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Monday Madness: Favorite Summer Show

This Monday Madness, it’s time to bask in the delights of summer TV! As many broadcast shows go on hiatus for the summer, cable shows get a chance to shine! Also, we here in the US get the chance to experience some Canadian and British shows over the summer as well.

The selection of shows is based on US scheduling, and features shows within the past decade. I included some newer shows that had aired at least 3 episodes (giving Bunheads a little leeway since its third episode airs tonight). Not all of these shows air all their episodes in the summer – many have a split schedule, with the second half of seasons airing the following winter. Also, not all of these are still summer shows – for example, Psych has transitioned into a fall show, but since 5 of the past 6 seasons have started in July or August, I felt it qualified for the poll.

This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite summer shows. 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 shows I left out! You can nominate ones I missed in the comments until Thursday night, and I may add them to the poll (live-action scripted shows only, please).

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 2nd.

What's your favorite summer show? (Choose up to 10!)

Alphas (16%, 854 Votes)
Leverage (13%, 679 Votes)
Dallas (9%, 446 Votes)
White Collar (8%, 418 Votes)
Burn Notice (4%, 231 Votes)
Rizzoli & Isles (4%, 204 Votes)
Psych (4%, 184 Votes)
Covert Affairs (3%, 182 Votes)
Suits (3%, 155 Votes)
True Blood (3%, 150 Votes)
Warehouse 13 (3%, 148 Votes)
Eureka (3%, 147 Votes)
Royal Pains (2%, 120 Votes)
Falling Skies (2%, 111 Votes)
Common Law (2%, 104 Votes)
The Glades (2%, 103 Votes)
The Closer (2%, 101 Votes)
Franklin & Bash (2%, 85 Votes)
Necessary Roughness (2%, 83 Votes)
Pretty Little Liars (1%, 67 Votes)
Lost Girl (1%, 63 Votes)
Monk (1%, 57 Votes)
Rookie Blue (1%, 55 Votes)
Longmire (1%, 51 Votes)
Melissa & Joey (1%, 51 Votes)
Army Wives (1%, 51 Votes)
Teen Wolf (1%, 51 Votes)
Breaking Bad (1%, 45 Votes)
Bunheads (1%, 37 Votes)
Weeds (1%, 36 Votes)
Awkward (1%, 29 Votes)
Saving Hope (1%, 28 Votes)
Damages (0%, 25 Votes)
Wilfred (0%, 23 Votes)
Episodes (0%, 21 Votes)
Men at Work (0%, 18 Votes)
Haven (0%, 17 Votes)
Louie (0%, 14 Votes)

Total Voters: 2,171

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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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People’s Choice Awards 2012

I like voting for things. Especially when they have to do with my favorite shows. So I thought I’d provide a quick rundown of this year’s People’s Choice Award Nominees. Just the TV section, mind you, and only the scripted shows. I usually haven’t seen most of the movies (I did vote for Thor over the very close choice of Captain America), and I’ve don’t listen to nearly all of the music artists.

FAVORITE NETWORK TV DRAMA

Pretty much a no-brainer that I was voting for House. Supernatural hasn’t captured my attention, and while The Good Wife looks like a solid show, I’ve never seen it (blame my lawyer aversion). And Grey’s Anatomy and The Vampire Diaries look FAR too soapy for me.

FAVORITE TV DRAMA ACTOR

How can I choose between David Boreanaz and Nathan Fillion? Fortunately, with this award, I can vote as often as I like, so I’ve been alternating between the two. Not so when the two face each other in Round 3 of TV Line’s “Ultimate Law-Enforcement Crushes Bracket Tournament.” I don’t know how I’ll pick. Nathan has Castle and Firefly and Dr. Horrible and now Much Ado About Nothing. David has Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I’m ignoring Nathan as Caleb since I hated him in that role) and Angel and Bones.

