The third round voting has ended there were a few more upsets this round. Lets take a look at what happened.
The ABC Region saw a big win from #1 The Walking Dead. Doctor Who also pulled off a comfortable victory. But #2 Dexter only won by 3 votes over #7 Orange is the New Black. #6 True Detective also pulled off a 3 vote upset of #3 New Girl. So this region has 2 cable and 2 premium channel shows left in it.
The FOX Region is the “upset region”. But the highest seed left in this region, #2 Modern Family, completely destroyed Mike & Molly, who barely made it to this round by 91% of the vote. The rest of the match ups were really close. Parks & Recreation beat South Park by 1 vote. #6 Mad Men also won by just 1 vote over #3 The Blacklist.
The CBS Region once again featured some easy wins. #1 Breaking Bad and #5 Game of Thrones dominated in their wins against Homeland and House of Cards. #2 How I Met Your Mother and Arrow won by less margins, but still pulled off comfortable wins over #7 True Blood and The Americans. This region is still the least upset region.
The NBC Region didn’t see any real close match ups, but it did have two upsets. #1 The Big Bang Theory had a closer than expected win over Community. The Colbert Report had no problems beating Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Revenge pulled off another BIG upset over another fellow ABC show. This time #2 Scandal was defeated by Revenge. To complete the #6 over #3 sweep, #6 Sons of Anarchy beat #3 Pretty Little Liars.
So out of the final 16 shows, 10 of them are one of the top 32 seeds. There are still a handful of unseeded shows that could still continue their run. One unseeded show is guaranteed a spot in the Elite 8. Lots of interesting match ups this round.
Lets also note the network breakdown among the final 16 shows. We have 2 shows from ABC and 2 from CBS. 1 each from NBC and the CW. None from FOX. So that means only 4 of the final 16 shows come from the top 5 networks. AMC leads all with 3 shows left. HBO has 2. Comedy Central, FX, Showtime, and BBC America all have 1 show left. And Netflix still has 1 original show left as well.
If you don’t know what this is all about, go back to the First Round Voting Page and Second Round Voting Page, Third Round Voting Page, and get all of the details there. If you did vote in the first round, you should already know, so go check out the updated bracket for yourself by going here:
2014 Inside Pulse Best Television Show Tournament Bracket
Remember, when you do place your votes in this tournament, you should always vote on what is the best show RIGHT NOW. Some of these shows have been around for years, but if they are not at the top of their game in their current season, and a newer show is, then you should vote for the newer show. Past performance might come into play, but you should judge these shows on their merits today.
Now on with the matchups and let the voting begin!
Fourth Round Matchups
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