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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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Mindy Kaling Will Be Back on The Office After All — Vulture

Kelly’s storyline on The Office will get a chance to wrap up, as Mindy Kaling will be in two episodes of the upcoming season of the show. Kaling currently has her hands full writing, directing, and starring in her Fox comedy, The Mindy Project, which will premier online 4 weeks before its TV debut (another new Fox comedy, Ben & Kate, will do the same). The pilots of the two shows will be available to stream on Facebook, Fox.com, Hulu, Xfinity, Yahoo.com, AOL.com, and more.

Mindy Kaling Will Be Back on The Office After All — Vulture.

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Castle Casts Jack Coleman — Season 5 – TVLine

Jack Coleman is getting a promotion. The Heroes vet previously reoccurred on The Office as Angela’s boyfriend/husband, a state senator. On Castle, he’ll play a US Senator who comes in conflict with Beckett. Who’s guessing he ties in to her mother’s murder?

Castle Casts Jack Coleman — Season 5 – TVLine.

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Monday Madness: Favorite Brilliant Yet Crazy Characters

This Monday Madness, in honor of TNT’s new show, Perception (which premieres Monday, July 9th, at 10/9c), we’re looking at TV’s brilliant yet crazy characters. Perception centers around a schizophrenic neuroscientist (Eric McCormack) who works with FBI Agent Kate Moretti (Rachel Lee Cook) to solve complex criminal cases. Perception also stars Arjay Smith and Kelly Rowan, with special appearances by Levar Burton.

For the purposes of this poll, I’m defining “crazy” as anywhere from clinically insane to mild disorders to kind of quirky. “Brilliant” ranges anywhere from off-the-charts IQ to uniquely skilled in a certain area (though most lean toward high IQ).

This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite smart, zany characters. 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 20-some options on this list, I know there are brilliant-crazy characters 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 avoid villains unless they’re a major part 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 July 9th.

Who's your favorite brilliant but crazy character? (Choose up to 10)

River Tam (Summer Glau) - Firefly (16%, 1,291 Votes)
Castiel (Misha Collins) - Supernatural (11%, 916 Votes)
Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) - Sherlock (7%, 549 Votes)
Walter Sherman (Geoff Stults) - The Finder (6%, 456 Votes)
Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) - The Big Bang Theory (5%, 411 Votes)
The Doctor (various) - Doctor Who (5%, 402 Votes)
Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette) - NCIS (4%, 318 Votes)
Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) - House (4%, 317 Votes)
Parker (Beth Riesgraf) - Leverage (3%, 259 Votes)
Shawn Spencer (James Roday) - Psych (3%, 244 Votes)
Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi) - Community (3%, 234 Votes)
Zack Addy (Eric Mulligan) - Bones (3%, 220 Votes)
Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) - Dexter (3%, 214 Votes)
Walter Bishop (John Noble) - Fringe (3%, 210 Votes)
Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) - Monk (2%, 192 Votes)
Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) - The Big Bang Theory (2%, 188 Votes)
Mozzie (Willie Garson) - White Collar (2%, 185 Votes)
Fred Burkle (Amy Acker) - Angel (2%, 181 Votes)
Claudia Donovan (Allison Scagliotti) - Warehouse 13 (2%, 134 Votes)
Topher Brink (Fran Kranz) - Dollhouse (2%, 132 Votes)
Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) - Chuck (2%, 127 Votes)
Murdoch (Dwight Schultz) - The A-Team (2%, 125 Votes)
Fiona Glenanne (Gabrielle Anwar) - Burn Notice (2%, 123 Votes)
Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) - Lie to Me (1%, 108 Votes)
Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) - The Office (1%, 94 Votes)
Gary Bell (Ryan Cartwright) - Alphas (1%, 86 Votes)
Daisy Wick (Carla Gallo) - Bones (1%, 83 Votes)
Gaius Baltar (James Callis) - Battlestar Galactica (1%, 79 Votes)
Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) - Homeland (1%, 42 Votes)
Seymour Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) - Nikita (0%, 39 Votes)
Robert Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio) - Law & Order: Criminal Intent (0%, 34 Votes)
Billy Chenowith (Jeremy Sisto) - Six Feet Under (0%, 15 Votes)
Jeffrey Geiger (Mandy Patinkin) - Chicago Hope (0%, 14 Votes)
Tony Hill (Robson Green) - Wire in the Blood (0%, 13 Votes)

Total Voters: 2,717

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The Office Spin-Off Casting News — The Farm – TVLine

I still feel like this Dwight-centric spin-off of The Office is a bad April Fool’s Day joke (wait, what’s today? Oh, we’re in June). Much as I like Dwight’s character, it really shines in contrast to the “normal” people at The Office, especially Jim.

