Ripping Good Yarns: Basic Cable Drama Awards!
My legion of Ripping Good Yarn fans, I am proud to announce the second award for 2013, given in the category of Basic Cable Dramas! Two awards will be given in this category, one will be the Ripping Good Strait Award that is solely determined by me because well, to paraphrase one of my least favorite politicians, Ronald Reagan, "I own this microphone!" The first will be the Ripping Good Fan award determined by all of your votes!
Ripping Good Fan Award, Broadcast TV Drama
Bates Motel and The Killing each received 12% of the vote.
Switched at Birth received 14% of the vote.
Psych and The Walking Dead tied at 31% each..
This does create a dilemma which I resolve by giving the Ripper award to........
Psych!
This is a great show, very funny, almost more of a comedy. But because it was an hour long and was centered around criminal investigations, I let it be nominated here instead of as a comedy series. Aaaand it won. It is great to see the adventures of Gus and Shawn are so popular.
Ripping Good Strait Award, Basic Cable Drama
The Walking Dead!
The best character driven show on television. If you are not watching this show because zombies sound icky, you are missing out. The stakes are high, the emotion is real, the action and story movement is superb.
But let's not rest on our laurels. Start commenting on Premium Cable Drama series. We already have some initial nominations but we could always use more. Here are some of the great shows to pick from:
Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Newsroom, Treme, True Blood, Banshee, Strike Back, Dexter, Homeland, The Borgias, Boss, Magic City, Spartacus
Nominate as many as you like. Finalists are selected by how many nominations they get. Comment either here or on Facebook.
Remember, we're looking for shows with compelling characters, colorful and exciting plot-lines, and continuing story elements.
Fellow Rippers, I await your input!
Can't participate in this one....I don't buy premium cable tv.
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