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On today’s show, The Jones engage in an epic battle to draft their favorite television shows in the following categories: Comedy, Drama, Reality, Saturday Morning Cartoons, and Teen Drama. Find out which critically acclaimed comedy was left waiting in the Green Room, which defunct TV show Skeets scooped up for Drama, and which TBJ’er traded away his No. 1 Reality pick. All that, plus The Urban Fork channel, a dramatic “90210″ reenactment, and the theme song to “My Pet Monster.”
And, of course, play along, and tell us which channel you’d watch.
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Arrested Development was a STEAL
Loving the Breaking Bad pick.
Matty O is such a whiner. Its awesome.
Thanks Sheldon. After the show I made the comment that even I was impressed at how much I whined during this episode.
For urban comedy, I would go Fresh Prince over Cosby.
You messed up the premise of the networks, it should be done like TBS where you syndicate the entire series and have various 2 hour blocks of programing. Repeat the block twice for 20 hours of daily programming, off air between 3am and 7 am.
matt was irritating on this one
comedy: 30 rock
drama: the wire (goat)
reality tv: polish big brother
Game of Thrones!?!? No way.
JD in a landslide thanks to Friday Night Lights wrecking every other teen drama. Not even close.
Major Snubs:
Fresh Prince….how was this show not even mentioned in the entire episode?? Tas, you should be ashamed. Only one of your shows is Urban.
Saved by the Bell….classic teen show. The episode of Jesse Spano overdosing on caffeine pills is worth airing every single day.
Dexter…should be up there for dramas. This will go down as a classic.
Can’t believe no one picked The Simpsons in the comedy section. Clear #1 or #2.
Best pick : Looney Toons. Well done, Tassos.
Tas’ reenactment of Beverly Hills 90210 is amazing….
How’d you know I was lonely right now Skeets?
Winner: JD
Reason: I’m 17
My list:
Comedy: Curb your Enthusiasm
Drama: Lost ( an amazing 5 season run….)
Reality: Amazing Race
Cartoon:Pokemon
Teen Drama: The OC
Deadwood = Dwayne Wade of this draft.
JD wins easily just by taking FNL in Teen Drama. Easily should have been a top 5 drama pick, and I almost fast forwarded to the Teen Drama section just to make sure someone was smart enough to sneak it in there.
I’m giving Matty-O the win in my books.
Here’s my list of ones you didn’t include.
Comedy: The Simpsons (only showing the good earlier seasons)
Teen Drama: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (it counts!)
Drama: Dexter
Reality: Iron Chef (original Japanese version)
Saturday Morning: X-Men (the Fox animated series from the 90′s – could just as easily go with Fox’s Spiderman)
No Sons of Anarchy? Black Donnelly’s? Sunny in Philadelphia?
JD wins the draft without question, mainly because of Bachelor Pad and FNL.
My picks are as follows that weren’t said:
Comedy: Friends
Drama: Dexter
Reality: American Idol
Cartoon: Bobby’s World
Teen Drama: Saved By the Bell
Skeets with the pick of the draft with Pinky and the Brain, go watch youtube clips, the show was genius
For picks not taken, I’m thinking I’d go:
Comedy: South Park (Though about Parks & Rec, but bigger catalog)
Drama: Justified
Reality show: Top Shot (shit blows up in slow mo, count it) Thought about The Mole too. Good pick of Top Chef there Taco Trey.
Saturday Morning Cartoon: X-Men (Again, Trey, killing it)
Teen Drama: Veronica Mars (EPIC FNL snag by JD)
For Matt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5LpwO-An4
JD wins, hands down.
My picks:
Comedy: South Park
Drama: The Wire
Reality Show: The Crocodile Hunter
Cartoon: Thunder Cats
Teen Drama: 7th Heaven
Snubs:
Comedy: Community, Scrubs, Party Down
Drama: Six Feet Under, Dexter
Reality Show: Real World or Road Rules (Pretty much invented the genre right?)
