That was announced earlier in both threads and I have received no objection to that action. Voting has stalled out over the past few days with B getting 88 and C getting 96 voters.
As soon as the threads are locked I will post a new Final Poll on the subject of “Preferred TV Shows” so that some closure can be had for an issue that has been going on in one form or another since March!
This thread is to alert last-minute voters to B and C and to serve as a place to discuss any opinions about the Final Poll
Thanks to twickster the polls for the B and C sections of this exercise have been closed.
The lack of response in this thread suggests to me that the issue is long past dead, but to be as fair and as thorough as I can in the Final Poll, I will post the shows that make sense to me to be in that poll, and the criteria for their selection, in this thread a little later this morning.
The poll itself will go up either later today or tomorrow, depending on response here.
Here are the sorted results from the three preliminary polls with those shows getting less than 10% in the original 51, and 20% in the other two, deleted, leaving a total of 53 shows to select from.
I think allowing a Top 5 per voter will take the burden off the individual and will allow the population of Voters to determine which shows are “Preferred” by most Dopers willing to vote on them.
I have toyed with the idea of taking The Simpsons off the list, since that show ran away with the votes in the original poll. But then that would make this Final Poll all about selecting #2, which seems silly. Your thoughts?
The Simpsons 133 44.63%
M*A*S*H 79 26.51%
Seinfeld 76 25.50%
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 74 24.83%
Monty Python's Flying Circus 71 23.83%
Firefly 69 23.15%
The Twilight Zone 68 22.82%
The Wire 63 21.14%
The Sopranos 63 21.14%
Arrested Development 58 19.46%
Cheers 54 18.12%
All In The Family 52 17.45%
Fawlty Towers 50 16.78%
Buffy 49 16.44%
Futurama 48 16.11%
The West Wing 47 15.77%
Star Trek: TOS 46 15.44%
Doctor Who 46 15.44%
Star Trek: TNG 44 14.77%
NOVA 43 14.43%
Dick Van Dyke Show 41 13.76%
WKRP In Cincinnati 39 13.09%
Battlestar Galactica 38 12.75%
Northern Exposure 37 12.42%
Deadwood 34 11.41%
Lost 33 11.07%
Barney Miller 33 11.07%
Band of Brothers 31 10.40%
House 31 10.40%
The Bob Newhart Show 30 10.07%
The Office (Original -- UK) 30 10.07%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 298. This poll is closed
View Poll Results: Your Preferred TV Shows (Section B) -- Vote for up to 10
The Muppet Show 41 45.05%
Jeopardy! 38 41.76%
Frasier 34 37.36%
The X-Files 30 32.97%
Big Bang Theory 28 30.77%
South Park 27 29.67%
Taxi 24 26.37%
Star Trek Deep Space Nine 23 25.27%
30 Rock 23 25.27%
Roseanne 23 25.27%
Dexter 22 24.18%
Get Smart 21 23.08%
3rd Rock from the Sun 20 21.98%
Red Dwarf 20 21.98%
Carol Burnett Show 19 20.88%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 91. This poll is closed
View Poll Results: Your Preferred TV Shows (Section C) -- Vote for up to 10
Mythbusters 52 53.06%
Mystery Science Theater 3000 37 37.76%
Friends 28 28.57%
Night Court 25 25.51%
The Office (USA) 23 23.47%
Bob Newhart (the first one) 23 23.47%
King of the Hill 21 21.43%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 98. This poll is closed