The Ted Marshall Open Television Death Pool

	The Ted Marshall Open Television Death Pool

New for 2011-12! More shows have been added. You can pick reality shows, daytime shows and late night shows! 2011 Results: Congrats to Sean Forman for picking up his first title, posting the only perfect score for the year. The Ted Marshall will be entering its 9th 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 and 2010; David Bykowski who won it in 2004, Tyler Johnson in 2007 and 2009, Kaitlin Graham in 2008 and Sean Forman in 2011. Entries are closed for this year, please don't forget to come back in 2012 to enter.

The Rules

Eligible shows include all first-run comedies, dramas, prime-time news, daytime and late-night shows running on the five major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW), except for weekend non prime-time shows.
Certain shows, such Dancing with the Stars, 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 2012.
A show must air at least one first-run episode between 1 September 2011 and 31 August 2012 on the five major networks for any points to be awarded. Shows like Law and Order: Criminal Intent are not eligible since the first-run episodes do not air on NBC.
We will be keeping the tiebreaker of the using the value of the higher priced showcase on the first "first-run" aired episode of The Price Is Right in January 2012. Unlike the regular show, going over is OK.

Page last updated: 11 August 2010 | E-mail the author at tedmarshall at mikeburger.com | Share