Cartoon: N/a
Teen Drama: IDGAF
JD had the best channel by far. Tas’ one…. is shit.
Here’s TV Mart made out of the 6th picks:
The Simpsons(you can get an amazing line-up for one year)
Star Trek: TNG(I’m a nerd but it’s also a great show)
Real World/Road Rules Challenge(it’s almost a proper sports show)
Scooby-Doo(eh why not, it’s ok)
Smallville(not much to pick from in this one after Friday Night Lights but it’s about Superman so I guess it’s at least decent)
Should also mention Top Gear as a snubbed reality show. That shit rules
Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines…..
Comedy: Arrested Development
Reality: Chopped
Teen Drama: Boy Meets World
Sat Morn: TMNT
Drama: Dexter
I reaaaally want to give this one to Tas for the Game of Thrones pick – it’s going to go down as one of the best shows ever come two or three seasons from now.
But Skeets team beats out the rest of the Urban Fork. Deadwood was a great steal.
Anyway, my picks would be:
Drama: Game of Thrones
Comedy: Arrested Development
Reality: Wipeout
Morning Cartoon: Looney Tunes can’t be beat.
Teen Drama: Happy Days – how can no one have picked this? Is it too much a comedy? If so, I guess I’ll go with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Fun show – and it totally counts – it is listed on Wikipedia’s teen drama entry. Thanks Tas!
Step by Step was also on TGIF
Also, Trey has the best channel
Comedy – Arrested Development or Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Drama – The Wire
Cartoon – TMNT or XMEN
Teen Drama – FNL
Reality – No Reservation\ Adventures in HollyHood.
No ‘Trailer Park Boys’? Aren’t you guys Canadian?
No Always Sunny? No Dexter? No Buffy? So many Snubs…
My list:
Comedy: It’s always sunny in Philadelphia
Drama: Dexter
Reality Show: Hillbilly Handfish’
Cartoon: Adventures of the Gummi Bears
Teen Drama: Buffy
Just realised what the right option for the reality slot is: An Idiot Abroad.
No shit CDubs!
The Simpsons peak was over twice as long as AD’s entire run (mind you AD is the clear #1 for this exercise). The Simpsons was the first comedy show to go rapid-fire jokes with no laugh track. What’s the deal with laugh tracks?
Now the Simpsons has been lame for over a decade, and won’t earn you any cool points, but kind of odd to not even mention it on the draft board.
(also Chappelle’s Show still holds up quite well – he was badly missed on television in recent years during the Michael Jackson and Tiger Woods mediasplosions)
JD wins.
My picks:
Comedy: Modern Family (Arrested Development close second)
Drama: House (hands down best character on TV)
Reality: Deadliest Catch
Saturday Morning Cartoon: Duck Tales
Teen Drama: FNL (def with JD)
Of the snubs:
Drama: The West Wing
Comedy: Party Down
Cartoon: The Tick (slightly over Batman: The Animated Series)
Teen Drama: Veronica Mars
Reality: Jackass if it counts, Kenny v. Spenny if it doesn’t
Trey’s is my favorite for two reasons: Mad Men and Top Chef. JD’s is dope though
and my picks:
Comedy: if Community had more season, I’d go with that, but I’m going to stick with How I Met Your Mother
Drama: Mad Men, hands down
Reality: Deadliest Warrior? No? Okay, I’ll go with No Reservations
Cartoon: Freakazoid! and I’m probably the only one who watched it, though I loved the X-Men series
Teen Drama: fuck it, I’m going with Boy Meets World
all great channels, kind of!
my picks:
drama: the wire, duh
comedy: misfits (uk) its not really just a comedy but its awesome, go check it out!
cartoon: i want to go with robot chicken which is only kind of a cartoon though… family guy isn’t saturday morning material.. gonna go with sabre rider! classic 90ies cartoon action!
reality: i’m gonna trade this for a sports program which shows classic nba games, i really really hate reality tv.
teen drama: skins (uk)! geez you guys should really watch more uk television! (no i’m not from GB).
i would really like to find a spot for house, californication or dexter, or maybe boardwalk empire but well… fun blank jones episode btw!
