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2011's Best Episodes: Flights and Tights and the Final Friday Night Lights Goodbye

• Dec 29, 2011 06:25 PM ET
• by TV Guide News

From Oprah's surprisingly low-key farewell to the year's most soul-crushing break-up on The Good Wife (Kalicia, no!), the year was packed with fantastic hours of television — pretty much all of which we watched. There were teary goodbyes (Friday Night Lights' Texas forever! Smallville's tights and flights!), tense face-offs (why can't all CIA interrogations take place on the front porch of a cabin, like on Homeland?) and of course we made room for a little Glee (because certain underdogs deserved it). Which made the list. Tune in all week for our top 25.

Here's the fifth batch in our weeklong countdown of 2011's best episodes (Catch up first with Episodes 25-21, Episodes 20-16, Episodes 15-11 and Episodes 10-6. Or browse the full list here.):

5. "Finale," Smallville
It took 10 years for Clark Kent to become... read more

American Film Institute Cites Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Good Wife Among Top TV Shows of 2011

• Dec 11, 2011 08:08 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Good Wife and Game of Thrones were among the honorees on the American Film Institute's lists of top 10  TV shows of 2011.

Besides The Good Wife and Game of Thrones, other first-time AFI selections included Homeland, Justified, Louie and... read more

Homeland, Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones Top WGA and PGA Nods

• Dec 7, 2011 04:01 PM ET
• by Joyce Eng

Homeland, Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire and Modern Family topped the Writers Guild of America nominations Wednesday with three apiece.

Homeland, Breaking Bad and Boardwalk will duke it out for drama series honors with Game of Thrones and The Good Wife, the only network representative in the lineup. Homeland and Game of Thrones are also ...
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Bent Exclusive: Boston Legal's Larry Miller to Boss Around Amanda Peet

• Dec 1, 2011 09:42 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

Bent has tapped veteran comedy actor Larry Miller to play Amanda Peet's boss, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

The comedy, from Scrubs writer Tad Quill, centers on Alex (Peet), a high-strung single mother who hires... read more

Who Will He Offend This Year? Ricky Gervais to Host Golden Globes Again

• Nov 16, 2011 04:58 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

He's baaack.

Ricky Gervais will host the Golden Globe Awards for a third time, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Wednesday.

Ricky Gervais doesn't think he went too far at Golden Globes

The announcement comes as somewhat of a surprise after The Office creator and UK series star delivered a hard-hitting monologue last year that included zingers aimed at... read more