Top 13 New Shows of 2013: #8

My annual TV Awards, the AFT Television Awards, are given out during the summer. But this year, during both the spring and the fall, produced a handful of impressive new television series. As 2013 closes out and 2014 begins, here’s a look back at the best new shows of the year.

#8: Family Tree
The infinitely endearing Chris O’Dowd was delightful in this offbeat series about an unemployed man looking into his ancestry after a relative died and left him money. His ventriloquist sister and curmudgeonly father were only the beginning of this tremendous web of wonderful wackiness, and this show demonstrated a true commitment to being unapologetically irreverent. No one knows if this show will be back for another round, and I do hope it will.

Best Episode: Indians
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