The Hyperion Chronicles

#160 TV 3: The Nominations Please




I’m calling these Awards (unless I think of something better) the Hoodies. You could say that it’s the Honorable Offering Of Daring Insightful Excellent Shows. But really, I got it from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, in honor of Fred Rogers, who died this last year. (We miss you big guy!!)

I asked several people to help me out with this, to try to get a rounded viewpoint. All you have to do to vote is reply, making sure the text is included. Or, if that’s too arduous, just copy and paste the ballot. Indicate your choices by highlighting, underlining; whatever, as long as I know what you’re picking. In each category you can only pick one unless I’ve indicated otherwise, and hold to that, because if you pick more than one when you’re not supposed to I’ll invalidate you like a Florida voter. Good luck. You have until October 31 to get in your ballots.



BEST SHOWS

Comedy
Everybody Loves Raymond
Friends
The Simpsons
Will and Grace
Sex and the City
Scrubs
Curb Your Own Enthusiasm
That ‘70s Show
My Wife and Kids


Crime-based Drama
Law & Order
CSI
Boomtown
NYPD Blue
Without a Trace
Law & Order C.I.
The Shield
CSI Miami
Law & Order SVU


Traditional Drama
West Wing
Six Feet Under
Twenty-Four
Judging Amy
The Sopranos
The Practice
Angel
Alias
E.R.


"Other"
American Idol
Survivor
Trading Spaces
Iron Chef
Amazing Race
Sesame Street
Sports Center
Cops
The Daily Show


BEST CAST
CURRENT
Alias
Friends
C.S.I.
West Wing
Everybody Loves Raymond
Will and Grace
Twenty-Four


ALL TIME
MASH
Mary Tyler Moore Show
The A-Team
Hill Street Blues
Gunsmoke
E.R.
Mission Impossible

BEST LOCATION
Stars Hollow, Connecticut (Gilmore Girls)
Cicely, Alaska (Northern Exposure)
Springfield, U.S.A. (The Simpsons)
Love Boat (Love Boat)
The Bar (Cheers)
Sesame Street (Sesame Street)
Sunnydale (Buffy)
Hawaii (Magnum P.I.)
Miami (Golden Girls)
Las Vegas (C.S.I.)


BEST STORIES (Week in, week out)
C.S.I.
Law & Order
West Wing
Even Stevens
Roseanne
Friends
The Cosby Show
Alias
Buffy
My So Called Life


BEST SPIN-OFF (vote for two)
Laverne and Shirley
Frasier
Lou Grant
The Jeffersons
The Simpsons
Law & Order C.I.
Angel
Rhoda
C.S.I. Miami
A Different World
Gomer Pyle
Benson
Melrose Place
Knots Landing


BEST THEME SONG (Pick one of each)
SONG WITH WORDS
Happy Days
Cheers
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Facts of Life
The Dukes of Hazzard
Gilligan’s Island
The Muppet Show
Different Strokes
Saved By the Bell
Green Acres


THEME MUSIC
Hill Street Blues
Airwolf
M*A*S*H
West Wing
I Dream of Jeannie
Bonanza
The X-Files
The Andy Griffith Show
The Addams Family

E.R.

BEST CHEMISTRY (Pick two)
Josh & Donna (West Wing)
Sam & Diane (Cheers)
Rob & Laura (Dick Van Dyke)
Lucy & Ricky (I Love Lucy)
Entire cast of Friends
Hawkeye & Margaret (M*A*S*H)
Bones & Spock (Star Trek)
Buffy & Spike (Buffy)
Sydney & Vaughn (Alias)
Archie & Edith (All in the Family)
Mulder & Scully (X-Files)
Lorelai & Rory (Gilmore Girls)
Remington & Laura (Rem. Steele)
Heathcliff & Clair (The Cosby Show)
Miss Kitty and Marshall Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke)


BEST AND WORST CAST CHANGES (Vote for one each)
BEST
Cheers (Rebecca & Woody)
Bewitched (Darrin)
Spin City (Amanda)
Law & Order (numerous)
M*A*S*H (BJ, et al)
E.R. (numerous)

WORST
90210 (Bringing Dylan back)
Dukes of Hazzard (the good ol’ boys)
Roseanne (2nd Becky)
Bewitched (Darrin)
M*A*S*H (BJ et al)
Three’s Company (blondes & Furley)


WHEN GOOD SHOWS GO BAD (They should have quit a year or two earlier)
E.R.
The X-Files
Roseanne
Seinfeld
Will and Grace
Dawson’s Creek
Friends
Ally McBeal
Andy Griffith
Saved by the Bell
Happy Days
Frasier


GUILTY PLEASURES (You know they are bad but you love them anyway)
Ally McBeal
Three’s Company
7th Heaven
90210
Charmed
Saved By the Bell
A.L.F.
Golden Girls
Love Boat
The Brady Bunch
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Gilligan’s Island


BEST CHARACTERS (Pick three. If you want, you can pick two and write in one I missed)
Hawkeye (M*A*S*H)
Festus (Gunsmoke)
Norm (Cheers)
Klinger (M*A*S*H)
Cliff (Cheers)
Niles (Frasier)
Barney Fife (Andy Griffith)
Ted Baxter (MTM)
Fred Mertz (Lucy)
Kramer (Seinfeld)
Buddy Sorrel (Dick Van Dyke)
Oscar the Grouch (Sesame Street)
George Costanza (Seinfeld)
Frasier (Cheers and Frasier)
Archie Bunker (All in the Family)
Sally Rogers (Dick Van Dyke)
Homer (The Simpsons)
Eric Cartman (South Park)
Bull (Night Court)
Rerun (What’s Happening)
Laverne (Laverne and Shirley)
Murdock (The A-Team)
Sophia (Golden Girls)


BEST VILLAINS
Sloane (Alias)
Spike (Buffy)
Nina (24)
J.R. Ewing (Dallas)
Mr. Burns (The Simpsons)
Destro (G.I. Joe)
Lt. Decker (The A-Team)
Louie (Taxi)
Gary (Cheers)
The Olson Twins (anything)


WORST SHOW
Write in your own. I’ll pick the three with the most votes________________


Remember, that deadline is October 31. Good luck!


Hyperion
October 1, 2003

Credits
Thanks to Koz and Laureate
Thanks to all the Friends of Hyperion Who wrote in with suggestions

Motto Explanation
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