New Student Edition - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 5, 2001- 3D 1 The Sopranos 1The Sopranos 16 Dawson's Cree 1 The Sopranos 8 Power Puff Girls 8 Power Puff Girls 9Oz 5 X-files 5 X-files 12 Gilmore Girls 5 X-files 4 Ed 4 Ed 13 That's Life 6 Scooby Doo 6 Scooby Doo 11 Newsradio 6 Scooby Doo 3 The Practice 14 Twin Peaks 14 Twin Peaks 6 7 Iron Chef 7 Iron Chef 10 Emeril Live 7 Iron Chef 2 Law & Order 2 Law & Order 15 Laverne & Shirle 1 Friends 16 Saved By the Bell 16 Saved By the Bellj 16 Saved By the Bell 8 Popular 9 Roswell 9 Roswell 16 5 Once & Again 12 Family'Ties 12 Family Ties 12 Family Ties 4 Buffy 13 Angel 6 Boston Public 6 Boston Public 11 Batman Beyond 14 Looney Toons 3 Frasier 14 Looney Toons 14 Looney Toons2 7 Sports Night 17 Sports Night 10 Daria 2 The Simpsons 2 The Simpsons 2 The Simpsons 15 Futurama Daily, The Sopranos 6 Scooby Doo Saved By the Bel 2' The Simpsons 1ER 1fER 1 ER t6 Little House on the Prairie Art 1ER 8 Whose Line is it Anyway 8 Whose Line 5 Seinfeld 9 Dark Angel 5 Seinfeld 5 Seinfeld J 12 The Last Word 5 Seinfeld 4 Happy Days 13 Full House Scooby Doo 5 Seinfeld 13 Full House 6 South Park 6 South Park 11 Party of Five 2 The Simpsons 6 South Park 3 Everybody Loves Raymond 3 Raymond 10 Wonder Years 114 Third Watch 7 The Daily Show 10 Wonder Years 10 Wonder Years 10 Wonder Years 2 Sex and the City 2 Sex and the Cit DAILY 15 Three's Company CHAMPION The Simpsons 1 Survivor IE - - - - - --............................. 1 S u rv iv o r 11 16 Rockey and Bullwinkls 1 Survivor I 8 Drew Carey Show 8 Drew Carey Sho 1 9 Politically Incorrect 1 Survivor If 5 Homicide 5Homicide 112 I Love Lucy 5 Seinfeld 13 Silver Spoon. 4 Monday Night Raw 13 Silver Spoons 41, 13 Silver Spoons The Simpsons Cosby Show 6 Will & Grace a, 6 Will & Grace 11 The Pretender 3 NYPD Blue 3 NYPD Blue 3 NYPD Blue 14 Young Indiana Jones 7 Cosby Show 7 Cosby Show 7 Cosby Show 10 All in the Family 7 Cosby Show 2 The West Wing 2 The West Wing 15Thundercats 40 First Daily TV oume is e Q test of popularity By Ryan Blay and Jeff Dickerson Daily Arts Writers; Simpsons crowned first champs By RyanBlay Daily Arts Writer Our Final Four matched up cartoon favorites "Scooby Doo" and "The Simpsons," and NBC sitcoms "Seinfeld" and "The Cosby Show" Guaranteed a cartoon versus sitcom final, ques- tions arose: What makes the best show? More importantly, does FOX deserve to win anything, even a fake tournament? In the cartoon-cartoon match-up, "Scooby Doo" took an early lead. But "The Simpsons" haven't lasted 12 years on the air without some heart. Homer put Scooby and Shaggy to shame in the pie-eating contest, and Maggie, fresh off of shooting Montgomery Burns, left to a standing ovation after she shut Scrappy Doo up. In post-game interviews, all Velma could say was "jinkies." On the other side, "The Cosby Show" wasn't giving in to "Seinfeld." Even Jerry had to concede that Bill Cosby is one of the funniest comedians ever. But when Newman and Jerry started bickering, and megalomaniacal owner George Stein- brenner fired general manager J. Peterman, the depth of the "Seinfeld" bench (George's parents, the Soup Nazi, Puddy and Uncle Leo) proved too much for the Huxtables. The big game in one word - brutal. George left the game in the second half with an unspecified neurosis, and Maggie was pulled once executive producer realized she couldn't walk. Jerry controlled the tempo, often slowing the game down to ask what's the deal with New York City cabbies, but was silenced when Comic Book Guy pronounced the series finale "worst episode ever." After this; everyone from Professor Frink to rarely seen cops Eddie and Louie had their way with the NBC quartet. The Simpsons were crowned the victors. After the showdown, FOX head honcho Rupert Murdoch awarded the Elisabeth Filarski trophy to the men behind "The Simpsons." Unfortunately, we couldn't award them the real Elisabeth as promised, because her jerk boyfriend threatened