EWB's Favorite TV Show 2016: The Voting Thread

[GoGo Yubari]

Previously, on EWB's Favorite TV Show 2015:

 

 

And we're back! Last year, Daredevil came out of nowhere to win the title in its very first year of eligibility, an unprecedented feat! Can it defend the crown with the power of like a million randomly-appearing ninja, or will another show, be they a former champ like Game of Thrones, some new hotness superhero show, or something else altogether pull off the win? Only your ballots can truly say! Let's get this show on the road.

THE RULES:

1. You will be fielding a list of your top fifteen shows of the year. Voting, of course, goes like so; list the shows from 1 to 15, the show you listed at 1 gets fifteen points, the show you listed at 2 gets fourteen points, and so on. That being said, if you didn't watch fifteen TV shows (or fifteen TV shows you actually liked enough to vote for) feel free to just leave the rest of your ballot blank once you run out. That is totally valid!

2. This is a list for your favorite TV shows of 2016, and by that I mean that every show you vote for must have been airing new episodes in its country of origin. Like, I dunno, if Sherlock aired episodes in the UK last year and they aired on PBS this year that doesn't make it eligible now. Something like that.

3. Shows don't necessarily have to be scripted comedies or dramas. Both The Daily Show and Last Week Tonight made it in last year, for example.

4. But there is an exception; no wrestling. That stuff will all be in the wrestling awards, which is also a thing I'm running because fuck free time I guess?

5. And finally, you don't need to tell me you've edited your list up until I post saying that voting is closed, because that's when I'll start tallying everything. Then if you really, really want to make a change you should probably let me know, and I may or may not allow it.

Now vote! Deadline will be sometime in the vicinity of two weeks from now, probably.

[MalaCloudy Black]

1. Game of Thrones
2. Marvel's Luke Cage
3. Better Call Saul
4. Veep
5. American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson
6. Broad City
7. Westworld
8. Silicon Valley
9. Bob's Burgers
10. Full Frontal
11. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
12. The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (RIP )
13. Ash vs. Evil Dead

Westworld and Luke Cage are probably recency bias things, and depending on how the season finale for Westworld is, it'll probably change spots. I'm also debating putting Elementary on my list, despites a solid unspectacular season 4. It's one of those shows that even at its worst, I can find something to like about it, even if it's just the chemistry between Lucy Liu and Jonny Miller.

 

[GoGo Yubari]

1. Better Call Saul
2. American Crime Story
3. Veep
4. Orange is the New Black
5. iZombie
6. Survivor
7. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
8. The Night Of
9. Atlanta
10. Silicon Valley
11. Agent Carter
12. The Good Place
13. Luke Cage
14. Mr. Robot
15. Supergirl

Honorable Mentions:

Spoiler

16. Search Party

17. BrainDead

18. Stranger Things

19. Agents of SHIELD

20. Galavant

21. Game of Thrones

22. The Flash

23. Daredevil

24. Legends of Tomorrow

25. Arrow

INCOMPLETE: Westworld, maybe Difficult People?

[MalaCloudy Black]

I still need to blitz through Atlanta. 2 weeks to do it! I can do this!

[Josh]

I wish there were legitimate ways of catching up on the recent seasons of Better Call Saul, Atlanta, Always Sunny, and Archer before the deadline. I think those are the only 4 I've not seen and would want to see - likely even giving a spot to one or more of them, based on past seasons/hype.

I've got a preliminary list and I need to whittle it down.

[I Don't Mind]

1. Bojack Horseman

2. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

3. Stranger Things

4. Always Sunny

5. Gotham

6. Supergirl

7. Lucifer

8. Daredevil

9. Marvel's Luke Cage

10. Westworld

11. X-Files

12. Preacher

13. Orange is the New Black

14. Agents of SHIELD

15. The Walking Dead

[million$$man]

1: This Is Us

2: Veep

3: Better Call Saul

4: Orange Is The New Black

5: Vikings

6: Designated Survivor

7: The Walking Dead

8: Stranger Things

9: Marvels Luke Cage

10: The Americans

11: Hells Kitchen

12: Survivor

13:  Daredevil

14: Brooklyn Nine Nine

15: Gotham

[Your Mom]

I think I'll be ready to do this after Sunday. Your ranking rides on this Westworld. No pressure!

