Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 ggr 02/21/84; site bentley.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!columbia!topaz!bentley!dxa From: dxa@bentley.UUCP (DR Anolick) Newsgroups: net.tv Subject: What's Worth Watching Poll Results Message-ID: <518@bentley.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Apr-85 15:37:13 EST Article-I.D.: bentley.518 Posted: Thu Apr 4 15:37:13 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Apr-85 02:03:54 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Piscataway Lines: 94 Well, here it is, what you have all been waiting for(?!?), the results of the What's Worth Watching on Television Poll!!! I'd like to thank everyone who responded, I received 57 answers. I plan to run this poll again this fall after the new fall shows get a chance to establish themselves. (If I get bored I may run it this summer to see how the second season shows are doing.) I originally asked for pollees to list their five favorite current TV shows, listing them in order of preference. I received a number of answers which listed five shows, without numbering them. I assumed these to be listed by favorite first, then second favorite and so on. The ratings are determined by points received. A show ranked number one received five points, and shows ranked fifth received one point. The numbers in parenthesis next to the total votes are how many votes were received for each place. For example, Hill Street Blues received 100 points with 28 total votes. (8 people picked it as their top choice, 10 picked it as second, 4 picked third and so on.) Ties are broken based on the number of total votes received. To conserve on space, any show which received fewer than five points was dropped from the listing, but was included in the network totals. Also for the network totals, the shows are listed by what stations they are usually found in the United States. So, Dr. Who is listed as PBS, and Dangermouse as Nickelodean. The number in parenthesis next to the name of the show is that shows ranking (if any) in the previous poll (last October). In addition, the top ten shows from October's poll are listed for comparision. TOP TEN FROM OCTOBER 1984 POLL (40 total respondants): Rank Show Network Pts Votes 1 Hill Street Blues NBC 94 26 (8,8,4,4,2) 2 St Elsewhere NBC 62 16 (6,6,2, ,2) 3 Cheers NBC 57 20 (2,4,6,5,3) 4 Family Ties NBC 46 15 (3,3,3,4,2) 5 Cosby Show NBC 35 14 (1,3,3,2,5) 6 Cagney and Lacey CBS 31 9 (3,1,3,1,1) 7 Remington Steele NBC 24 7 (2,2,1,1,1) 8 Night Court NBC 19 8 ( , ,3,5, ) 9 Call to Glory ABC 19 5 (3, , ,2, ) 9 Miami Vice NBC 19 5 (3, ,1, ,1) RANKING FOR MARCH 1985 POLL (57 total respondants): Rank Show Network Pts Votes 1 Hill Street Blues( 1) NBC 100 28 (8,10,4,2,4) 2 St. Elsewhere( 2) NBC 80 23 (7,6,5,1,4) 3 Cheers( 3) NBC 78 24 (4,6,7,6,1) 4 Cosby Show( 5) NBC 77 27 (3,7,7,3,7) 5 Doctor Who(--) PBS 51 14 (6,2,3,1,2) 6 Miami Vice( 9) NBC 47 13 (5,3,1,3,1) 7 Cagney and Lacey( 6) CBS 36 11 (3,2,3,1,2) 8 Remington Steele( 7) NBC 31 10 (2,2,3,1,2) 9 Dynasty(13) ABC 24 8 (2,1,2,1,2) 10 Dallas(21) CBS 23 6 (2,2,1,1, ) 11 Family Ties( 4) NBC 22 8 ( ,3,1,3,1) 12 Living Planet(--) PBS 19 8 ( ,1,4, ,3) 13 Newhart(17) CBS 17 7 (2, , ,2,3) 14 David Letterman(16) NBC 15 4 (2, ,1,1, ) 15 Nova(--) PBS 13 4 (1,1, ,2, ) 16 Night Court( 8) NBC 12 5 (1, ,1,1,2) 16 Sat. Night Live(24) NBC 12 5 (1, , ,3,1) 18 Kate and Allie(12) CBS 10 5 ( , ,1,3,1) 19 Dangermouse(--) NICK 10 3 ( ,2, ,1, ) 20 Masterpiece Theate(--) PBS 10 2 (2, , , , ) 21 V(19) NBC 8 2 (1, ,1, , ) 22 Scarecrow & M King(24) CBS 6 2 ( ,1, ,1, ) 22 Sherlock Holmes(--) PBS 6 2 ( ,1, ,1, ) 24 Knots Landing(20) CBS 5 3 ( , ,1, ,2) 24 Simon and Simon(--) CBS 5 3 ( , ,1, ,2) 26 E/R(--) CBS 5 2 ( , ,1,1, ) 26 Not Nec. the News(--) HBO 5 2 ( ,1, , ,1) 28 Business Times(--) ESPN 5 1 (1, , , , ) 28 Fraggle Rock(--) HBO 5 1 (1, , , , ) 28 Kung-Fu(--) SYN 5 1 (1, , , , ) 28 Nature(--) PBS 5 1 (1, , , , ) 28 NY Great Chefs(--) PBS 5 1 (1, , , , ) Network pts Votes NBC 500 155 (34,39,33,26,23) CBS 127 49 ( 7, 7, 9,11,15) PBS 117 36 (11, 6, 7, 5, 7) OTHERS 65 27 ( 3, 3, 4, 9, 8) ABC 41 15 ( 2, 2, 4, 4, 3) Thanks again to everyone who voted. Look for the next What's Worth Watching Poll, coming this fall to a net near you. Droyan David Roy Anolick ihnp4!bentley!{droyan|dxa} ^ ^^^ ^^