And here we are, the final match of the tournament! Our drama winner, Castle, faces our comedy winner, M*A*S*H! Vote for which show you think is best, and worthy of the title tournament champion!
May Madness - Final Round
Total Voters: 837
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We’ve reached the comedy final match! M*A*S*H defeated How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, Golden Girls, and I Love Lucy to make it this far, while Friends took out The Middle, The Cosby Show, The Mindy Project, and Will & Grace to get to this faceoff.
This poll will be open for 72 hours, and the winning comedy will face the winning drama for tournament champion!
May Madness - Comedy Final
Total Voters: 123
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Round four of our tournament begins with fan favorites White Collar and Castle battling each other, while I Love Lucy faces M*A*S*H!
These round four polls will be open for about 72 hours, so be sure to spread the word quickly if you want your favorites to make it to the next round! After this round, only 2 dramas and 2 comedies will remain to compete, first for the top drama/comedy, and then for the May Madness champion! As always, you can find the links to all the current matchups on our main post. Please try to vote in all the polls, not just the one with your favorite show!
May Madness - Drama, Round 4.1
Total Voters: 1,993
Loading ...May Madness - Comedy, Round 4.1
Total Voters: 875
Loading ...These round four polls will launch every other day, and be open for about 72 hours, so be sure to spread the word quickly if you want your favorites to make it to the next round! As always, you can find the links to all the current matchups on our main post. Please try to vote in all the polls, not just the one with your favorite show!
For these round three matchups, fresh off a difficult round two victory, White Collar goes up against House, while comedies M*A*S*H and Golden Girls do battle!
These round three polls will launch every other day, and be open for about 72 hours, so be sure to spread the word quickly if you want your favorites to make it to the next round! As always, you can find the links to all the current matchups on our main post. Please try to vote in all the polls, not just the one with your favorite show!
May Madness - Drama, Round 3.2
Total Voters: 626
Loading ...May Madness - Comedy, Round 3.2
Total Voters: 280
Loading ...Feel free to leave a comment about which show(s) you voted for and why! I may quote your comment in a Facebook post or tweet promoting this poll. Also, there may be a bit of a lag if a lot of people are voting, so make sure the first poll finishes loading your results before submitting your vote for the second poll!
Round two begins! Some of the most decisive wins of round one face each other, as the well-matched cable capers and medical comedies do battle. Leverage’s specialized team goes up against White Collar’s FBI/con artist duo, while Scrubs and M*A*S*H compete for laughs and heart twists.
These round two polls will be open for about 72 hours, so be sure to spread the word quickly if you want your favorites to make it to the next round! As always, you can find the links to all the current matchups on our main post. Please try to vote in all the polls, not just the one with your favorite show!
May Madness - Drama, Round 2.1
Total Voters: 990
Loading ...May Madness - Comedy, Round 2.1
Total Voters: 615
Loading ...Feel free to leave a comment about which show(s) you voted for and why! I may quote your comment in a Facebook post or tweet promoting this poll! Also, there may be a bit of a lag if a lot of people are voting, so make sure the first poll finishes loading your results before submitting your vote for the second poll!
For our next pair of matchups, a current classic with a controversial ending faces a beloved comedy with one of the most-watched series finales of all time. On the drama side, Christian Kane fans will have a bit of a dilemma – after getting his two best-known shows to places #1 and #2 in the past drama nominating round, they face each other in this first round!
This poll will be open for about 72 hours, so be sure to spread the word quickly if you want your favorites to make it to the next round!
May Madness - Comedy, Round 1.2
Total Voters: 268
Loading ...May Madness - Drama, Round 1.2
Total Voters: 250
Loading ...Feel free to leave a comment about which show(s) you voted for and why! I may quote your comment in a Facebook post or tweet promoting this poll!
At last, it is time for the 64 TV shows YOU chose to battle it out for the best TV show of all time! Over the next few weeks, shows will face each other in 72-hour single elimination matchups! Everyone who responded to my question about whether to have comedies and dramas mixed throughout the tournament preferred to have the genres battle it out separately and the top comedy and top drama face each other in the final match, so that’s what we will do!
This post will be your go-to reference for current and upcoming matches, so be sure to bookmark it and check back daily! I will add the links as the posts go up. Or, subscribe to our RSS feed to get the latest posts!
TOURNAMENT FINAL
DRAMA FINAL
Castle vs. Beauty and the Beast – Winner: Castle!
COMEDY FINAL
M*A*S*H vs. Friends – Winner: M*A*S*H
Round four begins with only eight shows remaining! Each of these polls will be open 72 hours.
DRAMA – ROUND FOUR MATCHUPS
White Collar vs. Castle – Winner: Castle!
Beauty and the Beast vs. Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Winner: Beauty and the Beast!
COMEDY – ROUND FOUR MATCHUPS
I Love Lucy vs. M*A*S*H – Winner: M*A*S*H!
Friends vs. Will & Grace – Winner: Friends!
