking Bad
1. Louis C.K., Louie

Top 20 Television Programs of 2012:
20. Game Change
19. Nurse Jackie
18. How I Met Your Mother
17. 30 Rock
16. Cougar Town
15. Parenthood
14. The Good Wife
13. Boardwalk Empire
12. Downton Abbey
11. Happy Endings
10. Veep
9. Modern Family
8. Game of Thrones
7. Girls
6. Louie
5. Community
4. Homeland
3. Parks and Recreation
2. Mad Men
1. Breaking Bad

Final Oscar Predictions 2012

Best Picture:
1. Argo
2. Silver Linings Playbook
3. Lincoln
4. Life of Pi
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild*
6. Amour
7. Zero Dark Thirty
8. Les Miserables
9. Django Unchained
Should Have Been Nominated: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best Director:
1. Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
2. David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
3. Ang Lee, Life of Pi
4. Michael Haneke, Amour
5. Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild*
Should Have Been Nominated: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Lead Actor:
1. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
2. Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
3. Joaquin Phoenix, The Master*
4. Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
5. Denzel Washington, Flight
Should Have Been Nominated: Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best Lead Actress:
1. Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
2. Emmanuelle Riva, Amour*
3. Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
4. Naomi Watts, The Impossible
5. Quvenhzane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Should Have Been Nominated: Ann Dowd, Compliance

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln*
2. Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
3. Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
4. Alan Arkin, Argo
5. Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Should Have Been Nominated: Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
2. Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
3. Sally Field, Lincoln*
4. Helen Hunt, The Sessions
5. Amy Adams, The Master
Should Have Been Nominated: Jennifer Ehle, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Original Screenplay:
1. Amour
2. Django Unchained
3. Zero Dark Thirty
4. Moonrise Kingdom*
5. Flight
Should Have Been Nominated: The Master

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. Argo
2. Lincoln
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Beasts of the Southern Wild*
5. Life of Pi
Should Have Been Nominated: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best Animated Film:
1. Wreck-It Ralph
2. Brave
3. Frankenweenie
4. ParaNorman
5. The Pirates!

Best Documentary:
1. Searching for Sugar Man
2. The Gatekeepers
3. The Invisible War
4. How to Survive a Plague
5. Five Broken Cameras

Best Foreign Language Film:
1. Amour
2. War Witch
3. A Royal Affair
4. No
5. Kon-Tiki

Best Cinematography:
1. Life of Pi
2. Skyfall*
3. Lincoln
4. Anna Karenina
5. Django Unchained
Should Have Been Nominated: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Costume Design:
1. Anna Karenina
2. Mirror Mirror
3. Les Miserables
4. Lincoln*
5. Snow White and the Huntsman
Should Have Been Nominated: Argo

Best Film Editing:
1. Argo
2. Lincoln
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Zero Dark Thirty*
5. Life of Pi
Should Have Been Nominated: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
1. Les Miserables*
2. The Hobbit
3. Hitchcock
Should Have Been Nominated: Lincoln

Best Original Score:
1. Life of Pi*
2. Argo
3. Skyfall
4. Lincoln
5. Anna Karenina
Should Have Been Nominated: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Original Song:
1. "Skyfall," Skyfall*
2. "Everybody Needs a Friend," Ted
3. "Pi's Lullaby," Life of Pi
4. "Suddenly," Les Miserables
5. "Before My Time," Chasing Ice
Should Have Been Nominated: "Who Did That To You," Django Unchained

Best Production Design:
1. Anna Karenina
2. Les Miserables
3. Life of Pi
4. Lincoln*
5. The Hobbit
Should Have Been Nominated: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Sound Mixing:
1. Les Miserables
2. Argo
3. Skyfall
4. Life of Pi
5. Lincoln*
Should Have Been Nominated: Zero Dark Thirty

Best Sound Editing:
1. Skyfall
2. Argo
3. Life of Pi
4. Zero Dark Thirty*
5. Django Unchained
Should Have Been Nominated: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Visual Effects:
1. Life of Pi*
2. The Hobbit
3. The Avengers
4. Prometheus
5. Snow White and the Huntsman
Should Have Been Nominated: Skyfall

Best Animated Short:
1. Paperman
2. Adam and Dog
3. Head Over Heels
4. Fresh Guacamole
5. Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare

Best Documentary Short:
1. Mondays at Racine
2. Inocente
3. Open Heart
4. Redemption
5. Kings Point

Best Live Action Short:
1. Death of a Shadow
2. Curfew
3. Asad
4. Buzkashi Boys
5. Henry

Final Oscar Predictions 2012

Best Picture:
Argo
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
*Sticking with the top 6 here. If there is 7, Amour. If 8, Moonrise Kingdom. If 9, Django Unchained. If 10, Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Best Director:
Ben Affleck, Argo
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
*Sticking with Russell, based on their perceived love for the film. Hooper got the DGA nod, but missed a BAFTA and that was probably a bigger deal than Spielberg missing. I have Michael Haneke (Amour) in 7th, followed by Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master) in 8th, but both would be a lone director without a BP nod.