Hugh Laurie only gets a distant third in this category, and Ian Somerhalder and Patrick Dempsey are soundly ignored by me.

FAVORITE TV DRAMA ACTRESS

A very easy vote for Emily Deschanel. I haven’t even heard of some of the others on the list: Blake Lively, Ellen Pompeo, Eva Longoria, and Nina Dobrev.

FAVORITE CABLE TV DRAMA

Another super easy choice, as I only watch White Collar. Game of Thrones does sound good, though, and people have recommended Dexter to me. Don’t know about True Blood and Pretty Little Liars.

FAVORITE NETWORK TV COMEDY

The Big Bang Theory gets my vote most of the time for this one, but I’ll occasionally vote for How I Met Your Mother as well. Interesting that Dr. Horrible is competing against his sidekick, Moist. I only enjoy Glee for the music, Two and a Half Men is crude instead of funny, and I’ve never seen Modern Family.

FAVORITE TV COMEDY ACTOR

Hmm, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) or Barney (Neil Patrick Harris)? Same as above, I’ll usually tilt toward the Thursday night show but occasionally choose the Monday night one. Alec Baldwin, Chris Colfer, and Cory Monteith don’t make me laugh.

FAVORITE TV COMEDY ACTRESS

Kaley Cuoco wins hands down over Courteney Cox, Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, and Tina Fey.

FAVORITE CABLE TV COMEDY

I don’t currently watch any of these, though I used to watch Royal Pains (seriously, why is this a nominee instead of Psych?). I may come back to the show later, I’m just not a huge fan of medical shows (House is the only one I watch now) and not too fond of the main character (loved Evan and Divya, though). It does get my vote over the shows I haven’t seen: Hot in Cleveland, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Nurse Jackie, and Weeds.

FAVORITE TV CRIME DRAMA

When I first saw the nominees for this category, I thought, Are you kidding? I’ve mentioned several times on this blog that Bones, Castle, and NCIS are my top three crime dramas, and all three were nominated this year! I voted for each of them. I’ve only seen bits of CSI and Criminal Minds episodes.

FAVORITE SCI-FI/FANTASY SHOW

I’ve only seen Supernatural on this list, so I voted for it, but Fringe has been on my to-watch list for a long while. From what I’ve heard, I think I’d prefer True Blood to The Vampire Diaries (too bad my favorite currently-airing vampire show, Being Human, didn’t make the list), and since zombies bore me, The Walking Dead has only appeared on my radar since its ratings are good.

FAVORITE TV GUEST STAR

I loved Jim Carrey’s appearance on The Office, and would have much preferred his character to Robert California. Katy Perry’s appearance on How I Met Your Mother was funny, but I felt like most actresses could have played the role well. I didn’t see the appearances of Gwyneth Paltrow, Kristin Chenoweth, or Michael J. Fox.

FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA

Twelve options is a lot to choose from, but Once Upon a Time has wowed me in all three episodes. Ringer is a close second and gets my vote every once in a while. Person of Interest has built slowly but is improving, and Grimm’s two episodes have been good enough for me to keep watching.

Out of the remaining shows, I’ve only seen Unforgettable, which I hated. Pilots sometimes don’t match the rest of a show, but I couldn’t even get halfway through episode two. I’ve heard good things about Pan Am, Terra Nova, and Revenge, but my “new shows to try out” list already had 11 shows on it (plus more than a dozen returning shows). Medically-minded Hart of Dixie and A Gifted Man didn’t sound like quite my thing, and neither did The Secret Circle or Prime Suspect.

FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY

2 Broke Girls was super-easy choice for this category, though Suburgatory has been good and New Girl has been okay. Guessed to be not my cup of tea by the previews: Whitney, Up All Night, Last Man Standing, and Man Up. I don’t watch animated TV (the only way I think I ever would was if Joss Whedon created an animated show), so no Allen Gregory.

What did you vote for? Are there any shows mentioned that you think I should be watching?

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