Skeets mentions Twin Peaks at the beginning of the episode but it goes unmentioned afterward so I’m guessing he was joking—I think it’s a fantastic show, though, and definitely a snub. There are some solid sci-fi shows to choose from as well but its pretty tough to pick any of those since they’d all probably be considered dramas in this draft.
Drama: The Shield second only behind The Wire.
Reality: Man vs Wild, Survivor Man, Deadliest Catch
Cartoon: Dragonball Z – Goku for the win
Tas Wins. Even though how in the world do you have a show about dragons on the urban fork?
My picks
drama: the wire greatest show ever
comedy: fresh prince of bel air. disappointing tas didnt pick this
cartoon: pinky and the brain. very underrated show
Reality: 106 and park
teen drama: boy meets world
JD wins in a landslide
Matt gets honorable mention
I know a nerd-check when I hear one…
The guy with the long neck in He-Man was named Mekaneck. I am not proud of myself.
Eastbound and Down is a definite snub IMO
Guys, here’s a chart of what I gathered while listening at the office here:
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I don’t watch a LOT of television shows during November – June (NBA anyone?), but I’m going to have to go with JD, because I could re-watch Arrested Development constantly, and was about to start watching Breaking Bad… love Game of Thrones tho!
Even with He-Man, I gotta go with Matty O.
My picks
Comedy: The Simpsons
Drama: The Wire
Reality: Hell’s Kitchen
Saturday Morning: Scooby Doo
Teen Drama: Degrassi, The Next Generation
Trey wins since he has Mad Men and Top Chef!
My picks
Comedy: The Office (USA)
Drama: Mad Men
Reality: Real Housewives Franchise
Teen Drama: The OC
Cartoon: School House Rock
@Paul M– You are so right and you should be VERY proud of yourself. Mekaneck would’ve made me pee my pants too.
I’m 27.
Drama: The Wire
Comedy: The Simpsons
Reality: Real World/Road Rules Challenge
Teen Drama: Friday Night Lights
Cartoon: Batman: The Animated Series
JD wins
Biggest snubs
The Shield: My #2 drama only behind The Wire
The Simpsons: My #1 comedy, you could easily pick 22 great episodes
Veronica Mars: Listen to JD, 1st season is great
Sopranos: Should have made it over Game of Thrones, but all drama picks were good.
My Picks
Comedy: The Simpsons
Drama: The Wire
Reality: Top Chef
Teen Drama: Freaks and Geeks
Cartoon: Animaniacs
Also, Louie and Community both could make it on this list a couple years down the road.
JD wins, just for taking breaking bad. honourable mention to Trey for the larry sanders show.
my picks…
comedy: south park. i’d take the simpsons if i could forget the last decade-plus of mediocrity, but i can’t. seinfeld and the young ones not far behind.
drama: lost. screw everyone who hated season 6. if american gothic or carnivale had lasted a bit longer, they could’ve been contenders. and breaking bad will probably be the choice in a year or two.
reality: top gear if its allowed, the amazing race or deadliest catch otherwise (yes, 3 picks).
saturday morning: samurai pizza cats.
teen drama: buffy, though it could also slot into drama.
My picks:
Comedy – Community
Drama – The X-Files
Reality – Real World/Road Rules Challenge
Teen Drama – Friday Night Lights
Cartoon – Cowboy Bebop
I’ve got Star Trek stuff I really want, Better Off Ted, Louie, Mad Men, Lost among other shows I wish I could have too.
JD wins for sure.
My picks:
Comedy: Modern Family (Arrested Development close second)
Drama: House (best character on tv)
Reality: Deadliest Catch
Teen Drama: FNL (great pick JD)
Saturday Morning Cartoon: Duck Tales
Disappointed that Chappelle Show, Dexter, and Trailer Park Boys went without any mention at all! I like House too but Drama is stacked.
