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Here are the results from round 2 and the match ups for round 3. This week we have added the 3rd category for Westerns. If you thought the previous match ups provided some tough choices wait till you see these. Once again you will notice that not all the match ups have the same number of votes as selected voters left out some of them. I was surprised by the results of some of the match ups, especially by some of the margins both large and small. Some of what would my choices have been eliminated. We had, based on the seeding, 3 upsets on the drama side and 2 in the comedies. For those of who are curious I did need to cast a vote to break a tie but being sneaky like I am I also cast a vote to make another match up also only 1 vote apart. The numbers in bold type are the number of votes received in the 2nd round, while the winner of each match up is also in bold face type.

Dramas:

(1)Hill Street Blues 22 vs. (33)Star Trek 19
(2)NYPD Blue 24 vs. (31)Quantum Leap 16
(3)Hawaii Five-O 38 vs. (30)Picket Fences 5
(4)The Sopranos 31 vs. (29)Northern Exposure 7
(5)Miami Vice 31 vs. (28)Mannix 11
(6)24 17 vs. (27)Magnum PI 23
(7)C.S.I. 31 vs. (26)L.A. Law 11
(8)Rockford Files 34 vs. (25)Homicide Life On The Streets 10
(9)CSI Miami 23 vs. (24)Dexter 16
(10)Lost 17 vs. (23)Dallas 23
(11)Perry Mason 31 vs. (22)The Wire 8
(12)St. Elsewhere 8 vs. (21)The Twilight Zone 34
(13)E.R. 22 vs. (20)The Shield 18
(19)House 30 vs. (51)Marcus Welby M.D. 11
(15)Law & Order 28 vs. (47)I Spy 10
(16)Law and Order SVU 22 vs. (48)In The Heat Of The Night 16

Comedies:

(1)Seinfeld 38 vs. (32)Newhart(Chicago) 7
(2)Cheers 42 vs. (34)The Wonder Years 1
(3)M*A*S*H 40 vs. (30)Curb Your Enthusiasm 4
(4)All In The Family 34 vs. (36)Alf 9
(5)Married with Children 35 vs. (28)Fresh Prince 8
(6)Simpsons 29 vs. (27)Family Ties 15
(7)Andy Griffith 26 vs. (26)Everybody Loves Raymond 19
(8)Barney Miller 23 vs. (25)Threes Company 22
(9)Taxi 31 vs. (41)Frasier 13
(10)Happy Days 25 vs. (42)Get Smart 18
(11)Honeymooners 31 vs. (43)Gomer Pyle 12
(12)Sanford and Son 24 vs. (21)Beverly Hillbillies 19
(13)Soap 16 vs. (20)Night Court 27
(14)WKRP 22 vs. (19)Gilligans Island 19
(15)Cosby Show 21 vs. (18)Friends 22
(16)I Love Lucy 33 vs. (17)Bob Newhart(Vermont) 11


Now for the new match ups. I chose the 16th seed for Westerns among a few shows that each only received one vote. I really don't think it mattered which show I picked as I expect it to get trounced in the first round.

Western Bracket:

(1)Gunsmoke vs. (16)High Chaparral
(2)Bonanza vs. (15)The Lone Ranger
(3)The Rifleman vs. (14)Branded
(4)Rawhide vs. (13)Wanted : Dead or Alive
(5)Wagon Train vs. (12)The Wild Wild West
(6)Deadwood vs. (11)Bat Masterson
(7)Have Gun, Will Travel vs. (10)Maverick
(8)The Big Valley vs. (9)The Virginian

Drama Bracket:

(1)Hill Street Blues vs. (16)Law and Order SVU
(2)NYPD Blue vs. (15) Law & Order
(3)Hawaii Five vs. (19) House
(4)The Sopranos vs. (13)E.R.
(5)Miami Vice vs. (21)The Twilight Zone
(27)Magnum PI vs. (11)Perry Mason
(7)C.S.I. vs. (23)Dallas
(8)Rockford Files vs. (9)CSI Miami

Comedy Bracket:

(1)Seinfeld vs. (16)I Love Lucy
(2)Cheers vs. (15)Friends
(3)M*A*S*H vs. (14)WKRP
(4)All In The Family vs. (20)Night Court
(5)Married with Children vs. (12)Sanford and Son
(6)Simpsons vs. (11)Honeymooners
(7)Andy Griffith vs. (10)Happy Days
(8)Barney Miller vs. (9)Taxi

Once again I will not be voting unless there is the need for a tiebreaker. Please try and remember to rate your fellow posters as I am sure they will do the same for you. I know I give everyone a 5 as part of my thank you. You folks have made this fun for me to do, hope you are enjoying it also. I thank you once again for your participation.

When I first posted this I forgot to include the voting cut off time and date. Voting will end on Sunday July 6 at 11:00 pm est. The next round will be posted as soon as possible after that.

Well here are the match ups for round 2 of the voting for the best shows in the history of television. You need not have voted before to do so now. So tell your friends and let's see how many votes we can get.

