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TV Duos Bracket – Round One, Day 1

Our TV duos bracket kicks off with Eureka’s Zane and Jo versus How I Met Your Mother’s Marshall and Lily, as well as enemies-turned-allies-turned-lovers-turned-friends Spike and Buffy the Vampire Slayer up against the original mismatched duo, The Odd Couple’s Oscar and Felix.

Reminder: While there are romantic pairs in this bracket, that’s only one possible aspect of a duo’s relationship. Duos have fun together, work well together, and/or have hilarious interactions. Simply put, they spark.

You can find a full list of upcoming TV duos matchups here. Round one matchups are in teal. Each of the round one matchups will be open for 72 hours (3 days), so spread the word quickly so your favorite pairs will make it into the next round! Our toolbar at the bottom of the page has lots of quick links to help you to get the word out!

Which is your favorite TV duo? Round 1.1

Marshall and Lily - How I Met Your Mother (64%, 68 Votes)
Zane and Jo - Eureka (36%, 39 Votes)

Total Voters: 107

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Which is your favorite TV duo? Round 1.2

Spike and Buffy - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (76%, 94 Votes)
Oscar and Felix - The Odd Couple (24%, 30 Votes)

Total Voters: 124

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2012 TV Olympics Results

The results are in and the votes have been tallied! Tied for the most medals in our 2012 TV Olympics are Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural, with 9 medals each! But since Supernatural got 6 gold medals to Buffy’s 4, Supernatural is the winner!

In all, 31 shows went home with medals! Bones received the most medals without taking home a gold, 6. Angel, NCIS, and Psych each took home 5 medals. Once Upon a Time earned 4 medals. The remaining 24 shows took home 3 or less medals, with 20 of those shows only garnering one medal. Castle and Doctor Who took home 3 medals, while NCIS: Los Angeles and Fringe earned 2 each.

See below for the final medal count per show and individual winners for each event, with links to each of our 21 completed mini-polls.

Medal Count

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Poll Medalists

Cutest Couple Name

Gold – Tiva (NCIS)

Silver – Densi (NCIS: Los Angeles)

Bronze – Caskett (Castle)

Best Married Couple

Gold – John and Mary Winchester (Supernatural)

Silver – Snow and Charming (Once Upon a Time)

Bronze – Angela and Hodgins (Bones)

Favorite Newborn to Five-Year-Old Character

Gold – Hope (Raising Hope)

Silver – Christine (Bones)

Bronze – Michael (Bones)

Favorite Elementary-Aged Character

Gold – Henry (Once Upon a Time)

Silver – Young Shawn (Psych)

Bronze – Young Gus (Psych)

Favorite Musical Episode

Gold – “Once More With Feeling” (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Silver – “My Musical” (Scrubs)

Bronze – “Song Beneath the Song” (Grey’s Anatomy)

Favorite Animated/Alternate Media Episode

Gold – “Smile Time” (Angel)

Silver – “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide” (Fringe)

Bronze – “Digital Estate Planning” (Community)

Most Annoying Teen Character

Tied for Gold – Connor (Angel) and Dawn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Bronze – Harmony (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Favorite Crossover Episode

Gold – Doctor Who (Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures) – The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End

Silver – NCIS: Los Angeles (NCIS) – Random on Purpose

Bronze – The Finder (Bones) – Little Green Men

Favorite Halloween Episode

Gold – It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester (Supernatural)

Silver – Code of Conduct (NCIS)

Bronze – Mummy in the Maze (Bones)

Favorite Thanksgiving Episode

Tied for Gold – Child’s Play (NCIS) and Pangs (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Bronze – Slapsgiving (How I Met Your Mother)

Best Vampire Effects and Rules

Gold – Supernatural

Silver – Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

Bronze – True Blood

Best Werewolf Effects and Rules

Gold – The Vampire Diaries

Silver – Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel

Bronze – Teen Wolf

Favorite Dual Role

Gold – Angel/Angelus (David Boreanaz) – Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

Silver – Willow/Vampire Willow (Alyson Hannigan) – Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Bronze – Snow White/Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) – Once Upon a Time

Favorite Switched-Body Performance

Gold – Jared Padalecki as Lucifer – Supernatural

Silver – Matt Cohen as Michael – Supernatural

Bronze – Joanne Kelly as Pete and Eddie McClintock as Myka – Warehouse 13

Favorite TV Animal

Gold – Dragon (Merlin)

