winners and losers

Prior to lovable losers from 30 Rock and Louie, TV needed to get a life

Prior to lovable losers from 30 Rock and Louie, TV needed to get a life

Dark and absurdist sitcoms of today owe debt to this ’90s show

The down and out

Losers: the down and out

From Sarah Palin’s presidential bid to dire visions of the apocalypse–everything that didn’t turn out in 2011

The game changers

This year’s winners: the game changers

From Arcade Fire, through Mark Carney to the Palestinians–whatever they did, this year they played by their own rules

Many happy returns

Losers: the Canucks

Roberto Luongo was the star Vancouver wanted. But he and the Canucks couldn’t deliver on a city’s Stanley cup dream.