End-Of-Year: 2012 TV Nominees

This time last year, I had already listed my favorite TV shows and actors of the past year, which just shows you how utterly behind I am this year. Most of this had to do with a busier holiday season than I usually have and also being sick for most of it. But enough excuses, I need to just post my year-end nominations and live with my choices. And so...

Best Show, Drama
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Homeland
The Hour
Shameless
Sherlock

Best Show, Comedy
Community
Doctor Who
Happy Endings
New Girl
Parks and Recreation
Veep

Best New Show
Awake
Ben and Kate
Girls
Last Resort
Political Animals
Veep

Best Ensemble
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
The Good Wife
The Hour
Parks and Recreation
Shameless

Best Actor, Drama
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jason Isaacs, Awake
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead
Jonny Lee Miller, Elementary
Ben Whishaw, The Hour

Best Actor, Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Joel McHale, Community
Jim Parsons, Big Bang Theory
Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation
Matt Smith, Doctor Who
Elijah Wood, Wilfred

Best Actress, Drama
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Romolai Garai, The Hour
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Emmy Rossum, Shameless
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge

Best Actress, Comedy
Courtney Cox, Cougar Town
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Jane Levy, Suburgatory
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Dakota Johnson, Ben and Kate
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Supporting Actor, Drama
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Martin Freeman, Sherlock
Gabriel Mann, Revenge
John Noble, Fringe
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy
Arthur Darvill, Doctor Who
Adam Driver, Girls
Jake Johnson, New Girl
Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation
Jim Rash, Community
Damon Wayans, Jr., Happy Endings

Best Supporting Actress, Drama
Laura Carmichael, Downton Abbey
Jennifer Carpenter, Dexter
Anna Chancellor, The Hour
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy
Mayim Bialik, Big Bang Theory
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Eliza Coupe, Happy Endings
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Zosia Mamet, Girls
Aubrey Plaza, Parks and Recreation

Best Limited Role, Actor
Peter Capaldi, The Hour
Matthew Perry, The Good Wife
Andrew Rannells, Girls
Andrew Scott, Sherlock
Sebastian Stan, Once Upon a Time
Ray Stevenson, Dexter

Best Limited Role, Actress
Oona Chaplin, The Hour
Felicia Day, Supernatural
Jenna Louise Coleman, Doctor Who
Kathryn Hahn, Parks and Recreation
Carrie Preston, The Good Wife
Laura Pulver, Sherlock

Nomination Tally: 7 - The Hour, Parks and Recreation; 5 - Breaking Bad; 4 - Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Girls, Homeland, Sherlock, Veep; 3 - 30 Rock, Community, Good Wife, Happy Endings, Shameless; 2 - Awake, Ben and Kate, Big Bang Theory, Dexter, Game of Thrones, Mad Men, New Girl, Revenge; 1 - Cougar Town, Elementary, Fringe, Last Resort, Once Upon a Time, Political Animals, Suburgatory, Supernatural, Walking Dead, Wilfred

Since I watch more shows in a year than most people do in their entire lives, it make sense that I've managed to nominate 32 different shows and 60 performances. The sad thing is that there's probably a list of a dozen shows and 20-30 performances that could've easily ended up above if I had made this list on a different day. Anyways, I'll try to pick my winners and then compile a ranked list of my favorite TV shows for the year before Monday.