Which show has the most dedicated fans (TV Guide poll)

[raptornx01]

poll popped up on TV Guide asking for fans to vote for their top 5 shows with the best/most dedicated fans.

Lot of choices actually, though a few interesting omissions.

I'm surprised Star Trek isn't higher, But I got no issues with the top 5.

http://www.tvguide.com/special/fall-pre ... -fans.aspx

[pip]

I'd have some issues with the top 5 . Don't think i could stomach more than a minute of the top 2 anyway

[raptornx01]

Maybe number 1, but I thought everyone here liked Doctor Who.

Though To be honest that was most surprising bit, I would have thought Star Trek would have garnered a bigger response then the Dr. I guess maybe cause the show is currently running. they are usually the ones you think when you think of hardcore fans of tv shows. Guess i was shocked at how wide spread the Whovians were.

[Jan Van Quirm]

Well Dr. Who's been running almost as long as all the others put together (on original runtime) if you exclude Star Trek in it's various iterations

I'd be hard put to it to say I really like any 5 from the shows listed but Family Guy & Game of Thrones are always worth watching and Buffy was good on its day, but then this is a US poll so I've haven't watched many of the others much aside from Dr. Who and Dallas (but not this new fangled one... )

[Who's Wee Dug]

I was expecting Babylon 5 to be in there, only one in the top 5 for me and that's not my number one either.

[Tonyblack]

Maybe it should read: Which show has fans dedicated enough to bother voting?

[raptornx01]

heh, star trek is gaining over buffy. but still no match for firefly. and yeah, Lack of Babylon 5 is interesting. though you don't hear to much from 5ers anymore. Even those on the show are pretty low key anymore. JMS still writes but i'm not sure what all he's done in recent years. I was hoping he'd try to bring it back, but no luck.

[Who's Wee Dug]

Yes it was my favorite, no Angel either, just as well there were no Discworld tv series it would have been interesting to see the results.

[raptornx01]

I guess there aren't enough dedicated fans

though Jan's comment got me wondering. they don't have TV Guide in other countries, right? IE a weekly magazine solely for tv listings? or are there equivalents?

[Sister Jennifer]

Dedicated in what way, I wonder?

[Dotsie]

It's sampling bias. Trekkies are all off playing dress-up and arguing over which was the best captain

[Tonyblack]

I really kind of dislike polls. They are never truly representative and never will be unless people actually tell the truth rather than responding about wheat they think should be the 'right' answer or the answer that makes them look the best. And then you have a whole and very large section of the population that refuses to take part in polls: another factor in making any results meaningless.

In a case like this, it's about which sort of fans can be bothered to vote. It's like these online polls where an Internet friend can win a competition due to a (for example) photo they have submitted to a competition. Then it's rarely about how good the photo is, it's more about how many Internet friends you have. And that's how it should be. I don't think anyone should take these sort of polls too seriously. The magazines tend to do them because they get a good response and people get annoyed when something they consider to be rubbish, gets lots of votes.



In case you are wondering - I've been watching a lot of Charlie Brooker on YouTube recently.

[CrysaniaMajere]

It's sampling bias. Trekkies are all off playing dress-up and arguing over which was the best captain

What's there to argue? It was obviously Picard!

and my number 1 is always star trek, but I admit I couldn't be bother to register in order to vote.

[Penfold]

In a case like this, it's about which sort of fans can be bothered to vote. It's like these online polls where an Internet friend can win a competition due to a (for example) photo they have submitted to a competition. Then it's rarely about how good the photo is, it's more about how many Internet friends you have. And that's how it should be. I don't think anyone should take these sort of polls too seriously. The magazines tend to do them because they get a good response and people get annoyed when something they consider to be rubbish, gets lots of votes.



In case you are wondering - I've been watching a lot of Charlie Brooker on YouTube recently.

I'm the perfect example of this when people on this forum were voting daily for me in the Bing Photo Competition. Everybody else was relying on Facebook for there votes. I got through to the final 100 from a field of around 3600 by this method.

Charlie Brooker is great, btw, and Picard was definitely the best!

[Tonyblack]

Ah but your photos really are good.

I used to post on a cat forum where people would enter photos of their cats into various competitions. It really got to be the case that it was the most popular members who got the most votes. I'm not criticising this system, just pointing out that it is often not a very accurate indicator of real trends.