Actually two winners will be awarded in this voting:
– the best drama serial of the last season
and
– the best new drama serial of the last season.
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Excluded:
– productions that did not air at minimum 50% of their episodes between July 1st, 2013 and June 30th, 2014 (in case of productions of VoD services like Netflix: the release of the season represents the date of the season’s first episode and so on), because they ended, were canceled or paused this season (for example Sherlock [BBC], Hannibal [NBC], Braquo [C+], Luther [BBC], Bron || Broen [SVT1], Strike Back [SKY] or Les Revenants [C+]),
– productions that underperformed in this competition (12 Monkeys [Syfy], 1864 [DR1], A Place to Call Home [seven], American Odyssey [NBC], Aquarius [NBC], Arrow [CW], Atlantis [BBC], Battle Creek [CBS], Banshee [cine], Beauty & the Beast [CW], Between [City], Call the Midwife [BBC], Continuum [case], Crossbones [NBC], Da Vinci’s Demons [starz], Defiance [SyFy], Dig [USA], Dominion [Syfy], Downton Abbey [ITV], Empire [FOX], Engrenages [C+], Falling Skies [TNT], From Dusk Till Dawn [Rey], Gotham [FOX], Greacepoint [FOX], Halo Nightfall [PS], Helix [Syfy], Hemlock Grove [FLX], Hiding [ABC1], House Husbands [nine], In The Club [BBC], Intruders [BBC-A], iZombie [CW], Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell [BBC], Kingdom [DTV], Looking [HBO], Marco Polo [FLX], Marvel’s Agent Carter [abc], Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [abc], Mozart in the Jungle [a], Nashville [abc], Once Upon a Time [abc], Orphan Black [BBCa], Outlander [starz], Parenthood [NBC], Person of Interest [CBS], Poldark [BBC], Power [starz], Powers [PS], Remedy [GLO], Resurrection U.S. [abc], Rogue [DTV], Salem [WGN], Scandal [abc], Sense8 [FLX], Stitchers [abcf], Strange Empire [CBC], Suits [USA], Supernatural [CW], Tatau [BBC], The 100 [CW], The Bridge U.S. [FX], The Code [ABC1], The Flash [CW], The Following [FOX], The Killing U.S. [FLX], The Lottery [Life], The Musketeers [BBC], The Newsroom [HBO], The Strain [FX], The Vampire Diaries [CW], Transporter [RTL], TURN [AMC], Tyrant [FX], UnREAL [Life], Wentworth [SoHo], Whitechapel [ITV], Youngers [E4], X Company [CBC] and others),
– productions that didn’t air enough episodes/minutes (Haphead [web/CP] or The Enfield Haunting [SKY]),
– productions that are considered mini-series or anthology series (Olive Kitteridge [HBO], The Jinx [HBO]. Wolf Hall[BBC], Houdini [H], American Crime [abc], American Horror Story [FX] and others) and
– productions with a bigger “series” than “serial” dramaturgy (for example Castle [abc] or The Mentalist [CBS]).
» FYI, the winners of recent years:
2013/2014: Breaking Bad [AMC] (Season 5.2) + new: Masters of Sex [SHO] (new)
2012/2013: Breaking Bad [AMC] (Season 5.1) + new: Rectify [sund]
2011/2012: Breaking Bad [AMC] (Season 4) + new: Homeland U.S. [SHO]
2010/2011: Game of Thrones [HBO] (Season 1) + new: Game of Thrones [HBO]
2009/2010: Breaking Bad [AMC] (Season 3) + new: Justified [FX]
2008/2009: Breaking Bad [AMC] (Season 2) + new: True Blood [HBO]
2007/2008: Mad Men [AMC] (Season 1) + new: Mad Men [AMC]
2006/2007: Dexter [SHO] (Season 1) + new: Dexter [SHO]
2005/2006: Six Feet Under [HBO] (Season 5) + new: Big Love [HBO]
2004/2005: The Wire [HBO] (Season 3) + new: LOST [abc]
2003/2004: The Wire [HBO] (Season 2) + new: Carnivàle [HBO]
2002/2003: The Sopranos [HBO] (Season 4) + new: The Wire [HBO]
2001/2002: Six Feet Under [HBO] (Season 1+2) + new: Six Feet Under [HBO]
2000/2001: The Sopranos [HBO] (Season 3) + new: Soul Food [HBO]
1999/2000: The Sopranos [HBO] (Season 2) + new: The West Wing [NBC]
