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Monday Madness: Favorite Bear McCreary Show

Update: this poll is now closed. You can vote for this week’s poll here.

He’s composed music for some of TV’s top shows, and today’s his birthday! So for this first poll back after this site’s long hiatus, we’re going to celebrate the work of Bear McCreary!

I first noticed Bear’s stunning scores on the short-lived NBC series The Cape, and soon began paying special attention to who was scoring upcoming shows. I was excited to find out he’d been selected for Agents of SHIELD. His work encompasses everything from the groundbreaking Battlestar Galactica to the culture phenomenon The Walking Dead to the brand new Black Sails.

This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 3 of your favorite Bear McCreary-composed shows. Be sure to spread the word!

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. Also, feel free to suggest your own poll ideas!

Without further ado, here’s the poll for this week’s Monday Madness! Voting ends around midnight next Sunday night.

What is your favorite TV show for which Bear McCreary has composed music? (Choose up to 3!)

Battlestar Galactica (35%, 43 Votes)
The Walking Dead (11%, 14 Votes)
Black Sails (9%, 11 Votes)
Da Vinci's Demons (7%, 9 Votes)
Eureka (7%, 9 Votes)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (7%, 9 Votes)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (6%, 7 Votes)
Defiance (5%, 6 Votes)
Caprica (5%, 6 Votes)
Human Target (2%, 3 Votes)
The Cape (2%, 3 Votes)
Trauma (2%, 2 Votes)
Holliston (0%, 0 Votes)
Shelf Life (0%, 0 Votes)
Daybreak (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 63

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Top 10 Favorite Undead/Nonhuman Characters

Last week’s poll received a record 45,198 voters! However, the site pageviews did not justify that many votes. There’s a chance that the poll was embedded on different sites, but it’s more likely that the poll was hacked. It’s impossible to tell which votes are fraudulent, however. All of the top 5 characters seem to have some degree of auto-voting, but before the sudden spikes in voting, all of those characters were in the top 10. So this top 10 list is fairly accurate, however the actual order may be incorrect.

To prevent future auto-votes, I would have to subscribe to a voting system costing $300/year or more. So I would ask that if you want your favorite shows/characters to win a particular poll, you share the link on social networks and fan sites instead of automating votes. I would hate to have to discontinue Monday Madness because of cheating.

But back to the fun! Here are the winners of last week’s poll!

Number 10: Oz from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Monday Madness: Favorite Undead/Nonhuman Characters

This time on Monday Madness, it’s time to vote for your favorite undead/nonhuman characters! Whether they are ghosts, vampires, aliens, werewolves, or something a bit more unconventional, they add color and plot twists to every show they are a part of.

This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite undead or nonhuman characters. Be sure to spread the word so your favorites will make it into the top 10!

Even though there are 40 options on this list, I know there are many great characters I left out! As always, you can cast write-in ballots by leaving a comment. 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.

Without further ado, here’s the poll for this week’s Monday Madness! Voting ends around 1AM April 23rd.

Update: this poll has ended – results post is here. You can vote on this week’s poll, Favorite Long-Running TV Show, here.

Who's your favorite undead/nonhuman character? (Choose up to 10)

Cameron from Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles (23%, 12,122 Votes)
Castiel from Supernatural (20%, 10,904 Votes)
The Doctor from Doctor Who (19%, 9,891 Votes)
Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel (16%, 8,661 Votes)
Spock from Star Trek (8%, 4,451 Votes)
Teal'c from Stargate SG-1 (1%, 711 Votes)
Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel (1%, 571 Votes)
Anya from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1%, 446 Votes)
Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1%, 445 Votes)
Oz from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1%, 442 Votes)
Lorne from Angel (1%, 388 Votes)
Eric from True Blood (1%, 386 Votes)
Damon from The Vampire Diaries (1%, 340 Votes)
Illyria from Angel (1%, 328 Votes)
Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine (0%, 261 Votes)
Clark Kent from Smallville (0%, 235 Votes)
Number Six from Battlestar Galactica (0%, 218 Votes)
Monroe from Grimm (0%, 199 Votes)
Thing from The Addams Family (0%, 185 Votes)
George from Dead Like Me (0%, 181 Votes)
Stefan from The Vampire Diaries (0%, 177 Votes)
Mitchell from Being Human (UK) (0%, 154 Votes)
Red/Ruby from Once Upon a Time (0%, 139 Votes)
Ka D'Argo from Farscape (0%, 131 Votes)
George from Being Human (UK) (0%, 127 Votes)
Josh from Being Human (US) (0%, 123 Votes)
Bill from True Blood (0%, 121 Votes)
Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie (0%, 112 Votes)
Annie from Being Human (UK) (0%, 110 Votes)
Aiden from Being Human (US) (0%, 107 Votes)
Bo from Lost Girl (0%, 95 Votes)
Mork from Mork and Mindy (0%, 95 Votes)
Bob from The Dresden Files (0%, 79 Votes)
Josef from Moonlight (0%, 78 Votes)
Sally from Being Human (US) (0%, 77 Votes)
Herman from The Munsters (0%, 64 Votes)
Grandpa from The Munsters (0%, 60 Votes)
Anna from V (0%, 40 Votes)
Martin from My Favorite Martian (0%, 30 Votes)
Ryan from V (0%, 11 Votes)

