[Music]
it was another year full of touching
shocking incredible television spoilers
incoming bye I’ve got a juggler but
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
TV moments of 2016 listen to a friend
pregnant for this list we’re focusing on
the moments from fictional or hosted
television that left the biggest impact
on audiences in 2016
that means we’re excluding live events
covered on television like sports news
or concert events so in case you haven’t
clued in a huge spoiler alert is now in
effect
[Music]
number 10 prison all along mr. robot
but sometimes you need a reason to gain
control the first season of mr. robot
proved that no viewer should assume they
know the answers nothing is what it
seems and you’re bound to be surprised
communication is key Elliot the second
season validated that notion as its
seventh episode gave us one of the
year’s best twists up to this point our
only interactions with protagonist
Elliot Alderson were dull Affairs in
confined claustrophobic spaces a small
room a basketball court a diner
meanwhile the rest of the cast had been
busy fighting off a crippling worldwide
hack the show’s dynamics just didn’t
make sense until it was revealed that
Elliot was in fact in prison this
stunning revelation opened up a world of
questions and reminded fans to always
question what they see you know you
haven’t been staying with your mother
right I know
number 9 make Donald Trump again last
week tonight with John Oliver because it
turns out the name Trump was not always
his family’s name one biographer found
that a prescient ancestor had changed it
from and this is true drunk yes a comedy
series is an unlikely source of
journalistic greatness but John Oliver
and his last week to night team have the
unique ability to critically inform
while maintaining excellent comedy
standards while it was great when it
rained raisins
Oliver’s best moment came when he gave
America one of the most painfully and
lightning yet horrifyingly funny reports
on then primary candidate Donald Trump
and his tiny hands it’s the sound of a
bottle of store-brand root beer falling
off the shelf in a gas station mini-mart
in a scathing 20-minute indictment
Oliver took the internet by storm
revealing that Trump’s ancestral last
name is actually drunk
he then implored his fans and the
country to make Donald Trump again
believing that the guttural last name
better reflects the Donald and what he’s
like on the inside
[Applause]
to trademark the names wrong and
incidentally when we own it I will have
the best word number eight poussey is
death orange is the new black Hey we
call for backup
a show that walks the tightrope between
comedy and drama orange is the new black
brought fans to tears when it killed off
one of its most beloved characters
caught in a prison demonstration Susanne
crazy eyes Warren begins panicking
becoming uncontrollable and completely
losing her faculties when she sees a
prison guard restraining crazy eyes who
say tries to get the guard to let her
calm Susanne down but in an instant
it’s poussey who’s on the ground trapped
beneath the weight of the guard as
things unfold around them Susanne
violently attacks the guard but who say
is left helpless and tragically she
eventually dies it’s an undeniably raw
powerful and all-too-real moment
number seven Dre explains police
brutality blackish
well I will be in my room doing my
Spanish homework before my teacher tases
me what you see me baby that is not
funny and no this is important we’re all
going to sit and watch it together
though at its core a sitcom blackish
assumed a far more powerful tone when it
chose not to shy away from the
real-world problems of 2016 by
addressing police brutality towards the
black community in an argument with his
wife over what to teach their children
regarding police interactions
Anthony Anderson’s Dre passionately
illuminates a painful reality of being
black in America remember when he got
elected and we felt like maybe just
maybe we got out of that bad place and
made it to a good place
citing the delicate hope that permeated
the african-american community after
Barack Obama’s election in 2008 Dre
holds back tears as he explains to his
wife that their children must know that
they live in a world that is constantly
trying to steal that hope away that is
the real world beau and our children
need to know that that’s the world that
they live in
number 6 Frank gets shot house of cards
put your hand up on the wall sir put it
on the wall
after a criticized third season house of
cards returned with a bang for season
four audiences were stunned when midway
through the season former investigative
reporter and Underwood victim Lucas
Goodwin shot Frank in an assassination
attempt I came out here to try to listen
to what you want to say but if all you
do is scream
it’s a complete shock to audiences and
everyone around president Underwood and
the scene turns chaotic in an instant
flipping the season on its head with
Frank subsequently in a coma
Claire suddenly has a platform to
influence again at the executive level
but of course in addition to those major
