Television Drama March Madness

Dragnet
Quincy

Homicide
Columbo

Northern Exposure
Magnum, P.I.

St. Elsewhere
Hill Street Blues

Sweet Sixteen Results!

Division I
Bonanza 2, Dragnet 8
Alias 7, Quincy, M.E. 3

Division II
Lost 5, Homicide 6
NYPD Blue 6, Columbo 5 (Note – thanks to Gadarene’s late entry, both Division II matchups wound up going to the tiebreaking coin flip. Go figure.)

Division III
Northern Exposure 8, The Waltons 1
Magnum, P.I. 6, The Sopranos 4

Division IV
St. Elsewhere 6, Picket Fences 4
Hill Street Blues 7, Joan of Arcadia 3

Some definite shockers in this round, as we see some powerhouse teams make early exits. Lost lives up to its name, and The Sopranos wind up taking a hit here.

Check back shortly for our Elite Eight matchups!

Last round saw some major favorites get the early boot. Let’s see how the remaining teams fare as we get our Elite Eight matchups underway!

Division I
Dragnet vs. Alias

Division II
Homicide vs. NYPD Blue

Division III
Northern Exposure vs. Magnum, P.I.

Division IV
St. Elsewhere vs. Hill Street Blues

The classics are ruling the roost, as only one remaining show is still in production.

Voting will run through 3:00 pm EST tomorrow. Get those votes in!

Bah, I’m bailing on this. Don’t care about any of the remaining contenders.
: cuddles Lost DVDs and pouts :

I.

Dragnet

II.

NYPD Blue

III.

Magnum
IV.

Hill St. Blues

Division I
Dragnet vs. **Alias **

Division II
Homicide vs. NYPD Blue

Division III
Northern Exposure vs. Magnum, P.I.

Division IV
St. Elsewhere vs. Hill Street Blues

Division I
Dragnet vs. Alias

Division II
Homicide vs. NYPD Blue

Division III
Northern Exposure vs. Magnum, P.I.

Division IV
St. Elsewhere vs. Hill Street Blues

Division I
Dragnet
Division II
Homicide
Division III
Northern Exposure
Division IV
Hill Street Blues

Division I
Dragnet

Division II
Homicide

Division III
Northern Exposure

Division IV
Hill Street Blues

forging bravely on…

Division I
Alias

Division II
NYPD Blue

Division III
Northern Exposure (really tough choice, actually!! Hard to vote against Tom S.)

Division IV
Hill Street Blues

Division I
Dragnet

Division II
NYPD Blue

Division III
Magnum, P.I.

Division IV
Hill Street Blues

I didn’t intentionally vote for all cop shows. Put St. Elsewhere in any other bracket and I would have voted for it.

Division I
Dragnet vs. Alias

Division II
Homicide vs. NYPD Blue

Division III
Northern Exposure vs. Magnum, P.I.

Division IV
St. Elsewhere vs. Hill Street Blues

Division I
**Dragnet ** vs. Alias

Division II
Homicide vs. NYPD Blue

Division III
Northern Exposure vs. Magnum, P.I.

Division IV
St. Elsewhere vs. Hill Street Blues

No vote on the first one, I’ve never seen alias.

Homicide (except the last season)
Northern Exposure
Hill Street Blues.

The votes are cast, and it seems that cops shows are ruling the roost:

Division I
Dragnet 6, Alias 3

Division II
Homicide 3, NYPD Blue 7

Division III
Northern Exposure 5, Magnum, P.I. 6 (Another coin-flipper)

Division IV
St. Elsewhere 2, Hill Street Blues 8

Interesting…are we on track for an all-Steven Bochco Blue vs. Blues championship match?

Check back shortly for our semi-final matchups!

Almost to the end now, and cop shows are the only ones showing the staying power needed to make it to the end. Here are the two matchups remaining:

The Semi-Final Matches:

Dragnet vs. NYPD Blue

Magnum, P.I. vs. Hill Street Blues

We’ll be keeping the polls open a bit longer than our usual 24 hours for this one, so get those votes in by 6:00 pm EST tomorrow.

NYPD Blue

Hill St. Blues

NYPD Blue

The hardest choice so far…Magnum, P.I.

NYPD Blue
Hill Street Blues

Bochco rules!

Dragnet vs. NYPD Blue (since Northern Exposure has been eliminated, Joe Friday is my favorite to take the crown)

Magnum, P.I. vs. Hill Street Blues (tough to get excited about this matchup)