Ripping Good Yarns: Short Series Final voting!

It's time to vote!!! The nominations for short form drama series are set!  Please vote for one of the six, even if you have voted before!  

Considerations for whom to vote for should consider that these shows should be more melodramatic than the average show.  They should have a strong plot line, and interesting characters. Another consideration as to what qualifies as Ripping Good Yarn are continuity elements.  I feel the more the stories and characters cross over into each episode, the better.  This diminishes for consideration, but doesn't eliminate, shows that primarily focus on single, done-in-one stories, such as some of the USA, TNT and Lifetime programs.


These are your six nominees:

A Game of Thrones:  I grouped all the premium (pay channel) programs for this and picked the best.  This is an outstanding program with great characters (more than any other show you've watched), terrific story lines, great dialogue, and strong continuity elements that will keep you coming back for more and more.  This is fantasy adventure at its finest.  Yes, there are dragons and sorcery, but it's the magic of the characters and story that will hold you.  It unfolds in a highly realistic manner, and if you haven't read the books, there is no way that you will ever know what is coming next.   

Justified:  This came out on top when I grouped all the mystery, detective and western programs.  It is a snap nasty story about a U.S. Marshal in Kentucky, starring Timothy Olyphant.  It has a fine genre feel to it, based on the stories of the great mystery writer Elmore Leonard.  The villains are excellent, often brilliant and stupid at the same time.    Cases and villains flow from one episode to the next.  Each season is like a redneck symphony.  


Missing: This edged out other programs in a category I call "cancelled but not forgotten".  Missing is a show starring Ashley Judd, and featured her search for her son.  The ratings started too slowly for the network, and they unfortunately had cancelled the show before they realized that the ratings were steaming upward.  

The Walking Dead:  This is the favorite in the horror/apocalyptic sci-fi group.  The Walking Dead just stands out as it swallows you into its nightmare world where zombies have over-run just about everything.  But it's the human dram and conflict that really stand out about this show, as you see Sheriff Rick desperately try to keep his band of survivors together.  


Falling Skies:  This is the winner in the USA/TNT/Lifetime runoff.  A drama of an alien invasion executive produced by Steven Speilberg, it feature a community of valiant resistance fighters and their families as they defy the odds against them.

Hell On Wheels: It's a western!  And a darn-tootin' good one!  Centers on the westward expansion of the railroad, and features the rapper Common in a great acting turn.  Really good continuity elements, and some good commentary on the nature of race and gender. This is our second chance winner. 

Voting is now open, and I will close sometime Sunday, probably early evening.  Vote here or on facebook.  You can just name your choice, and/or  you can advocate for it - your call.  I would prefer that you not denigrate the choices other people make.  I look forward to your participation.

Remember, even if you have voted before, PLEASE VOTE AGAIN!!!

Let the final vote begin!