And now we’re starting round three, as the remaining 16 shows face off! The lists will be completed as the round one matchups finish, and links to each new poll will be added after they go live! Each of the round three posts will contain two matchups: one drama battle and one comedy battle. All polls will be open 72 hours.
DRAMA – ROUND THREE MATCHUPS
White Collar vs. House – Winner: White Collar!
Castle vs. The X-Files – Winner: Castle!
Beauty and the Beast vs. Once Upon a Time – Winner: Beauty and the Beast!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. Supernatural – Winner: Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
COMEDY – ROUND THREE MATCHUPS
M*A*S*H vs. Golden Girls – Winner: M*A*S*H!
The Andy Griffith Show vs. I Love Lucy – Winner: I Love Lucy!
The Mindy Project vs. Friends – Winner: Friends!
Will & Grace vs. The Dick Van Dyke Show – Winner: Will & Grace!
Here are the round two matchups!
DRAMA – ROUND TWO MATCHUPS
White Collar vs. Leverage – Winner: White Collar!
Veronica Mars vs. House – Winner: House!
Castle vs. Doctor Who – Winner: Castle!
ER vs. The X-Files – Winner: The X-Files!
Beauty and the Beast vs. NCIS – Winner: Beauty and the Beast!
Once Upon a Time vs. Agents of SHIELD – Winner: Once Upon a Time!
Criminal Minds vs. Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Winner: Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
Supernatural vs. Sherlock – Winner: Supernatural!
COMEDY – ROUND TWO MATCHUPS
Scrubs vs. M*A*S*H – Winner: M*A*S*H!
The Office vs. Golden Girls – Winner: Golden Girls!
The Andy Griffith Show vs. Get Smart – Winner: The Andy Griffith Show!
That 70s Show vs. I Love Lucy – Winner: I Love Lucy!
Suburgatory vs. The Mindy Project – Winner: The Mindy Project!
The Cosby Show vs. Friends – Winner: Friends!
Will & Grace vs. Hogan’s Heroes – Winner: Will & Grace!
The Dick Van Dyke Show vs. Gilligan’s Island – Winner: The Dick Van Dyke Show!
These will be the matchups for round one. This list was randomly generated, and each of the round one posts will contain two matchups: one comedy battle and one drama battle. I may post several times in a day during this first round so that this bracket won’t go too far into June, but all polls will be open 72 hours. If any of the choices below seem impossible, remember, your decisions will only get more difficult as the tournament progresses! Have fun!
COMEDY – ROUND ONE MATCHUPS
Scrubs vs. Raising Hope – Winner: Scrubs!
How I Met Your Mother vs. M*A*S*H – Winner: M*A*S*H!
The Office (US) vs. 2 Broke Girls – Winner: The Office!
Golden Girls vs. New Girl – Winner: Golden Girls!
Modern Family vs. The Andy Griffith Show – Winner: The Andy Griffith Show!
Get Smart vs. The Crazy Ones – Winner: Get Smart!
That 70s Show vs. The Big Bang Theory – Winner: That 70s Show!
I Love Lucy vs. Brooklyn Nine-Nine – Winner: I Love Lucy!
30 Rock vs. Suburgatory – Winner: Suburgatory!
The Goldbergs vs. The Mindy Project – Winner: The Mindy Project!
The Cosby Show vs. Parks and Recreation – Winner: The Cosby Show!
Friends vs. The Middle – Winner: Friends!
Will & Grace vs. Seinfeld – Winner: Will & Grace!
Community vs. Hogan’s Heroes – Winner: Hogan’s Heroes!
Enlisted vs. The Dick Van Dyke Show – Winner: The Dick Van Dyke Show!
Last Man Standing vs. Gilligan’s Island – Winner: Gilligan’s Island!
DRAMA – ROUND ONE MATCHUPS
Dexter vs. White Collar – Winner: White Collar!
Angel vs. Leverage – Winner: Leverage!
Glee vs. Veronica Mars – Winner: Veronica Mars!
Game of Thrones vs. House – Winner: House!
Gilmore Girls vs. Castle – Winner: Castle!
Magnum, PI vs. Doctor Who – Winner: Doctor Who!
Moonlight vs. ER – Winner: ER!
The X-Files vs. Suits – Winner: The X-Files!
The Vampire Diaries vs. Beauty and the Beast – Winner: Beauty and the Beast!
NCIS vs. Charmed – Winner: NCIS!
Arrow vs. Once Upon a Time – Winner: Once Upon a Time!
Agents of SHIELD vs. JAG – Winner: Agents of SHIELD!
Criminal Minds vs. Dollhouse – Winner: Criminal Minds!
Dark Angel vs. Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Winner: Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
Supernatural vs. Firefly – Winner: Supernatural!
Bones vs. Sherlock – Winner: Sherlock!
Which round one loss are you most disappointed by? Leave a comment and let me know!
It’s hard to believe Christmas will be here in about a week! One of my favorite parts of the season are the awesome holiday episodes shows put out, and now it’s your turn to vote for your favorites! I purposely saved this poll for right before Christmas so I could add in some of 2012’s holiday episodes.