Silver – Satchmo (White Collar)

Bronze – Marcel (Friends)

Favorite Dad/Daughter Duo

Gold – Castle and Alexis (Castle)

Silver – Eli and Ziva (NCIS)

Bronze – Max and Temperance (Bones)

Favorite Mother/Son Duo

Gold – Martha and Castle (Castle)

Silver – Emma and Henry (Once Upon a Time)

Bronze – Madeline and Michael (Burn Notice)

Favorite Father/Son Duo/Trio

Gold – John and Dean/Sam (Supernatural)

Silver – Henry and Shawn (Psych)

Bronze – Walter and Peter (Fringe)

Favorite Mother/Daughter Duo

Gold – Ellen and Jo (Supernatural)

Silver – Jackie and Rose (Doctor Who)

Bronze – Amy and River (Doctor Who)

Favorite Hero/Villain on Different Shows

Gold – Timothy Omundson: Carlton Lassiter (hero) on Psych, Phil Constantino (villain) on Jericho

Silver – Jensen Ackles: Dean Winchester (hero) on Supernatural, Ben/X5-493 (villain) on Dark Angel

Bronze – Nathan Fillion: Malcolm Reynolds (hero) on Firefly, Caleb (villain) on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Favorite Cast-Performed Song

Gold – “Shout” sung by Shawn and Gus (Psych)

Silver – “Thinking of You” sung by Eliot (Leverage)

Bronze – “Dead or Alive” sung by Dean and Sam (Supernatural)

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TV Olympics: Favorite Cast-Performed Song

Today launches our final mini-poll event, cast-performed songs! A week from today we’ll tally the medals and see who won the 2012 TV Olympics! The current top shows only have 6-8 medals so this is still very much any show’s game!

If you have more nominations for this poll, please leave them in the comments! Songs should be from scripted live-action shows, and be performed (at least in part) by cast members. Lip-synching (sorry, Supernatural fans who nominated “Eye of the Tiger”) and guest star only performances aren’t eligible. We’re also excluding songs from all-musical shows like Glee and Smash (there would simply be too many options).

Since this poll focuses on musical performances, I’ve created a playlist for the songs that I could find on YouTube. Of course the quality of the videos will vary, with some being lyrics or photos only, and there were several I was unable to find (also, several won’t embed). Listen for help in making this very hard choice!

I will make it a little easier on you, though: Since this is the final poll of the event, you can select 10 options instead of the usual 3!

This poll will be open for one week, and remember, you can choose up to 10 options. Please spread the word so your favorites will win medals, and be sure to vote in all our current Olympic polls!

What's your favorite cast-performed song? (Choose up to 10!)

Psych - "Shout" (Shawn and Gus) (15%, 286 Votes)
Leverage - "Thinking of You" (Eliot) (11%, 219 Votes)
Supernatural - "Dead or Alive" (Dean and Sam) (11%, 217 Votes)
Leverage - "Chasing Down Bad Guys in Lucille" (Hardison and Eliot) (10%, 186 Votes)
Angel - "LA Song" (Lindsey) (8%, 158 Votes)
White Collar - "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Neal and June) (6%, 110 Votes)
How I Met Your Mother - "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" (main cast) (5%, 90 Votes)
Castle - "Piano Man" (main cast) (4%, 82 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Walk Through the Fire" (main cast) (4%, 69 Votes)
NCIS - "Temptation" (Ziva) (3%, 68 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Rest in Peace" (Spike) (3%, 65 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "I've Got a Theory" (main cast) (2%, 45 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Behind Blue Eyes" (Giles) (2%, 45 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Going Through the Motions" (Buffy) (2%, 41 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Under Your Spell" (Tara) (2%, 40 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Standing" (Giles) (2%, 38 Votes)
Grey's Anatomy - "How to Save a Life" (main cast) (2%, 30 Votes)
Community - "Christmas Infiltration" (Troy and Abed) (1%, 27 Votes)
Community - "Kiss From a Rose" (Jeff and Dean) (1%, 23 Votes)
Community - "Baby Boomer Santa" (Troy, Abed, and Pierce) (1%, 23 Votes)
Community - "What Christmas is For" (main cast) (1%, 23 Votes)
Community - "Finally Be Fine" (main cast) (1%, 22 Votes)
Eureka - "She Blinded Me with Science" (Henry) (1%, 20 Votes)
Warehouse 13 - "Where is My Mind" (Claudia) (1%, 18 Votes)
Pacific Blue - "Heartbreak Hotel" (T.C. Callaway) (0%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 764

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TV Olympics: Favorite Father/Son Duos

For this round of our TV Olympics (our final poll will launch Sunday), we’re looking at father/son duos! There are a few trios in this poll, since for several of these dads, the bond between both sons seemed equally strong. For others, one father/son relationship seemed more dynamic that the other (and hence more worthy of the term “duo”).