turns of events viewers also had to
suffer the tragic loss of Frank’s loyal
Secret Service agent Edward Meechum
there has been an attempted
assassination of the president President
Frank Underwood has been shot number 511
kills the demagogue on stranger things
set in the 80s with the style and pace
of a Spielberg movie stranger things is
full of human experimentation horror and
a parallel world we’re willing to bet
that a lot of you guys went just as gaga
over it as we did and rightfully so
although the show was full of ego tastic
moments 11 defeating the demagogue on
was definitely the highlight the show’s
supernatural hero the mysterious 11 or L
says goodbye to her best friend Mike
before sacrificing herself to destroy
the terrifying monster overcoming her
fears and saving the group
the season 1 finale manages to give
audiences satisfaction and closure while
leaving the mystery open for what’s to
come
[Music]
number 4 what door Westworld what’s
behind this door what door created by
Jonathan Nolan and Lisa joy for HBO this
binge session waiting to happen has kept
viewers in shock and awe since day 1 I
know things will work out the way
they’re meant to
as things progressed we started to
wonder which of the humans was going to
be revealed as a host but we were as
surprised as Teresa to learn that it was
the lovable and sympathetic Bernard Lowe
what is this from
doesn’t have like anything to be unaware
of his robotic status or even his
motivation bernard lures his one-time
lady friend into a deadly trap set by
West world demigod and creator Robert
Ford by the end of this scene we’re not
only struggling with the fact that
Bernard is a host but Teresa’s death and
the reveal of Ford as a true villain
also have us questioning the nature of
our reality should be getting back to
now we have a great deal of work to do
the new storylines number three Marcia’s
breakdown American crime story damn who
turned on the Rick James 2016 saw the
debut of FX’s much-hyped crime anthology
series with the premiere season covering
the trial of the century the People vs
OJ Simpson although the series was
chock-full of great performances
including those from Cuba Gooding jr.
John Travolta and David Schwimmer one of
the year’s most incredible acting
displays with Sarah Paulsen’s portrayal
of Marcia Clark I am offended by mister
cochran’s remarks as a woman and as a
mother in the show’s sixth episode
Paulson was tasked with capturing
Marcia’s complete breakdown after being
ridiculed both in court and in the media
unfairly targeted and vilified for
little more than a haircut Paulson
creates a moving depiction of a person
buried underneath the weight of the
world and I’m not a public personality
this isn’t what I do I don’t know how to
do this number 2 Ramsay Bolton is
defeated Game of Thrones you suggested
one on one combat didn’t you sometimes
on Game of Thrones a beloved character
dies and we collectively mourn
sometimes a beloved character comes back
to life and we collectively cheer and
sometimes a character’s so despised gets
his comeuppance that we collectively
yell suck it it’s hard to nail down a
single moment from the penultimate
episode of season 6 as the episode is
mainly comprised of one of the best
battle sequences ever a sequence we can
mark as the moment television equals
cinemas ability to create massive aw
inspiring spectacles but of course the
sweetest moment of all was when the
northern bastards meet face to face and
there was no doubt that the good guys
were finally going to earn a win before
we unveil our number one pick here are
some honorable mentions I doctored the
copies I paid the kid at the shop to lie
for me it is insane how you got every
detail exactly right
Harrison looks on the outside to be your
average teenager he goes to school plays
video games even listens to music in his
room but there’s one difference I’m a 35
year old white man Harrison born Antoine
smalls has transracial identity
identifying as Harrison Boothe a 35 year
old white man from Colorado number one
negan kills Glenn The Walking Dead back
to it you can breathe you can blink you
can cry hell we were all doing that fans
of The Walking Dead comic book have long
awaited the arrival of its most brutal
villain negan Justin our pants yet
making his first appearance at the tail
end of season six
negan didn’t really make his mark until
the season 7 premiere when he started
dispatching cast members faster than
anyone was prepared for holding Rick’s
group hostage negan first kills Abraham
you’re all gonna be doing that
that in itself was brutal but what
landed negan on this list was what
happened a few moments later when he
also murdered Glenn in front of a
bawling Maggie
negan caves in Glenn’s skull leaving his
wife and his fans horrified I’m just
getting started
do you agree with our list I hate it I
guess I hate it too what do you think
we’re the best television moments of
2016 I want to try to hear what it is
that you disagree with me about for more
unique top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com all
memory of you will disappear
[Music]
it was another year full of touching
