The voting for Round 1 of my Final Four sitcom tourney is now over and it's time to publish the results. Here are the winners, with my personal choices listed in capitals:


1950s/1960s sitcoms

MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY over Hazel

THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW over The Lucy Show

THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW over Hogan's Heroes

MY THREE SONS over The Donna Reed Show

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES over Father Knows Best

I LOVE LUCY over The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

The Real McCoys over THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW/SGT. BILKO

BEWITCHED over Get Smart

1970s

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW over One Day At A Time

ALL IN THE FAMILY over The Bob Newhart Show

THE JEFFERSONS over Mash

Taxi over ROOM 222

Three's Company over THE ODD COUPLE

ALICE over Barney Miller

Maude over HERE'S LUCY

HAPPY DAYS over Sanford and Son

1980s

CHEERS over Head Of The Class

THE GOLDEN GIRLS over Mr. Belvedere

227 over THE COSBY SHOW

Mama's Family over NIGHT COURT

FAMILY TIES over Perfect Strangers

ALF over Newhart

THE FACTS OF LIFE over Kate and Allie

Designing Women over BENSON

1990s/2000s

The Wonder Years over FRASIER

FRIENDS over A Different World

Everybody Loves Raymond over MAD ABOUT YOU

Seinfeld over EMPTY NEST

ROSEANNE over The Drew Carey Show

THE SIMPSONS over 3rd Rock From The Sun

Home Improvement over MURPHY BROWN

COACH over Will and Grace


Congrats to one and all and thanks to all those who voted!


So now the winners have been re-seeded and the matchups should be a little tougher. I won't bother with the numbers in case anyone might get confused. Here are the match-ups for Round 2:


1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys

The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched

The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy

My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons

All In The Family vs Alice

Taxi vs Happy Days

Three's Company vs Maude

1980s

Cheers vs 227

The Golden Girls vs Mama's Family

Family Ties vs ALF

The Facts Of Life vs Designing Women

1990s/2000s

Friends vs The Wonder Years

Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement

Seinfeld vs Coach

Roseanne vs The Simpsons


I told you the match-ups would get tougher! The next deadline will be Friday afternoon. See you then!

My choices are in Bold
1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys

The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched

The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy

My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons

All In The Family vs Alice

Taxi vs Happy Days

Three's Company vs Maude

1980s

Cheers vs 227

The Golden Girls vs Mama's Family

Family Ties vs ALF

The Facts Of Life vs Designing Women

1990s/2000s

Friends vs The Wonder Years

Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement

Seinfeld vs Coach

Roseanne vs The Simpsons

With the exception of Taxi versus Happy Days, all of my choices were easy to make.

My choices are in bald as well.

1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys

The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched

The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy

My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons

All In The Family vs Alice

Taxi vs Happy Days

Three's Company vs Maude

1980s

Cheers vs 227

The Golden Girls vs Mama's Family

Family Ties vs ALF

The Facts Of Life vs Designing Women

1990s/2000s

Friends vs The Wonder Years

Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement

Seinfeld vs Coach

Roseanne vs The Simpsons

Some of my favorite shows lost.... especially Frasier.
but ohh well, here's my votes:

My votes are in bold:


1950s/1960s
Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys
The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched (tough)
The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy
My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s
The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons (hardest decision)
All In The Family vs Alice
Taxi vs Happy Days (tough)
Three's Company vs Maude

1980s
Cheers vs 227 (DUH)
The Golden Girls vs Mama's Family
Family Ties vs ALF
The Facts Of Life vs Designing Women

1990s/2000s
Friends vs The Wonder Years
Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement
Seinfeld vs Coach
Roseanne vs The Simpsons

Mine are in the bold, too.

