My favorite lead drama TV performances

I was planning on getting this done before Emmy nominations, but I'm slow.

My favorite lead male actor peformances in a drama series are:

Andrew Lincoln- The walking Dead

It's heart to give a heartfelt dramatic performance when you are being chased by zombies, but Andrew Lincoln's performance as the sheriff looking for his family was one of the best from one of television's best shows.

Peter Krause - Parenthood

Peter Krause has always been been one of my favorites, and his performance as family man Adam Braverman is one of his best. B

Gabriel Byrne- In treatment

In the final season of in treatment, Byrne continues to impress as he gives therapy and then receives some much needed therapy.

Michael C Hall- Dexter
This wasn't dexter's best season, but Hall continues to make Dexter Morgan his signature character. B

And my favorite performance was
Jon Hamm-Mad Men

Hamm has always kind Of made playing the great character Don Draper look easily. But season 4 was really the season that Hamm showed up his dramatic chops ever more.

My favorite lead female actor performance in a drama series are:

Lauren Graham- Parenthood
I can never forget Lorelai Gilmore. But Lauren Graham has shown she has range with her performance as Sarah Braverman.

Anna Paquin-True Blood
Sookie Stackhouse has to be dramatic, a little silly, and a little smart alecky. Anna Paquin pulls it off and makes me not able to imagine anyone else in the role.

Jeanne Triplehorne- big Love
Barb was always the most complicated wife on Big Love. Triplehorne always played as graceful, nut also dealing with complicated contradictions such as her feminism and her place in a family with multiple wives.

Mirelle Enos- The Killing
At her heart Sarah Linden is a woman torn between her prestigious job and her family. Enos shows vulnerability with her son and a fierceness in solving the murder of Rosie Larsen.


But my favorite performance was
Elizabeth Moss- Mad Men

Peggy has always been the most interesting character in Mad Men. She is a career woman in a time when woman couldn't usually have it all. In season 4, Peggy worked even harder to climb a career ladders in a man's world.