These Best/Greatest tournaments have been a hit on our forum so I thought we would continue the festivities with a tournament to determine the best TV series of all time. With blessing from feev, we are ready to start our nominating process.

This will be a tad different from past such tournaments, but similar in a way to our hugely popular annual Constant Reader Awards. During the nominating phase we will be nominating our favorite TV series based on the decade they premiered (consult IMDb or Wikipedia for that). TV series have been around a long time, so I think this would give equal weight to older shows not necessarily fresh in our minds. So each person gets to nominate at most six series, one from each decade (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s - excluding any 2010 series, please). Label your nominations like so:

1950s: TITLE
1960s: TITLE
1970s: TITLE
1980s: TITLE
1990s: TITLE
2000s: TITLE

Once enough candidates have been nominated, each decade will undergo a tournament like we're all accustomed to from past All Time tournaments. When the best TV series from each decade has been determined, a round-robin playoff between the six shows will commence, giving us The Best TV Series of All Time.

Should be fun.

MASTER LIST OF NOMINEES (check before nominating)

BTVSAT Overview