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In round 18 the Couch Potatoes choose from the #2Wildcard Category........
CHiP'S
CHiPS," which stood for California Highway Patrol, followed the daily beats of two state motorcycle patrolmen as they patrolled the freeway system in and around Los Angeles.
Officer Jon Baker was the straight, serious officer while Frank "Ponch" Poncherello was the more free- wheeling member of the duo; both reported to Sgt. Joe Getraer, who gave out assignments and advice in handling the cases.
Each episode saw a compilation of incidents, ranging from the humorous (e.g., a stranded motorist) to criminal investigations (such as hijackings) and tragic incidents (such as a fiery multi-car pile-up with multiple deaths.
Other aspects of Ponch and Jon's daily work were highlighted as well; the social lives of both officers (they were both single) often provided the lighter moments. On occassion, Ponch and Jon were assisted by a female "Chippie" at first, the very beautiful Sindy Cahill; and later, the more wholesome Bonnie Clark.
In 1982, Ponch got a new partner, Bobby Nelson (series star Wilcox left the show that year), while Nelson's younger brother, Bruce, was a trainee on the force. By now, the female "Chippie" was the attractive Kathy Lindahan.
I'm surprised this hasn't been picked yet. Just 30 minutes of wacky comedy and in some cases, non comedy.
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I might be able to start back into this drafting lark soon so can anyone tell me how many picks I have to make up in this draft? Anyone????? Thanks kindly.
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I might be able to start back into this drafting lark soon so can anyone tell me how many picks I have to make up in this draft? Anyone????? Thanks kindly.
I think you are 3 rounds behind. Start at round 16 and make your way to 18 which where we are now.
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The Channel Surfers will take The Rachel Ray Show in the Talk Show category.
****Also, if anyone is willing to part with their World or Medical category picks, PM me. I'm willing to trade Criminal Minds and possibly another show or two in return****
Ok, so assuming I have this right, that was my 16th pick and we are currently on round 18...which means I can make my remaining two picks whenever I want?
Hopefully I'm following.
In the Reality (Elimination) category, The Channel Surfers select Big Brother.
Ok, so assuming I have this right, that was my 16th pick and we are currently on round 18...which means I can make my remaining two picks whenever I want?
Hopefully I'm following.
In the Reality (Elimination) category, The Channel Surfers select Big Brother.
Yup that's right
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We're currently in round 18. If you have fewer than 18 picks, you can make as many picks as you want to bring you up to 18.
Round 19 will start at 9:00am MST, and the final round will start at 9:00pm MST. After 9:00pm MST, Saturday, February 7, 2009, everyone will be able to complete their teams.
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For my next selection, Frozen TV Dinner is very pleased to select, in the Wildcard #1 category, Veronica Mars.
I believe that Veronica Mars is one of the top 5 shows produced in the last 5 years (I'd put it narrowly behind Lost and maybe The Office). The first season is probably the best single season of any television series I have ever seen. The second and third seasons could not live up to the greatness of the first season, but they were still better than the majority of the shows on television.
Veronica Mars debuted in September 2004 on UPN. The show was a critical success, but because it was on the lowly UPN (it stayed on the air for its 3rd and final season when UPN and The WB merged to form The CW network), it was not a huge ratings hit (although big enough to stay alive on UPN).
During the summer of 2005, CBS (which also owned UPN) re-aired part of the first season on its main network. The experiment wasn't successful enough to boost the show's ratings when it returned to being a UPN exclusive.
For its second season, UPN made the decision to move Veronica Mars up against the biggest show of 2004-05, Lost. Although the show didn't suffer a significant drop in viewers (it didn't have many to lose), it wasn't helped by the move.
The first season opening credits:
As for the show itself...The main character, as you would expect, was Veronica Mars (played by Kristen Bell), a teenage girl being raised by her single father (her mother left them before the show began), who is the former Sheriff of Neptune, California, an affluent suburb of San Diego.