So who will we be left with at The Office if The Farm’s planted pilot gets the green light for a full-blown show? Michael Scott’s been gone for a year, and while I loved Andy’s turn as manager, Robert California’s head honcho role was terrible. But even as annoying as he was, new character Nellie is even worse, so losing him and gaining her as a full cast member doesn’t improve things. Kelly’s gone as well, and Ryan will only be stopping by occasionally. And now Dwight will either leave the show completely or take a reoccurring role.

Whose love story do we have to root for now? Jim and Pam, and Andy and Erin don’t need any more drama. Who will Jim play pranks on?

The Office Spin-Off Casting News — The Farm – TVLine.

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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).

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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The Office Season 9 Cast — Catherine Tate – TVLine

Does anyone else hate the news that Catherine Tate has been promoted to a series regular on The Office? Nellie Bertram’s character has all of the worst characteristics of Michael Scott, and none of the lovable ones. This may be the final straw to get me to stop watching The Office altogether (and I never do that after I’ve invested more than a season or two into watching a show). Except for maybe two brief glimpses of humanness, the character of Nellie has been nothing but abrasive and annoying. At least I have Person of Interest and Beauty and the Beast to keep me occupied Thursdays at 9.

The Office Season 9 Cast — Catherine Tate – TVLine.

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Monday Madness: Favorite TV Couples – Realistic

This round of Monday Madness, it’s time to look at TV couples! Because there are so many, I’ve divided this poll into 2 categories – realistic/contemporary and speculative. We’ll cover vampires, time travel, and spaceships next week. This week, we’re looking at couples from dramas, comedies, crime shows, and action. (And yes, it was really hard to decide where to put the couples from Chuck, with the show’s speculative elements, but since the show focuses on the spy aspect, I felt it was best to put it with the other spy shows.)

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

Even though there are 40 50-some options on this list, I know there are dozens of couples I left out! You can nominate couples I missed in the comments, and I may add them to the poll. You can also start nominating couples from paranormal, futuristic, and other outside-the-box shows for next week. 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 May 28th.

UPDATE: This poll is now closed. Go vote for this week’s poll – favorite TV couples in speculative shows!

Which is your favorite TV couple? - Contemporary/Realistic Division (Choose up to 10)

