turborobb

hey kids! you might remember last year I did a sci fi / fantasy / genre / cult TV series tournament, where everyone voted for thier favorite shows in a voting tournament. Well, last year I never got a chance to finish it, because I had to leave town in an emergancy. This time I promise we will make it to the end.

This thread is where everyone nominates up to 10 TV shows they want to be in the Tournament. the top 64 shows with the most nominations will be entered in the tournament.

Rules for nominations...
- pick 10 or less shows you want to be nominated. anyone who picks more than 10 will not have thier nominations counted.
- ANY television show at all can be nominated, if you think Silver Spoons is a "cult" show, that's great.
- shows with spin offs count as different series. (for example, you must say which of the 5 Star Trek series or 2 Stargate series you are nominating and "Buffy/Angel" is not a show, it's two shows)


vote below and be creative!

Count Dooku

Here's my ten:

01- Buffy the Vampire Slayer

02- Star Trek (The Original Series)

03- The Simpsons

04- The Twilight Zone (1959-64 with Rod Serling)

05- Twin Peaks

06- Farscape

07- Star Trek: The Next Generation

08- Batman (1966-68)

09- Angel

10- Freaks and Geeks

turborobb

here's my personal nominations....

1 - Battlestar Galactica (Original Series)
2 - Buffy The Vampire Slayer
3 - 24
4 - Stargate SG1
5 - Doctor Who
6 - V : The Series
7 - Manimal
8 - The Saint
9 - The Flash
10 - Highlander

Forum Troll

1- John Doe

2 - Alien Nation

3 - The Prisoner

4 - Teletubbies

5 - The Muppet Show

Jackskeleton

1. Futurama
2. X-files
3. Star Trek: TOS
4. Star Trek: TNG
5. Firefly
6. Twin Peaks
7. The Muppet Show
8. Invader Zim
9. Farscape
10. The Twilight Zone

Shannon Nutt

Most of these aren't "cult" shows, by my definition of the word (Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, etc. - far too big fanbases to be considered "cult").

Someone's already nominated THE PRISONER, ALIEN NATION and TWIN PEAKS, so here are my additions:


Nowhere Man


The Untouchables (1993-1994 Version)

Chew

Most of my favorites have been named already, but let's add Star Trek: DS9 and Babylon 5 to the list.

turborobb

Guys, the shows that get the most nominations will make it in the tournament, so please, don't be afraid to list a favorite show if it's already been listed.

Chew

Alrighty, then here's my ten (in no particular order):

• Buffy
• Star Trek: TOS
• Twilight Zone
• Twin Peaks
• Star Trek: TNG
• Batman
• The Prisoner
• Farscape
• Star Trek: DS9
• Babylon 5

milo bloom

Angel
Star Trek TOS
Firefly
South Park
Buffy
Star Trek DS9
Star Trek TNG
Futurama
Simpsons
Sealab 2021

j123vt_99

Not sure how to truly define cult, but these have a big following and I enjoy them (no order). Not sure why most of them start with S

South Park
Seinfeld
Simpsons
Sopranos
Scrubs
Newsradio
Family Guy
Arrested Development
Greg the Bunny
The Job

B.A.

The Office
Keen Eddie
Alias

das Monkey

Considering what happened last time, you should probably set up some tie-breaker rules. I would also suggest seeding the first 64 based on number of nominating votes. We had some unfortunate head-to-head matchups in early rounds last time.

das

Morf

Star Trek: TNG
Futurama
Family Guy
Alias
Buffy
Angel
Undeclared
Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Arrested Development
Greg the Bunny

Red Dog

I'll pick some that others haven't yet (is it 'cult' if everyone here nominates it? )...

Coupling-UK
Crime Story
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Titus
Fastlane
Knight Rider

Mysteryfan

Alias
24
Star Trek TOS
Miami Vice
Desperate Housewives
Lost
Twilight Zone (Original)
X-files
Homicide: Life on the Street
Sopranos

lisadoris

In no order:

1. Babylon 5
2. Star Trek: DS9
3. Alien Nation
4. Space: Above & Beyond
5. X-Files
6. Firefly
7. G vs E
8. Star Trek: TNG
9. My So-Called Life
10. Sliders

I second the seeding notion. I would hate for B5 to go against DS9 in the first round.

RMSpuhler

Greg the Bunny
SportsNight
Family Guy

(All three classify as "cult" - so few people watched them that they got cancelled.)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast
The Brak Show

(Are weird cartoons "cult"?)

Msyery Science Theater 3000
Kids in the Hall
The State
NewsRadio

Achtung

Sports Night
Freaks & Geeks
Keen Eddie
Family Guy
The Office
Andy Richter Controls The Universe

rkndkn

Homicide: Life on the Street
EZ Streets
The Job
Haunted
Boomtown
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Avengers
Miami Vice
Touching Evil (US)
thirtysomething

turborobb

Last time I picked all the first round match-ups at complete random selection. I wrote the names of all the shows on index cards, shuffled them, laid them all out face down on the table and had my girlfriend pick them out at random. I thought it turned out pretty fair that way and gave us some interesting match ups. I think no matter how you do it somebody is going to be mad because thier favorite show got matched up against "Star Trek" or "Buffy" on the first round. Personally I think it would be rather boring and predictable if all the first round matches were 'popular hit show' vs 'show that nobody has heard of'. However, I'm opened minded and willing to do it a different way if you guys have ideas.

I remember last time there was one tie and it was in the 3rd or 4th round and it was oddly enough "Star Trek TOS" vs "Star Trek TNG". I remember I did a single re-vote on that match-up and the choises were "Star Trek TOS", "Star Trek TNG", 'niether' (which would have resulted in the show they were to face in the next round getting a free pss), or 'both' (which would have resulted in, as they say in pro wrestling, A Three Way Dance! in the next round) A little silly, I know, but I was having fun with it. again, if anyone has ideas on tie breaking I'm all ears

das Monkey

I hate this fucking new software. Here's some text so it will allow me to submit my post

turborobb

Cusm

In no order and keeping these as cult as possible.

Farscape
MST3K
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Twin Peaks
Space Above and Beyond
Keen Eddie
Touching Evil
Duckman
Undeclared
The Tick (live action)

DRG

Personally I think it'd be cool to see the quarter brackets set up as sub-tournaments of sorts, with similarly themed shows competing. For example, all animated shows would fight it out, all space/futuristic sci-fi, all comedies, etc. We could crown individual "genre champs", which would then face each other to find the overall cult champ. A simplified version of what I mean is below:

Sci Fi Division

Star Trek
vs
Babylon 5

Farscape
vs
ST: The Next Generation

vs the winner of

Comedy Division

Family Guy
vs
Futurama

Simpsons
vs
South Park

Comedy Division

Arrested Development
vs
Greg the Bunny

The Office
vs
Sports Night

Fantasy/Horror/Non-Space Sci Fi Division

Buffy
vs
Twilight Zone

Angel
vs
X-Files

Etc., the examples and categories are not meant to be all-encompassing. It's just to illustrate what I was aiming for. Seeing how there is an inbalance between some genres, there could be 8 sub-tourneys, but some genres might fill twice the number of overall slots.