Best TV shows
  1. "The Office"
  2. "Grey's Anatomy"
  3. "Lost"
  4. "Family Guy"
  5. "Six Feet Under"
  6. "Heroes"
  7. "My Name Is Earl"
  8. "The Wire"
  9. "Veronica Mars"
  10. "24"

 Best Reality TV shows
  1. "Project Runway"
  2. "America's Next Top Model"
  3. "Amazing Race"
  4. "Last Comic Standing"
  5. "Top Chef"
  6. "The Girls Next Door"
  7. "The Biggest Loser"
  8. "American Idol"
  9. "Dancing With the Stars"
  10. "The Bachelor"

Famous minnesotans
  1. Prince
  2. Bob Dylan
  3. F. Scott Fitzgerald
  4. Joe Mauer
  5. Al Franken
  6. Garrison Keillor
  7. Judy Garland
  8. Charles Lindbergh
  9. Jesse Ventura
  10. Hubert H. Humphrey

Tune-in: best radio stations
  1. The Current (89.3 FM)
  2. Minnesota Public Radio
  3. Drive 105 (now defunct)
  4. KFAI (90.3 FM)
  5. KDWB (101.3 FM)
  6. B96 (96.3 FM)
  7. Radio K (AM 770)
  8. 93X (93.7 FM)
  9. KMOJ (89.9 FM)
  10. KOOL 108 (107.9 FM)

 Best Local Blogs
  1. Overheard in Minneapolis
  2. MNspeak
  3. Girl Friday
  4. MNstories
  5. Sopheava de Lumiere
  6. More Cowbell
  7. Jason DeRusha
  8. Chasing Windmills
  9. Batgirl
  10. Pussy Ranch

Favorite books
  1. "Harry Potter" series, J.K. Rowling
  2. "Catcher in the Rye," J.D. Salinger
  3. "The Lorax," Dr. Seuss
  4. "Slaughterhouse Five," Kurt Vonnegut
  5. "Ishmael," Daniel Quinn
  6. "Catch-22," Joseph Heller
  7. "The Kite Runner," Khaled Hosseini
  8. "Leaves of Grass," Walt Whitman
  9. "The Alchemist," Paulo Coelho
  10. "Arabian Nights," Richard Burton

Photo credits (from top)

  • Steve Carell as Michael Scott on ?The Office? NBC / Justin Lubin
  • Prince performing at Macy's / David Joles
  • Promo photo