Our Top 10 Favorite TV Shows of 2014: We Must Like Sex and Violence

Greetings to our blog readers in the Netherlands, Croatia and Yemen (is our blog available there? Yeah, I don't know either), and a special Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun to our friends in Turkey, my late father's country.

Here is our top ten (amended Jan. 4, 2014):

1. Rectified. Sundance Channel. Second Season. (image #1, the show deals with an inmate coming home to his zip code in small town Georgia, hence the reason for the prison cell)

2. Maron. IFC-TV. Second Season. (Mark Maron continues to impress us, but he could probably care less)

3. The Americans. F/X. Second Season (the reason for the middle image of Ronald and Nancy Reagan)

4. Halt and Catch Fire. AMC. First Season

5. The Affair. Showtime. First Season. (image #3, a postcard of a hotel room from yesteryear)

6. Master of Sex. Showtime. Second Season.

7. Homeland. Showtime. Fourth Season

8. Mad Men. AMC. Eighth Season

9. Orphan Black. BBC America. Second Season

10. Portlandia. IFC-TV. Fourth Season. (Fifth Season starts Thurs., Jan. 8th)

UPDATE: We revised this from the dubious initial version in which we thought it would be a good idea to include three shows we've never seen! They were: 1) Game of Thrones; 2) Orange is the New Black and 3) The Waling Dead, but we shall keep The Game of Thrones tags anyway.......:)

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Dexter Trivia (3 of 4)_ Which Movie Star Loves Dexter?

We continue our look at the 'slightly demented' Showtime series about a serial killer; "Dexter" has just started its seventh season as of Sunday. Note: the pictured image is of a person dressed Jack the Ripper for Halloween.

According to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), at least one major Hollywood star watches the show on a regular basis, but this one in particular is an Academy-Award winner (we are not just including actors who have won Oscars for acting); is the answer?

A) Matt Damon

B) George Clooney

C) Sylvester Stallone

D) Warren Beatty

Dexter Trivia (2 of 4)_ How Many People Has Dexter Killed?*

Yeah, we couldn't resist: This is an image of a cereal killer. We can't tell if Trix Cereal is one of the cereals or not.

At any rate, we are NOT including any people who may or may not have been whacked in the season premiere of "Dexter," the reason for the star* in the header, which Javier the Intern (a running gag) says is re-airing tonight on Showtime, but today's question is "How many people has Dexter killed?"

A) 117

B) 119

C) 121

D) 123

The answer for the last question was A) Raleigh, NC, is the city where Michael C. Hall was born in 1971.

PS_ Yeah, this entry was supposed to be posted like six days ago....

Dexter Trivia (1 of 4)- Where Was Michael C. Hall Born?

Today is our first of a proposed four-in-a-row entry series dedicated to the Showtime serial killer drama "Dexter," which also has elements of dark comedy. In fact, in one episode Dexter, played by Michael C. Hall, makes a reference to the cartoon "Dexter's Laboratory."

"Dexter," which premiered on Oct. 1, 2006, is going to have its seventh season premiere on Sunday, Sept. 30. The show will be followed by a season premiere of "Homeland," another Showtime show. It begins its second season. "Homeland" won the Emmy for Best Drama. And, that program male lead actor Damian Lewis beat out Hall, who has been nominated four times for "Dexter" (five times overall), for Best Actor.

Interestingly enough, Lewis was born on Feb. 11, 1971, so the two actors were born a mere ten days apart.

But, Hall, who is the subject of our first question, did win a Golden Globe for Dexter in 2010.

Today, we ask: "Which state capital was Hall born in on Feb. 1, 1971?"

Is the answer:

A) Harrisburg, Penn.

B) Richmond, Va.

C) Atlanta, Ga.

D) Raleigh, NC


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