Rick Castle and Kate Beckett - Castle (13%, 2,303 Votes)
Peter and Elizabeth Burke - White Collar (10%, 1,703 Votes)
Kensi Blye and Marty Deeks - NCIS: Los Angeles (6%, 1,087 Votes)
Anthony DiNozzo and Ziva David - NCIS (5%, 820 Votes)
Derek Shepherd and Meredith Grey - Grey's Anatomy (5%, 775 Votes)
Seeley Booth and Temperance Brennan - Bones (4%, 763 Votes)
Chuck Bartowski and Sarah Walker - Chuck (3%, 531 Votes)
Chandler Bing and Monica Gellar - Friends (3%, 505 Votes)
Marshall Eriksen and Lily Aldrin - How I Met Your Mother (3%, 498 Votes)
Angela Montenegro and Jack Hodgins - Bones (3%, 496 Votes)
Timothy McGee and Abby Sciuto - NCIS (3%, 486 Votes)
Barney Stinson and Robin Scherbatsky - How I Met Your Mother (3%, 452 Votes)
Rachel Green and Ross Geller - Friends (3%, 447 Votes)
Leonard Hofstadter and Penny - The Big Bang Theory (2%, 416 Votes)
Lorelai Gilmore and Luke Danes - Gilmore Girls (2%, 406 Votes)
Shawn Spencer and Juliet O'Hara - Psych (2%, 391 Votes)
Michael Westen and Fiona Glenanne - Burn Notice (2%, 361 Votes)
Nell Jones and Eric Beale - NCIS: Los Angeles (2%, 318 Votes)
Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah-Fowler - The Big Bang Theory (2%, 292 Votes)
Ellie Bartowski and Devon "Awesome" Woodcomb - Chuck (1%, 249 Votes)
Gregory House and Lisa Cuddy - House (1%, 242 Votes)
Veronica Mars and Logan Echolls - Veronica Mars (1%, 231 Votes)
Alec Hardison and Parker - Leverage (1%, 227 Votes)
Jim Halpert and Pam Beesley - The Office (1%, 213 Votes)
Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf - Gossip Girl (1%, 209 Votes)
Cliff and Clair Huxtable - The Cosby Show (1%, 200 Votes)
Will Schuester and Emma Pillsbury - Glee (1%, 198 Votes)
Joey Potter and Pacey Witter - Dawson's Creek (1%, 197 Votes)
Sydney Bristow and Michael Vaughn - Alias (1%, 190 Votes)
Howard Wolowitz and Bernadette Rostenkowski - The Big Bang Theory (1%, 183 Votes)
Nikita and Michael - Nikita (1%, 181 Votes)
Lucy and Ricky Ricardo - I Love Lucy (1%, 179 Votes)
Dan Humphrey and Blair Waldorf - Gossip Girl (1%, 151 Votes)
Cal Lightman and Gillian Foster - Lie To Me (1%, 149 Votes)
Nathan Ford and Sophie Devereaux - Leverage (1%, 111 Votes)
Rob and Laura Petrie - The Dick Van Dyke Show (1%, 103 Votes)
Walter Sherman and Isabella Zambada - The Finder (1%, 100 Votes)
Derek Morgan and Penelope Garcia - Criminal Minds (1%, 93 Votes)
Angela Bower and Tony Micelli - Who's the Boss? (1%, 92 Votes)
Maddie Hayes and David Addison - Moonlighting (1%, 88 Votes)
Jonathan and Jennifer Hart - Hart to Hart (1%, 86 Votes)
Eric and Tami Taylor - Friday Night Lights (0%, 78 Votes)
Molly Flynn and Mike Biggs - Mike & Molly (0%, 75 Votes)
Michael Scott and Holly Flax - The Office (0%, 67 Votes)
Arthur and Joan Campbell - Covert Affairs (0%, 58 Votes)
Sam Malone and Diane Chambers - Cheers (0%, 54 Votes)
Michael and Nikita - La Femme Nikita (0%, 51 Votes)
Mike and Carol Brady - The Brady Bunch (0%, 38 Votes)
Dexter Morgan and Rita Bennett - Dexter (0%, 30 Votes)
Whitney and Alex - Whitney (0%, 22 Votes)
Charlie Harper and Rosie - Two and a Half Men (0%, 11 Votes)

Total Voters: 5,341

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What I Will Be Watching in Fall 2012 – ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW

Now that all of the broadcast networks have revealed their fall schedules, as well as trailers or clips of new shows, it’s time to look at what I will be watching live, what I’ll have to catch online, and how many annoying half hour and hour “dead zones” I’ll have between good shows.

TVLine was nice enough to compile a grid chart of what’s airing when, which you can view at the link below (it will open in a new tab so you can follow along):

Fall TV Schedule Grid 2012-13 — ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW – TVLine.

Thanks to 666 Park Street’s too-much-horror bent, Once Upon a Time remains my only show for Sundays, though if my Sunday evenings stay busy, I’ll be watching online anyway.

Monday has a lot of dead zones. Since I don’t get HD Fox coverage in my area (which makes the picture 2/3 of its normal size), I’ll watch Bones on Hulu and How I Met Your Mother live. But since I’m likely giving up 2 Broke Girls (since it’s become the ladies’ version of Two and a Half Men instead of a smart, funny comedy), I don’t have anything else I plan to watch until Castle at 10. Revolution looks good, but like Smash (which will be back in midseason), I’ll only watch it live if Castle is a repeat or ABC won’t come in.

Tuesday’s first two hours are packed for me. I’ll probably watch NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles live when I can, because if I have to watch a show online I prefer Hulu to CBS’s video player. But if they’re on repeats or I’m in the mood for comedy, I have choices: Ben & Kate on Fox at 8:30, New Girl on Fox or Go On on NBC at 9, and The Mindy Project on Fox (maybe) or Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 at 9:30. Nothing on at 10 that interests me, though I might watch the pilot of Vegas out of curiosity.

Wednesday just has two shows I plan to watch, and of course they conflict – Arrow at 8 and Suburgatory at 8:30. I might try out Animal Practice (at 8) if I’m watching Suburgatory live.

