Oh those pesky 12 seeds!
Three 12 seeds advanced to the second round of Sitcom Madness, a stunning development. Usually one or two make it through, but not three. This speaks to the volume of love we have for our television shows, or a poor job of seeding by the selection committee, but we prefer the former.
See the updated bracket below with final first-round vote tallies. The Cosby Show was the only top seed not to reach four digits. And the Art Vandelay bracket is all whacked out. Crazy stuff.
The polls are open for the second round so get to voting.
The Voting Schedule
Second round: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. March 24 to noon March 27.
Sweet Sixteen: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. March 27 to noon March 31.
Elite Eight: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. March 31 to noon April 3.
Final Four: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. April 3 to noon April 7.
Championship: Poll open from 12:15 p.m. April 7 to noon April 9.
We'll announce the big winner and celebrate at 12:30 p.m.
The Voting Booth
• Vote: The Art Vandelay Bracket
• Vote: The Hillman College Bracket
• Vote: The 4077th Bracket
• Vote: The Fun Bobby Bracket
Comments (6)
Are there any successful sitcoms done by christen, budhist, moslem or hindus? Funny, it sure doesn't seem to be that way.
no, but they soor is some that cun spelt!
This bracket is so wrong! Any sitcom ranking that does not have the greatest sitcom of all time even in it gets no respect from me. Ever hear of "Taxi"? If you didn't you're really missing the boat.
This bracket is so wrong! Any sitcom ranking that does not have the greatest sitcom of all time even in it gets no respect from me. Ever hear of "Taxi"? If you didn't you're really missing the boat.
Montauk,
"Taxi" was a very good show.
But as I mentioned in the opening round, the selection committee had a tough time trimming the list of 120 down to 64.
"Taxi" was among the last few who had its bubble burst. Looking back, perhaps it was the wrong decision. Perhaps not.
Maybe after Sitcom Madness ends, we'll do an NIT-type tournament for the shows whose bubble burst at the final hour.
Taxi was too good to be in this survey. It was critically acclaimed and had a tremendous cast. However, at the time it was too drama like for the sit com world. People wanted feel good stories like Happy Days and Laverne and Shriley. Taxi won 3 Emmys for Best Comedy, but did poorly in the ratings. This is more about popularity.