shocking incredible television spoilers
incoming bye I’ve got a juggler but
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
TV moments of 2016 listen to a friend
pregnant for this list we’re focusing on
the moments from fictional or hosted
television that left the biggest impact
on audiences in 2016
that means we’re excluding live events
covered on television like sports news
or concert events so in case you haven’t
clued in a huge spoiler alert is now in
effect
[Music]
number 10 prison all along mr. robot
but sometimes you need a reason to gain
control the first season of mr. robot
proved that no viewer should assume they
know the answers nothing is what it
seems and you’re bound to be surprised
communication is key Elliot the second
season validated that notion as its
seventh episode gave us one of the
year’s best twists up to this point our
only interactions with protagonist
Elliot Alderson were dull Affairs in
confined claustrophobic spaces a small
room a basketball court a diner
meanwhile the rest of the cast had been
busy fighting off a crippling worldwide
hack the show’s dynamics just didn’t
make sense until it was revealed that
Elliot was in fact in prison this
stunning revelation opened up a world of
questions and reminded fans to always
question what they see you know you
haven’t been staying with your mother
right I know
number 9 make Donald Trump again last
week tonight with John Oliver because it
turns out the name Trump was not always
his family’s name one biographer found
that a prescient ancestor had changed it
from and this is true drunk yes a comedy
series is an unlikely source of
journalistic greatness but John Oliver
and his last week to night team have the
unique ability to critically inform
while maintaining excellent comedy
standards while it was great when it
rained raisins
Oliver’s best moment came when he gave
America one of the most painfully and
lightning yet horrifyingly funny reports
on then primary candidate Donald Trump
and his tiny hands it’s the sound of a
bottle of store-brand root beer falling
off the shelf in a gas station mini-mart
in a scathing 20-minute indictment
Oliver took the internet by storm
revealing that Trump’s ancestral last
name is actually drunk
he then implored his fans and the
country to make Donald Trump again
believing that the guttural last name
better reflects the Donald and what he’s
like on the inside
[Applause]
to trademark the names wrong and
incidentally when we own it I will have
the best word number eight poussey is
death orange is the new black Hey we
call for backup
a show that walks the tightrope between
comedy and drama orange is the new black
brought fans to tears when it killed off
one of its most beloved characters
caught in a prison demonstration Susanne
crazy eyes Warren begins panicking
becoming uncontrollable and completely
losing her faculties when she sees a
prison guard restraining crazy eyes who
say tries to get the guard to let her
calm Susanne down but in an instant
it’s poussey who’s on the ground trapped
beneath the weight of the guard as
things unfold around them Susanne
violently attacks the guard but who say
is left helpless and tragically she
eventually dies it’s an undeniably raw
powerful and all-too-real moment
number seven Dre explains police
brutality blackish
well I will be in my room doing my
Spanish homework before my teacher tases
me what you see me baby that is not
funny and no this is important we’re all
going to sit and watch it together
though at its core a sitcom blackish
assumed a far more powerful tone when it
chose not to shy away from the
real-world problems of 2016 by
addressing police brutality towards the
black community in an argument with his
wife over what to teach their children
regarding police interactions
Anthony Anderson’s Dre passionately
illuminates a painful reality of being
black in America remember when he got
elected and we felt like maybe just
maybe we got out of that bad place and
made it to a good place
citing the delicate hope that permeated
the african-american community after
Barack Obama’s election in 2008 Dre
holds back tears as he explains to his
wife that their children must know that
they live in a world that is constantly
trying to steal that hope away that is
the real world beau and our children
need to know that that’s the world that
they live in
number 6 Frank gets shot house of cards
put your hand up on the wall sir put it
on the wall
after a criticized third season house of
cards returned with a bang for season
four audiences were stunned when midway
through the season former investigative
reporter and Underwood victim Lucas
Goodwin shot Frank in an assassination
attempt I came out here to try to listen
to what you want to say but if all you
do is scream
it’s a complete shock to audiences and
everyone around president Underwood and
the scene turns chaotic in an instant
flipping the season on its head with
Frank subsequently in a coma
Claire suddenly has a platform to
influence again at the executive level
but of course in addition to those major
turns of events viewers also had to
