Awesome TV Family Bracket – Sweet Sixteen
By: Stephanie | July 13, 2009 at 9:16 am

After 1,357 votes in our seeding poll, the list of 100 TV families has been narrowed down to the top 16! Thanks to everyone who voted!

Now it’s time to tell us: “Who is the Most Awesome TV Family?” Feel strongly about one of the candidates? Leave a comment!

And be sure to follow us on Twitter for periodic bracket score updates during the week:

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Here’s the bracket as it currently stands:

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After the jump, see the schedule rundown and vote in each match-up!

Here’s the schedule:
Seeding Poll (Selection of Top 16) – July 9 to 12
Sweet Sixteen – July 13 to 18
Elite Eight – July 20 to 25
Final Four – July 27 to August 1
Awesome Championship – August 3 to 8

Voting for each round will end at 11:59pm EST of the final day.

After it’s all said and done, we’ll be sending a “Certificate of Awesome” to the actors that play the characters in the family.

And now, the match-ups:


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Which Family is More Awesome?

  • Summers (Buffy) (72%, 189 Votes)
  • Brennan (Bones) (28%, 72 Votes)

Total Voters: 261

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Which Family is More Awesome?

  • Simpson (The Simpsons) (61%, 161 Votes)
  • Bartowski (Chuck) (39%, 101 Votes)

Total Voters: 262

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Which Family is More Awesome?

  • Mars (Veronica Mars) (74%, 156 Votes)
  • Tyler (Wonderfalls) (26%, 56 Votes)

Total Voters: 212

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Which Family is More Awesome?

  • Castle (Castle) (62%, 139 Votes)
  • Charles (Pushing Daisies) (38%, 85 Votes)

Total Voters: 224

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Which Family is More Awesome?

  • Bluth (Arrested Development) (53%, 120 Votes)
  • Adama (Battlestar Galactica) (47%, 107 Votes)

Total Voters: 227

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Which Family is More Awesome?

  • Tam (Firefly) (76%, 242 Votes)
  • Morgan (Dexter) (24%, 76 Votes)

Total Voters: 318

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Which Family is More Awesome?

  • Connor (Sarah Connor Chronicles) (72%, 229 Votes)
  • Gilmore (Gilmore Girls) (28%, 90 Votes)

Total Voters: 319

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Which Family is More Awesome?

  • Winchester (Supernatural) (60%, 145 Votes)
  • Petrelli (Heroes) (40%, 96 Votes)

Total Voters: 241

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28 Comments

  1. Priscellie
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 9:43 am | Permalink

    Oh, cruel fate! Right off the bat, it’s Mars vs. Tyler and Castle vs. Charles. Tough decisions!

    A few errors:

    1. Jared and Jensen are the actors that play the Winchester brothers. The characters are Sam and Dean. You might also want to include their dad, John Winchester, and maybe even their deceased mother, Mary.
    2. You list the Simpson family as “Simpsons.” Should just be “Simpson.”
    3. I don’t watch Sarah Connor Chronicles, but I’m pretty sure Cameron isn’t a part of the Connor family. :D

  2. Posted July 13, 2009 at 10:49 am | Permalink

    Thanks, Priscellie!

  3. Emmy
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 11:26 am | Permalink

    Just to let you know, Claire Bennett is also technically part of the Petrelli family, being the daughter of Nathan.

    And how come Celia is included in the Summers family? She’s only ever mentioned/featured as a tiny part of one episode :S There’s also an Aunt Arlene mentioned once or twice but they never went into that.

  4. burger buddy betsy
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 11:37 am | Permalink

    SO not fair pairing the Bartowskis (Chuck) with the Simpsons (Simpsons) or the Morgans (Dexter) with the Tams (Firefly) – too big of a cult following to give them a shot…sigh…whatever, as long as the Bluths keep going strong, I’ll be happy :-)

  5. Vern
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 3:26 pm | Permalink

    Why….are…we…even…having…this…discussion? Buffy all the way! Best TV Family ever! Period!

  6. Kylie
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 9:21 pm | Permalink

    It would be OK to include Cameron as a member of the Connors. Cameron is pretending to be John’s sister as part of her cover story.

  7. Posted July 13, 2009 at 9:43 pm | Permalink

    Cameron can be part of the Connor family – she was undercover as Sarah’s daughter and John’s sister. And why not add Kyle to the mix too? He fathered John Connor 20 years before he was even more and that should automatically give him the title for most Awesome TV dad!

    Their family is insanely dysfunctional and unconventional anyhow… which means they should win this.

  8. MoH
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 9:43 pm | Permalink

    Tams ftw
    And Cameron must be included in the Connor family. :P

  9. Posted July 13, 2009 at 9:43 pm | Permalink

    Yeah I so meant 20 years before he was even born.

