# Television Drama March Madness **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972 "2006-03-29T14:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/21 "2006-03-30T03:46:18Z")
[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 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/22 "2006-03-30T04:02:44Z")
Division I Dawson’s Creek Bonanza Kojak Dragnet Highway to Heaven House Quincy, M.E. Beverly Hills, 90210 Division II Little House On The Prairie Knots Landing ER Homicide Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman NYPD Blue Columbo Law & Order Division III The Practice Oz Deadwood The Waltons Cagney & Lacey Magnum, P.I. L.A. Law The Sopranos Division IV St. Elsewhere Party of Five Ironside Picket Fences 24 Hill Street Blues Joan of Arcadia Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/23 "2006-03-30T05:22:39Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/24 "2006-03-30T05:23:19Z")
Division I Baywatch Eight is Enough Kojak Dragnet Alias House Quincy, M.E. Beverly Hills, 90210 Division II Little House On The Prairie Lost ER Homicide Judging Amy Perry Mason Columbo Law & Order Division III The Practice Northern Exposure Deadwood The Waltons Cagney & Lacey Magnum, P.I. Twin Peaks CSI: Miami Division IV St. Elsewhere The Six Million Dollar Man Matlock Picket Fences 24 Hill Street Blues Adam-12 Felicity ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/25 "2006-03-30T05:25:18Z")
And yeah: The West Wing, The Rockford Files, The X-Files, The Wire, The Shield… What have you got against definite articles? ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/26 "2006-03-30T05:26:49Z")
> [@Gadarene](#): > > And yeah: The West Wing, The Rockford Files, The X-Files, The Wire, The Shield… > > What have you got against definite articles? This is like the NIT more than the NCAA tournament. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/27 "2006-03-30T17:36:53Z")
And the round 1 results are in: Division I Baywatch - 6, **Dawson’s Creek** - 13 **Bonanza** - 15, Eight is Enough - 4 **Kojak** - 14, Dukes Of Hazzard - 5 Smallville - 8, **Dragnet** - 12 Highway to Heaven - 3, **Alias** - 16 Fantasy Island - 1, **House** - 17 (Biggest blowout of Round 1) **Quincy, M.E.** - 11, Mannix - 8 **Beverly Hills, 90210** - 11, Murder, She Wrote - 8 Division II **Little House On The Prairie** - 16, Touched By An Angel - 2 Knots Landing - 2, **Lost** - 16 Melrose Place - 3, **ER** - 16 The Prisoner - 7, **Homicide** - 13 **Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman** - 10, Judging Amy - 8 **NYPD Blue** - 11, Perry Mason - 9 **Columbo** - 15, Miami Vice - 4 Roswell - 5, **Law & Order** - 15 Division III The Practice - 8, **CSI** - 11 **Northern Exposure** - 14, Oz - 5 **In The Heat Of The Night** - 10, Deadwood - 9 **The Waltons** - 11, JAG - 8 Third Watch - 7, **Cagney & Lacey** - 12 Silk Stalkings - 3, **Magnum, P.I.** - 16 **L.A. Law** - 12, Twin Peaks - 7 CSI: Miami - 6, **The Sopranos** - 13 Division IV Diagnosis Murder - 4, **St. Elsewhere** - 15 Party of Five - 9, **The Six Million Dollar Man** - 10 Matlock - 9, **Ironside** - 10 NCIS - 4, **Picket Fences** - 15 **24** - 15, Dynasty - 4 Dallas - 3, **Hill Street Blues** - 16 **Joan of Arcadia** - 15, Adam-12 - 5 **Law & Order: Special Victims Unit** - 12, Felicity - 8 To answer everyone’s questions: The seeding and divisions were completely random. Ok, you got me…bad idea in retrospect. The reason [_Show X_] isn’t here is because A) it wasn’t listed on [TV.com](http://TV.com)’s most popular dramas of all time list, or B) I simply forgot about it. And I’m really kicking myself for not including _The X-Files_. Ah well… Round 2 coming up shortly! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/28 "2006-03-30T17:45:27Z")
Well, despite some consternation about divisions and key players missing, we’ve got our [Round 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7248922) winners. Time for these folks to move on to new opponents: Division I Dawson’s Creek vs. Bonanza Kojak vs. Dragnet Alias vs. House Quincy, M.E. vs. Beverly Hills, 90210 Division II Little House On The Prairie vs. Lost ER vs. Homicide Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. NYPD Blue Columbo vs. Law & Order Division III CSI vs. Northern Exposure In The Heat Of The Night vs. The Waltons Cagney & Lacey vs. Magnum, P.I. L.A. Law vs. The Sopranos Division IV St. Elsewhere vs. The Six Million Dollar Man Ironside vs. Picket Fences 24 vs. Hill Street Blues Joan of Arcadia vs. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Voting runs through noon EST tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/29 "2006-03-30T18:08:59Z")
Ahh, poor ‘Roswell.’ Guess it didn’t have a chance up against L&O. Division I Dawson’s Creek Kojak Alias Beverly Hills, 90210 Division II Lost ER NYPD Blue Columbo Division III Northern Exposure In The Heat Of The Night Magnum, P.I. The Sopranos Division IV The Six Million Dollar Man Picket Fences 24 Joan of Arcadia ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/30 "2006-03-30T18:10:03Z")
I: Bonanza Dragnet House Quincy II: Lost Homicide NYPD Blue Columbo III: CSI In the Heat of the Night Magnum LA Law IV: St. Elsewhere Ironside 24 L&O:SVU ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/31 "2006-03-30T18:32:49Z")