Even with Community’s move, Thursdays remain my busiest night. At 8, I have to choose between The Big Bang Theory and a half hour dead zone, or ABC’s Last Resort. At 9, Person of Interest and CW’s Beauty and the Beast will probably push The Office to online-only. My only conflict-free hour will be at 10, with CBS’s Elementary.

Friday, I will probably watch Community and Grimm (NBC, 8:30 and 9) live, and catch Nikita online.

All told, that’s 22-26 shows every week, out of which up to 12 are 1/2 hour comedies. Up to 20 hours total every week for broadcast shows, if I like all the new shows I’m trying out. Seems like a lot, but I guess not really for someone who runs a TV site. 🙂

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Mindy Kaling Comedy, The Goodwin Games and More Picked Up By Fox – TVLine

It’s interesting how these show pickups let you know far more about what will happen on the shows you already watch! For example, since Mindy Kaling’s OB/GYN comedy has been picked up, Kelly will be leaving The Office (or her role will be greatly diminished). And since The Goodwin Games stars How I Met Your Mother’s Becky Newton (as well as being created by the minds in charge of HIMYM), it’s fairly certain Quinn won’t be walking down the aisle towards Barney in Monday’s season finale. UPDATE: Mindy Kaling’s show has been given the title It’s Messy.

Fox’s third comedy pickup, Ned Fox is My Manny (did the show’s creators purposely chose the last name with hopes of getting picked up by this particular network?), puts a twist on the uptight woman vs. lovable rogue cliche by making them siblings. UPDATE: Its new title is Ben & Kate.

None of these shows are screaming at me to watch them, but I’ll probably try out all the pilots, because they all seem far more likeable than NBC’s new shows.

Mindy Kaling Comedy, The Goodwin Games and More Picked Up By Fox – TVLine.

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Monday Madness: Favorite Series or Season Finale

This week on Monday Madness, it’s time to vote for your favorite TV finales! This poll is for season and series finales of both cable and broadcast shows. But this week there’s a twist – for the first seven days, you can nominate your favorite finales and I’ll add them to the poll! I’m doing this because I got so few nominations, and I didn’t want to limit the poll to just my favorites.

This poll will be open for TWO weeks, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite finales. Be sure to spread the word so your favorites will make it into the top 10! And as shows finish up their runs this year, you can nominate them for a spot on the poll!

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 AND next week’s Monday Madness! Voting ends around 1AM May 21th.

Update: this poll has closed. I planned to do a results post like I do with other Monday Madness polls, but I realized any pictures I posted would be full of spoilers (or else very boring). So I decided to skip that part this time.

What's your favorite series or season finale? (Choose up to 10)

Castle - season 4 finale "Always" (22%, 529 Votes)
Castle - season 3 finale "Knockout" (13%, 322 Votes)
Once Upon a Time - season 1 finale "A Land Without Magic" (9%, 223 Votes)
Leverage - season 2 finale "The Maltese Falcon Job" (7%, 161 Votes)
Leverage - season 4 finale - "The Last Dam Job" (5%, 130 Votes)
Angel - series finale "Not Fade Away" (3%, 73 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - season 5 finale "The Gift" (3%, 68 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - season 2 finale "Becoming: Part 2" (3%, 62 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - series finale "Chosen" (3%, 61 Votes)
Sherlock - season 2 finale "The Reichenbach Fall" (2%, 60 Votes)
NCIS - season 6 finale "Aliyah" (2%, 55 Votes)
Bones - season 4 finale "The End in the Beginning" (2%, 51 Votes)
White Collar - season 1 finale "Out of the Box" (2%, 46 Votes)
Chuck - season 2 finale "Chuck Versus the Ring" (2%, 45 Votes)
Bones - season 3 finale "The Pain in the Heart" (2%, 42 Votes)
House - season 4 finale "Wilson's Heart" (2%, 42 Votes)
Supernatural - season 3 finale "No Rest for the Wicked" (2%, 41 Votes)
Supernatural - season 5 finale "Swan Song" (2%, 40 Votes)
How I Met Your Mother - season 1 finale "Come On" (2%, 39 Votes)
Community - season 2 finale "For a Few Paintballs More" (2%, 37 Votes)
Smallville - series finale "Finale" (1%, 36 Votes)
Dollhouse - series finale "Epitaph Two: Return" (1%, 35 Votes)
Warehouse 13 - season 1 finale "MacPherson" (1%, 32 Votes)
Burn Notice - season 4 finale "Last Stand" (1%, 25 Votes)
The Office - season 3 finale "The Job" (1%, 23 Votes)
NCIS - season 2 finale "Twilight" (1%, 22 Votes)
Newhart - series finale "The Last Newhart" (1%, 19 Votes)
The Mentalist - season 3 finale "Strawberries and Cream" (1%, 14 Votes)
The Finder - series finale "The Boy with the Bucket" (0%, 12 Votes)
Numb3rs - series finale "Cause and Effect" (0%, 10 Votes)
Robin Hood - season 2 finale "We Are Robin Hood" (0%, 10 Votes)
The Mentalist - season 2 finale "Red Sky in the Morning" (0%, 9 Votes)
St. Elsewhere - series finale "The Last One" (0%, 8 Votes)
Community - season 3 finale - "Introduction to Finality" (0%, 8 Votes)
Dallas - season 2 finale "A House Divided" (Who Shot J.R.?) (0%, 7 Votes)
Numb3rs - season 5 finale "Angels and Devils" (0%, 6 Votes)
GCB - series finale "Liplocks and Revelations" (0%, 2 Votes)
Dynasty - season 5 finale "Royal Wedding" (0%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 965

