Hey all,
We're halfway through the first round, and today we move to the right-hand side of the draw. Those familiar with my television palette will know that today's opening battle makes me very sad because 24 - my all-time favourite show - has one of the toughest opponents in the competition: The 100. FOX's real-time drama would appear to be facing an uphill battle here, its fandom seemingly far less widespread and vocal than The 100's. And it didn't even qualify for last year's competition. Its only glimmer of hope may be that in light of one particular plot point during the CW's post-apocalyptic drama's third season, many fans have begun to root against it, but it is still difficult to see anything but a domination here.
Stranger Things had a pretty disappointing debut appearance last year, crashing out in the second round. It did, admittedly, face Buffy in that defeat but given the series was just over a month old and the talk of the internet, I expected better. Perhaps this year, it will improve. To do so, the series must take down Pretty Little Liars today, which appears as an ended show for the first time having concluded in June. Its last of two appearances came in 2015, where it finished second-last in the final rankings. I suspect it may not fare much better today.
A reminder of the rules:
1) Two shows will go into battle in a poll, where after exactly 24 hours, the leading show will win the battle and will progress into the next round. Each poll will open at 12pm ET on a given day.
2) Vote for your favourite and spread the word with your friends & fans.
3) One vote per person per poll.
4) Comment on what you voted for on in the comments below.
5) Have fun. This is a friendly & competitive competition. Please do not start attacking other fans or fangroups in the comments, because this really isn't what this competition is about.
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Remember to check back tomorrow for Person of Interest vs. Gossip Girl and Glee vs. Forever!