Division I Bonanza Kojak Alias Beverly Hills, 90210 Division II Lost Homicide NYPD Blue Columbo Division III Northern Exposure The Waltons Magnum, P.I. L.A. Law Division IV The Six Million Dollar Man Picket Fences Hill Street Blues ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/32 "2006-03-30T18:34:28Z")
One fan board I frequent has a multi-page thread discussing the reasons for the omission of _Mission: Impossible_ from the field of 64. Ah, what’s a tournament without a bit of controversy? My picks for Round 2: Division I Dawson’s Creek vs. **Bonanza** (I’ll go “old school” here) Kojak vs. **Dragnet** Alias vs. **House** Quincy, M.E. vs. **Beverly Hills, 90210** Division II **Little House On The Prairie** vs. Lost **ER** vs. Homicide **Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman** vs. NYPD Blue (Jane Seymour matched against Amy Brenneman again) **Columbo** vs. Law & Order Division III CSI vs. **Northern Exposure** (my hope to win it all) In The Heat Of The Night vs. **The Waltons** **Cagney & Lacey** vs. Magnum, P.I. (Tyne Daly hanging on by a thread) **L.A. Law** vs. The Sopranos Division IV **St. Elsewhere** vs. The Six Million Dollar Man Ironside vs. **Picket Fences** 24 vs. **Hill Street Blues** **Joan of Arcadia** vs. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/33 "2006-03-30T18:43:29Z")
I feel a little underqualified to play, since I haven’t seen _a lot_ of these. I’m voting largely on reputation. Still, I’m counting on **Lost** /\*\*Sopranos \*\*showdown, and me sweating over which to vote for… Division I **Dawson’s Creek** vs. Bonanza Kojak vs. **Dragnet** **Alias** vs. House Quincy, M.E. vs. **Beverly Hills, 90210** Division II Little House On The Prairie vs. **Lost** ER vs. **Homicide** Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. **NYPD Blue** Columbo vs. **Law & Order** Division III CSI vs. **Northern Exposure** In The Heat Of The Night vs. **The Waltons** **Cagney & Lacey** vs. Magnum, P.I. L.A. Law vs. **The Sopranos** Division IV **St. Elsewhere** vs. The Six Million Dollar Man Ironside vs. **Picket Fences** **24** vs. Hill Street Blues Joan of Arcadia vs. **Law & Order: Special Victims Unit** ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/34 "2006-03-30T18:43:40Z")
If Homicide doesn’t beat ER, it’ll be a travesty. Bonanza Dragnet House Quincy Lost Homicide Dr. Quinn (man, do I hate NYPD Blue) Law & Order Northern Exposure In the Heat of the Night Magnum, P.I. LA Law St. Elsewhere Picket Fences Hill Street Blues Law & Order: SVU ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/35 "2006-03-30T19:04:48Z")
Division I Bonanza Kojak House Quincy, M.E. Division II Lost Homicide NYPD Blue Law & Order Division III CSI The Waltons Cagney & Lacey The Sopranos Division IV St. Elsewhere Picket Fences Hill Street Blues Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Voting runs through noon EST tomorrow. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/36 "2006-03-30T20:05:21Z")
Division I Dawson’s Creek Kojak Alias \* Beverly Hills, 90210 Division II Lost ER \* NYPD Blue Columbo Division III CSI The Waltons Magnum, P.I. The Sopranos \* Division IV St. Elsewhere Picket Fences Hill Street Blues \* Joan of Arcadia - my predictions for the final four ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/37 "2006-03-30T20:07:20Z")
Division I Dawson’s Creek vs. \*\*Bonanza \*\* Kojak vs. \*\*Dragnet \*\* **Alias** vs. House **Quincy, M.E.** vs. Beverly Hills, 90210 Division II Little House On The Prairie vs. **Lost** **ER** vs. Homicide Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. **NYPD Blue** **Columbo** vs. Law & Order Division III CSI vs. **Northern Exposure** In The Heat Of The Night vs. **The Waltons** Cagney & Lacey vs. **Magnum, P.I.** **L.A. Law** vs. The Sopranos Division IV **St. Elsewhere** vs. The Six Million Dollar Man Ironside vs. **Picket Fences** 24 vs. \*\*Hill Street Blues \*\* **Joan of Arcadia** vs. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/38 "2006-03-30T21:58:53Z")
Division I Bonanza Dragnet House Beverly Hills, 90210 Division II Little House On The Prairie Homicide NYPD Blue Columbo Division III Northern Exposure The Waltons Cagney & Lacey vs. Magnum, P.I. The Sopranos Division IV St. Elsewhere Picket Fences Hill Street Blues Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/39 "2006-03-30T23:24:52Z")
Division I Dawson’s Creek vs. Bonanza Kojak vs. Dragnet Alias vs. House Quincy, M.E. vs. Beverly Hills, 90210 Division II Little House On The Prairie vs. **Lost** ER vs. **Homicide** Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vs. **NYPD Blue** Columbo vs. \*\*Law & Order \*\* Division III **CSI** vs. Northern Exposure In The Heat Of The Night vs. **The Waltons** **Cagney & Lacey** vs. Magnum, P.I. L.A. Law vs. **The Sopranos** Division IV **St. Elsewhere** vs. The Six Million Dollar Man Ironside vs. **Picket Fences** **24** vs. Hill Street Blues **Joan of Arcadia** vs. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972/40 "2006-03-30T23:30:00Z")
Division I Bonanza Dragnet Alias Quincy, M.E. Division II Lost Homicide NYPD Blue Law & Order Division III CSI In The Heat Of The Night Cagney & Lacey L.A. Law Division IV St. Elsewhere Ironside Hill Street Blues Joan of Arcadia [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-drama-march-madness/350972.md?page=3)