Another thread [del]rippe[/del] inspired by Happy Lendervedder’s sitcom thread. This time around, we’ve got television dramas (and yes, I know, a few of these could be looked at as comedies…work with me here people).
The participants were culled off of TV.com’s dramatic series list, with weight being given first to popularity, and then to longevity. The bracketing set-up was purely random.
I’m sure we all know how this works by now, so let’s get this one underway. First round of voting runs through 11:00am EST tomorrow.
Division I
Baywatch vs. Dawson’s Creek
Bonanza vs. Eight is Enough
Kojak vs. Dukes Of Hazzard
Smallville vs. Dragnet
Highway to Heaven vs. Alias
Fantasy Island vs. House
Quincy, M.E. vs. Mannix
Beverly Hills, 90210 vs. Murder, She Wrote
Division II
Little House On The Prairie vs. Touched By An Angel
Knots Landing vs. Lost
Melrose Place vs. ER
The Prisoner vs. Homicide
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. Judging Amy
NYPD Blue vs. Perry Mason
Columbo vs. Miami Vice
Roswell vs. Law & Order
Division III
The Practice vs. CSI
Northern Exposure vs. Oz
In The Heat Of The Night vs. Deadwood
The Waltons vs. JAG
Third Watch vs. Cagney & Lacey
Silk Stalkings vs. Magnum, P.I.
L.A. Law vs. Twin Peaks
CSI: Miami vs. The Sopranos
Division IV
Diagnosis Murder vs. St. Elsewhere
Party of Five vs. The Six Million Dollar Man
Matlock vs. Ironside
NCIS vs. Picket Fences
24 vs. Dynasty
Dallas vs. Hill Street Blues
Joan of Arcadia vs. Adam-12
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit vs. Felicity
Division I
**Baywatch ** vs. Dawson’s Creek Bonanza vs. Eight is Enough
Kojak vs. Dukes Of Hazzard
**Smallville ** vs. Dragnet Highway to Heaven vs. Alias
Fantasy Island vs. House
Quincy, M.E. vs. Mannix Beverly Hills, 90210 vs. Murder, She Wrote
Division II Little House On The Prairie vs. Touched By An Angel
Knots Landing vs. Lost
Melrose Place vs. **ER **
The Prisoner vs. **Homicide ** Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. Judging Amy NYPD Blue vs. Perry Mason
Columbo vs. Miami Vice
Roswell vs. **Law & Order **
Division III
**The Practice ** vs. CSI Northern Exposure vs. Oz
In The Heat Of The Night vs. **Deadwood ** The Waltons vs. JAG Third Watch vs. Cagney & Lacey
Silk Stalkings vs. **Magnum, P.I. **
**L.A. Law ** vs. Twin Peaks
CSI: Miami vs. **The Sopranos **
Division IV
Diagnosis Murder vs. St. Elsewhere
Party of Five vs. The Six Million Dollar Man Matlock vs. Ironside NCIS vs. Picket Fences 24 vs. Dynasty
Dallas vs.** Hill Street Blues **
Joan of Arcadia vs. Adam-12 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit vs. Felicity
Division I
Baywatch vs. Dawson’s Creek Bonanza vs. Eight is Enough Kojak vs. Dukes Of Hazzard
Smallville vs.** Dragnet**
Highway to Heaven vs.** Alias**
Fantasy Island vs. House
**Quincy, M.E. ** vs. Mannix Beverly Hills, 90210 vs. Murder, She Wrote
Division II Little House On The Prairie vs. Touched By An Angel
Knots Landing vs. Lost
Melrose Place vs. ER The Prisoner vs. Homicide Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. Judging Amy NYPD Blue vs. Perry Mason
Columbo vs. Miami Vice
Roswell vs. **Law & Order **
Division III
The Practice vs. CSI Northern Exposure vs. Oz
In The Heat Of The Night vs. **Deadwood ** The Waltons vs. JAG
Third Watch vs. Cagney & Lacey
Silk Stalkings vs. Magnum, P.I. L.A. Law vs. Twin Peaks
CSI: Miami vs. **The Sopranos **
Division IV
Diagnosis Murder vs. St. Elsewhere
Party of Five vs. The Six Million Dollar Man
Matlock vs.** Ironside**
NCIS vs. Picket Fences 24 vs. Dynasty
Dallas vs. Hill Street Blues Joan of Arcadia vs. Adam-12
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit vs. Felicity
Division I
Baywatch vs. Dawson’s Creek
**Bonanza ** vs. Eight is Enough
**Kojak ** vs. Dukes Of Hazzard
**Smallville ** vs. Dragnet
Highway to Heaven vs. **Alias **
Fantasy Island vs. House Quincy, M.E. vs. Mannix
**Beverly Hills, 90210 ** vs. Murder, She Wrote
Division II
**Little House On The Prairie ** vs. Touched By An Angel
Knots Landing vs. Lost
Melrose Place vs. **ER **
The Prisoner vs. **Homicide **
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. Judging Amy
**NYPD Blue ** vs. Perry Mason
**Columbo ** vs. Miami Vice
**Roswell ** vs. Law & Order
Division III
**The Practice ** vs. CSI
**Northern Exposure ** vs. Oz
In The Heat Of The Night vs. **Deadwood **
**The Waltons ** vs. JAG
**Third Watch ** vs. Cagney & Lacey
Silk Stalkings vs. Magnum, P.I.