BTW I agree with JD, Breaking Bad will likely top The Wire for me.
I really need to watch Mad Men and Sopranos I think too.
I barely watch any new TV shows, so I don’t even know about half the crap you guys picked. Trey gets my vote for the Larry Sanders Show
Comedy: Martin
Drama: Star Trek: The Original Series
Reality: I don’t like it, and I don’t watch it, so the closest thing I could think of: WWF’s Saturday Night Main Event (like most reality shows, wrestling is scripted and fake, but appears to be real)
Saturday Morning Cartoon: Laff-A-Lympics
Teen Drama: Saved By The Bell
Also, I recall watching He-Man after school and not on Saturday mornings…
I gotta go with J.D. here for 1st and Tas a close second.
My picks:
Comedy: Community
Drama: Breaking Bad
Reality Show: Pawn Stars
Cartoon: Thunder Cats
Teen Drama: FNL
I’m actually watching the Urban Fork right now.
Comedy – Curb Your Enthusiasm (Current, long running, and hilarious. Easy pick)
Drama – How to make it in America (only 8 episodes but still great)
Reality – Rob and Big
Cartoon – Pokemon
Teen Drama – Smart Guy (it is a drama!)
Comedy: Get Smart- BAM! Just blew your mind. Nah just kidding, Arrested Development.
Drama: Sopranos. Despite the terrible ending. Or Dexter.
Reality: No Reservations – The Lou Reed of Cuisine…No Iron Chef? Pawn Stars?
Cartoon: Ren and Stimpy – It would freak out the kiddies. Although I’d try and argue for The Muppets in this category.
Teen Drama: Saved by the freaking bell people! Heartbreak High, Australians would know what I’m talking about, rollerblading, hanging out at the surf club, bad 90′s hair cuts= The Shiz
Or Skins. Not the shit american one, which is basically just a more recent, sexed up, not as funny Freaks and Geeks.
You guys should have added a miscellaneous pick. Or another category.
Like quiz/gameshow. -Nevermind The Buzzcocks
Will you take Saturday Night Live as a reality show? Maybe…No? I thought not.
I guess everyone hates 30 rock. And Absolutely Fabulous.
Based on what I’d watch more of – Matt wins.
Without detailed analysis, I would say that J.D. has the strongest lineup over all.
I don’t want to post a full roster here, but I just have to say that I was very disappointed that Monty Python’s Flying Circus or the great Kids in the Hall didn’t get any acknowledgement in the comedy category. The same goes for Deadliest Catch in the reality slot.
Tas wins, AGOT is going to get even better, take it from someone who’s a huuuuuuge fan of the book series ;)
JD wins hands down
Comedy – Arrested Development, this choice was super hard, with great shows like 30 rock, Community, Parks and Rec and Archer
Drama – Lost
Reality – Man Vs. Food
Teen Drama – Smallville
Cartoon – Batman: The animated Series
Channel Dork
Let’s go All-Underrated :
Comedy: Cheers
Drama: Weeds
Reality: Kenny vs Spenny
Teen Drama: Degrassi Jr High
Cartoon: Astro Boy
for the record:
“splinter taught them to be a ninja team,
leonardo leads, donatello does machines,
raphael is cool but rude,
michaelangelo is a part dude (cowabunga).”
Comedy: South Park. Can’t believe it didn’t get picked.
Drama: The Wire, and if you picked individual seasons instead of the full series 1-4 should have all gone in the top 5.
Teen Drama: Never really got into any of the 90210/Dawson’s Creek type shows, so we’ll go Saved By the Bell
Reality: Survivor is a good choice and more respectable, but I would say RW/RR challenge just for the entertainment factor. It’s basically a less nature-y Survivor with drinking, fighting, and sex.
