'Community' wins Hulu's Best in Show 2012
Human Beings edge out zombies in final battle with 'The Walking Dead'
Even Troy and Abed can't quite believe "Community" won Hulu's Best in Show contest.
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We have a winner in Hulu's Best in Show contest for 2012, and it's... "Community." The Human Beings of Greendale eked out a victory over the zombies of "The Walking Dead" in the final round of the fan contest.
With "Chuck" no longer in contention (or existence), I assumed "Community" would steamroll its way through the whole contest, but credit to Glen Mazzara and the many "Walking Dead" fans who kept on campaigning and voting for their show in this and every previous round. Even with most of the "Community" cast repeatedly tweeting to their fans to vote, it was still a 51-49 margin.
I don't think these results will factor into NBC's renewal decision, as they know by now how crazy passionate the "Community" audience is — and also how small it is. If it comes back, it'll be for other reasons, just as it was a coincidence that "Chuck" got to come back for one final season after winning last year. But I'd still be happy to see that coincidence repeat itself.
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April 12, 2012 at 1:23PM EST Reply to CommentThis contest is a joke, and I like Chuck and Community. But seriously ... two shows on the verge of cancellation win what? Most popular? Most fans willing to vote multiple times?
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April 12, 2012 at 1:28PM ESTDuvall
April 12, 2012 at 1:25PM EST Reply to CommentThis almost makes up for the disaster in Round 3. Almost.
rexmism
April 12, 2012 at 1:41PM EST Reply to CommentI don't give Walking Dead too much credit for making it to the final round. Look at their ratings (~6 to 9 million viewers) versus the shows they beat (more like 1 to 5 million). They tended to have at least twice the viewers for each show they faced and they still barely managed to win each round. Community beat its competition (and tough competition at that) by a wide margin. It's clear Community has the rabid fans.
David +1
April 12, 2012 at 1:49PM ESTCommunity's margin of victory in the early rounds: 18, 20, 33, 10.
The Walking Dead's margin: 2, 6, 4, 8
David And, I'll be honest, this entire thing sort of soured me to TWD and Glen Mazzara in particular. It felt like Goliath tweeting his butt off to try to kill David. His twitter feed got pretty ridiculous with all the RTs claiming the fix was in. I saw someone shocked that their 50 votes didn't swing the percentages. I must have voted 200 times yesterday for Community and I watched it go from 53 percent to 51. In other news, I have no life. But neither does Glen Mazzara, apparently.
April 12, 2012 at 1:54PM ESTamg David- I just have to laugh at: "In other news, I have no life."
April 12, 2012 at 4:22PM ESTI feel the same way so often when I am commenting online (as I am right now...) Though I like to believe we all do have lives, but the internet is a rabbit hole it is so easy to fall into, especially to procrastinate from actual work. I am just relieved that I manage to limit this mostly just to "here"...and I gave up influencing the Hulu poll last year when I spent a full 30 minutes trying to get Parenthood to budge and it still lost miserably. Probably to Chuck! At any rate, I liked the lines at the end of Matt Zollerseitz's article about what makes the conversation after episode reviews so (potentially) meaningful. Its a beautiful way of thinking about what we all do here. (And now Alan, stop linking to other stuff or my rabbit hole will get bigger!) Seriously though, I think about the "community" in my 90 year old Grandmother's tiny town, and how, for the most part, in most places, there is no such thing anymore. Which has good and bad consequences. But its sort of a nice notion that it exists in some form in forums like these. I don't get to run into Alan at the coffee shop on main street each morning to chat about the latest (insert show here), but that would be pretty impractical. And I'm actually not even on facebook I am so wary of the extent to which life has become internetized. But I'm slowly coming to appreciate all the ways in which actual meaningful conversations/connections etc. (within reason/perspective) can and do occur online, and its sort of a cool thing. But now I've really digressed. Anyway David, you are not alone!
rich_gonzalez
April 12, 2012 at 1:48PM EST Reply to CommentIt probably means that the traditional ratings gathering methods are antiquated and that internet polls only target a certain demo.
Col Bat Guano
April 12, 2012 at 2:59PM EST Reply to CommentThank god. TWD winning this thing would have been a joke. That it beat a number of far better shows on its way to the final round was bad enough.
joel Breaking Bad not winning this thing means it *is* a joke.
April 12, 2012 at 5:41PM ESTCol Bat Guano True, but I was trying to ignore the earlier atrocities.
April 12, 2012 at 8:03PM ESTSPP
April 12, 2012 at 3:02PM EST Reply to CommentThank GAWD. Yes, it's a silly voting contest, but still. Thank GAWD.
Brubarian
April 12, 2012 at 3:08PM EST Reply to CommentEven though this season of Community hasn't been as amazing, after last week's, I'm recommitted to the distinction of "diehard" fan.
Omagus
April 12, 2012 at 3:46PM EST Reply to CommentIt's interesting how NBC continues to churn out little watched but critically beloved shows (Community, Chuck, Parks & Recreation, FNL). NBC would make one hell of a cable network.
joel I would definitely agree with your comment if NBC were capable of making a decent new drama in the last ten years. Just one. In ten $%&*ing years.
April 12, 2012 at 5:43PM EST
April 12, 2012 at 6:33PM ESTbarry
April 12, 2012 at 6:20PM EST Reply to CommentNbc owns hulu, nbc airs community. Despite wd fans outnumber community fans 3 to 1 based on ratings, it's obvious what happened
cole People voted for a show with good writing?
April 12, 2012 at 7:02PM ESTCol Bat Guano How does NBC owning Hulu change the votes? Also, it seemed like 2/3's of the TWD viewers were complaining about the show this season so the numbers work out.
April 12, 2012 at 8:05PM ESTrexmism I see you're doing some trolling, Barry. http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/04/12/community-narrowly-edges-out-the-walking-dead-for-hulus-best-in-show/
April 12, 2012 at 8:06PM ESThermyslilsis
April 12, 2012 at 6:27PM EST Reply to CommentEveryone is talking about the ratings of both shows, and many TWD fans are claiming it's not a real victory because TWD fans outnumber community 3 to 1, so it's impossible. What absolutely everyone is failing to take into consideration, including those confused as to why Community is on the verge of cancellation: most people who watch Community don't watch it on television at its scheduled air time. The vast majority of Community fans are young and watch the show online, which don't count towards ratings, which is not the case for TWD (I love both shows by the way...)
Also, the Community cast was not the only influential celebrities tweeting about the contest. TWD execs and cast were almost shameless in their encouragement for repeat votes. One star of TWD actually bribed fans with 100 autographed pictures of her if TWD won. Community won by 11,000 votes, and I wish everyone would stop belittling the victory.
April 12, 2012 at 8:08PM EST Reply to CommentBreaking Bad not winning makes this whole thing a joke. Its 10x better than both of these shows.
Jonathan
April 13, 2012 at 11:56AM EST Reply to CommentA fait accompli.
Kyle Bradford
April 13, 2012 at 2:49PM EST - via iPad Reply to CommentWalking Dead is cool...too bad it didn't win
Guest983
April 13, 2012 at 6:16PM EST - via iPad Reply to CommentHype
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April 13, 2012 at 6:54PM EST - via iPad Reply to CommentGreat
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April 13, 2012 at 7:03PM EST - via iPad Reply to Commenttest
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April 13, 2012 at 7:05PM EST - via iPad Reply to CommentBest