Top 10 TV Performances of All-Time

According to me. I haven’t watched The Sopranos, so like, grain of salt. Hat tip to your friendly neighborhood TV critic for bringing up the subject.

  1. Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect
  2. Alec Guinness, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (really the whole cast)
  3. Ian Richardson, House of Cards
  4. Bob Hoskins, Pennies from Heaven
  5. Claire Danes, My So-Called Life
  6. Salome Kammer, Heimat 2
  7. Idris Elba, The Wire
  8. Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, Jeeves & Wooster
  9. Peter Falk, Colombo
  10. Joe Don Baker, Edge of Darkness

Honorable mention to Chandler/Britton, Friday Night Lights. Most Adorable Award split between James Franco, Freaks & Geeks and Anthony Andrews, Brideshead Revisited. Richard Belzer, best performance of the same character for 21 seasons.