**L.A. Law ** vs. Twin Peaks
CSI: Miami vs. **The Sopranos **
Division IV
Diagnosis Murder vs. St. Elsewhere
**Party of Five ** vs. The Six Million Dollar Man
Matlock vs. Ironside
NCIS vs. **Picket Fences **
24 vs. Dynasty
Dallas vs. **Hill Street Blues **
**Joan of Arcadia ** vs. Adam-12
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit vs. Felicity
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Division I
Baywatch vs. Dawson’s Creek
**Bonanza ** vs. Eight is Enough Kojak vs. Dukes Of Hazzard
Smallville vs. **Dragnet **
Highway to Heaven vs. **Alias **
Fantasy Island vs. House
Quincy, M.E. vs. Mannix
Beverly Hills, 90210 vs. **Murder, She Wrote **
Division II
**Little House On The Prairie ** vs. Touched By An Angel
Knots Landing vs. Lost
Melrose Place vs. **ER **
The Prisoner vs. Homicide
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. Judging Amy
**NYPD Blue ** vs. Perry Mason Columbo ** vs. Miami Vice
Roswell vs. Law & Order **
Division III
The Practice vs. CSI
Northern Exposure vs.** Oz**
**In The Heat Of The Night ** vs. Deadwood The Waltons vs. JAG Third Watch vs. Cagney & Lacey
Silk Stalkings vs. Magnum, P.I. L.A. Law vs. Twin Peaks
CSI: Miami vs. **The Sopranos **
Division IV
Diagnosis Murder vs. St. Elsewhere
Party of Five vs. The Six Million Dollar Man Matlock vs. Ironside
NCIS vs. Picket Fences ** 24 vs. Dynasty
Dallas vs. Hill Street Blues ** Joan of Arcadia vs. Adam-12 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit vs. Felicity
Division I
Baywatch vs. Dawson’s Creek Bonanza vs. Eight is Enough Kojak vs. Dukes Of Hazzard
Smallville vs. Dragnet **
Highway to Heaven vs. Alias **
Fantasy Island vs. House Quincy, M.E. vs. Mannix
Beverly Hills, 90210 vs. **Murder, She Wrote **
Division II Little House On The Prairie vs. Touched By An Angel
Knots Landing vs. Lost Melrose Place vs. ER
The Prisoner vs. Homicide Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. Judging Amy NYPD Blue vs. Perry Mason Columbo vs. Miami Vice
Roswell vs. Law & Order
Division III
The Practice vs.** CSI**
Northern Exposure vs. Oz
In The Heat Of The Night vs. **Deadwood ** The Waltons vs. JAG
Third Watch vs. Cagney & Lacey
Silk Stalkings vs. Magnum, P.I.
L.A. Law vs. Twin Peaks
CSI: Miami vs. The Sopranos
Division IV Diagnosis Murder vs. St. Elsewhere Party of Five vs. The Six Million Dollar Man Matlock vs. Ironside
NCIS vs. Picket Fences 24 vs. Dynasty Dallas vs. Hill Street Blues Joan of Arcadia vs. Adam-12
**Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ** vs. Felicity
That was some seriously skewed parings…I mean, 24 vs Dynasty? Both good, but that is like pairing off The Rolling Stones vs Barbra Streisand…not quite the same fan base…
Division I
Baywatch (Oh yuck, but how do you choose between crap and crap?)
Bonanza
Dukes Of Hazzard
Smallville
Alias
House
Quincy, M.E.
Murder, She Wrote
Division II
Little House On The Prairie
Lost
ER
The Prisoner
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Perry Mason
Columbo
Law & Order
Division III
The Practice
Northern Exposure
In The Heat Of The Night
JAG
Third Watch
Magnum, P.I.
L.A. Law
CSI: Miami
Division IV
St. Elsewhere
Party of Five
Matlock
Picket Fences
24
Hill Street Blues
Joan of Arcadia
Felicity
No X-Files anywhere?
Ya know, I thought this would be a fun thread to participate in, but I have never watched about two-thirds of these. I guess that disqualifies me from playing.
