EWB's All-Time Favorite TV Show Tournament

[Josh]

Honestly meant no harm or offense with the rules or that last reminder. I get that it forces some arbitrary decisions and I knew it when I made the rule, but I figured the alternative was to risk getting next to no participation on some match-ups.

I feel the rule should remain, but I do feel bad that it seems I may have offended a couple of you.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

No personal offence taken, I can see where you're coming from but I'm sticking with my vote voiding.

[Ron]

EASTERN BRACKET

1) Community vs. 16) One Tree Hill

8) Only Fools and Horses vs. 9) The West Wing

5) How I Met Your Mother vs. 12) Peep Show

4) The Office (U.S.) vs. 13) Columbo

6) Blackadder vs. 11) Eastbound & Down

3) The Walking Dead vs. 14) The Tick (Animated Series)

7) The Shield vs. 10) Frasier

2) Seinfeld vs. 15) Star Trek: The Next Generation

[Josh]

Eastern Bracket voting has closed. I will tabulate the results and have them later.

In the meantime, new bracket!

CENTRAL BRACKET

1) Lost vs. 16) ER

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy

You have approximately 68 hours to place your votes. Voting for this bracket will end at 6:59 EDT/5:59 PM CDT/11:59 PM GMT on Sunday, April 1st. Remember to vote on every match-up, or else your votes will not be counted.

[GoGo Yubari]

1) Lost vs. 16) ER -- about what I would expect from a first vs. 16th seed.

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones -- fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Mad Men should win, but it won't.

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus -- fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom -- I've seen one episode of Bottom.

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers -- fuck Supernatural. Fawlty Towers is perfection.

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman -- I'm pretty sure nothing can get me to vote for South Park. It cannot be allowed to go on a run.

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks -- never seen Farscape, Freaks and Geeks is one of the all-time greatest one-season shows ever.

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy -- this might be different if my experience with Doctor Who wasn't just '60s serials.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

1) Lost vs. 16) ER - I've only seen one and a bit seasons of Lost, but I loved it. Never seen ER.

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones - Mad Men, by a mile (only because I've only seen 1 episode of GoT)

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus - No idea.

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom - Never heard of Bottom. BB wins, even though I found it incredibly slow and hard to get into

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers - No idea.

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman - Easy peasy.

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks - No idea.

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy - No idea.

Yeeeeeah. Originally, I understood the whole "you have to vote for every match", but this seems rather silly. I haven't seen either show in half of the matches. Oh well.

[LittleDaniel]

CENTRAL BRACKET

1) Lost vs. 16) ER

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy

The only one of these that was difficult was Buffy vs Monty Python. Was Monty Python better? Sure. But I really did enjoy Buffy more, so I'm going to have to go with that.

[Mofoticon]

1) Lost vs. 16) ER

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy

[Darnez FC Forever]

1) Lost vs. 16) ER

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy

[Pizza]

1) Lost vs. 16) ER - Easy

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones - I was never able to get into Mad Men.

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus - Big fan of Buffy growing up.

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom - No idea what Bottom is, but Breaking Bad is what I'm hoping wins the whole thing.

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers - I remember Fawlty Towers being hilarious when I watched a few episodes ten years ago. Never liked Supernatural.

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman - I like South Park, but it's Batman. 5 years ago, this vote would have been different. Toughest one for me.

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks - No interest in Farscape.

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy - Really liked the first season. I haven't watched Dr. Who, but I don't think I'll get it.

This is a much stronger bracket I find. Unlike the East, I really liked every show I voted for, and a few I voted against.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

1) Lost vs. 16) ER

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

The intrigue of this format is that a show that 20 people would vote as their 20th favourite will beat a show that 19 people would vote as their 1st favourite and one voted their 21st favourite.

[ndqw]

1) Lost vs. 16) ER

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy

Edited March 30, 2012 by ndqw

[RPS]

1) Lost vs. 16) ER

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy

[Kane's Mullet Slacker]

CENTRAL BRACKET

1) Lost vs. 16) ER - No-brainer for me here.

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones - Never watched Mad Men

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom - Breaking Bad's probably my favorite show on TV

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman - This was a tough one for me since I like both shows but I had to vote against South Park. The campy 60's fun of Batman wins out. I wonder if Batman The Animated Series made it?

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks - I like both shows here but I had to go with Freaks and Geeks.

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy - Never saw either show but I'm going with SOA here.

[SRN]

CENTRAL BRACKET

1) Lost vs. 16) ER - Yeah, see, this annoys me. I am not much of a Lost fan but I have only seen like, one episode of ER ever whereas I saw three seasons of Lost.

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones - Haven't seen Mad Men, doesn't seem like a show I would enjoy though.

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus - Easiest decision so far.

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom - No idea what Bottom is but I know of Breaking Bad and have heard good things about it.

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers - Another easy one.

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman - Now THAT was a tough choice.

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks - The show that should rightfully win the whole thing. Because it is the best show ever.

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy - Uhm, yeah, I haven't seen any of these things. So random vote. What?

[Jimmy]

1) Lost vs. 16) ER

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

CENTRAL BRACKET

1) Lost vs. 16) ER

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy

A few I haven't seen here, never seen Farscape or Freaks and Geeks, so just went with whatever. Supernatural/Fawlty Towers was the toughest one to date for me, love them both, very tough call but went with Supernatural.

This would probably be a good time to beg and plead for you to vote for Bottom, but I know it's got zero chance against Breaking Bad, so there's no real point.

[HailtotheYo]

CENTRAL BRACKET

1) Lost vs. 16) ER

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy

[Quom]

1) Lost[vs. 16) ER

8) Mad Men vs. 9) Game of Thrones

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. 12) Monty Python's Flying Circus

4) Breaking Bad vs. 13) Bottom

6) Supernatural vs. 11) Fawlty Towers

3) South Park vs. 14) Batman

7) Farscape vs. 10) Freaks and Geeks

2) Doctor Who vs. 15) Sons of Anarchy