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Monday Madness: Favorite Long-Running Show

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!)

Bones (11%, 3,564 Votes)
Supernatural (9%, 3,042 Votes)
Doctor Who (6%, 1,994 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (6%, 1,850 Votes)
Friends (5%, 1,681 Votes)
How I Met Your Mother (5%, 1,522 Votes)
NCIS (4%, 1,416 Votes)
Stargate SG-1 (4%, 1,244 Votes)
House (4%, 1,155 Votes)
Criminal Minds (3%, 981 Votes)
Gilmore Girls (3%, 947 Votes)
X-Files (3%, 935 Votes)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (3%, 833 Votes)
M*A*S*H (2%, 769 Votes)
That 70s Show (2%, 714 Votes)
Law & Order: SVU (2%, 630 Votes)
Full House (2%, 590 Votes)
The Office (2%, 578 Votes)
Scrubs (2%, 577 Votes)
Smallville (2%, 551 Votes)
Monk (2%, 521 Votes)
Will & Grace (1%, 472 Votes)
ER (1%, 429 Votes)
Star Trek: Voyager (1%, 426 Votes)
The Cosby Show (1%, 392 Votes)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1%, 345 Votes)
24 (1%, 344 Votes)
One Tree Hill (1%, 341 Votes)
JAG (1%, 341 Votes)
Cheers (1%, 285 Votes)
Married . . . with Children (1%, 285 Votes)
7th Heaven (1%, 274 Votes)
Law & Order (1%, 273 Votes)
Magnum, PI (1%, 262 Votes)
Happy Days (1%, 236 Votes)
Weeds (1%, 219 Votes)
Medium (1%, 205 Votes)
The Andy Griffith Show (1%, 201 Votes)
Fraiser (1%, 199 Votes)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1%, 187 Votes)
Without a Trace (1%, 183 Votes)
Walker, Texas Ranger (1%, 169 Votes)
Beverly Hills, 90210 (0%, 135 Votes)
Entourage (0%, 124 Votes)
Bonanza (0%, 122 Votes)
Matlock (0%, 108 Votes)
Perry Mason (0%, 106 Votes)
Gunsmoke (0%, 77 Votes)
Rescue Me (0%, 76 Votes)
The Shield (0%, 59 Votes)

Total Voters: 8,438

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TV’s Most Divisive Love Triangles — Gossip Girl, Dawson’s Creek, Felicity, Vampire Diaries, Gilmore Girls, Revenge, 90210 – TVLine

Loved this fun slideshow! And the description is very apt – for the shows on the list that I have watched I have VERY distinct opinions on who characters should end up with. Which couples did you root/are you rooting for?

My choices (and yes, if you go to the slideshow, you can see which shows I don’t watch, or haven’t seen enough of to have an opinion on the love triangle):

Fred and Wesley (Angel), not Gunn

Spike and Buffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), not Angel (he goes with Cordy!)

Don’t like either Britta or Annie with Jeff – I like Britta and Troy, and Annie and Abed much better (Community)

Rory and Jess (Gilmore Girls), not Dean

Luke and Lorelai (Gilmore Girls), not Christopher

Barney and Robin (How I Met Your Mother), not Ted

Dwight and Angela (The Office), not Andy (he goes with Erin!)

