IR Greatest TV Show Tournament: Round 1, Bloc 8
 

We've got just two more blocs of first round action!

The Eaglesfan27 concludes its first round today with #2 M*A*S*H playing #15 Law & Order for the second round matchup with #7 Twilight Zone.

M*A*SH*
Military dramedy ran from 1972-1983 on CBS and the series finale was the #1 most watched TV show of all time until the 2010 Saints/Colts Super Bowl. Won 14 Emmys and a 1975 Peabody.

Law & Order
NBC legal drama began in 1990 and has run for 20 seasons. It's been renewed for a 21st season and will set the record for longest running primetime drama in American television history. Has led to multiple spinoffs and won 1997 Emmy for Outstanding Drama, one of two Emmys won out of 14 nominations.

In the Izulde, #6 The Office (US) plays #11 Oz for the right to play 14 seed Monday Night Football in the second round.

The Office (US)
American adaptation of the British antecedent. Began in 2005 on NBC as a midseason replacement. Winner of 3 Emmys, a Golden Globe and a 2007 Peabody.

Oz
HBO prison drama that ran from 1997-2003 and was the first show ever produced by HBO. I wasn't able to find an awards listing, which seems somehow appropriate for this perhaps underappreciated series.

The Solecismic has #4 seed Dexter up against #13 seed Batman: the Animated Series, with the winner to play #5 Sports Night in the second round.

Dexter
Showtime drama series recently concluded its 4th season and is renewed for a 5th season. The finale of the 4th season set a Showtime viewership record with 2.6 million. Winner of 2 Emmys and 2 Golden Globes, including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor Golden Globes in 2009.

Batman: the Animated Series
Cartoon series ran from 1992-1995 on Fox and was critically praised for its handling of the Batman franchise and overall quality. Named to Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 TV shows of 1992 and was ranked the #2 animated TV series of all time by IGN.com and Wizard magazine.

And finally, the Pumpy Tudors features #1 Cheers vs #16 WWE: Monday Night Raw to advance to a second round date with #9 seed Frasier.

Cheers
NBC comedy series ran 11 seasons, from 1982-1993. Famous for the tagline "Where everybody knows your name". Nearly cancelled during its first season when its premiere ranked dead last (77 out of 77 shows). Won 28 Emmys and was nominated for 117 in all, setting a then-record for nominations. Spun off into Frasier, which also appears in this tournament.

WWE: Monday Night Raw
The only wrestling show to make the tournament, it began in 1993 on the USA Network before moving to Spike TV in 2000, then back to USA in 2005. The show is the longest running, weekly episodic show in television history that hasn't taken any hiatus. (according to Wikipedia). I couldn't find any awards information, but if it ever does, I fully expect a hot Victoria's Secret model to show up on my doorstep the next day and say I'm all hers.

Seriously? Raw is better than Cheers? What the fuck is wrong with people?!!

I watched the shit out of Cheers. Just last week I taped an episode just so my wife could see how hilarious it could be (the one where Woody becomes a pitchman for Veggie-Boy drinks).

Hmm Oz versus The Office.

Well Oz probably lasted too long but it was still excellent TV

I will never forgive Cheers for spawning that boring SOC Frasier and as much as I mock wrestling, at least RAW is so bad it's actually entertaining. Plus I don't remember Cheers as ever entertaining me.

I feel sorry for you.

(paraphrase) "Kale was not a good addition"

SI

Aren't you also the one who said iCarly was one of the top shows of all time?

Kelly my darling, you are my sunshine;
When we're together I feel fine.
Your smile is so lovely; your hair is so clean;
You make me feel that the whole world is mine.

Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly,
Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, K-E-L-L-Y ...
Why? Because you're

Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly,
(pause) Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly,
Kelly of mine!

Apparently iCarly>>Cheers.

I'll admit, MASH is a bit before my time so perhaps I can't appreciate its greatness, but I thought Law and Order would put up a good fight, guess not. Law and Order was never a "favorite show", but over the years it's always a show I find myself watching.

Yay! A bracket where I was able to vote for each matchup.

Point, set, match. :D

I prefer Frasier to Cheers actually. Altho I think it's more because of time period and datedness of cheers and that it reminds me of high school.
Both are brilliant. And considering Izulde's favorite show is something that drops the F-bomb every minute and considers that entertainment, I don't think he's much into comedy.

They drop the F-bomb in iCarly? I should have started watching this years ago.

damn, beat me to it...

There are gonna be some lopsided matchups this round

lol? Are you really going to bash The Wire for having its characters say fuck? Also what the fuck does liking shows that say fuck have to do with liking fucking comedy? fuck man what the fuck.




:popcorn:

I hope that is soap he is eating. Potty mouth!

I know, its disgusting isn't it? Don't worry, I won't vote on any comedies. I like the F word too much to like comedy. ;)

Gotta say, it is my go-to curse word. Sooooooooooo versatile!

Why are so many people still voting for the dashed line? What is that?

i vote the dashed line because i dont know who to vote for. apparently i'm missing out on a bunch of shoes.

Adebisi is gonna do terrible things to Jim Halpert.

This is quickly turning into a South Park episode.

i rest my case :)

Disliking The Wire because there are curse words is akin to disliking The Godfather because you don't like Italian food.

you need shoes to watch TV? ;)

Disliking The Wire because there are curse words is akin to disliking Star Wars because you don't like other galaxies.

I am sorry. I am not a very funny person.

haha beautiful.

Also, your username is absurdly long.

In my case I've been choosing that when I've never watched an episode of either show.

Me too.

No, I said it was one of my favorites. There's a big difference there. I have lots of favorite things I wouldn't consider greatest.

Same. Or the "don't have an opinion either way" option for some

SI

Oops, I was on my iTouch when I made that post. Backspacing on a touch is like typing while drunk, just too lazy to hit the backspace key :p

Raw is an institution. Cheers is a has-been that people only think is funny because they were told it was funny.

Plus Kirstie Alley is fat.

Raw causes brain damage, even in tiny doses.

Absolutely. That's only one of the reasons I voted for it though. Most of the reasons were anti-Cheers.

So does binge drinking, and that's still frickin fantastic! (Until the next morning...)

I thought it caused having inbred spawn...

dola: forgot to add

:eek:

:devil:

All I've got to say about Cheers is...

What comes to mind when hearing an injury report about someone having a ....

Groin Injury


Gr
Grr
Groooiinnn
Innjuuuuurrrrryyy