Best Lead Actor:
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Denzel Washington, Flight
*I kept Joaquin Phoenix this whole time, but after going back and forth over the SAG snub, I think voters will leave him off just because he hasn't been playing the game as much as Cooper/Hawkes/Jackman. Washington has been a bit quiet too, but they love him.

Best Lead Actress:
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
*I'm getting very worried about Helen Mirren (Hitchock). I really hope that doesn't happen. In 7th would be Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) followed by Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea).

Best Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
*I actually think Javier Bardem is now in the 5th spot, but I refuse to predict big category chances for Skyfall (the multiple tech nods is already a lot). DiCaprio is hanging by the strength of his NBR win, but Christoph Waltz is seriously stealing votes from him. Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike) needed some biggie from the industry to support him (but at least he'll win the Indie Spirit) and Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables) needs to hope they really love the film.

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, The Master
Ann Dowd, Compliance
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
*Nicole Kidman (The Paperboy) is in a stinker of a film that I doubt voters will watch. Maggie Smith (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) missed at BAFTA, but America has Downton Abbey fever. Still, I think that won't translate anymore. I really want to predict an upset from Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty) but instead I went with Dowd.

Best Original Screenplay:
Amour
Django Unchained
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty
Next in Line: Looper

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Silver Linings Playbook
Next in Line: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Animated Feature:
Brave
Frankenweeenie
The Painting
ParaNorman
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Foreign Film:
Amour, Austria
The Intouchables, France
Kon Tiki, Norway
A Royal Affair, Sweden
War Witch, Canada

Best Documentary:
The Gatekeepers
The Invisible War
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Searching for Sugar Man
This is Not a Film

Best Cinematography:
Anna Karenina
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
Next in Line: Argo, Cloud Atlas, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, The Master

Best Costume Design:
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Lincoln
A Royal Affair
Next in Line: Argo, Hitchcock, The Master, Mirror Mirror, Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Film Editing:
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
Next in Line: Django Unchained, Flight, Les Miserables, Looper, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Men in Black 3
Next in Line: Hitchcock, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Looper

Best Original Score:
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Next in Line: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cloud Atlas, The Master, On the Road, Skyfall

Best Original Song:
“From Here to the Moon and Back,” Joyful Noise (Dolly Parton and Kris Kristofferson)
“Learn Me Right,” Brave (Mumford and Sons and Birdy)
“Skyfall,” Skyfall (Adele)
“Still Alive,” Paul Williams: Still Alive (Paul Williams)
“Suddenly,” Les Miserables (Hugh Jackman)
Next in Line: “Ancora Qui,” Django Unchained; “Breath of Life,” Snow White and the Huntsman; “Pi’s Lullaby,” Life of Pi; “Touch the Sky,” Brave; “Who Did That to You,” Django Unchained

Best Production Design:
Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Next in Line: Argo, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Master, Prometheus, Skyfall

Best Sound Editing:
The Avengers
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
Next in Line: Cloud Atlas, The Dark Knight Rises, Django Unchained, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Life of Pi

Best Sound Mixing:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
Next in Line: Argo, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Django Unchained, Life of Pi

Best Visual Effects:
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Next in Line: The Amazing Spider-Man, Cloud Atlas, John Carter, Prometheus, Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Animated Short:
Adam and Dog
Dripped
The Eagleman Stag
Head Over Heels
Paperman

Best Documentary Short:
The Education of Mohammad Hussein
Inocente
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart

Best Live Action Short:
Asad
Curfew
Death of a Shadow
The Night Shift Belongs to the Stars
when you find me

Totals:
Lincoln: 14
Les Miserables: 9
Zero Dark Thirty: 9
Life of Pi: 7
Argo: 6
Silver Linings Playbook: 6
Skyfall: 6
Anna Karenina: 4
Django Unchained: 4
Amour: 3
The Master: 3
The Avengers: 2
Brave: 2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: 2
A Royal Affair: 2
The Sessions: 2

Globe Predix!