Saturday Morning Cartoon: Ghostbusters, there is no right answer here, it is just a personal choice of nostalgia.
JD is the winner!! My picks:
comedy – simpsons
reality – survivor
teen drama – smallville
drama – breaking bad
sat. morning cartoon – astroboy
I would’ve picked Matt’s channel but he was very un-chill at the start of the show so I’m going to pick JD’s channel.
My picks:
Comedy – The Simpsons
Reality – Survivor
Teen Drama – Degrassi: The New Generation
Drama – The Wire
Sat. Morning Cartoon – X-Men: The Animated Series
Shalom Matt,
From a fellow Jew, stop being such a little bitch.
JD is the winner.
Can’t believe that Tas didn’t pick the best urban comedy of all time : Chappelle’s Show.
Tas: You could have drafted the racial draft…instead you’re stuck with the Huxtables
Not one single snub call for “Flight of the Conchords”? Weak.
COPS was a great cartoon, and Chappelle show is f’in genius!
Comedy: How I Met Your Mother
Drama: How To Make It In America
Reality: Basketball Wives
Teen Drama: The OC
Saturday Morning Cartoon: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Flight of the conchords early stand up was much better than their show.
Anyone remember the cartoon M.A.S.K.? Had a character who was basically just doing a bad John Wayne impersonation the entire time. Highly underated.
Also, how has nobody even mentioned “Oz” !?
Captain Planet!!! Ah to be young again…
I still think you needed one more miscellaneous pick.
BLAZE TV
My picks:
Comedy – South Park
Reality – Project Runway
Teen Drama – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Drama – Sparticus
Sat. Morning Cartoon – Smurfs
Matt wins, then Trey.
Reality: Storage Wars
Cartoon: the Tick
Drama: the Wire
Comedy: Everybody Loves Raymond
Teen Drama: Buffy
DTF Network (my initials)
Comedy: South Park (best cartoon ever)
Drama: Prison Break (1st season)
Reality: Amazing Race (forgot about it)
Cartoon: Bobby’s World (come on!)
Teen Drama: Degrassi (meh)
Snubs: Fresh Prince, Walking Dead, Top Shot/Man vs Food, Phineas/Ferb
My choice: Tas (Cosby, AR, LT)
You guys should have done a snake draft. Fantasy Draft Jones in the works? Record comments too
MADA TV
Comedy: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Drama: Dexter
Reality: Fear Factor (I don’t know)
Cartoon: Batman: The Animated Series
Teen Drama: Saved By The Bell (It was quite dramatic at times… e.g. Jesse’s pill addiction: “I’m so excited… I’m so excited… I’m so scared.”)
Comedy: Louie
Drama: Breaking Bad
Teen Drama: The O.C.
Cartoon: Arthur
Reality: MILF ISLAND
honorable mentions Seinfeld,Lost,30 Rock, Modern Family,The Office. Matt Osten wins by the way has a great taste in TV also a legend
I can’t believe nobody had “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” on their list for comedy. That for me is the biggest snub in this draft. That show had me rolling on the couch coz my sides hurt for laughing so hard.
Also would you guys consider WWE RAW as drama? It’s the soap opera for real men. They will blow every show out of the water if you picked it and ran with the Attitude Era.
Trey Kerby’s channel gets my pick just for having TMNT. :D
Comedy: Louie. While I’m loath to give up the title to a show with only two seasons under its belt, it’s just really fucking funny. And its laughs aren’t cheap. Community and Curb come in second and third place respectively.
Reality: A Shot at Love w/Tila Tequila. Reality TV isn’t good unless it’s trashy. This compels me to put this shitfest up top, over legit contenders like Mantracker/Survivorman or No Reservations.
Teen Drama: Veronica Mars. No competition IMO, at least for the first two seasons. Intricate, well-plotted, clued in–this show knows what it wants to do it and achieves it nearly perfectly.
