Ripping Good Yarns: Third Annual Favorite Genre Awards

Continuing our glorious television awards, we have our third year winners in the division of specific genres.  Most of this is a gut reaction based on past general comments by Rippers, and by my own choices.  I did not get sufficient votes in most categories to make a vote count be the determinant of the outcome.  We'll work on that, and as the Ripper Movement continues to gain strength, we will have more input to make these decisions.

All categories do not include shows that have won one of our previous awards.

But enough general jawboning.  Let's get on with the awards!

Favorite Science Fiction Show:    

Orphan Black 

Lead actress Tatiana Maslaney is brilliant in multiple (and I do mean MULTIPLE) roles! Rich and imaginative show that had both Alison and myself on the edge of our seats in anticipation.  The fact that Tatiana Maslaney is not nominated for an emmy is one of the great award slights of the century!

Favorite Medical Drama:

Gray's Anatomy
Who can argue with all the years of success of this show?  I've never watched it, but I know it has loyal fans among our Rippers.

Favorite Horror Show:

American Horror Story: Coven

Eerie...creepy..imaginative...this clever cast of witches kept you horrified and guessing right up until the very end!  Jessica Lange is an extraordinary actress and deserves every award she can get.  A great anthology, with a different story-line each year, using an ensemble cast who get to play completely different roles each season.

Favorite Fantasy Show:


Once Upon A Time


Disney figures out once again how to make money off of fairy tale characters.  But they do it so well, who can complain?  Great show, and can't wait to see where they go next season!

Favorite Mystery/Detective Show:


The Blacklist

The Blacklist has been a real gem this season, one that Alison and I follow with much anticipation of it's twists and turns.  James Spader is exceptional as the lead, who is both hero and villain.  When it is at its best, it's almost cinematic in its quality, like watching a first rate movie. his is a great show, slow but moody, building up a storyline over a whole season.

Favorite Western:


Hell On Wheels


I really like this show.  It has been very good, and has shown a lot of potential.  It is a gritty, realistic western.  I'm not trying to take away from this quality drama when I say that I can't think of any other western on television.  I really like this kind of show, and wish there were more of them.  Let's bring back the western!


The next and final category for our television programs will be nominees to the Ripping Good Yarn Hall of Fame.  What are your favorite shows of all time?  Please only nominate shows that are no longer on the air,  also no reality , game or news shows.  M*A*S*H and Seinfeld should not be nominated, as they have already won in previous years, and are our first two entrants.  But now it needs some company!  So get your nominating hats on, Rippers!  You have the whole history of television before you!

C'mon, fellow Rippers!  Let the nominations begin!