TV Draft - Game Thread
Welcome to the TV Draft
Here is the pick order:
1. Nich
2. ak56
3. D1abolical
4. Filthy
5. Xander
6. Zurvan
7. Dr Zeus
8. bolt2112
The Categories:
Sitcom
Police or Lawyer Procedural
Medical Procedural
Premiered pre-2000
10+ Seasons
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror or Action
Gone Too Soon
Reality Series
Drama
Wild Card
A few clarifications:
- For the genre categories, IMDB will be the decider if a show is a valid pick. Use common sense, though
- For "Gone Too Soon", we're looking for shows that were not intended to be a limited series, and that have been cancelled after a maximum of 2 seasons.
- A lot of shows are eligible in multiple categories. Declare the category you are picking in with the pick. You cannot change later
- I will not be organizing a vote to pick a winner, but I welcome someone else doing so if you're so motivated
- Once a show has been picked, it's off the board, as are any reboots. Spinoffs are still good.
Here is a spreadsheet for all the picks.
Nich is on the clock
I hope game of thrones isnt anyone's favorite show
It butchered magnificence
For a show with 10+ seasons, I'll take South Park. After over 25 years on the air and over 300 episodes, they have somehow found a way to remain relevant and funny.
Got sniped on South Park, "You Bastard!"
Taking from a category that I don't watch at all but Survivor for reality series seems like a good pick.
Another category that is thin for me is Police Procedural
While there are a few I enjoy, it's not deep for me and I don't love most of them.
But there is one Police Procedural that is funny and has annual heists and is more fun than any police procedural I could otherwise pick.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
And my 3rd pick is a show that was gone too soon, then revived, then gone too soon, then revived again. And now it has 10+ seasons, which is a thin category for me.
It's a sci-fi and a sitcom and a pre-1999 and a wild card, so it hits 5 categories, but I'm taking it in the 10+ seasons category
It's #3 rated episode is from season 10, where Professor Farnsworth invents a machine that can take a person back 10 seconds in time. You can see Fry holding that machine in the image below.
Futurama
I think that's it for thin categories for me; have enough options in the other categories that I'm good with whatever others take
1. Nich
2. ak56
3. D1abolical
4. Filthy
5. Xander
6. Zurvan
7. Dr Zeus
8. bolt2112
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In the Gone Too Soon category I will select a cultural phenomenon that lasted only two seasons:
Twin Peaks
For show gone too soon, I'll take Rome. Too epic for it's own good and HBO just couldn't afford to keep it going, unfortunately.
Great pick, and I’ve never even watched Rome!
curb your enthusiasm for 10+ seasons
Rome is a great pick. one of my all time favorite shows
1. Nich
2. ak56
3. D1abolical
4. Filthy
5. Xander
6. Zurvan
7. Dr Zeus
8. bolt2112
I'm gonna pick Columbo for Police Procedural.
What a great show. Always loved how seemingly inept Columbo was but hiw he always got his man. Seems like an own goal to reveal the killer at the start but it works. It's not a who dunnit, it's a how's he gonna figure it out-it.
Love the guest stars. Couldn't have guest stars if the killer wasn't revealed from the start.
Zurvan's inbox is full
In 10+ seasons, I'm taking MASH
All time great show, though some of it hasn't aged all that well. The finale was an event, and set a standard that every series has been trying to match ever since.
i've seen every episode of mash multiple times, except i've never seen the finale
1. Nich
2. ak56
3. D1abolical
4. Filthy
5. Xander
6. Zurvan
7. Dr Zeus
8. bolt2112
I'm gonna pick Columbo for Police Procedural.
What a great show. Always loved how seemingly inept Columbo was but hiw he always got his man. Seems like an own goal to reveal the killer at the start but it works. It's not a who dunnit, it's a how's he gonna figure it out-it.
Love the guest stars. Couldn't have guest stars if the killer wasn't revealed from the start.
I'm a big Columbo fan. The killers never saw him coming until it was too late.
action: band of brothers
Each episode as good as a movie
One of the best casts ive ever seen
I thought we were going from IMDb genres for this?
Band of Brothers doesn't mention action.
