Yesterdays polls delivered two perhaps surprising results, with How I Met Your Mother and Battlestar Galactica seeing off the two shows with stronger online fan bases in Community and 24. It's no surprise however as both shows are hugely popular and worthy of a place in the next round.
Today sees us begin the final quarter of round one, and it begins with a cracker of a showdown between the British TV flagship, Doctor Who challenging The CW's most prized possession in The Vampire Diaries. With the vampires holding such a big online fan base it will be tough for the Doctor to see round two, but he certainly has a fighting chance.
Also today we have J.J.Abrams' Alias challenging the HBO classic Six Feet Under. Both shows have seen a few years of dust since they last aired new episodes but both still have the chance at a second round challenge.
If you want to see the draw for the rest of the competition, and see which show will take on which other show then head HERE for a look. Let the voting begin!
Doctor Who vs. The Vampire Diaries
Channel: BBC1
Series Run: 2005 - present
Major Emmy Wins: N/A (Won Best British Drama Series in British Emmy Equivalent - 2006)
Major Emmy Nominations: N/A
Channel: The CW
Series Run: 2009 - present
Major Emmy Wins: N/A
Major Emmy Nominations: N/A
Alias vs. Six Feet Under
Channel: ABC
Series Run: 2001 - 2006
Major Emmy Wins: N/A
Major Emmy Nominations: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002. Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - 2004, 2003, 2002. Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - 2003. Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - 2002.
Channel: HBO
Series Run: 2001 - 2005
Major Emmy Wins: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series - 2002.
Major Emmy Nominations: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series - 2006, 2003. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - 2006, 2003, 2002. Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002. Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - 2006, 2003. Outstanding Drama Series - 2005, 2003, 2002. Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - 2003, 2002. Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - 2002.
All posts for the competition will be under the label "2012 Series Competition" for easy finding, and can be found in the "features" tab on the main menu bar from the homepage.
You can also keep up to date with the competition by following me on twitter @AdDHarris
I've created a # for the show on twitter, which is #STVSeriesComp so add that to your tweets!
For now, get your vote in, spread the word on Twitter and Facebook, then comment below with who you want to see win! Remember to come back tomorrow as we have Desperate Housewives vs. Castle as well as The X-Files vs. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You don't want to miss that!
Competition Bracket and Shows Left Standing
(bold indicates show is through to next round)
Alias
Arrested Development
Battlestar Galactica
Breaking Bad
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Castle
Charmed
Criminal Minds
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Doctor Who
Firefly
Friday Night Lights
Friends
Fringe
Game of Thrones
Gilmore Girls
Grey's Anatomy
Hawaii 5-0
Heroes
Homeland
House MD
How I Met Your Mother
LOST
Moonlight
NCIS
Nikita
Once Upon a Time
Prison Break
Pushing Daisies
Sherlock
Six Feet Under
Smallville
Supernatural
The Mentalist
The OC
The Sopranos
The Vampire Diaries
The X-Files
Veronica Mars
Good Luck,
Adam
