Wilfred

“Let my character act like a jerk, give him a redeeming moment, and have a sweet song playing over the background.”

Everything from series finales of long-running cult hits to aging sitcoms to news coverage makes our supplemental list.

After nearly a decade of hourlong series driving the conversation about “good TV,” half-hour shows were at the head of the class this year.

Find out what series almost made the list—and which writers need to be bugged about not watching Game Of Thrones.

The A.V. Club asked some of our favorite celebrities for their favorite sounds and sights of the past year.

What's creepier than Elijah Wood scalping people for his mannequin collection?

 More guy-in-a-dog-suit torment.

A curious nation turns to the Saturday Night Live election special to see if anything worth mocking happened in politics this week. Also: The return of NBC Thursday nights and the departure of almost everything else.

Introducing Glee: The New Class. Also: Louis C.K. in late night and Jenna Hamilton in a web of lies.

Will Louie get bumped by Tom Cruise? Also: Wilfred trips and Max Greenfield is in stitches.

Now is the time when Suits must make good on our praises. Also: A Burn Notice summer finale, and when Louie met Chloë.

Terrorists, you’ve been warned: NTSF: SD: SUV:: joins the TV Club force. Also: Louie gets sick and Awkward. gets… awkward.

The fourth season of Childrens Hospital is here to heal your funny bone (and other vaguely horrifying ailments). Also: Louie has a date with IKEA and Wilfred has a date with destiny.

See Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte bring an end to a rivalry that you only recently started caring about. Also: Louie entertains a child while Suits fends off a damaging law-suit. (Suddenly we understand the title of that show.)

After a TV season in which FX saw its original series grow in the ratings, the launch of a successful new series in American Horror Story, and substantial Emmy and critical success, all FX president John Landgraf wanted to talk about was the way th...

And now, the exciting, awkward conclusion to Louie’s first two-parter. Also: Interrupting dogs and confused cats.

Project Runway returns to see if it can bounce back from what might have been its worst season ever. Also: TBS debuts a new sitcom in the summer of terrible new sitcoms.

And now for something completely different: TV Club Classic takes on Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Also: Wilfred hates babies while Louie goes to Miami.

What, you didn’t notice that Awkward. came back last week? That’s okay. No, really, it’s fine. Also: Everybody loves Wilfred and dinner(s) with Louis C.K.

Actual watching and hate-watching combine to make it a hit.

“The show never shakes the sense that it’s a court-mandated sitcom.”

Until you can buy Louie directly from Louis C.K., enjoy it as part of FX’s new Thursday-night comedy bloc. Also: Olympic-sized disaster from across the pond, and the return of Jenna Hamilton.

Flouting leash laws, Wilfred takes a walk on its own. Also: Michael Westen takes on a drug cartel, and Deep Space Nine crewmembers do “Mirror, Mirror”

They're all wacky, awkward neighbors now.

FX just had what its executives call its “best year ever,” with the launch of their top first-season comedy (Wilfred) and top first-season drama (American Horror Story) in 2011.