First of all, a protest vote. The best drama of all time, James Garner starring in The Rockford Files, has been omitted from the competition. All other shows are competing for second place. Baywatch vs. Dawson’s Creek Bonanza vs. Eight is Enough Kojak vs. Dukes Of Hazzard
Smallville vs.** Dragnet**
Highway to Heaven vs.** Alias**
Fantasy Island vs. House
Quincy, M.E. vs.** Mannix** Beverly Hills, 90210 vs. Murder, She Wrote
Division II
Little House On The Prairie vs. Touched By An Angel
Knots Landing vs. Lost
Melrose Place vs. ER
The Prisoner vs. Homicide
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. Judging Amy NYPD Blue vs. Perry Mason Columbo vs. Miami Vice
Roswell vs. Law & Order
Division III
The Practice vs. CSI Northern Exposure vs. Oz In The Heat Of The Night vs. Deadwood
The Waltons vs. JAG
Third Watch vs. Cagney & Lacey
Silk Stalkings vs.** Magnum, P.I.**
L.A. Law vs. Twin Peaks CSI: Miami vs. The Sopranos
Division IV Diagnosis Murder vs. St. Elsewhere
Party of Five vs. The Six Million Dollar Man
Matlock vs. Ironside
NCIS vs. Picket Fences
**24 **vs. Dynasty
Dallas vs. Hill Street Blues
Joan of Arcadia vs. Adam-12
**Law & Order: Special Victims Unit **vs. Felicity
Hey, I get to be in on this one from the opening round! My picks:
Division I Baywatch vs. Dawson’s Creek
Bonanza vs. Eight is Enough
Kojak vs. Dukes Of Hazzard (no real problem with Telly’s show, but my real surname is similar to “Kojak”, and approximately 10,786 people have attempted to dazzle me with their wit by playing off this fact)
Smallville vs. Dragnet
Highway to Heaven vs. Alias (though I would leave the arena/hit the sack early if this were the fourth game of a quadrupleheader)
Fantasy Island vs. House
Quincy, M.E. vs. Mannix (my brother Mike’s favorite show, so I’ll pick it) Beverly Hills, 90210 vs. Murder, She Wrote
Division II Little House On The Prairie vs. Touched By An Angel
Knots Landing vs. Lost (an excuse to see the latter for the first time) Melrose Place vs. ER (how many bids does the Spelling Conference get, anyway?) The Prisoner vs. Homicide
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. Judging Amy (my mom would really have a hard time rooting against either)
NYPD Blue vs. Perry Mason Columbo vs. Miami Vice (guess which team I’d have rooted for in a Princeton-UNLV matchup during the Pete Carril-Jerry Tarkanian era) Roswell vs. Law & Order (a scrappy outsider I gotta take against the behemoth)
Division III
The Practice vs. CSI (I’ll sneak peeks at the paper during this one) Northern Exposure vs. Oz In The Heat Of The Night vs. Deadwood The Waltons vs. JAG
Third Watch vs. Cagney & Lacey (if only for the theme music) Silk Stalkings vs. Magnum, P.I. L.A. Law vs. Twin Peaks (even though I’ve also been called “Kuzak” once or twice too often)
CSI: Miami vs. The Sopranos (since it’ll win anyway)
Division IV
Diagnosis Murder vs. St. Elsewhere (Van Dyke should have retired instead of taking that post-sitcom job) Party of Five vs. The Six Million Dollar Man (Bionic Woman Lindsay Wagner would have presented a dilemma against Jennifer Love Hewitt, though) Matlock vs. Ironside (since Griffith went out too early in the sitcom tourney)
NCIS vs. Picket Fences
24 vs. Dynasty (Heather Locklear only redeeming feature of this yawner)
Dallas vs. Hill Street Blues (survivor is ripe to be upset in Round 2) Joan of Arcadia vs. Adam-12 (what was going through the committee’s collective mind here?)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit vs. Felicity
Division I
Baywatch vs. Dawson’s Creek Bonanza vs. Eight is Enough Kojak vs. Dukes Of Hazzard Smallville vs. Dragnet Highway to Heaven vs. Alias (haven’t seen highway to heaven, HAVE seen Alias)
Fantasy Island vs. House Quincy, M.E. vs. Mannix Beverly Hills, 90210 vs. Murder, She Wrote
Division II Little House On The Prairie vs. Touched By An Angel
Knots Landing vs. Lost (tough choice, I hate them both)
Melrose Place vs. ER
The Prisoner vs. Homicide (another tough one, same reason) Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. Judging Amy (yet another tough one, same reason)
NYPD Blue vs. Perry Mason (and yet another tough one, not a great bracket for me)
Columbo vs. Miami Vice Roswell vs. Law & Order
Division III The Practice vs. CSI Northern Exposure vs. Oz In The Heat Of The Night vs. Deadwood
The Waltons vs. JAG Third Watch vs. Cagney & Lacey
Silk Stalkings vs. Magnum, P.I. L.A. Law vs. Twin Peaks
CSI: Miami vs. The Sopranos
Division IV Diagnosis Murder vs. St. Elsewhere Party of Five vs. The Six Million Dollar Man Matlock vs. Ironside
NCIS vs. Picket Fences 24 vs. Dynasty
Dallas vs. Hill Street Blues Joan of Arcadia vs. Adam-12
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit vs. Felicity
I guess that disqualifies me from playing.