Ripping Good Yarns: Last Year's Winners and This Year's Opening Bell!

1st & Ten - Let's Do It Again!

Time, Rippers, for another great award season.

Although how TV works is changing, the traditional end of the TV season is May, and we're going to use that point to review the past year's television, and pick our favorites that were broadcast from June 2012 through May 2013.

To give a feel for what I'm looking for, here is a summary of last year's great award winners:


Long Form Drama (shows running more than 13 episodes):

          Ripper Award   -       The Mentalist 

          Strait Award     -        Fringe

Short Form Drama (shows running 13 episodes or less):

          Fan Award       -        Falling Skies

          Strait Award    -        A Game of Thrones


Comedy Series 

          Fan Award     -         The Big Bang Theory

          Strait Award  -          Modern Family


Science Fiction       -           Eureka

Medical Drama      -           House

Horror                     -           The Walking Dead

Fantasy                   -            Once Upon A Time

Mystery/Detective -           Psych

Western                  -            Hell On Wheels

Hall of Fame           -            M*A*S*H



There you have last year's big winners!  I would like to do the same this year, except instead of long form and short form, I will break the drama into three groups - Broadcast, Basic Cable and Premium Channels.  That seems the fairest way to do it.

So please, submit your nominations now, in any category you desire.  I am looking for scripted (fiction) programs that ran in the last year.  Don't worry about categories.  Just name your favorites and I'll do the sorting out.

Please nominate here or on Facebook.  I am hoping for a great turnout of voters, because the more people participate the more fun it is!

Ladies and gentlemen, fellow Rippers, start your nominating engines ...........................................

NOW!!!!