Battle of the TV Shows - Firefly never makes the 64, and Seinfeld unfortunately wins.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Yeah, but which show has Shuan Majumder detonating a nuke?

One of the nuances of my question. That's either a very wrong way to handle a nuke, or it's inspired.

[Hockey]

Results for Round 2

1.Game of Thrones-57
14.The Flintstones-15

2.Futurama-40
12.Cheers-32

4.Mad Men-45
8.Sons of Anarchy-20

6. The X-Files-40
7. Family Guy-32
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1.Breaking Bad-60
11.Faulty Towers-11

2. Walking Dead-49
8. House-22

3. Curb your enthusiasm-41
7. Homeland-29

4. Lost-40
5. 24-29

[Hockey]

1. Seinfeld- 38
11. Cosby Show- 6

2. Dexter-29
9. Sherlock-15

3. The Wire- 24
7. Fresh Prince- 20

4. The Office- 21
5. Friends - 22

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1. The Simpsons- 43
8. M*A*S*H-7

2. Arrested Development- 33
7. Boardwalk Empire- 16

3. The Sopranos- 35
6. South Park- 14

4. Band Of Brothers-36
5. Parks and Rec- 13

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Hockey

1. The Simpsons- 43
8. M*A*S*H-7

I find this result completely disturbing. The Simpsons winning is bad enough, but by a 6:1 margin?

And how is M*A*S*H* an 8th seed??

Is there anyone over 25 voting in this thing?

[Regulator75]

I'm pushing 40 and I still don't like MASH.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Friends over The Office for the upset.

[trackercowe]

You should change it so Lost faces The Walking Dead, and not Breaking Bad. Actually interested to see who would win in that faceoff. Let Breaking Bad beat up on Curb instead.

Too bad X-Files is going to lose to Game of Thrones. The last couple seasons when Duchovny left, and they stopped filming in Vancouver were pretty bad, but it's still a better show than 2.5 seasons of Game of Thrones.

Edit: I forgot that I did quite like Robert Patrick as John Doggett in the last few seasons, as he added a much different dynamic than Mulder, but it just wasn't the same show anymore.

[moon]

I am over 25 and think MASH is pretty terrible.

Pretty decent results although how there was any votes let alone 20 for Fresh Prince is beyond me. Shouldn't have been in any round let alone close to The Wire in the 2nd round.

Friends over The Office and X-Files over Family Guy weren't my picks but Family Guy and the Office aren't good enough to care that much and those two should get killed next round anyways.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Cosby Show and MASH losing?

I'm out

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Too bad X-Files is going to lose to Game of Thrones. The last couple seasons when Duchovny left, and they stopped filming in Vancouver were pretty bad, but it's still a better show than 2.5 seasons of Game of Thrones.

lol, no it's not. It's not better than 1 episode of Game of Thrones.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

I'm pushing 40 and I still don't like MASH.

I wasn't insinuating that people under the age of 25 can't like it or that they might grow to like it in later years though.

I just figured most under 25 haven't seen much of it.

10 years ago, it was the greatest TV series of all time IMHO. There has been some fantastic television produced since then though.

I am an admited Simpsons hater. It really doesn't make me laugh.

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

lol, no it's not. It's not better than 1 episode of Game of Thrones.

Yes, yes it is. Don't overrate Game of Thrones so early. Saying it's the best show ever is pretty much saying Lord of the Rings would be the best movie of all time. Both are very good without question, just not really the best ever.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

I wasn't insinuating that people under the age of 25 can't like it or that they might grow to like it in later years though.

I just figured most under 25 haven't seen much of it.

10 years ago, it was the greatest TV series of all time IMHO. There has been some fantastic television produced since then though.

I am an admited Simpsons hater. It really doesn't make me laugh.

I'm under 25 and MASH is my favorite show ever... By far! Nothing comes close to it in my mind

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Yes, yes it is. Don't overrate Game of Thrones so early. Saying it's the best show ever is pretty much saying Lord of the Rings would be the best movie of all time. Both are very good without question, just not really the best ever.

Nah, you're wrong about GoT. It's not "overrated". It's excellent. It doesn't suddenly become excellent when X number of episodes have been produced or Y number of seasons have been completed.

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

Nah, you're wrong about GoT. It's not "overrated". It's excellent. It doesn't suddenly become excellent when X number of episodes have been produced or Y number of seasons have been completed.

Excellent right now, sure. But many, many, many shows have been great during their early seasons. Lost and Heroes would be great examples of that. For both shows I remember people saying that they were already among the all-time greats after one or two seasons. Well that sure changed in short order, since both were unable to maintain the same quality for the duration of the shows. Heck in the case of Heroes it really only had one great season, and yet still people still expected it to be just as great going forward.

Once GoT starts tying up storylines, and has maintained a certain level of quality for a few years people will still have high expectations for it, and the quality will not be able to decrease in any way. Just look at the first half of Season Six of the Sopranos; while in general it was a decent season, most people were quite disappointed in how it measured up to previous seasons, and it's not held in the same regard because of that.

Then of course there is The Simpsons, Family Guy, Dexter, Seinfeld, Arrested Development, and The X-Files itself all which declined in quality during later seasons, and some of them are not regarded as highly because of it. It's really too early to call Game of Thrones the greatest show of all time. Perhaps overrated isn't the best word to use, but we should wait a couple more years to give it such a title.

As for The X-Files the acting and writing separates it apart from most science fiction shows imo. That and it worked in so many ways, whether they were trying to emulate Twin Peaks, or in the later seasons when they made some great comedic episodes. I would also say Anderson and Duchovny had more chemistry than any duo in television history. It's no wonder so many of the main crew members have moved on to other great shows (like Vince Gillian and Breaking Bad). Although they never were really able to wrap up the "myth-arc" storyline in the right way, which again goes towards the fact that it's a lot more difficult to create great endings, than it is to write great beginnings.

[missdpuck]

I'm in the Twilight Zone (obviously)

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

blah blah blah

GoT is excellent and X-Files sucks. Because I say so.

Enjoy the polls and get the stick out of your ass. You basically decided to try and #### this up and take it way too seriously with the very first reply in the thread. Sigh.

[Yamer]

Out of what's left, I really hope Seinfeld or Breaking Bad take the title.

[MrMastodonFarm]

If X-Files was made now, in the climate of shorter seasons and on cable.. it would be even better then it was.

It suffered from the era of Network shows though, too many filler episodes per season, too many episodes.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

If X-Files was made now, in the climate of shorter seasons and on cable.. it would be even better then it was.

It suffered from the era of Network shows though, too many filler episodes per season, too many episodes.

I watched the first season and a half on Netflix about 6 or 7 months ago and haven't gone back. Some episodes were awesome, others were pretty lackluster. Also didn't like the fact that the overarching storylines they were developing only took precedent in 1/3 of the episodes.

I know I've been spoiled by modern day productions, but X-Files seemed pretty mediocre at best.