Total Voters: 45,198

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Top 10 Canceled Shows That Should Return

The votes are in! A record-setting 9043 people voted for which shows they’d like to see return. Shows were limited to ones that had 3 seasons or less. Here are the results for TV Breakroom’s first-ever Monday Madness poll!

Number 10: Jericho

This show about a small town impacted by a nuclear event barely made it into the top 10, being only 3 votes away from #11, Dark Angel. After it was canceled following its freshman season, fans were able to bring it back for a 7-episode second season. The story continued in comic form, and there are still movie rumors spreading around.

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Monday Madness: What Canceled TV Show Should Return?

Since so many people stopped by this site for March Madness, I wanted to continue the whole Madness thing, this time with actual polls (so if things go crazy like they did with Psych vs. Castle I won’t have to count up 600 votes!). More people seemed to stop by to vote on Mondays, no matter when the bracket match ended, so I decided to continue the “M” trend with weekly match-ups/polls/competitions, and dubbed them “Monday Madness.”

This very first Monday Madness focuses on those beloved shows that ended far too quickly. Sometimes it was a lack of viewers, sometimes schedule changes and episode rearrangement, sometimes poor promotion and network mismanagement. But all of the shows have a dedication group of fans who mourn the small amount of episodes available.

But which of those canceled shows deserves to be brought back? I know most of the cast has moved on to other projects, but if you could, which shows would you bring back?

You can choose up to 10 of the thirty shows below, and if I’ve missed any of your favorites, let me know by voting in the comments! I’ve limited this poll to shows that had 3 seasons or less – if a show gets to four seasons, that usually means syndication, and I don’t want this to be about shows that made it, but the underdogs that need a second chance at life.

You’ll notice that Arrested Development is missing from this poll, because that show has already beat incredible odds to garner another season, thanks to Netflix!

I’ll announce the top 10 canceled shows that should return next week, so be sure to vote and pass along the link so your favorite shows can make it! Again, if I’ve missed a show (canceled with 3 seasons or less), vote in the comments, and I’ll total up those votes against the poll leaderboard.

Update: This poll is closed, and I will be posting about the top 10 soon. But the Monday Madness isn’t over! Go vote for your favorite quirky character!

Which TV show would you bring back if you could? (you can select up to 10)

Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles (38%, 6,990 Votes)
The Cape (21%, 3,779 Votes)
Firefly (11%, 2,052 Votes)
V (4%, 730 Votes)
Dollhouse (3%, 638 Votes)
Pushing Daisies (2%, 414 Votes)
Veronica Mars (2%, 389 Votes)
Dead Like Me (2%, 307 Votes)
Freaks and Geeks (2%, 278 Votes)
Jericho (1%, 241 Votes)
Dark Angel (1%, 238 Votes)
Better Off Ted (1%, 230 Votes)
FlashForward (1%, 224 Votes)
Wonderfalls (1%, 182 Votes)
Deadwood (1%, 172 Votes)
Life (1%, 158 Votes)
Tru Calling (1%, 151 Votes)
Moonlight (1%, 147 Votes)
Roswell (1%, 127 Votes)
My So-Called Life (1%, 119 Votes)
No Ordinary Family (1%, 110 Votes)
Party Down (1%, 106 Votes)
Robin Hood (BBC) (1%, 105 Votes)
Outsourced (1%, 98 Votes)
Journeyman (1%, 96 Votes)
Kings (0%, 81 Votes)
Life on Mars (0%, 72 Votes)
Samantha Who? (0%, 71 Votes)
Undeclared (0%, 61 Votes)
Life Unexpected (0%, 45 Votes)

Total Voters: 9,043

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