Fans have used Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, forums, Reddit, Pinterest, blogs, and chatboxes to get the word out about past polls. Our toolbar at the bottom of the page has lots of quick links to help you share this post, or you can mouse over the image above!
I know I’m missing some of your favorite Christmas episodes, so feel free to nominate more episodes on our Facebook page, tweeting me at @waterfallbooks, or by leaving a comment below. Please include both the show and episode name, and yes, you can nominate this year’s holiday episodes! (Be sure to stick with live-action, scripted shows, though it’s fine if just this one episode has some animation, like with a certain Community episode.) Please only nominate Christmas episodes that are part of a regular show, not one-off specials like “A Charlie Brown Christmas” or movie-related specials like “Shrek the Halls.”
Without further ado, vote for up to fifteen of the episodes below! Poll will close Sunday night, December 23rd, giving you one week to spread the word!
What's your favorite Christmas episode? (Choose up to 15!)
Total Voters: 276
Loading ...Our second round of competition starts with some tough matches. Spike and Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer face Marshall and Lily from How I Met Your Mother, and classic duos Kirk and Spock from Star Trek battle Hawkeye and BJ from M*A*S*H!
Our day 14 matchups just ended – be sure to check out the results and all our current matchups here! The winning duos will advance to the next round.
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 (edited to show half of our round one eliminations!). Round two matchups are in burgundy. Each of the round two 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! Fans have used Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, forums, Reddit, blogs, and chatboxes to get the word out about past polls. Our toolbar at the bottom of the page has lots of quick links to help you share this post, or you can mouse over the image above!
Which is your favorite TV duo? Round 2.1
Total Voters: 228
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Which is your favorite TV duo? Round 2.2
Total Voters: 175
Loading ...For our fifth day of competition in our TV duos bracket, it’s a race between old and new shows as Star Trek’s Kirk and Spock go up against Kensi and Deeks from NCIS: Los Angeles, and Hawaii Five-O’s McGarrett and Danno (who themselves are new counterparts of an older show) face Hawkeye and B.J. from M*A*S*H!
Our second matchup just ended – check out the results here! The winning duos will advance to the next round. Be sure to vote in our other ongoing polls from day three and day four!
Reminder: While there are romantic pairs in this bracket competition, 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 1.9
Total Voters: 154
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Which is your favorite TV duo? Round 1.10
Total Voters: 147
Loading ...This Monday Madness, we’re looking at (listening to?) awesome accents on TV! Some are real, some are pretend, but all help define the character who speaks them. Whether the accent is straight-laced British, sultry Spanish, or down-home Southern, and whether the character reinforces or subverts the accent’s stereotypes, these accents add flair and texture to their shows.
Special note: I’m choosing to feature accents that stand out in a show – aka the majority of characters in the show don’t have similar accents. Otherwise, accents from shows set in Great Britain, the southern US, India, etc. would make this poll extremely long.
This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite accents. 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 30-some options on this list, I know there are TV characters with great accents I left out! You can nominate ones I missed in the comments until Thursday night, and I may add them to the poll (from live-action scripted shows only, please, and the accents should differ from the majority of the cast).
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 July 16th.
Which character has your favorite accent? (Choose up to 10!)
Total Voters: 244
Loading ...This Monday Madness, we’re looking at non-original cast members! Sometimes these characters replaced fan favorites who had left the show (for plot, personal, or business reasons), and often their presence upset the show’s dynamics. Many had a difficult time being accepted by long-time fans of the show, while with others it seemed like they had always been a part of the story. But, begrudgingly or with open arms, we learned to love most of these characters, and now you get to choose which ones are worthy of recognition!
This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite characters who joined their shows later on. Be sure to spread the word so your favorites will make it into the top 10!
Even though there are 50-some options on this list, I know there are dozens of characters I left out! You can nominate people I missed in the comments, and I may add them to the poll. I tried to limit this mostly to characters who joined after the complete first season, though with shorter-running shows I was more lenient. Want more of a say in who makes it onto the poll each week? Be sure to follow me on Twitter, 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 11th.
UPDATE: this poll has ended. Vote for this week’s poll here: Favorite TV Dads.
Who is your favorite character who joined their show later? (Choose up to 10!)
Total Voters: 8,576
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Update: this poll is now closed. You can find this week’s poll here.
This time on Monday Madness, it’s time to vote for your favorite TV show that has run at least 7 seasons! Whether they are still wrapping up their season 7 or have reached the double-digits, these shows have endured to become TV legends.
This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite long-running shows. Be sure to spread the word so your favorites will make it into the top 10!
Even though there are 45 50 options on this list, I know there are shows I left out! As always, you can cast write-in ballots by leaving a comment. Want more of a say in what makes it onto the poll each week? Be sure to follow me on Twitter, since I usually ask for nominations for the next Monday Madness the weekend before the new poll.
Without further ado, here’s the poll for this week’s Monday Madness! Voting ends around 1AM April 30th.
This poll sponsored by Nannerbug Designs.
What's your favorite long-running TV show? (Choose up to 10!)
Total Voters: 8,438
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