suffer the tragic loss of Frank’s loyal
Secret Service agent Edward Meechum
there has been an attempted
assassination of the president President
Frank Underwood has been shot number 511
kills the demagogue on stranger things
set in the 80s with the style and pace
of a Spielberg movie stranger things is
full of human experimentation horror and
a parallel world we’re willing to bet
that a lot of you guys went just as gaga
over it as we did and rightfully so
although the show was full of ego tastic
moments 11 defeating the demagogue on
was definitely the highlight the show’s
supernatural hero the mysterious 11 or L
says goodbye to her best friend Mike
before sacrificing herself to destroy
the terrifying monster overcoming her
fears and saving the group
the season 1 finale manages to give
audiences satisfaction and closure while
leaving the mystery open for what’s to
come
[Music]
number 4 what door Westworld what’s
behind this door what door created by
Jonathan Nolan and Lisa joy for HBO this
binge session waiting to happen has kept
viewers in shock and awe since day 1 I
know things will work out the way
they’re meant to
as things progressed we started to
wonder which of the humans was going to
be revealed as a host but we were as
surprised as Teresa to learn that it was
the lovable and sympathetic Bernard Lowe
what is this from
doesn’t have like anything to be unaware
of his robotic status or even his
motivation bernard lures his one-time
lady friend into a deadly trap set by
West world demigod and creator Robert
Ford by the end of this scene we’re not
only struggling with the fact that
Bernard is a host but Teresa’s death and
the reveal of Ford as a true villain
also have us questioning the nature of
our reality should be getting back to
now we have a great deal of work to do
the new storylines number three Marcia’s
breakdown American crime story damn who
turned on the Rick James 2016 saw the
debut of FX’s much-hyped crime anthology
series with the premiere season covering
the trial of the century the People vs
OJ Simpson although the series was
chock-full of great performances
including those from Cuba Gooding jr.
John Travolta and David Schwimmer one of
the year’s most incredible acting
displays with Sarah Paulsen’s portrayal
of Marcia Clark I am offended by mister
cochran’s remarks as a woman and as a
mother in the show’s sixth episode
Paulson was tasked with capturing
Marcia’s complete breakdown after being
ridiculed both in court and in the media
unfairly targeted and vilified for
little more than a haircut Paulson
creates a moving depiction of a person
buried underneath the weight of the
world and I’m not a public personality
this isn’t what I do I don’t know how to
do this number 2 Ramsay Bolton is
defeated Game of Thrones you suggested
one on one combat didn’t you sometimes
on Game of Thrones a beloved character
dies and we collectively mourn
sometimes a beloved character comes back
to life and we collectively cheer and
sometimes a character’s so despised gets
his comeuppance that we collectively
yell suck it it’s hard to nail down a
single moment from the penultimate
episode of season 6 as the episode is
mainly comprised of one of the best
battle sequences ever a sequence we can
mark as the moment television equals
cinemas ability to create massive aw
inspiring spectacles but of course the
sweetest moment of all was when the
northern bastards meet face to face and
there was no doubt that the good guys
were finally going to earn a win before
we unveil our number one pick here are
some honorable mentions I doctored the
copies I paid the kid at the shop to lie
for me it is insane how you got every
detail exactly right
Harrison looks on the outside to be your
average teenager he goes to school plays
video games even listens to music in his
room but there’s one difference I’m a 35
year old white man Harrison born Antoine
smalls has transracial identity
identifying as Harrison Boothe a 35 year
old white man from Colorado number one
negan kills Glenn The Walking Dead back
to it you can breathe you can blink you
can cry hell we were all doing that fans
of The Walking Dead comic book have long
awaited the arrival of its most brutal
villain negan Justin our pants yet
making his first appearance at the tail
end of season six
negan didn’t really make his mark until
the season 7 premiere when he started
dispatching cast members faster than
anyone was prepared for holding Rick’s
group hostage negan first kills Abraham
you’re all gonna be doing that
that in itself was brutal but what
landed negan on this list was what
happened a few moments later when he
also murdered Glenn in front of a
bawling Maggie
negan caves in Glenn’s skull leaving his
wife and his fans horrified I’m just
getting started
do you agree with our list I hate it I
guess I hate it too what do you think
we’re the best television moments of
2016 I want to try to hear what it is
that you disagree with me about for more
unique top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com all
memory of you will disappear
[Music]
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