ILX's Best Television of 2019 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends January 31

oh damn i cant believe i almost missed this. i'll send one soon!

damn ill have to write in philosophytube tho, sorry i didn't see noms :(

i'll get a ballot in

I'll definitely get a ballot in but will probably be close to the wire (HBO)

Voted!

18 ballots and 262 votes; think we can get it up to 20 before the end of the night? As noted, I'm hoping we can get 30 to 40 total ballots... it's not like you guys DON'T watch teevee, right? So vote!

Dont'cha wanna see those sick Moka images? I know I do.

Voted

20 ballots and 293 votes! If we can get this up to 35, I bet we could do a top 77 and have that follow albums.
Three days to vote! Please do!

plan to submit a lil ballot tomorrow x

lil ballot tomorrow x would make a good country-rap name, y/n?

Voted. This was dead simple compared to any music poll, even the ordering part. everyone should vote in this

Yah I think it took me 5 minutes it’s already my fav poll ha

I've only seen a half a dozen of these shows, though, and one of my favorites (Dead To Me) wasn't even nominated. the music and movie polls seem much easier for me

I only heard like six new albums this year and I didn't think it was enough to vote in the ILM poll. But six shows is enough to drop a ballot in this poll I think, given the small number of nominees

Voted!

Thought I could maybe throw a short ballot together and then I looked and The Virtues isn't even nominated :(

surprised myself by voting, hope not too late

not a tv buff but sent ya 4 over of my 2019 favs

Two Days left to vote!!! Get the word out and draw some people in so we can make the most outta this!
Write ins will be accepted.

A'ight, sent my ballot after I sorted out the technical intricacies of having compiled my ballot upon a work computer that doesn't allow me to access my personal email. I feel like MacGyver now. Like the MacGyver of emailing things.

sent'd

Ok managed to cobble 10 together and sent

Will definitely put in a ballot tonight. If I can possibly binge another season or 2 before then, I will.

Watched the first four episodes of Terrace House 2019-2020 since sending my ballot and I'm already pretty sure I'll regret not including it

Dan Worsley, thank you for nominating Yorkshire Walks! Just caught it this week, it's slow zen tv right up my alley.

Ballot sent!

30 ballots and 353 votes! Can we do 40 ballots? Get me your list of favorites; all we need is a minimum of 4 up to a maximum of 25 and then you'll have a fighting chance for your faves!

Good news!

Worth a last minute promotion drive in the Netflix or other TV threads?

I might have thought of doing that, yes.

I feel like I watch a pretty healthy amount of TV yet I think I only saw the entire 2019 season of 12 shows apparently (voted for 10). I think I'll let the poll results guide my viewing in the immediate future (starting I imagine with Fleabag, which I haven't seen).

might ask my wife to do a list too, she watches way more than I do (while I'm watching sports). I bet she's gotten through at least 30-40 of these.

"I think I'll let the poll results guide my viewing"
my hope is that's what this poll is good for but to do that it needs a broad base of entries, so get in whatever you got so we can see what everybody's recommending!

Most of the 2019 shows I have seen are frankly unworthy of nominations or votes but they make for solid ambient accompaniment to making dinner and paying bills and what have you.

most of us eat dinner and pay bills too!

reminded I need to finish this season of Mindhunter, I really dig that show so I'm not sure why I haven't yet seen it through to the end.

I might have thought of doing that, yes.

Lol. Just seen my bookmarks

Helped me clear a few bookmarks I no longer need, tbh.

is it cool if i vote in this even if i hate television

btw feels like fleabag's and russian doll's game to win

we all hate everything brad; that's the point of the board

lol

i kinda feel like i haven't seen enough to do this. there are many shows on the list that i feel like i would love that i just haven't gotten around to (the oa bc i love hot incoherent messes, steven universe which i've seen some but not all of, joe pera talks to you, letterkenny, tuca and bertie). i'd be a prominent voter for the most recent season of are you the one though, greatest season of reality tv i've ever seen

PEN15! PEN15!

i also need to see that show

i arranged the 15 shows i voted for into a tier of 1-10 and 11-15 to align with the point tiers above, but then i was thinking that if i could choose, i would give 10 points to my top 5, which were the shows i really enjoyed above and beyond everything else, and 5 points to my bottom 10, which were shows i enjoyed but didn't reach that peak. but i understand that letting everyone assign their own points is too complicated. just being honest about what i loved vs. what i liked

also i know it came out like three years ago but i think i should still be able to vote for twin peaks the return

I sent a ballot. I would have given Russian Doll the bulk of my points had that been an option.

It's a shame Emmerdale wasn't nominated!

Modest proposal: same points as before except on all ballots,

#4 = 15 points
#3 = 20 points
#2 = 25 points
#1 = 30 points

I want my very favourite stuff to get an outsize share of the points and stand a better chance, and I think others would agree. As I say, your call, and thanks for running this

I'll likely adjust different point scoring for future polls but let's chalk scoring issues up this go round to first time polling.
I've already got a tabulation system in place and people voted based on it so i don't want the hassle/work/madness of revising it midstream.

Also: we are getting several ballots with only three or four picks which means there's some strategic options if you really want to stress the stuff you love!

Solution: close the voting tonight as planned. Then announce that every voter has 3 or 4 days to affirm their ordered top 4 by email. Then add 5 points to 4s, 10 to 3s, 15 to 2s and 20 to 1s. I don't want my #1 and #10 to get the same number of points, and my only 'strategic option' is to only vote for 4 things! Which all get the same points as each other anyway! Sorry to be difficult but this would be way better (and less of a dull Netflix procession) with more tiering.

Unless you're making a mordant comment on the viewing-figures-based likelihood of shows getting renewed lol

Problem with changing the voting is that not everyone who sent in a ballot is going to know things have changed.

53 ballots.
Two week roll out would be a function of my work schedule I’m afraid. Let’s see.

that’s a solid turnout!

Enough to do a legit 77 i think

Wow that's great. I saw ~20 different shows last year, which is of course a very small slice of what's out there. excited to see what I'm missing out on

forks I seriously think a slow roll-out suits a TV poll, giving people time to talk about the results at more leisure, especially if they're not online during the moments that you're posting. don't stress!

All the prep is done, starting tomorrow!

Top 77 Television and Streaming Video Series of 2019