Logan and Veronica (Veronica Mars), not Duncan

Hmm, Spike, Jess, Barney, Logan – I’m sensing a bad boy trend here!

Who are your choices? And are there any divisive love triangles TV Line left out? (I’m thinking of Dollhouse’s Echo/Paul/Mellie.) View the whole slideshow here:

TV’s Most Divisive Love Triangles — Gossip Girl, Dawson’s Creek, Felicity, Vampire Diaries, Gilmore Girls, Revenge, 90210 – TVLine.

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The Office Season 9 Makeover – TVLine

As much as The Office has become a mix of heartwarming embarrassment (like the 10 best and worst minutes of extended family holidays rolled into a TV show each week), I’m not sure it can thrive with losing many more of its main cast members. Survive, yes, since NBC’s ratings are dismal and this is one show that has stood the test of time on the network. I’m not surprised they’re trying to keep the show in any form possible, given that it consistently is their highest-rated Thursday show. I think the show could do okay without Pam (with two kids at home, her staying home with them and only making an appearance a few times a year would work), but it has to keep Jim, and either Dwight or Andy, to feel like the same show.

The Office Season 9 Makeover, The Flintstones Reboot Delayed – TVLine.

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Monday Madness: Who’s Your Favorite Quirky Character?

This round of Monday Madness, it’s time to look at those crazy characters in the shows we love. Often, they’re on the sidelines – not the main character, their romantic interest, or the person in charge. They provide comic relief in otherwise serious shows, or are a main source of laughter in comedies. They can be indispensable, evil, or hopelessly inept. But they refuse to fade into the background, and the shows wouldn’t be the same without them.

This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite quirky 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 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 16th.

Update: voting is over, but you can vote on this week’s poll here! Winners’ post here.

Who's your favorite quirky character? (Choose up to 10)

Mozzie from White Collar (7%, 1,712 Votes)
Martha Rodgers from Castle (5%, 1,330 Votes)
Bobby Singer from Supernatural (5%, 1,203 Votes)
Jayne Cobb from Firefly (5%, 1,201 Votes)
Abby Sciuto from NCIS (5%, 1,198 Votes)
Hoban Washburne from Firefly (5%, 1,182 Votes)
Dean Pelton from Community (5%, 1,139 Votes)
Squinterns from Bones (4%, 1,092 Votes)
Senor Chang from Community (4%, 983 Votes)
Amy Farrah Fowler from The Big Bang Theory (4%, 953 Votes)
Claudia Donovan from Warehouse 13 (3%, 761 Votes)
Schmidt from New Girl (3%, 744 Votes)
Sam Axe from Burn Notice (3%, 744 Votes)
Xander Harris from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (3%, 717 Votes)
Parker from Leverage (3%, 683 Votes)
Dwight Schute from The Office (3%, 617 Votes)
Bernadette Rostenkowski from The Big Bang Theory (2%, 614 Votes)
Anya from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2%, 600 Votes)
Eddie Monroe from Grimm (2%, 595 Votes)
Morgan Grimes from Chuck (2%, 562 Votes)
Donna from Suits (2%, 542 Votes)
Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold from Once Upon a Time (2%, 541 Votes)
Astrid Farnsworth from Fringe (2%, 541 Votes)
James Wilson from House (2%, 532 Votes)
Alec Hardison from Leverage (2%, 517 Votes)
Douglas Fargo from Eureka (2%, 514 Votes)
Topher Brink from Dollhouse (2%, 426 Votes)
Seymour Birkhoff from Nikita (1%, 364 Votes)
Nell Jones from NCIS: Los Angeles (1%, 293 Votes)
Willa Monday from The Finder (1%, 291 Votes)
Gary Bell from Alphas (1%, 255 Votes)
Evan R. Lawson from Royal Pains (1%, 250 Votes)
Wallace Fennel from Veronica Mars (1%, 190 Votes)
Marshall Flinkman from Alias (1%, 158 Votes)
Leonardo Prince from Fairly Legal (1%, 153 Votes)
Noah Werner from Suburgatory (0%, 117 Votes)
Gupta from Outsourced (0%, 106 Votes)
Davis from Tru Calling (0%, 82 Votes)
Much from Robin Hood (0%, 81 Votes)
Max Malini from The Cape (0%, 47 Votes)

Total Voters: 6,353

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