Veronica is in high school during the show's first two seasons. The school is extremely cliquey, with the lines clearly drawn between the wealthy (called "09ers" because they live in the fictitious 90909 zip code), and the rest of the kids in Neptune. Prior to the show's beginning, Veronica was a semi-09er by virtue of the fact that she was best friends with Lilly Kane, and dating Lilly's brother, Duncan. The Kane family is Neptune's richest, and even the snobbiest of 09er knows that Veronica is off-limits so long as she's associated with the Kanes. The other main 09er is the troubled Logan Echolls, whose parents are Hollywood stars, which makes Logan's life the subject of tabloid gossip. Logan was also Lilly's boyfriend...although, Lilly had a secret that she wanted to tell to Veronica.
Unfortunately, Lilly was murdered before she could tell Veronica the secret (which was possibly the reason for her death). Veronica's father (who was Sheriff at the time) arrested Lilly's father, Jake Kane for involvement in the murder and/or covering up the truth. Because most of Neptune owed their jobs and success to the Kane family, the people of Neptune quickly turned on Sheriff Mars and ousted him from office, replacing him with the less competent Sheriff Lamb, who quickly arrested Abel Koontz, a man who confessed to Lilly's murder, although, significant evidence suggested he had nothing to do with it.
After being thrown out of office, and having his marriage fall apart, Veronica's father, Keith, opened a private investigation company, and Veronica worked part time, helping out the family business.
Veronica supported her father when everyone else turned on him, and as a result, she was worse than an outcast at school. During the first season, Veronica frequently had "visions" where she discusses things with Lilly, or had flashbacks to conversations she had with Lilly just before her death. Throughout the first season, Veronica works on "mystery of the week" cases, either for her father, or freelance for kids at school, while always looking into the bigger mystery of Lilly's murder. Veronica not only wants to find Lilly's killer for the purpose of serving justice, but also to clear her father's name, and the Mars family's reputation.
The first season is a brilliant 22 episode arc that changes the way you feel about the characters multiple times. The dialog is well written and well acted by the stellar cast. Season one has a satisfying conclusion, and if no more episodes were ever produced, it would still be one of the best series ever aired.
The second season continued with Veronica in high school, and continued the same combination of Mystery of the Week and one overarching season-long mystery. The second season's mystery wasn't quite as good as "Who murdered Lilly Kane?", but it was still great television.
By the third season, The CW asked creator Rob Thomas (not the lead singer of Matchbox 20) to alter the series' format slightly to make it more accessible to infrequent viewers. The third season saw Veronica and her friends move on to College. While the series maintained the mix of Mystery of the Week and a larger mystery, the longer mysteries were shortened to make the payoff happen sooner.
By the end of the third season, it was clear that the show would not be returning to The CW. In a last ditch effort to keep it alive, Thomas produced a short semi-pilot for a new direction to the show, which would have leaped into the future by 4 years, and would have focused on Veronica as a new member of the FBI. The CW elected to not renew the series and the final episode aired in May 2007.
Oh yeah, Charisma Carpenter guest-starred in Season 2:
Since its cancellation, there have been rumors that Bell and Thomas would like to continue Veronica's story, possibly as a feature film. In fact, within the last couple of week, Thomas has stated that series producer Joel Silver has the financing in place for a film, so he needs to start working on a script to get it made.
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With our 18th round selection, Team Sequoia is happy to select, in the Mini-Series/TV movie category, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
Filmed right here in Calgary and based on the novel of the same name, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the late nineteenth century, and their displacement and slaughter by the United States federal government.
The film received 17 nominations at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, earning more nominations than any other nominee.
It won 6 Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special (tie)
Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or Special (Non-prosthetic)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie
It also received 3 nominations at the 65th Golden Globe Awards:
Best Miniseries or TV Film
Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (Adam Beach)
Best Supporting Actress - Mini(series) or TV Film (Anna Paquin)
It also won the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Award for Best Picture Made for Television.
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