Every year I put together a brief summation of the television I enjoyed or alternatively didn't during the previous twelve months. My 2013 commentary is a little different, all confined to a single post and occasionally lacking the detail I've given previous round-ups. My television viewing has changed, though, along with my own aspirations as a writer. Anyway, television. No real spoilers this year.
One of the best network television innovations over the last couple of years has involved the repurposing of traditionally soapy storytelling into arguably respectable serialized dramas, blurring the lines between 'legit TV' and 'night-time melodrama'. ABC has been particularly deft at this, Nashville being their latest serial to feature standard soap opera tropes translated through an intricate wall of real-world drama. Set against the surprisingly-absorbing back-drop of country music, the narrative unspools between Dallas-style power intrigue straight through to All About Eve sniping, all anchored by an authentically sassy performance from Connie Britton. This is something special.