I decided to post the number of votes received by each show in the first round on a separate page.
You will see that the total number of votes in a few match ups are not the same as a few voters did not cast a vote in every pairing. Here is the link if you are interested: http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/add-comment/7949334/8986070/8986070

The Dramas

(1)Hill Street Blues vs. (33)Star Trek
(2)NYPD Blue vs. (31)Quantum Leap
(3)Hawaii Five vs. (31)Picket Fences
(4)The Sopranos vs. (29)Northern Exposure
(5)Miami Vice vs. (28)Mannix
(6)24 vs. (27)Magnum PI
(7)C.S.I. vs. (26)L.A. Law
(8)Rockford Files vs. (25)Homicide Life On The Streets
(9)CSI Miami vs. (24)Dexter
(10)Lost vs. (23)Dallas
(11)Perry Mason vs. (22)The Wire
(12)St. Elsewhere vs. (21)The Twilight Zone
(13)E.R. vs. (20)The Shield
(19)House vs. (51)Marcus Welby M.D.
(15)Law & Order vs. (47)I Spy
(16)Law and Order SVU vs. (48)In The Heat Of The Night

The Comedies

(1)Seinfeld vs. (32)Newhart(Chicago)
(2)Cheers vs. (34)The Wonder Years
(3)M*A*S*H vs. (30)Curb Your Enthusiasm
(4)All In The Family vs. (36)Alf
(5)Married with Children vs. (28)Fresh Prince
(6)Simpsons vs. (27)Family Ties
(7)Andy Griffith vs. (26)Everybody Loves Raymond
(8)Barney Miller vs. (25)Threes Company
(9)Taxi vs. (41)Frasier
(10)Happy Days vs. (42)Get Smart
(11)Honeymooners vs. (43)Gomer Pyle
(12)Sanford and Son vs. (21)Beverly Hillbillies
(13)Soap vs. (20)Night Court
(14)WKRP vs. (19)Gilligans Island
(15)Cosby Show vs. (18)Friends
(16)I Love Lucy vs. (17)Bob Newhart(Vermont)

Comments on your choices are appreciated, but please try and just list the show you pick as the winner of each match up. This weeks poll closes on Sunday June 29 at 11 PM New York City time. Next week I will add the brackets for westerns to the blog. I am still accepting nominations for them, up to 10 shows can be named, as well as the 5 most memorable things you ever saw on TV. As usual I will only be casting a vote if one is needed to break a tie.

Please take the time to rate your fellow posters here, I am sure they will do the same for you. Of course I thank you all for your contributions, without them this blog would not be worth much.

Here are the results from round #1. Please note that not everyone voted in every match up resulting in varying total number of votes in a few of the match ups. The comedies also received more responses than the dramas did.

Drama results round #1:

Hill Street Blues 33 Boston Legal 7
NYPD Blue 32 Fugitive 8
Hawaii Five 26 The Untouchables 13
The Sopranos 28 Murder She Wrote 12
Miami Vice 34 Murder One 6
24 30 The Pretender 10
C.S.I. 31 McCloud 8
Rockford Files 21 Twin Peaks 12
CSI Miami 23 The Paper Chase 16
Lost 24 Oz 17
Perry Mason 26 My So Called Life 14
St. Elsewhere 22 Monk 17
E.R. 27 McMillan & Wife 12
Heroes 17 Marcus Welby M.D. 22
Law & Order 29 Law and Order CI 11
Law and Order SVU 31 Jericho 9
Colombo 18 In The Heat Of The Night 21
Grey's Anatomy 19 I Spy 21
House 23 Emergency 17
The Shield 25 CSI NY 14
The Twilight Zone 30 Crossing Jordan 10
The Wire 21 Crime Story 16
Dallas 22 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 16
Dexter 30 Brother hood 15
Homicide Life On The Street 20 Barnaby Jones 17
L.A. Law 23 Banacek 15
Magnum PI 28 Night Gallery 11
Mannix 18 Without a Trace 18
Northern Exposure 20 The X Files 18
Picket Fences 20 The White Shadow 18
Quantum Leap 21 West Wing 17
Six Feet Under 19 Star Trek 20

Comedy results round #1:

Seinfeld 37 Laverne & Shirley 6
Cheers 41 Larrry Sanders Show 2
M*A*S*H 38 Sex in the City 5
All In The Family 38 News Radio 6
Married with Children 30 Mork & Mindy 13
Simpsons 24 The Odd Couple 19
Andy Griffith 32 F Troop 11
Barney Miller 33 Yes Dear 10
Taxi 42 Weeds 11
Happy Days 35 The Monkeys 7
Honeymooners 35 Maude 7
Sanford and Son 26 That 70's Show 17
Soap 30 Scrubs 13
WKRP 28 Roseanne 15
Cosby Show 38 Bizarre 5
I Love Lucy 30 Monty Python 13
Bob Newhart (Vermont) 26 Mary Tyler Moore 17
Friends 32 Love American Style 11
Giligans Island 25 The Jeffersons 17
Night Court 30 Home Improvement 12
Beverly Hillbillies 32 Green Acres 11
Family Guy 21 Gomer Pyle 22
South Park 15 Get Smart 28
Hogan's Heroes 21 Frasier 22
Threes Company 29 Entourage 14
Everybody Loves Raymond 23 Dick Van Dyke 20
Family Ties 28 Chico & The Man 15
Fresh Prince 24 Arrested Development 19
The Office 19 Alf 24
Curb Your Enthusiasm 23 2 1/2 Men 20
Golden Girls 16 The Wonder Years 27
Newhart (Chicago) 33 Saved By The Bell 10