Television Drama March Madness

In My Humble Opinion
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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

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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

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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

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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

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And yeah: The West Wing, The Rockford Files, The X-Files, The Wire, The Shield…

What have you got against definite articles?

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This is like the NIT more than the NCAA tournament.

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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’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!

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Well, despite some consternation about divisions and key players missing, we’ve got our Round 1 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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.
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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
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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

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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

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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

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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