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Pitting plotlines, characters, episodes, and entire series against each other, and determining a victor.

Battle Of The Fraudulent Fender Benders

Show DownBoth Brenda of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Diane of Rags To Riches get into kind of sketchy car accidents right after finally getting their licenses. But which show did it better? 2014.12.23

Rags To Riches

Battle Of The Developer/Diner Disputes

Show DownBeverly Hills 90210 and Rags To Riches both did episodes in which plucky teens fight evil builders to save their beloved diners. Which did it better? 2014.11.18

The Affair

Battle Of The Tertiary Troublemakers

Show DownThis week, both Noah and Alison have to contend with twitty female relatives. But which of them is the bigger pain in the ass? 2014.11.10

The Bridge

Battle Of The Andys Buckley

Show DownOne's a paper-company executive. The other's a not-totally-legal GP (where the 'G' stands for 'gangster'). Which comes out ahead? 2014.09.11

The Knick

Battle Of The Hospital-Integrating Doctors

Show DownOne's a white doctor at a black institution. The other is a black doctor at a white institution. Which is doing it better? 2014.08.16

The Honourable Woman

Battle Of The Tobiases Menzies

Show DownThis week's TV gave the viewer three flavours of Tobias Menzies to compare and contrast. Which one is the true prince among Menzies? 2014.08.15

The Knick

Battle Of The Bearded Mentors

Show DownTwo loose cannons of the '80s have grown into elder statesmen in period cable drama of the '10s. When compared side by side, which comes out ahead? 2014.08.09

Married At First Sight

Battle Of The Bad Matches

Show DownJamie seemed like she'd locked up the title of least receptive Married At First Sight spouse, but after the latest episode, Vaughn is breathing down her neck. Which is doing a better job of driving away her/his 'scientifically' chosen partner? 2014.08.06

Vicious

Battle Of The Blinkered Moms

Show DownTwo gay guys, two big talks with their mothers. Did Will & Grace or Vicious do it better? 2014.08.04

Married

Battle Of The Shower Enviers

Show DownWhich premium cable sitcom did a better job with protagonists falling in love with their frenemy's shower: Married or Playing House? 2014.07.25

Orphan Black

Battle Of The Baaaaaaaaad Mothers

Show Down'Shut yo' mouth!' I'm just talkin' 'bout Mrs. S. and Marie Wallace! 'Then I can dig it.' 2014.07.11

Penny Dreadful

Battle Of The Bottle Episodes

Show DownWhich cast-trapping episode featuring a character named 'Chandler' is more compelling: Penny Dreadful's 'Possession,' or Friends's 'The One Where No One's Ready'? 2014.06.23

Television

Battle Of The Celebrity Pitchmoms

Show DownBoth Tina Fey and Julie Bowen currently star in TV campaigns that lean heavily on their real lives as busy mothers. But which one actually comes out ahead as a MILF -- Mom I'd Like To beFriend? 2014.06.06

Orange Is The New Black

Battle Of The Blonde Cons

Show DownOn the eve of her show's return, will Orange Is The New Black jailbird Piper pull off the V (...hee hee) in a face-off with Justified's Ava? 2014.06.05

Flowers In The Attic

Battle Of The Crappy Brothers

Show DownWhich is a worse sibling: Petals On The Wind's Christopher Dollanganger Sheffield, or Beverly Hills, 90210's Brandon Walsh? 2014.05.27

Trophy Wife

Battle Of The Faux Lesbians

Show DownWhich show's sapph-phonies 'come out' ahead -- Trophy Wife or Faking It? 2014.05.07

Mad Men

Battle Of The Tragic Workaholics

Show DownWhen two driven characters are forced to relax, their inability to do so is a window on their madness. But whose need to work is the more debilitating? 2014.05.05