Saturday Morning Cartoon: Justice League Unlimited. This or Adventure Time, but there’s something basic and fun about watching superheroes on a Saturday morning.
Drama: Terriers. Kinda like Veronica Mars, knows its scope and works great within it. Mi ght expose a not insignificant bias towards detective shows on my part, though, which owns.
Skeets TV All Day!!!
Comedy: Chapelle’s Show
Reality: Flavor of Love
Teen Drama: Smallville
Drama: The Wire (Seasons 4 and 5)
Cartoon: Arthur
Winner: JD (even with effin bachelor pad)
My Picks:
Comedy: Arrested Development (or 30 Rock or modern family. hard category)
Drama: House (Dexter’s recent sucked hard)
Cartoon: The Weekenders
Reality: So you think you can dance biatch
Teen Drama: Boy meets world (don’t care what you say)
Anyone ever heard of The Simpsons? Damn! I would put the best 24 episodes of the Simpsons up against the best 24 episodes of any other comedy. What an oversight.
Comedy: Scrubs
Drama: Lost
Reality: The Great Food Truck Race
Teen Drama: Veronica Mars
Saturday Morning Cartoon: GI Joe
Dear viewer picks…
Trey Kerby !
the best mixed shows that are suiting me
Days behind…
JD has a great channel but I’m going with Skeets for the surprise Deadwood pick.
For me, The Simpsons is the biggest snub (though you can burn everything after Season 8 – though Season 9 had it’s moments…any double digit season isn’t worthy of being recognized as the same show). South Park is great, but it has no heart like the early Simpsons episodes. Flight of the Conchord’s first season is classic, but the 2nd isn’t on the same level.
JD wins, my picks are
Comedy: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Big bang theory close second other honorable mentions go out to community and Yes Minister/Primeminister)
Drama: House (second choice would be criminal minds or doctor who)
Reality: Storage Wars (Second choice would be Jeopardy and wipeout)
Cartoon: Dragonball Z (I loved watching this show!)
Teen Drama: The Buried Life (I think this counts as a teen drama, its on MTV)
Oh wow. I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to comment before. But now?
Comedy – Arrested Development
Drama – Firefly
Reality – I was gonna pull one out of left field and go with Mythbusters (it’s on the Wikipedia list), but what about Hard Knocks or The Association?
Teen Drama – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cartoon – Adventure Time
Anybody else just thoroughly enjoy JD muttering “son a bitch” everytime somebody picked a show he wanted?
I’m going Skeets. Deadwood – some of the best dialogue ever on television.
I’m going to try something different. Inspired by the FIBA tournies – the last hoops I may see for a really long time – I give you the All Foreign TV Draft.
COMEDY: Faulty Towers
DRAMA: Forbrydelsen (the original Killing)
REALITY: Takeshi’s castle (also known as Most Extreme Challenge or MXC – youtube that and try not to laugh)
TEEN DRAMA: Heartbreak High
CARTOON: Star Blazers
About Game of thrones : as I read the books, Trey is gonna be happy as it’s not getting more magical but more head cutting by humans.
Dpn’t forget you could be spoilers as you have listeners on the other side of the Atlantic :-p
BattleStar Galactica is the best drama ever, period. It’s a shame none of you picked it up ;-)
Comedy: South Park
Drama: Star Trek Next Gen
Reality: Survivor Man
Teen Drama: Wonder Years
Cartoon: Doug
Comedy: Top Gear UK (I dont know if it qualifies as comedy but I’ll take it) or Colbert Report
Drama: Breaking Bad or Prison Break
Reality: Amazing Race
Teen Drama: Boy Meets World
Cartoon: Looney Toons
I know this is over a year old, but I just started listening to TBJ on the daily and i’m trying to catch up, so here’s my channel.
Comedy: Parks and Recreation
Drama: The West Wing
Reality: The Real World
Teen Drama: The O.C. (with Saved by the Bell a close second)
Cartoon: The Fairly Oddparents