1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys

The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched

The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy

My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons

All In The Family vs Alice

Taxi vs Happy Days

Three's Company vs Maude

1980s

Cheers vs 227

The Golden Girls vs Mama's Family

Family Ties vs ALF

The Facts Of Life vs Designing Women

1990s/2000s

Friends vs The Wonder Years

Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement

Seinfeld vs Coach

Roseanne vs The Simpsons

Make Room For Daddy (I bought a 4 epsidoe DVD for only $1!)
Dick Van Dyke Show (Also, bought 4 ep. DVD for $1)
I Love Lucy
Beverly Hillbilles
The Jeffersons
All in the Family
Happy Days
Three's Company
Cheers
Mama's Family
ALF
The Facts of Life
The Wonder Years
Home Inprovment
Coach
Rosanne

It would have been nice to include the final tallies of the first round matchups, I would've liked to see the margin of victory for some of those. Well anyway, here are my picks to make it to the Sweet 16:


1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy
The Dick Van Dyke Show
I Love Lucy
My Three Sons


1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons (the hardest choice, but I'll go with The Jeffersons)
All In The Family
Happy Days
Three's Company


1980s

227
The Golden Girls
Family Ties
The Facts Of Life


1990s/2000s

The Wonder Years
Home Improvement
Seinfeld
Roseanne

1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy
The Dick Van Dyke Show
I Love Lucy
The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s

The Jeffersons
All In The Family
Taxi
Three's Company

1980s

Cheers
The Golden Girls
ALF
The Facts Of Life

1990s/2000s

The Wonder Years
Home Improvement
Seinfeld
The Simpsons

1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys - Make Room For Daddy

The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched - Bewitched

The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy - I Love Lucy

My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies - My Three Sons

1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons - The Mary Tyler Moore Show

All In The Family vs Alice - All in the Family

Taxi vs Happy Days - Happy Days

Three's Company vs Maude - Maude

1980s

Cheers vs 227 - Cheers

The Golden Girls vs Mama's Family - Mama's Family

Family Ties vs ALF - ALF

The Facts Of Life vs Designing Women - The Facts of Life

1990s/2000s

Friends vs The Wonder Years - The Wonder Years

Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement - Home Improvement

Seinfeld vs Coach - Seinfeld

Roseanne vs The Simpsons - The Simpsons

My victors are in bold:

1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys

The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched

The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy

My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons

All In The Family vs Alice

Taxi vs Happy Days

Three's Company vs Maude

1980s

Cheers vs 227

The Golden Girls vs Mama's Family

Family Ties vs ALF

The Facts Of Life vs Designing Women

1990s/2000s

Friends vs The Wonder Years

Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement

Seinfeld vs Coach

Roseanne vs The Simpsons

1950s/1960s

The Real McCoys

The Dick Van Dyke Show

I Love Lucy

My Three Sons

1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Alice

Happy Days

Three's Company

1980s

Cheers

Mama's Family

Family Ties

The Facts Of Life

1990s/2000s

The Wonder Years

Home Improvement

Coach

The Simpsons

1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy

The Dick Van Dyke Show

I Love Lucy

The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s

The Jeffersons

All In The Family

Happy Days

Three's Company

1980s

227

The Golden Girls

Family Ties

The Facts Of Life

1990s/2000s

Friends

Everybody Loves Raymond

Coach

Roseanne [

My choices in bold
1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys

The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched

The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy

My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons

All In The Family vs Alice

Taxi vs Happy Days

Three's Company vs Maude

1980s

Cheers vs 227

The Golden Girls vs Mama's Family

Family Ties vs ALF

The Facts Of Life vs Designing Women

1990s/2000s

Friends vs The Wonder Years

Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement

Seinfeld vs Coach

Roseanne vs The Simpsons

(WIth the expection of The Golden Girls/Mama's Family, the rest were easy choices...Must you pair GG/MF together?! :crying: )

Round 2:

1950s/1960s

The Real McCoys
Bewitched
The Andy Griffith Show
The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
All In The Family
Happy Days
Three's Company

1980s

Cheers
Mama's Family
Family Ties
Designing Women

1990s/2000s

The Wonder Years
Home Improvement
Seinfeld
The Simpsons

1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys

The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched

The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy

My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons

All In The Family vs Alice

Taxi vs Happy Days

Three's Company vs Maude

1980s

Cheers vs 227

The Golden Girls vs Mama's Family

Family Ties vs ALF

The Facts Of Life vs Designing Women

1990s/2000s

Friends vs The Wonder Years

Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement

Seinfeld vs Coach

Roseanne vs The Simpsons

1950's and 1960's

Make Run for Daddy
BeWitched
I Love Lucy
My Three Sons

1970's


The Jeffersons
Alice
Three's Company


1980's


227
Mama's Family
Family Ties

1950's/1960's


Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys
The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched
The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy
My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies
1970's
The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons
All In The Family vs Alice
Taxi vs Happy Days
Three's Company vs Maude
1980's
Cheers vs 227
Golden Girls vs Mama's Family
Family Ties vs Alf
The Facts of Life vs Designing Women
1990's/2000s
Friends vs The Wonder Years
Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement
Seinfeld vs Coach
Rosseanne vs The Simpsons

