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Fediverse Vote Retooled: Rank your top 10 Favourite Series of all time (piefed.social)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Skavau@piefed.social to c/television@piefed.social
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I did this about 7 months ago using a Flourish datasheet, but it was clumsy. I've now retooled it and got a better setup for quicker adding of votes. So as it was then:

Rather than making a Google Survey like r/television does for its yearly vote - that doesn't capture nuance and possibly provide enough shows to account for taste variety, I've decided to simply ask people to list their top 10 favourite shows. Your 10th choice will give the show 1 point, your 9th will give it to 2 points etc with the 1st choice getting 10 points. Eurovision style.

I'll reply to all comments acknowledging that I've recorded them.

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[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)
  1. Better call Saul
  2. The sopranos
  3. The Simpsons
  4. Star Trek TNG
  5. It's always sunny in Philadelphia
  6. South Park
  7. Metalocolypse
  8. Game of thrones
  9. Sealab 2021
  10. MASH
[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Added

Btw, I don't know if you were subscribed to television - but the glitch has knocked you off. You aren't subscribed at the moment.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

On my app (Boost for Android) it said I was subscribed. I hit unjoin, then rejoined. Did that work?

All the sub content showed up in my subscribed feed.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
  1. Futurama
  2. The Twilight Zone (original)
  3. Community
  4. The Good Place
  5. Night Court (original)
  6. Star Trek TNG
  7. The Venture Brothers
  8. Cowboy Bebop
  9. Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  10. Joe Bob's The Last Drive-In
[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Added. Although what Twilight Zone version is that?

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Good catch! Both are good but I meant original series, same for Night Court

Edit: added to post

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Reposting my list from the first time, I don't think my opinion has changed since then (not enough to bother rethinking it anyway)

  1. Scrubs
  2. Futurama
  3. Community
  4. The Office (US)
  5. The Simpsons
  6. Adventure Time
  7. Steven Universe
  8. The Good Place
  9. Ted Lasso
  10. Parks and Recreation
[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
  1. Star Trek: The Next Generation
  2. MASH
  3. Friday Night Lights
  4. Band of Brothers
  5. The West Wing
  6. E.R.
  7. What Ever Sunday afternoon American Football is called
  8. The Wire
  9. The Sarah Conner Chronicles
  10. Frontline (PBS TV News Magazine)
[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

That is the 8pm game. The 1pm games have had different names/slogans over the years.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children) 
1 Twin Peaks
2 Star Trek TNG
3 Star Trek DS9
4 Arrested Development
5 Fleabag 
6 Wonderfalls
7 Dead Like Me
8 Farscape
9 House
10 X-Files```

Basically a list of all the series I enjoyed enough to finish and would watch again.
[–] Skavau@piefed.social 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Added. I'm assuming Twin Peaks is the original one?

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

I'd consider the new stuff as an additional season, but if they're considered separate, original and leave the rest of the list as is for simplicity.

[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
  1. Better Call Saul
  2. Cowboy Bebop
  3. Chernobyl
  4. Breaking Bad
  5. Andor
  6. Arrested Development (especially season 1 to 3)
  7. Peep Show (especially the first 4 seasons)
  8. Fargo
  9. Firefly
  10. Severance
[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

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[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
  1. Dark
  2. Mr. Robot
  3. The Wire
  4. Better Call Saul
  5. Breaking Bad
  6. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
  7. Arcane
  8. Fargo
  9. The Boys
  10. Sherlock
[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Favorite 10, that are currently airing or all time?

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Of all time.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fiction or non fiction? With sports being in the the non fiction cat.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I do recall some people submitted variety shows and panel shows as part of their top 10 and stuff the last time. I didn't quibble.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

Awesome working on the list now.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
  1. Chernobyl
  2. Mind Hunter
  3. Fargo
  4. True Detective
  5. Better Call Saul
  6. Breaking Bad
  7. Andor
  8. Sharp Objects
  9. Firefly
  10. Spartacus
[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

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[–] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

  1. Bob’s Burgers

  2. The Expanse

  3. Archer

  4. Le Bureau des Légendes

  5. Firefly

  6. Banshee

  7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  8. Arrested Development

  9. Schitt’s Creek

  10. Dark Matter

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Added. I'm assuming "Dark Matter" is the 2016 one, and not the Apple-TV one.

[–] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Yes..I haven't checked out the apple tv one.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
  1. The Wire
  2. Breaking Bad
  3. Better Call Saul
  4. Battlestar Galactica
  5. 30 Rock
  6. NewsRadio
  7. WandaVision
  8. Futurama (earlier seasons)
  9. The Shield
  10. The Sopranos
[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

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[–] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
  1. The Wire
  2. South Park
  3. Firefly
  4. Breaking Bad
  5. Justified
  6. Deadwood
  7. Bosch
  8. The Sopranos
  9. Mad Men
  10. Dollhouse
[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

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[–] 0x0f@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is really hard, but I'll give it a go. Here's my list, but in no specific order, it's just too hard to compare different genres against each other. 

X-files, Arcane, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Blue Eye Samurai, The Boys, Castelvania, Futurama, Mr Robot, Pantheon, Severance. 

Honarable mentions go to Bodies and Rick and Morty. 

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

I have it set up so its a top ten I put entries in.