This poll is for actual fathers (biological and adoptive, but not simply father-figures), and since the relationship between dad and son is a key part of the poll, they need to have appeared in a number of episodes together, and infant sons are excluded. If you know of any duos you believe should be in the poll, leave their names and the show in a comment!

Poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 3 of your favorite dad/son duos. Remember to keep checking the main event page for all the current polls and results!

What's your favorite father/son duo? (Choose up to 3!)

John and Dean/Sam - Supernatural (27%, 269 Votes)
Henry and Shawn - Psych (27%, 264 Votes)
Walter and Peter - Fringe (15%, 144 Votes)
Alan and Don/Charlie - Numb3rs (9%, 92 Votes)
Jackson and Jethro - NCIS (6%, 61 Votes)
Jonathan and Clark - Smallville (3%, 34 Votes)
Uther and Arthur - Merlin (3%, 32 Votes)
Marvin and Marshall - How I Met Your Mother (3%, 28 Votes)
Nathan and Jamie - One Tree Hill (3%, 27 Votes)
Stephen and Chuck - Chuck (2%, 24 Votes)
Cliff and Theo - The Cosby Show (2%, 17 Votes)
Frank and Danny - Blue Bloods (1%, 9 Votes)
Vince and Trip - The Cape (0%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 582

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Castle Spoilers — Plus Scoop on Community, CSI: NY, How I Met Your Mother and More! – TVLine

I’m a few days late posting this, but there are some amazing spoilers in the article linked below! (Read at your own risk!) My favorite tidbits include:

Castle possibly doing a murder at a sci-fi convention – I hope they bring in some great guest stars for this! Firefly reunion, anyone? Also, they’re planning a riff on The Office – hope they do a better job than last year’s attempt at the same thing by Leverage.

Barney and Robin will get engaged this season on How I Met Your Mother. The timing of their wedding, however, will probably be based on whether the show gets things figured out for a possible season 9.

How did I not hear about Bones’ all-squintern episode before this? It’s bound to be awesome!

Castle Spoilers — Plus Scoop on Community, CSI: NY, How I Met Your Mother and More! – TVLine.

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How I Met Your Mother — Joe Manganiello Returns as Brad in Season 8 – TVLine

I love that How I Met Your Mother is bringing back some familiar faces as the show winds down (or gets converted into something along the lines of “After I Met Your Mother”). It took me a second to remember Joe Manganiello from his guest spots in the show, but now that the True Blood actor is showing up everywhere (he also had a guest role on White Collar last season), I’m sure his two-episode return to HIMYM will be awesome!

What other years-ago guests and reoccurring cast members would you like to see back on HIMYM?

How I Met Your Mother — Joe Manganiello Returns as Brad in Season 8 – TVLine.

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TV Olympics: Favorite Thanksgiving Episode

The early holidays continue here on TV Breakroom with favorite Thanksgiving episodes! Whether you get to see Alan Tudyk in braids (Suburgatory), have a turkey thaw in a dryer (New Girl), or watch Buffy make a bear (Undo it! Undo it!), these episodes offer lots of laughter, food, and friends.

If there are any great Thanksgiving episodes missing from the poll, please nominate them in the comments! Please note – stand-alone Thanksgiving specials, animated shows, and unscripted programming are not eligible.

Poll will be open for one week, and you can vote for up to 3 episodes. Be sure to check out our other ongoing Olympic polls and the medal results on our main event page!

What's your favorite Thanksgiving episode? (Choose up to 3!)

