Is it that time of year?

Never really enjoyed end-of-year lists. Best of this, worst of that, so-so of whatever, zzzzzzzzzz. But folks just like to list things as December 31 draws near. They won't be discouraged by my grumpiness on the subject.

In that spirit, Carrie Grosvenor offers her "Top 11 of 2011" game show moments. Can't disagree with most of them. Watson deserves a nod, along with the new announcers on Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right, the Emmys for Pat and Alex, and even Mr. Trebek's tendon-snapping encounter with the would-be thief.

I do quibble about a couple moments from Million Dollar Mind Game, though. This show attracted an audience of literally hundreds (slight downward exaggeration) so it's hard to see how any moment from it could qualify. But Carrie lists both a 600K win and a 600K loss from the show among her top 11 items.

All right, there's no disputing tastes. Still, big money wins and losses are hardly huge news any more, especially when the victory or defeat is spread over six contestants. Million Dollar Mind Game was a glacially slow quizzer with limited (to put it mildly) appeal to most game show fans. I think Alex's thief-chase was a lot more interesting, and there wasn't even a video of it on YouTube.