Hello My Imaginary Friends and TV Lovers,
For the past 7 years I’ve hosted and run a TV Draft / Pool. It’s like a football or hockey pool but with new television shows.
How It Works
- Get a bunch of friends over to your house and watch all the trailers for this year’s new network television shows. (List below)
- Everyone pays $5. (You can use pretend money or no money at all)
- Divide the amount of shows by the amount of people. (There are 43 this year)
- Put everyone’s name in a hat, chip bowl, or other receptor.
- Pick a name from the receptor and that person gets first pick. Record what that person chooses and have them pick the next name.
- Reverse the order of people who picked. (First goes last, last goes first)
- Repeat steps 5-6 until everyone has an equal number of shows picked.
- Give updates monthly for how well the shows are doing. I recommend TV Line, TV By The Numbers, Is My Show Cancelled, and TV Eh? for checking what is and what isn’t cancelled. Although Wikipedia works well too.
- At next year’s Draft give this year’s First place 50% of the money collected, Second place 30%, and Third place 20%.
The Points
Points are awarded by how many episodes air and if it’s renewed. All points are tied to the category of the show.
| Categories | Points Per Episode Aired | Renewal Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Traditional American (18-24 Episodes) | 1 | 10 |
| Mini-Series (6-14 Episodes) | 2 | 10 |
| Mid-Season Traditional (6-12 Episodes) | 2 | 15 |
| Unknown /Summer (4+ Episodes) | 2 | 20 |
The Shows
| Name | Network | Anticipated Premiere | Genre | Category | Trailer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergence | ABC | 2019 – Fall | mystery thriller-drama | Traditional | Trailer |
| For Life | ABC | 2020 – Winter | legal drama | Mid-season Traditional | Description |
| Mixed-ish | ABC | 2019 – Fall | single-camera sitcom | Traditional | Trailer |
| Stumptown | ABC | Unknown | crime drama | Unknown | Trailer |
| The Baker & The Beauty | ABC | 2020 – Winter | romantic musical comedy-drama | Mid-season Traditional | Description |
| United We Fall | ABC | 2020 – Winter | sitcom | Mid-season Traditional | Description |
| Endlings | CBC | 2020 – Winter | sci-fi adventure | Mid-Season Traditional | Description |
| Fortunate Son | CBC | Unknown | spy drama | Miniseries (8) | Description |
| Kingdome Force | CBC | Unknown | animated adventure | Unknown | Description |
| Tallboyz | CBC | Unknown | sketch comedy | Miniseries (8) | Description |
| The Sounds | CBC | Unknown | thriller | Miniseries (8) | Description |
| The Trickster | CBC | Unknown | coming of age drama | Miniseries (6) | Description |
| All Rise | CBS | 2019-09-23 | drama | Traditional | Trailer |
| Bob ♡ Abishola | CBS | 2019-09-23 | sitcom | Traditional | Trailer |
| Broke | CBS | 2020 – Winter | sitcom | Mid-season Traditional | Trailer |
| Carol’s Second Act | CBS | 2019-09-26 | sitcom | Traditional | Trailer |
| Evil | CBS | 2019-09-26 | supernatural drama | Traditional | Trailer |
| FBI: Most Wanted | CBS | Unknown | crime drama / spinoff | Unknown | Trailer |
| The Unicorn | CBS | 2019-09-26 | sitcom | Traditional | Trailer |
| Tommy | CBS | 2020 – Winter | drama | Mid-season Traditional | Trailer |
| Transplant | CTV | Unknown | medical procedural | Miniseries (13) | Description |
| Batwoman | CW | 2019-10-06 | superhero | Traditional | Trailer |
| Katy Keene | CW | Unknown | musical comedy-drama | Unknown | Trailer |
| Nancy Drew | CW | 2019-10-09 | mystery drama | Traditional | Trailer |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Fox | 2020-01-19 | crime drama | Mid-season Traditional | Description |
| Almost Family | Fox | 2019-10-02 | drama | Traditional | Trailer |
| Bless the Harts | Fox | 2019-09-29 | animated comedy | Traditional | Trailer |
| Deputy | Fox | Unknown | western procedural drama | Unknown | Trailer |
| Duncanville | Fox | Unknown | animated sitcom | Unknown | Description |
| Filthy Rich | Fox | 2019-01-00 | serialized satirical dramedy | Mid-season Traditional | Trailer |
| NeXt | Fox | 2020 – Winter | drama | Mid-season Traditional | Trailer |
| Outmatched | Fox | 2019-01-00 | family sitcom | Mid-season Traditional | Trailer |
| Prodigal Son | Fox | 2019-09-23 | drama | Traditional | Trailer |
| The Great North | Fox | Unknown | animated sitcom | Unknown | Trailer |
| Bluff City Law | NBC | 2019-09-23 | drama | Traditional | Trailer |
| Council of Dads | NBC | 2020 – Winter | drama | Mid-season Traditional | Description |
| Indebted | NBC | 2020 – Winter | sitcom | Mid-season Traditional | Description |
| Lincoln | NBC | 2020 – Winter | drama | Mid-season Traditional | Description |
| Perfect Harmony | NBC | 2019-09-26 | musical comedy | Traditional | Trailer |
| Sunnyside | NBC | 2019-09-26 | comedy | Traditional | Trailer |
| The Kenan Show | NBC | Unknown | single-camera sitcom | Unknown | Description |
| Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist | NBC | 2020 – Winter | musical fantasy dramedy | Mid-season Traditional | Description |
Good Luck,
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