us. Either way, it's been a privilege to present pictures of Elisa- beth and wacky tourney action and congratulations to FOX for finally winning something. Welcome to the 2001 Daily Arts Television Tournament. Jur number 65 seed, the Winthrop of all TV shows, is aved By the Bell," which upset No. 64 "Dexter's Laborato- ry" to eke its way into the tournament. Dustin "Screech" Dia- mond manhandled Didi while Elizabeth Berkeley distracted Dexter from coming to the aid of his family. But now Zach, Kelly and Mr. Belding hold the unenviable position of facing the No. 1 rated sitcom in all the land. Only one show shall be awarded the coveted Elisabeth Filarski trophy - we will steal her from her punk football player boyfriend and literally present her to the winning ow'- producers. The tournament was the collective brainchild of the Daily TV staff, who wanted to both express our love for television and do something to overcome the boredom of not having any sweeps series to review. ROUND 1 The biggest surprise in the tourney came between the cur- rent king of sitcoms "Friends" and the timeless classic "Saved By the Bell." Zach, Kelly, Slater and Screech were up in arms over their low seeding when the brackets were announced last week. The Bayside natives carried their intense emotion into the game 1 easily beat the highest rated sitcom in the land. The play the game occurred when Zach Morris used his infamous "timeout,"halting the progress of their rivals. Some shows never die. Maybe someone should have noti- fied the cast of "Frasier," who were thoroughly destroyed by Bugs, Daffy and the rest of the "Looney Tunes" gang. Wile E. Coyote enjoyed the rare thrill of victory but admits it was hard to be teamed with the Road Runner. Cartoons did surprisingly well. The Powerpuff Girls used their Chemical X to waste the hardcore prisoner of "Oz." "The undercats" and the Sword of Thundera came ever so close toppling "The West Wing," arguably the finest current prime time drama. "Daria" and "Futurama" couldn't follow the foul-mouthed "South Park" kids and "The Simpsons" into the next round, but nevertheless, animation is well-represented going into round two. ROUND 2 Nowhere was a contest tighter than the instant classic Witty jokes and the New York brand of humor carried the cast of Seinfeld past the "Cosby Show and Into the finals. Courtesy of NBC Bell" continue its Gonzaga-style upsets? What will "Iron Chef" cook up for the always hungry Shaggy and Scooby? Will Bugs and company drop an Acme brand safe on "The Simpsons?" Perhaps most importantly, will top ranked "ER" and "Survivor II" be able to fend off el fuego "Seinfeld" and "Silver Spoons, respectively? ROUND 3 Apparently somebody forgot to tell "Family Ties," "Looney Toons," "ER," and "NYPD Blue" to show up. Each show received no more than two votes this round, despite solid regu- lar season performances from Detective Sipowicz, Alex P. Keaton and Foghorn Leghorn. "ER" especially went down hard. Despite being the number one ranked prime time show, many questioned the staff's heart. One question on everyone's minds: Why give Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards, departing after next season) a brain tumor? Why not allow him to go down in honor and without cheesy melodrama, as in "Top Gun?" . "X-Files" folded to "The Sopranos" when Scully and Doggett realized that the mob hit is still in its prime, while the "X-Files" is waning. Finally, the main matchup. The battle between the gang at "Scooby Doo" and "Iron Chef" took place in Kitchen Stadi- um. The secret ingredient was a snow ghost that was secretly a prospector hoping to scare away people from land he want- ed to buy. Despite Chef Morimoto's attempts to cook up something Scooby and Shaggy couldn't eat, he couldn't. Celebrity panelists The Harlem Globetrotters, Batman and Robin and Don Knotts all rated challenger Scooby's action superior. 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