Oh thank god. Firefly wins. I don't have to quit yet. Firefly moves onto round 2.

Special Victims Unti squeaks this one out to make me a bit happier about the showdowns in general and moves onto round 2.

Homicide wins and moves onto Round 2.

The cops and lawyers beat the doctors and nurses as Law & Order moves onto round 2.

This one pains me a little as I really do think FNL is one of the best shows on television and I don't care it's only been a little over a season. And it's not meant as a negative to Columbo, but anyway Columbo moves onto round 2.

Fred Savage seems to be a bit wiser than Ken Wahl and The Wonder Years moves onto round 2.

Praise be to Allah, I finally win a rock, paper, scissors matchup and Angel moves on by tiebreaker and into round 2.

The cops of Miami Vice beat the Salingers and move onto round 2.

In the Heat of the Night moves onto round 2.

NYPD Blue kills it's predecessor and moves onto round 2.

The X-Files moves onto Round 2.

St. Elsewhere unfortunately moves on to Round 2.

Lost moves onto Round 2.

The A-Team moves onto round 2.

In a surprise to no one, the votes have been cast and THE SIMPSONS is PH's #1 TV comedy.

10 of you are stupid.


But it would have lost to South Park, so whatever.

Same with the other one too - I guess no one else can be swayed.

Plus characters that don't age. And both have done a great job of paradies of pop culture, current events, and every movie, and TV Show ever done.

Simpsons Did It!

Man, I'm glad, Kids didn't lose by one vote. I'd really be kicking myself.

I'm still kicking myself a little. Ah, well.

I gotta say, I'm not sure why it was significant. I suppose it might have been the prototype for the Friends type stuff that followed, but AD wasn't one of those and there were certainly plenty of successful ensemble comedies prior to Seinfeld. Its not that the characters were basically rotten people because we had already seen Married with Children, All in the Family, and to a lesser degree Roseanne. I just don't get why its influential. And I'm not saying its not, I just have NEVER heard anyone describe it as such and I can't see how it is.

But I also really struggle to see how it is the forefather of AD. Sure, they have the unsympathetic characters in common. But AD veers off quite a bit. They offer a truly sympathetic protagonist as the star. There's an absurdism that doesn't exist in Seinfeld at all. Seinfeld was very much the prototypical 30 minutes at a time sort of sitcom while AD is a show that relies heavily on running gags and regular viewing. I just really doesn't see how we get "Seinfeld beget Arrested Development."

I suppose there was a similar self referential nature to the shows but AD had it much more than Seinfeld and I think plenty of shows that came before or at the same time had it as well. And an adult nature, but again. Didn't seem unique at all.

I thought Seinfeld was a good show. And even though its not my thing I can't even say "Arrested Development is better" and think I'm not being biased and silly. But some sort of historically notable pioneer?

I can see who voted in what order, so in this one since was tied 10-10, then Kids won, and you voted last......viola.