NCIS - Child's Play (16%, 39 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Pangs (16%, 39 Votes)
How I Met Your Mother - Slapsgiving (15%, 35 Votes)
Friends - The One with All the Thanksgivings (13%, 31 Votes)
Gilmore Girls - A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving (7%, 17 Votes)
New Girl - Thanksgiving (7%, 16 Votes)
Friends - The One with the Rumor (6%, 14 Votes)
How I Met Your Mother - Blitzgiving (6%, 14 Votes)
WKRP in Cincinnati - Turkeys Away (5%, 12 Votes)
Smallville - Ambush (3%, 8 Votes)
Suburgatory - Thanksgiving (3%, 6 Votes)
Chuck - Chuck Versus the Nemesis (3%, 6 Votes)

Total Voters: 111

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TV Olympics: Favorite Halloween Episode

The holidays are coming to TV Breakroom a little early this year, as today we kick a three-poll arc celebrating Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas episodes! First up on the calendar, it’s time to vote for the spooky and funny episodes that either give you great ideas for costumes and pranks or make you afraid to sleep at night.

If there are any great Halloween episodes I left out, please nominate them in the comments! Side note – I love the vampire/Spanish symmetry of the left and right pictures above.

Poll will be open for one week, and you can vote for up to 3 episodes. Be sure to check out our other ongoing Olympic polls and the medal results on our main event page!

What's your favorite Halloween episode? (Choose up to 3!)

Supernatural - It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester (34%, 130 Votes)
NCIS - Code of Conduct (8%, 30 Votes)
Bones - Mummy in the Maze (7%, 28 Votes)
How I Met Your Mother - Slutty Pumpkin (6%, 24 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Fear Itself (6%, 22 Votes)
Castle - Vampire Weekend (5%, 20 Votes)
Criminal Minds - Devil's Night (5%, 20 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Halloween (5%, 19 Votes)
The Big Bang Theory - The Middle Earth Paradigm (4%, 16 Votes)
Chuck - Chuck Versus the Aisle of Terror (4%, 15 Votes)
The Big Bang Theory - The Good Guy Fluctuation (4%, 14 Votes)
Angel - Life of the Party (3%, 11 Votes)
Community - Epidemiology (3%, 10 Votes)
Community - Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps (2%, 8 Votes)
The Office - Halloween (1%, 5 Votes)
Suburgatory - Halloween (1%, 4 Votes)
Freaks and Geeks - Tricks and Treats (1%, 3 Votes)
Happy Endings - Spooky Endings (1%, 3 Votes)
Community - Introduction to Statistics (1%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 204

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How I Met Your Mother Spoilers — Season 8 – TVLine

A whole bunch of fun bits about the coming HIMYM season 8 – and whether there will be a season 9! The series co-creator and one of the executive producers share 16 spoilers, from the trio of doomed-to-fail relationships to baby vs. friends issues. Also – there will be a How I Met Your Mother soundtrack! It releases right as season 8 premieres.

How I Met Your Mother Spoilers — Season 8 – TVLine.

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How I Met Your Mother Brings Back Ashley Williams — Season 8 – TVLine

Well, considering the season 7 finale of How I Met Your Mother, it’s to be expected that Victoria (Ashley Williams) would stick around for a few episodes of season 8. Did you like her character all the way back in season one? Are you glad she’s back?

How I Met Your Mother Brings Back Ashley Williams — Season 8 – TVLine.

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Community’s Dan Harmon Fox Pilot – TVLine

Catching up on posting some news from the past few days! Considering the awesomeness that is Community, I’m glad Dan Harmon’s doing a pilot for another show.

But a multi-camera show? I’ve found most of those boring. The only two I really enjoy are The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, and even they have quite a few off episodes and plotlines.

And Fox? They’re way too cancel-happy. Though they do seem a bit kinder to comedies than dramas, and they seem to be expanding their comedy time after the success of New Girl.

Community’s Dan Harmon Fox Pilot – TVLine.

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TV Olympics: Best Married Couple

Round two of TV Breakroom’s Olympic mini-poll event features married couples in live-action, scripted shows! Some of these were married when their shows began, others found their way to each other throughout the show. (With Once Upon a Time’s Prince Charming and Snow White, it was a little of both!)

If you haven’t already voted on Cutest Couple Names, you still have 6 days left! And keep up with all the polls and results on our main event page.

Like all the other polls in this event, this poll will be open for one week. You can vote for up to 3 married couples, and the top 3 will be awarded medals toward their shows’ totals!

Who is your favorite married couple? (Choose up to 3!)

