Year In Culture 2012

Get ready to ignore your friends and loved ones!

Fallon singing barbershop, Kimmel pranking children, Handler showering with Sandra Bullock, and much more.

Now it's time to get serious.

Knock knock. Who's there? Pop culture!

Go face to facial hair and see which ones you recognize.

Cecilia Gimenez, a presidential debate, and a late entry by Swarovski Crystals make the cut.

If you want to be a true good-pop-culture completist, you need to be checking out Suburgatory, The Sessions, Demi Lovato, and more.

See which installments of Louie, 30 Rock, Archer, and more made the list.

Rihanna stands in a shadow. Taylor Swift reaches for something off a high shelf. Alan Arkin and John Goodman are adorable together.

Carly? Japandroids? Frank Ocean? The choice is yours.

Worst Posture, Best Use of TV Nudity, and more!

Grab the tissues!

Louie's kids, The New Normal's Shania, Bob's Burgers' Louise: an uprising of Lisa Simpsons.

Watch these, maybe?

Ah, The Newsroom.

Tig Notaro, John Mulaney, Patrice O'Neal, and more.

They're all troublemakers.

If only she would return our calls.

Listen to our music critic's Spotify playlist.

On a simple scale.