[Tyrone]

1. BoJack Horseman

2. Queen Sugar

3. American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson

4. Stranger Things

5. Westworld

6. Atlanta

7. Orange is the New Black

8. iZombie

9. Insecure

10. Underground

11. Power

12. This is Us

13. Black-ish

14. The Carmichael Show

15. Silicon Valley

 

Honorable mentions to: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and Orphan Black
 

Edited December 6, 2016 by Tyrone

[C-MIL]

I spent a good bit of 2016 screen time catching up on stuff from previous years (Happy Endings mostly) and lately EWB Film Club, though I think I can get to 15 if I reeeeally try.

1. You're The Worst
2. Orange Is The New Black
3. Better Call Saul
4. American Ninja Warrior
5. Mr. Robot
6. Stranger Things
7. Silicon Valley
8. American Crime Story
9. Angie Tribeca
10. The Earliest Show
11. Search Party
12. Westworld

Updated. Three to go!

The Night Of is (still) next on deck.

[Your Mom]

Everyone seems to like Atlanta. Maybe I should give it a shot

[Ruki]

1. Game of Thrones

2. Steven Universe

3. Stranger Things

4. West World

5. Daredevil

6. Brooklyn Nine Nine

7. Silicon Valley

8. Luke Cage

9 Better Call Saul

10. Agents of Shield

11. Agent Carter

12. Preacher

13. The Walking Dead

14. South Park

15. Star Vs The Forces Of Evil

 

[LittleDaniel]

40 minutes ago, Fly the W! said:

Everyone seems to like Atlanta. Maybe I should give it a shot

I've only seen the first two episodes but it might make my list.  That might have more to do with the amount of current tv I watched this year, but it seems like a pretty good show nonetheless.

I'm gonna start working on a shortlist, I'm not sure if I can even make it to ten honestly.

[DFF]

Should the thread title not be 2016?

[LittleDaniel]

30 minutes ago, DFF said:

Should the thread title not be 2016?

Now that we've had a year to let it marinate, we can really make some educated lists about 2015 tv shows.

[EddieG]

1. Brooklyn Nine Nine
2. Pitch
3. Bull
4. Atlanta
5. American Crime Story
6. Angie Tribeca
7. The Great Indoors
8. Late Late Show with James Corden
9. Orange Is The New Black
10. Last Man Standing
11. Modern Family
12. Shooter
13. Master Of None
14. Hell's Kitchen
15. The Amazing Race

[arwrestling]

1. American Horror Story: Roanoke

2. Orange Is The New Black

3. Shameless

4. House of Cards

5. The View

6. The Walking Dead

7. Chelsea

8. Scandal

9. Grace and Frankie

10. How To Get Away With Murder

11. Grey's Anatomy

12. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

13. American Crime

14. American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson

15. Last Man Standing

[GoGo Yubari]

4 hours ago, DFF said:

Should the thread title not be 2016?

shut up, it's always been that

[Azazel]

1. Game of Thrones

2. Supernatural

3. The Last Ship

4. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

5. Archer

 

[RPS]

1. Transparent
2. RuPaul's Drag Race
3. American Crime Story: The People versus OJ Simpson
4. UnREAL
5. The Get Down
6. Better Call Saul 
7. Insecure
8. Full Frontal With Samantha Bee 

Some shows I dug (One Mississippi, Luke Cage, Lady Dynamite, Fresh off the Boat, Survivor)  but not enough to put it on my list of favorites. I have not finished all of these shows, but mostly up to date. I have Atlanta ready to watch, so I'll give a few episodes a watch and try and see if I wanna place it on the list.