John and Mary Winchester - Supernatural (35%, 496 Votes)
Snow and Charming - Once Upon a Time (11%, 159 Votes)
Angela and Hodgins - Bones (10%, 137 Votes)
Peter and Elizabeth Burke - White Collar (9%, 131 Votes)
Marshall and Lily - How I Met Your Mother (9%, 123 Votes)
Zoe and Wash - Firefly (7%, 92 Votes)
Chuck and Sarah - Chuck (5%, 75 Votes)
Devon "Awesome" and Ellie - Chuck (3%, 48 Votes)
Cliff and Clair Huxtable - The Cosby Show (3%, 42 Votes)
Jim and Pam - The Office (2%, 26 Votes)
Lucy and Ricky Ricardo - I Love Lucy (2%, 25 Votes)
Rob and Laura Petrie - The Dick Van Dyke Show (1%, 14 Votes)
Jonathan and Jennifer Hart - Hart to Hart (1%, 13 Votes)
Eric and Tami Taylor - Friday Night Lights (1%, 13 Votes)
Arthur and Joan Campbell - Covert Affairs (1%, 9 Votes)
Jim and Stephanie Powell - No Ordinary Family (0%, 6 Votes)

Total Voters: 795

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How I Met Your Mother Michael Trucco Returns Season 8 – TVLine

Michael Trucco briefly appeared on How I Met Your Mother as a guy Robin had a crush on, and he’s set to return in season 8 for a multi-episode arc. Who knows what that means for his current show, Fairly Legal.

How I Met Your Mother Michael Trucco Returns Season 8 – TVLine.

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2012 TV Olympics

Welcome, voters! TV Breakroom is hosting an Olympic-themed competition between scripted live-action TV shows, and you decide which shows take home the medals!

Every day during this event, a new mini-poll will launch, and you’ll have one week to vote. The top three answers in each mini-poll will receive medals (gold, silver, and bronze), which will be awarded to their respective shows.

Here on the main event page, you will find:

Links to current and past polls
Schedule of upcoming polls
Medal winners for completed polls
Up-to-date medal tally by show

You may want to bookmark this page and come back to it over this four-week event! Here you can also add late nominations in the comments for current and upcoming polls.

Event is Over!

Click here for our results post.

Medal Count

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Poll Medalists

Cutest Couple Name

Gold – Tiva (NCIS)

Silver – Densi (NCIS: Los Angeles)

Bronze – Caskett (Castle)

Best Married Couple

Gold – John and Mary Winchester (Supernatural)

Silver – Snow and Charming (Once Upon a Time)

Bronze – Angela and Hodgins (Bones)

Favorite Newborn to Five-Year-Old Character

Gold – Hope (Raising Hope)

Silver – Christine (Bones)

Bronze – Michael (Bones)

Favorite Elementary-Aged Character

Gold – Henry (Once Upon a Time)

Silver – Young Shawn (Psych)

Bronze – Young Gus (Psych)

Favorite Musical Episode

Gold – “Once More With Feeling” (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Silver – “My Musical” (Scrubs)

Bronze – “Song Beneath the Song” (Grey’s Anatomy)

Favorite Animated/Alternate Media Episode

Gold – “Smile Time” (Angel)

Silver – “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide” (Fringe)

Bronze – “Digital Estate Planning” (Community)

Most Annoying Teen Character

Tied for Gold – Connor (Angel) and Dawn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Bronze – Harmony (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Favorite Crossover Episode

Gold – Doctor Who (Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures) – The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End

Silver – NCIS: Los Angeles (NCIS) – Random on Purpose

Bronze – The Finder (Bones) – Little Green Men

Favorite Halloween Episode

Gold – It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester (Supernatural)

Silver – Code of Conduct (NCIS)

Bronze – Mummy in the Maze (Bones)

Favorite Thanksgiving Episode

Tied for Gold – Child’s Play (NCIS) and Pangs (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Bronze – Slapsgiving (How I Met Your Mother)

Best Vampire Effects and Rules

Gold – Supernatural

Silver – Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

Bronze – True Blood

Best Werewolf Effects and Rules

Gold – The Vampire Diaries

Silver – Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel

Bronze – Teen Wolf

Favorite Dual Role

Gold – Angel/Angelus (David Boreanaz) – Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

Silver – Willow/Vampire Willow (Alyson Hannigan) – Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Bronze – Snow White/Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) – Once Upon a Time

Favorite Switched-Body Performance

Gold – Jared Padalecki as Lucifer – Supernatural

Silver – Matt Cohen as Michael – Supernatural

Bronze – Joanne Kelly as Pete and Eddie McClintock as Myka – Warehouse 13

Favorite TV Animal

Gold – Dragon (Merlin)

