Fall TV Death Pool 2015 - 2016

July 30, 2015


In the tradition of the Summer Movie Wager, the Oscar Confidence Pool, the Saturday Night Live Fantasy League, and so much more before it, it’s the SECOND ANNUAL Fall TV Death Pool, celebrating the worst network television has to offer for the 2015-2016 season!

Congratulations, of course, go to our inaugural winner fromlast season, Patrick! Was it his belief in Jane the Virgin that won it for him, or was it the trust in the Big Four’s bad choices that truly brought the room together? Either way, Patrick beat his nearest competitor by 10 episodes!

Now, normally, we at Trivia Club try to be as positive as possible when it comes to all things pop culture! We firmly believe that there is no high culture and low culture, simply culture! You should enjoy your opera with your Any Which Way But Loose! You should ALSO, however, be realistic about what the newest network television “pilots that could” can and can’t do! We live in a GOLDEN AGE of television after all, so it’s our responsibility to give harsh and unfair judgment to the shows we haven’t seen simply because they’re on the channels that started this whole business!

This is how the Fall TV Death Pool works:

Provided below are the new shows that will be airing on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and the CW! Participants will choose FOUR NEW SHOWS, and ONE RETURNING SHOW, that are set to premiere at the start of the new TV season, from the five networks. You can choose from any of the networks, as long as each of the five networks is represented. The objective is that you want to choose shows that will air the least number of episodes on television, as you’ll get one point per episode aired (not ordered, remember).

We’ll also be adding a wrinkle in the second annual TV Death Pool, with mid-season replacements! Participants will also choose ONE MID-SEASON REPLACEMENTS from ANY of the five networks, with the amount of episodes that air SUBTRACTING from the total of the participants new and returning premiere shows. So as a silver-ling, you want to choose a mid-season show that succeeds after your other shows have failed, with the lowest episode total winning, by season finale season if not sooner!

If that’s clear, and you would like to participate, then send your chooses to Trivia Club on Facebook or Twitter with the DEADLINE on SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2015 (yep, get ‘em to us by the Emmys)!

Available shows to choose from, are:

ABC
NEW
The Muppets
Quantico
Dr. Ken
Blood & Oil
Wicked City

MID-SEASON
The Catch
The Family
Of Kings and Prophets
The Real O'Neals
Uncle Buck

RETURNING
Once Upon a Time
Last Man Standing
Grey's Anatomy
Scandal
How to Get Away with Murder
The Middle
The Goldbergs
Modern Family
black-ish
Nashville
Castle
Fresh Off the Boat
Agents of SHIELD


CBS
NEW
Life in Pieces
Limitless
Code Black
Supergirl
Angel from Hell

MID-SEASON
Rush Hour

RETURNING
Madam Secretary
The Good Wife
CSI: Cyber
Hawaii Five-0
Blue Bloods
Mom
Elementary
The Big Bang Theory
Criminal Minds
Scorpion
NCIS
NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS: Los Angeles


FOX
NEW
Minority Report
Grandfathered
The Grinder
Scream Queens
Rosewood

MID-SEASON
Bordertown
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
The Frankenstein Code
Lucifer

RETURNING
The Simpsons
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Family Guy
The Last Man on Earth
Bones
Sleepy Hollow
Empire
Gotham
Bob's Burgers


NBC
NEW
Blindspot
Heroes Reborn
Angel From Hell
The Player
Truth Be Told (aka People Are Talking)
Chicago Med

MID-SEASON
Shades of Blue
You, Me and the End of the World
Heartbreaker
Superstore
Hot & Bothered
Coach
Emerald City
Crowded
Game of Silence

RETURNING
Undateable
Grimm
The Blacklist
The Mysteries of Laura
Law & Order: SVU
Chicago P.D.
Chicago Fire


CW
NEW
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
DC's Legends of Tomorrow

RETURNING
Reign
The Vampire Diaries
The Originals
Arrow
Supernatural
Jane the Virgin
The Flash
iZombie


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