Best Television Show Tournament Round 2a: The Shield (9) vs Luther (56) vs Chuck (73)

[Chris]

The Shield
Plot: Drama series following the lives and cases of dirty cop Vic Mackey and the corrupt LAPD unit under his command.
Genres: Crime drama, Serial drama, Action, Police procedural, Tragedy
Created by: Shawn Ryan
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Catherine Dent, Reed Diamond, Walton Goggins, Michael Jace, Kenny Johnson, Jay Karnes, Benito Martinez, CCH Pounder, Glenn Close, Cathy Cahlin Ryan, David Rees Snell, Paula Garcés, David Marciano
On-air: March 12, 2002 – November 25, 2008


VS

Luther
Plot: DCI John Luther is a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.
Genres: Crime drama, Police procedural, Psychological thriller
Created by: Neil Cross
Starring: Idris Elba, Ruth Wilson, Steven Mackintosh, Indira Varma, Paul McGann, Saskia Reeves, Warren Brown, Dermot Crowley, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kierston Wareing, Pam Ferris, David Dawson, Sienna Guillory, David O'Hara, Michael Smiley, Darren Boyd, Rose Leslie, Laura Haddock, Patrick Malahide, Wunmi Mosaku, Enzo Cilenti, Hermione Norris
On-air: 4 May 2010 – 4 January 2019


VS

Chuck
Plot: When a computer geek inadvertently downloads critical government secrets into his brain, both the CIA and the NSA assign an agent to protect him and exploit his newfound skills.
Genres: Action comedy, Romance, Spy drama
Created by: Josh Schwartz, Chris Fedak
Starring: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Sarah Lancaster, Adam Baldwin, Ryan McPartlin, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Scott Krinsky, Vik Sahay, Julia Ling, Bonita Friedericy
On-air: September 24, 2007 – January 27, 2012​

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Chuck is so fucking awesome.

 

[Y2Jayne]

The Shield is objectively the superior show here.

 

[JakeYourBooty]

Shield v Luther is killing me but gotta go with Vic and the boys

 

[John McHenry]

Kinda hope the tie holds

 

[Wiseman]

WTF?!

 

[JakeYourBooty]

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[Keith]

I voted The Shield because overall it’s probably the most consistent and deepest show. But really enjoyLuther too. The sort of role Elba was born to play. Also I guess his ant-hero is a bit easily to root for