Silver – Satchmo (White Collar)

Bronze – Marcel (Friends)

Favorite Dad/Daughter Duo

Gold – Castle and Alexis (Castle)

Silver – Eli and Ziva (NCIS)

Bronze – Max and Temperance (Bones)

Favorite Mother/Son Duo

Gold – Martha and Castle (Castle)

Silver – Emma and Henry (Once Upon a Time)

Bronze – Madeline and Michael (Burn Notice)

Favorite Father/Son Duo/Trio

Gold – John and Dean/Sam (Supernatural)

Silver – Henry and Shawn (Psych)

Bronze – Walter and Peter (Fringe)

Favorite Mother/Daughter Duo

Gold – Ellen and Jo (Supernatural)

Silver – Jackie and Rose (Doctor Who)

Bronze – Amy and River (Doctor Who)

Favorite Hero/Villain on Different Shows

Gold – Timothy Omundson: Carlton Lassiter (hero) on Psych, Phil Constantino (villain) on Jericho

Silver – Jensen Ackles: Dean Winchester (hero) on Supernatural, Ben/X5-493 (villain) on Dark Angel

Bronze – Nathan Fillion: Malcolm Reynolds (hero) on Firefly, Caleb (villain) on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Favorite Cast-Performed Song

Gold – “Shout” sung by Shawn and Gus (Psych)

Silver – “Thinking of You” sung by Eliot (Leverage)

Bronze – “Dead or Alive” sung by Dean and Sam (Supernatural)

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Monday Madness: Favorite TV Dads

This Monday Madness, in honor of Father’s Day this coming Sunday here in the US, we’re looking at TV dads! These dads, whether grounded or goofy, often set the tone of their shows, and no matter how difficult or stubborn, always have a soft spot for their kids. This poll is focusing on actual (both biological and adoptive) dads, since including father-like figures would have made it too lengthy – though many of the dads on this poll do have a father-like role in other characters’ lives.

This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite TV dads. Be sure to spread the word so your favorites will make it into the top 10! Fans have used Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, forums, Reddit, blogs, and chatboxes to get the word out about past polls. Get creative!

Even though there are 50 70-some options on this list, I know there are dozens of TV dads I left out! You can nominate fathers I missed in the comments until Thursday night, and I may add them to the poll (dads from live-action scripted shows only, please, and the dad must be in at least 3 episodes of the show).

Want more of a say in who makes it onto the poll each week? Be sure to follow me on Twitter or like TV Breakroom on Facebook, since I usually ask for nominations for the next Monday Madness the weekend before the new poll. Please help out with nominations! There are only so many shows I can watch personally, so I’m counting on you to fill me in!

Without further ado, here’s the poll for this week’s Monday Madness! Voting ends around 1AM June 18th.

Who is your favorite TV dad? (Choose up to 10!)

