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TV critic Verne Gay picks the top 12 shows of 2012

Originally published: December 24, 2012 1:56 PM
Updated: December 24, 2012 3:34 PM
By VERNE GAY  verne.gay@newsday.com

11. Homeland (Showtime). Great start to the Emmy

Photo credit: Showtime | 11. Homeland (Showtime). Great start to the Emmy winner's sophomore season, but it started to wheeze by the end.

Think of 2012 as a seedling year for television, where little things could possibly lead to very big things. This wasn't the year of vast sweeping change, of huge transitions, of the long ball ... this was, instead ...

The year of "Girls," HBO's small slice of the zeitgeist, Brooklyn-style, that could portend a very significant career for 26-year-old creator and star Lena Dunham.

This...

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