Best Drama:

Argo

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Comedy/Musical:

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Les Miserables

Moonrise Kingdom

Silver Linings Playbook

Ted

Best Director:

Ben Affleck, Argo

Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Michael Haneke, Amour

Tom Hooper, Les Miserables

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Best Lead Actor-Drama:

Ben Affleck, Argo

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

John Hawkes, The Sessions

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Lead Actress-Drama:

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone

Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Best Lead Actor-Comedy/Musical:

Jack Black, Bernie

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Russell Crowe, Les Miserables

Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Tommy Lee Jones, Hope Springs

Best Lead Actress-Comedy/Musical:

Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Bette Midler, Parental Guidance

Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

Barbra Streisand, The Guilt Trip

Best Supporting Actor:

Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook

Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained

Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike

Eddie Redmayne, Les Miserables

Best Supporting Actress:

Samantha Barks, Les Miserables

Sally Field, Lincoln

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Kerry Washington, Django Unchained

Best Screenplay:

Argo

Django Unchained

Lincoln

Moonrise Kingdom

Silver Linings Playbook

Best Original Score:

Anna Karenina

Life of Pi

Lincoln

The Master

Moonrise Kingdom

Best Original Song:

“Abraham’s Daughter,” The Hunger Games (The Arcade Fire)

“Breath of Life,” Snow White and the Huntsman (Florence + the Machine)

“Everybody Needs a Friend,” Ted (Norah Jones)

“Skyfall,” Skyfall (Adele)

“Suddenly,” Les Miserables (Hugh Jackman)

TELEVISION:

Best Drama:

Boardwalk Empire

Downton Abbey

Homeland

Mad Men

The Newsroom

Best Comedy/Musical:

Girls

Modern Family

New Girl

Smash

Veep

TV Movie/Miniseries:

American Horror Story: Asylum

Game Change

Hatfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gelhorn

Sherlock

Best Lead Actor-Drama:

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Damian Lewis, Homeland

Jonny Lee Miller, Elementary

Best Lead Actress-Drama:

Claire Danes, Homeland

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Jessica Paré, Mad Men

Kerry Washington, Scandal

Best Lead Actor-Comedy/Musical:

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Louis C.K., Louie

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Matthew Perry, Go On

Best Lead Actress-Comedy/Musical:

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Lena Dunham, Girls

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Lead Actor-M/M:

Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock

Woody Harrelson, Game Change

Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gelhorn

Bill Paxton, Hatfields & McCoys

Best Lead Actress-M/M:

Ashley Judd, Missing

Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gelhorn

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum

Julianne Moore, Game Change

Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Best Supporting Actor:

Martin Freeman, Sherlock

Max Greenfield, New Girl

Ed Harris, Game Change

Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

Sam Waterston, The Newsroom

Best Supporting Actress:

Ellen Barkin, The New Normal

Anjelica Huston, Smash

Jena Malone, Hatfields & McCoys

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

SAG Predictions!

Ensemble:

Argo

Les Miserables

Lincoln

Moonrise Kingdom

Silver Linings Playbook

Male Actor in a Lead Role:

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

John Hawkes, The Sessions

Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Female Actor in a Lead Role:

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Helen Mirren, Hitchcock

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Male Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alan Arkin, Argo

Bryan Cranston, Argo

Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook

Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Female Actor in a Supporting Role:

Amy Adams, The Master

Ann Dowd, Compliance

Sally Field, Lincoln

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Helen Hunt, The Sessions

TELEVISION

Drama Ensemble:

Boardwalk Empire

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Homeland

Mad Men

Comedy Ensemble:

The Big Bang Theory

Girls

Glee

Modern Family

30 Rock

Male Actor in a Drama:

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Damian Lewis, Homeland

Female Actor in a Drama:

Claire Danes, Homeland

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Male Actor in a Comedy:

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Louis C.K., Louie

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Female Actor in a Comedy:

Lena Dunham, Girls

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Male Actor in a M/M:

Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock

Woody Harrelson, Game Change

Ed Harris, Game Change

Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gelhorn

Female Actor in a M/M:

Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals

Ashley Judd, Missing

Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gelhorn

Julianne Moore, Game Change

Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Globe & SAG Predix!

http://foryourspeculation.libsyn.com/episode-fifty-one-globe-sag-predix-2012

More detailed list to come soon!

New Podcast!

http://foryourspeculation.libsyn.com/episode-fifty-oscar-thoughts-2012

Finally!