The Ted Marshall Open Television Death Pool

	The Ted Marshall Open Television Death Pool

As you may have noticed, I've changed the name of the tournament. Seems either the previous honoree, or more importantly her lawyer, decided I was harming her, ahem, career. No, choosing to be in not one, but two Tom Arnold sitcoms harmed your career. I was at least keeping your name in circulation. So, the tournament is now named for something else. Anybody want to contribute some artwork? 2007 Results: Congratulations to Tyler Johnson, who said nuts to earlier cancellations is our 2007 winner. He was not our winner until CBS surprisingly brought back Jericho to be fourth-place fodder. Good job Tyler and good job Les! The Ted Marshall is in its eighth year and ready to sort through the carnage of canceled network prime-time shows. Our Champions of Cancellation include James Dinan, who won the pool in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2006; Greg Sorenson, who won it in 2002; David Bykowski who won it in 2004 and Tyler Johnson, our current defending champion. Entries for the 2008-09 year will be accepted in August of 2008.

The Rules

Eligible shows include all first-run comedies, dramas, news and game shows running on the five major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW).
Limited series such as Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Apprentice, etc. are not eligible since they have predefined series runs. These shows are indicated in red. Reality shows that have self-contained episodes (i.e.: they can be run out of order, contestants appear for only one show, etc.) are eligible.
Certain shows, such Dateline NBC, have multiple airings per week. For a show to earn points, all airings of the show must be canceled.
Each canceled show you selected earns 20 points, plus bonus points for where it was ranked. Your top ranked show earns 10 bonus points, your second 9 all the way down to 1. The maximum score possible is 255 points.
A show is considered canceled when it is determined that there will be no more first run episodes of the selected show on any of the six major networks after 31 August 2008.
A show must air at least one first-run episode between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008 for any points to be awarded.
We have a new tiebreaker for 2007-08. In honor of Drew Carey's new gig, this year's tiebreaker will be the person who is closest to the actual retail price of the higher valued Showcase (the final part, not the Showcase Hoedown) on Mr. Carey's first aired CBS episode. Unlike the actual show, you may go over.

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