Unopened Boxsets that I liked the look of from the Pilot: The ILX Television 51 Show Countdown Extravaganza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

still 32 shows to go d.

32. Family Guy (15 votes, 1735 points.)
http://style.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/family-guy-cast-poster-c11790610.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydVp-2B8qlw

I guess the ranking for Oz and Dexter is about right. They both do what they're supposed to do and they're both a bit groundbreaking in their own way, but at the end of the day they're just pretty good soap operas geared more towards the testosterone set.

Deric OTM

yeah i mean...this list is definitely going to be dominated by scripted shows, especially compared to how much reality programming dominated TV ratings throughout the decade

I;m putting my money on Lost being #1.

family guy is again placed about right where i expected, but project runway is my first real wtf so far.

WTF people.

Oh, Family Guy is a better show than Gilmore Girls? That explains why everyone at work suddenly has a goatee today.

as in it should have been higher? xpost

tons of people like Project Runway, many of them on this board (I can take it or leave it personally, but I'm not surprised at all to see it here)

Project Runway is one of the only reality shows I'll rep for, even though I haven't watched it much. Basically, I can get behind a show featuring people with talent trying to outdo one another rather than a bunch of unemployable douchebags trying to outdouche one another.

I prefer Top Chef to Project Runway, but I'm guessing it won't place. As far as other reality shows, I hope (the UK) Big Brother places. Series 5 NEVA 4GET! How much play does the Amazing Race get on ILX?

I'm beginning to realize that not everyone is as enamoured with scripted comedy and long-form narrative as I am.

My disdain for scripted comedy around here is legendary in my own head.

Given the vocal ILX following, I imagine Top Chef will do better than Runway. Also Top Chef is riding on its best season in years right now.

my predictions for reality shows in the nominations thread were American Idol, Survivor, Big Brother, Jackass and Top Model -- totally forgot about Project Runway or i woulda said that too

not so sure about Survivor now, though, and even though lots of people here watch Idol I'm not sure how many of them would vote for it as excellent television (though i did)

Jackass always a mixed bag - loved the stunts and pranks on other members of the team, hated the 'duping strangers' stuff mostly.

ok, the last for today...

Is Britishers voting for GSS the equivalent of Americans voting for, say, Monday Night Football on ESPN? Cause that's just lame.

31. House M.D. (16 votes, 1860 points.)
http://holmes.spontaneousderivation.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/house-md.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T0lT8gJFO0

Housey looking so earnest there.

GSS is way more than just a sports show. It's having people who no longer have proper brain function and thus are hilarious be on the telly all saturday covering the thing we love. It is as wildly unpredictable and lovable as the game itself (ok maybe that is overselling it.)

1) Stelling
2) lots of numbers and stats on screen updating live

everything else about it sucks tbh but those two reasons are more than enough justification

as in it should have been higher? xpost

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), 03 November 2009 16:06

emphatically not.

GSS is essentially an improv comedy show starring senile/alcohol addled soccer clebrities

Ok, the top 30:

Only 2 more shows with less than 2000points.
Only 12 more without at least a #1 vote.
Only 10 more who got less than 20 votes.

Anyone wanna make predictions?

lots of rubbish i didn't vote for rhubarb rhubarb etc.

it's going swimmingly so far, with the observation that i thought there'd be more interaction on the thread.

can i suggest spacing them out on an hourly basis? maybe it's just me being at work but it seems like two or three get posted at once and some aren't getting the consideration deserved (ie family guy is hilarious, you jerks)

So...only three of my nominees represented thus far, and none in this last batch of ten. I'm a little surprised that 22 of my picks are gonna end up in the top 30, but I guess I must just have good taste, eh? Eh?

still pretty sure that my no 1 will win this.

(Let me just go ahead and predict and say that it's an absolute travesty that Tim And Eric Awesome Show Great Job! isn't going to make the top 50. Bleh.)

Pretty sure that my number 1 will win or at least end up in the top 3.

Gilmore Girls finished way too low. I love it with an almost familial love.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, November 2, 2009 2:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Yeah, I didn't vote for it, even though I probably should've. I think it was because I only watched it sporadically.

was there a lifespan period for when the shows had to be on the air?

I'll try to space it out more tomorrow.

was morbs allowed to vote for gunsmoke?

Were any new episodes of Roobarb and Custard broadcast in the '00s?

Deric- remember you changed your #1 so which show do you mean? Or are you just being coy?

bnw- umm, at least an episode had to be originally broadcast during the decade, if thats what you mean.

oh ok

Black Books is perhaps Dylan Moran's finest hour.

Nah, that was How Do You Want Me? - which won't be featuring in these results.

samuel, that's a piddling complaint- sterling work on putting this together, and i hope the warm glow of achievement you feel will make up for the crushing disappointment of jack wilshere's move to wigan in the coming years.

dylan moran standup >>>>>>>> dylan moran acting

was there a lifespan period for when the shows had to be on the air?

― bnw, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:29 AM (56 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I think the only requirement was any first run episodes at all airing at some point from 2000 to 2009. There are a few miniseries, quickly cancelled and/or really recent shows with just a handful of episodes that I think will do well or already have placed.

yeah my #1 definitely fits into that category

dylan moran standup >>>>>>>> dylan moran acting

Really? There doesn't seem to be a great deal of difference between the two, tbh.

How high will Freaks and Geeks be?

was morbs allowed to vote for gunsmoke?

― bnw, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10:30 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Ha. Thank you for that.

And I mean my new and correct #1, Samuel. I was less sure about its ultimate victory until I saw how the results seem to be weighed thus far. Well, I guess the results have actually been completely batshit and all over the place thus far*, so #1 could be Man Vs. Wild, for all I know.

(* I think this is a good thing. It's much more interesting this way.)

the bottom half of a poll's results is pretty much always guaranteed to be more batshit and all over the place than the top half

dylan moran standup >>>>>>>> dylan moran acting

Really? There doesn't seem to be a great deal of difference between the two, tbh.

― DavidM, 03 November 2009 16:35 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

that's fair, but not too many good standup routines fit brilliantly into a laboured 30 mins of sitcom.

xp- probably because nobody's that invested in what finished in the 50-25 bracket?

re House bloopers - is Hugh Laurie actually American now?

The list so far for people who cannot be bothered to open the whole page:

51. The Inbetweeners (11 votes, 1140 points.)
50. Breaking Bad (7 votes, 1160 points.)
49. State of Play (8 votes, 1170 points.)
48. The Venture Bros (7 votes, 2 #1 votes, 1180 points.)
47. Da Ali G Show (12 votes, 1210 points.)
46. Q.I. (11 votes, 1220 points.)
45. Party Down (10 votes, 1230 points.)
44. Aqua Teen Hunger Force (10 votes, 1240 points.)
43. The Simpsons (15 votes, 1290 points.)
42. Angel (9 votes, 1310 points.)
41. Gilmore Girls (7 votes, 2 #1 votes, 1310 points.)
40. Wonder Showzen (11 votes, 1 #1 vote, 1350 points.)
39. Gillette Soccer Saturday (9 votes, 1360 points.)
38. Black Books (9 votes, 1440 points.)
37. Oz (11 votes, 1530 points.)
36. Dexter (12 votes, 1560 points.)
35. Friday Night Lights (11 votes, 1 #1 vote, 1630 points.)
34. Jackass (14 votes, 1640 points.)
33. Project Runway (15 votes, 1670 points.)
32. Family Guy (15 votes, 1735 points.)
31. House M.D. (16 votes, 1860 points.)

How high will Freaks and Geeks be?

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:37 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

I could tell you but that would give away the game. :D