Rick Castle (Nathan Fillion) - Castle (14%, 1,951 Votes)
John Winchester (Jeffery Dean Morgan & Matt Cohen) - Supernatural (10%, 1,362 Votes)
Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson) - Eureka (5%, 681 Votes)
Henry Spencer (Corbin Bernsen) - Psych (4%, 620 Votes)
Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) - Bones (4%, 589 Votes)
Jack Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) - Bones (3%, 367 Votes)
Burt Hummel (Mike O'Malley) - Glee (3%, 366 Votes)
Rory Pond (Arthur Darvill) - Doctor Who (3%, 346 Votes)
Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) - The Cosby Show (2%, 324 Votes)
Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) - NCIS (2%, 303 Votes)
Walter Bishop (John Noble) - Fringe (2%, 283 Votes)
Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) - Criminal Minds (2%, 266 Votes)
Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel) - How I Met Your Mother (2%, 247 Votes)
Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) - Smallville (2%, 228 Votes)
Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell) - Modern Family (2%, 220 Votes)
Charming (Josh Dallas) - Once Upon a Time (2%, 214 Votes)
Keith Mars (Enrico Colantoni) - Veronica Mars (2%, 209 Votes)
Future Ted Mosby (Bob Saget) - How I Met Your Mother (2%, 208 Votes)
Devon "Awesome" Woodcomb (Ryan McPartlin) - Chuck (1%, 206 Votes)
John Casey (Adam Baldwin) - Chuck (1%, 200 Votes)
Angel (David Boreanaz) - Angel (1%, 193 Votes)
Charles Ingalls (Michael Landon) - Little House on the Prairie (1%, 187 Votes)
Danny Tanner (Bob Saget) - Full House (1%, 169 Votes)
Max Keenan (Ryan O'Neal) - Bones (1%, 157 Votes)
Danny "Danno" Williams (Scott Caan) - Hawaii Five-O (1%, 157 Votes)
Jackson Gibbs (Ralph Waite) - NCIS (1%, 150 Votes)
William Adama (Edward James Olmos) - Battlestar Galactica (1%, 143 Votes)
Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) - Modern Family (1%, 139 Votes)
Reginald "Red" Forman (Kurtwood Smith) - That '70s Show (1%, 136 Votes)
Steve Bartowski (Scott Bakula) - Chuck (1%, 134 Votes)
Leo White (Brian Krause) - Charmed (1%, 129 Votes)
Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) - The Office (1%, 126 Votes)
Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill) - Married . . . with Children (1%, 123 Votes)
Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) - Once Upon a Time (1%, 120 Votes)
Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) - The Andy Griffith Show (1%, 118 Votes)
Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) - Modern Family (1%, 115 Votes)
Sandy Cohen (Peter Gallagher) The O.C. (1%, 114 Votes)
Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) - The Mentalist (1%, 108 Votes)
Howard Cunningham (Tom Bosley) - Happy Days (1%, 105 Votes)
Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) - Home Improvement (1%, 105 Votes)
Eric Camden (Stephen Collins) - 7th Heaven (1%, 104 Votes)
Uther Pendragon (Anthony Stewart Head) - Merlin (1%, 101 Votes)
Nathan Ford (Timothy Hutton) - Leverage (1%, 101 Votes)
Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) - Arrested Development (1%, 91 Votes)
Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. (Robert Wagner) - NCIS (1%, 90 Votes)
Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1%, 88 Votes)
Marvin Eriksen (Bill Fagerbakke) - How I Met Your Mother (1%, 88 Votes)
Jack Bristow (Victor Garber) - Alias (1%, 88 Votes)
George Altman (Jeremy Sisto) - Suburgatory (1%, 84 Votes)
Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) - Blue Bloods (1%, 75 Votes)
Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) - Friday Night Lights (1%, 70 Votes)
John Walton (Ralph Waite) - The Waltons (0%, 65 Votes)
Michael (Shane West) - Nikita (0%, 65 Votes)
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) - True Blood (0%, 63 Votes)
Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) - Falling Skies (0%, 60 Votes)
Steven Keaton (Michael Gross) - Family Ties (0%, 59 Votes)
Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) - Touch (0%, 45 Votes)
Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) - Blue Bloods (0%, 45 Votes)
Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) - Awake (0%, 45 Votes)
Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards) - ER (0%, 42 Votes)
Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll) - NCIS (0%, 40 Votes)
George Bluth, Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor) - Arrested Development (0%, 39 Votes)
Will Girardi (Joe Mantegna) - Joan of Arcadia (0%, 39 Votes)
Noah Werner (Alan Tudyk) - Suburgatory (0%, 36 Votes)
Frank Barone (Peter Boyle) - Everybody Loves Raymond (0%, 32 Votes)
George Lopez (George Lopez) - George Lopez (0%, 28 Votes)
Ray Barone (Ray Romano) - Everybody Loves Raymond (0%, 28 Votes)
Andrew Martin (Ioan Gruffudd) - Ringer (0%, 26 Votes)
Jim Walsh (James Eckhouse) - Beverly Hills, 90210 (0%, 26 Votes)
Lionel Luther (John Glover) - Smallville (0%, 24 Votes)
Don Draper (John Hamm) - Mad Men (0%, 22 Votes)
Jim (Jim Belushi) - According To Jim (0%, 22 Votes)
Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) - The Office (0%, 18 Votes)
Roland Burton (Sterling K. Brown) - Army Wives (0%, 17 Votes)
Trevor LeBlanc (Drew Fuller) - Army Wives (0%, 17 Votes)
Frank Sherwood (Terry Serpico) - Army Wives (0%, 16 Votes)
Michael Holden (Brian McNamara) - Army Wives (0%, 15 Votes)
Mitch McDeere (Josh Lucas) - The Firm (0%, 4 Votes)
Walt Riggins (Jeffrey Tambor) - Bent (0%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 4,136

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