1950s/1960s

The Real McCoys

Bewitched

The Andy Griffith Show

My Three Sons

1970s

The Jeffersons

Alice

Taxi

Three's Company

1980s

227

The Golden Girls

Family Ties

Designing Women

1990s/2000s

Friends

Home Improvement

Coach

Roseanne

1950s/1960s
Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys
The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched
The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy
My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s
The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons
All In The Family vs Alice
Taxi vs Happy Days
Three's Company vs Maude

1980s
Cheers vs 227
The Golden Girls vs Mama's Family
Family Ties vs ALF
The Facts of Life vs Designing Women

1990s/2000s
Friends vs The Wonder Years
Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement
Seinfeld vs Coach
Roseanne vs The Simpsons

I read Yashti's comments about including the scores in the results and I realized that he was right. I didn't include them because I wasn't sure of their accuracy so I double-checked them again today and here are the results that I came up with, my votes included:


Originally posted by Sal


1950s/1960s sitcoms

MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY over Hazel 15-7

THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW over The Lucy Show 16-7

THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW over Hogan's Heroes 18-5

MY THREE SONS over The Donna Reed Show 14-9

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES over Father Knows Best 14-9

I LOVE LUCY over The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 18-5

The Real McCoys over THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW/SGT. BILKO 13-9

BEWITCHED over Get Smart 21-2

1970s

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW over One Day At A Time 20-3

ALL IN THE FAMILY over The Bob Newhart Show 16-7

THE JEFFERSONS over Mash 14-9

Taxi over ROOM 222 18-5

Three's Company over THE ODD COUPLE 13-10

ALICE over Barney Miller 15-8

Maude over HERE'S LUCY 14-9

HAPPY DAYS over Sanford and Son 16-7

1980s

CHEERS over Head Of The Class 15-8

THE GOLDEN GIRLS over Mr. Belvedere 18-5

227 over THE COSBY SHOW 12-11

Mama's Family over NIGHT COURT 14-9

FAMILY TIES over Perfect Strangers 14-9

ALF over Newhart 17-6

THE FACTS OF LIFE over Kate and Allie 16-7

Designing Women over BENSON 12-11

1990s/2000s

The Wonder Years over FRASIER 12-11

FRIENDS over A Different World 15-8

Everybody Loves Raymond over MAD ABOUT YOU 14-9

Seinfeld over EMPTY NEST 14-9

ROSEANNE over The Drew Carey Show 12-11 (win by tiebreaker)

THE SIMPSONS over 3rd Rock From The Sun 17-6

Home Improvement over MURPHY BROWN 18-5

COACH over Will and Grace 14-9






I hope this helps anyone who was curious about how the winners were picked and how close some of these races really were.

Choices in bold.

1950s/1960s

Make Room For Daddy vs The Real McCoys

The Dick Van Dyke Show vs Bewitched

The Andy Griffith Show vs I Love Lucy

My Three Sons vs The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s

The Mary Tyler Moore Show vs The Jeffersons

All In The Family vs Alice

Taxi vs Happy Days

Three's Company vs Maude

1980s

Cheers vs 227

The Golden Girls vs Mama's Family

Family Ties vs ALF

The Facts Of Life vs Designing Women

1990s/2000s

Friends vs The Wonder Years

Everybody Loves Raymond vs Home Improvement

Seinfeld vs Coach

Roseanne vs The Simpsons

I'm just bumping this up to the top so more people can see this...voting ends today :)

50s/60s-
real mccoys
bewitched
andy grittith
beverly hillbillies

70's
jeffersons
all in the family
taxi
3s company

80's
cheers
mamas family
alf
facts of life

90's
wonder years
Raymond
seinfeld
the simpsons