  10. JustSomeGuy
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 10:01 pm | Permalink

    Even if you exclude Cameron, because the Connors include The Future Savior of All Humanity and The Ex-Waitress Who Trained Him there’s really no competition… except perhaps Simon and River, but since they’re John and Cameron’s great, great, great… grandchildren technically they’re the same family ;-)

  11. talli
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 11:31 pm | Permalink

    Possibly my two favorite TV families, Gilmore and Connor, are pitted together. Really not fair. Vote went to Connor, though I go back-and-forth on it.

    Also, Mars vs. Tyler is not fair. I had to say Tyler, which I’m kind of glad I did, because they’re not winning.

    Love the Charles’ on PD, but the dynamic between Castle and his daughter, as well as Castle and his mother can’t be beat.

  12. sarah
    Posted July 14, 2009 at 2:58 am | Permalink

    the sarah connor chronicles rules fox were stupid to cancelle so bring back tscc fate is our choice we choose tscc 4ever……………..

  13. Gusar
    Posted July 14, 2009 at 5:21 am | Permalink

    Hmm, the picture of the Connors has Cameron in it, but she’s not listed as a family member. She should be. To the outside world, she was Sarah’s daughter and John’s sister.

  14. TK-MR
    Posted July 14, 2009 at 11:30 am | Permalink

    This’s ridiculous when Cameron got remove from Connors.
    Basically, The Connors family only have Sarah and John. Derek? He is a Reese. Cameron, she’s a reprogram Terminator.

    Derek is in The Connors? Why? Because Kyle was John father?

    Cameron is John’s twin sister, why can’t she in? Because she was a Phillips then a Baums? If so Derek is a Reeses then a Baums too should not be in.

    Say, the parents saying to their adopted child that he/she is not in The Family because of difference in bloodline and origin although they live together, and he/she saved all other members from death at least one time.

    And in the future Cameron was sent from she is the only ‘humanoid’ that John allows to meet him.

    Simple put, Cameron is one of the Connors.

    Removed Cameron on comment from someone that never watched TTSCC? How ridiculous is that?

    Get Cameron back in the list!

  15. Posted July 14, 2009 at 11:48 am | Permalink

    Cameron is back on! Thanks for voting!

  16. spear401
    Posted July 14, 2009 at 11:58 am | Permalink

    Thanks for letting the fans show who is the best…the Connor family from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

    TSCC rules!

  17. Priscellie
    Posted July 14, 2009 at 12:31 pm | Permalink

    I still don’t think a robot masquerading as someone’s sibling counts as “family,” which to me means an actual relation by blood, marriage, or adoption, but I shall cede my position to the SCC fans. :D

  18. fongie
    Posted July 14, 2009 at 1:10 pm | Permalink

    Cameron should be in.

    Bing back TSCC. no fate

  19. Dart67eb
    Posted July 14, 2009 at 1:47 pm | Permalink

    Cameron plays John’s sister so that counts. This is TV, remember!

  20. Dart67eb
    Posted July 14, 2009 at 1:48 pm | Permalink

    They would adopt Cameron if they did things like that.

  21. Steve
    Posted July 14, 2009 at 3:55 pm | Permalink

    The Sheppard family from Lost MUST be on this fight!

  22. maca
    Posted July 14, 2009 at 5:21 pm | Permalink

    BUFFY!!!!

  23. jm1681
    Posted July 15, 2009 at 11:44 am | Permalink

    No fair making me choose between the Gilmore’s and the Connor’s!

  24. Posted July 15, 2009 at 5:41 pm | Permalink

    Oh, man! It will suck so much when the Connors get paired up with the Tams!
    Connors FTW!

  25. Tom
    Posted July 17, 2009 at 3:32 am | Permalink

    I am absolutely LOVING all the Firefly love on this site. First River wins Most Badass TV character, then the Operative got to the finals for Most Badass Movie Villain (not sure if he won), now there are the Tams, Nathan Fillion’s new tv series Castle, Adam Baldwin’s new tv show Chuck and Summer’s Terminator. Though I must say it’s very unfair that I’ll have to decide between the Bluth’s and the Tam’s next round.

  26. WILLIAN
    Posted July 17, 2009 at 12:19 pm | Permalink

    BUFFY RULES!!

  27. thecrusader
    Posted July 20, 2009 at 11:01 am | Permalink

    I don’t see Cameron as John’s sister, but I vote for the Connors anyway!

    Tam vs Morgan is a tough one, but I guess I’ll go with Tam.

    Buffy vs Brennan? Buffy of course!

  28. Marcel
    Posted July 28, 2009 at 7:48 am | Permalink

    TSCC for sure !

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