{"id":205,"date":"2008-11-24T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=205"},"modified":"2008-11-22T12:35:42","modified_gmt":"2008-11-22T17:35:42","slug":"poll-results-%e2%80%98chuck%e2%80%99-or-%e2%80%98big-bang-theory%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/24\/poll-results-%e2%80%98chuck%e2%80%99-or-%e2%80%98big-bang-theory%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL RESULTS: \u2018Chuck\u2019 or \u2018Big Bang Theory\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Chuck vs Big Bang Theory Poll Results\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/pollsarchive\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/chuck_bang_poll.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck vs Big Bang Theory\" width=\"250\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a>A couple weeks ago I launched a <a title=\"Post launching the poll\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/11\/10\/poll-chuck-or-big-bang-theory\/\">poll asking people which TV show they preferred: &#8216;Chuck&#8217; or &#8216;Big Bang Theory&#8217;<\/a>.\u00a0 The theory I put forward was that I believed geeks watched either \u2018Chuck&#8217; or \u2018Big Bang Theory&#8217;, but not both.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well the people have voted, 115 people to be exact.\u00a0\u00a0 I wanted a good cross-section of fans, so I promoted the poll through several sites (<a title=\"reddit.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/onceuponageek\/\" class=\"broken_link\">reddit<\/a>, <a title=\"Digg\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/users\/OnceUponAGeek\" class=\"broken_link\">Digg<\/a>, <a title=\"Delicious\" href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ShagTheUniqueGeek\" class=\"broken_link\">delicious<\/a>, <a title=\"The Unique Geek\" href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/theuniquegeek\/browse_thread\/thread\/f00ff93708c916b0#\">the Unique Gee listserv<\/a>, the <a title=\"ChuckTV Forum post\" href=\"http:\/\/chucktv.net\/forum\/index.php?topic=197.0\">ChuckTV forums<\/a>, and the <a title=\"Big Bang Theory Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/forum\/posts\/list\/25748.page\">CBS Big Bang Theory forum<\/a>).\u00a0 According to the people who took this poll, my theory was incorrect.\u00a0 While many people like one or the other as I theorized, there were a number of people that liked both shows (21% to be exact).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Which TV show do you prefer, \u2018Chuck&#8217; or \u2018Big Bang Theory&#8217;?<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Chuck (34%, 39 Votes)<\/li>\n<li>Big Bang Theory (28%, 32 Votes)<\/li>\n<li>I watch and like both shows (21%, 24 Votes)<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t watch either show (17%, 20 Votes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If nothing else, the results showed that of the people that voted, more people like &#8216;Chuck&#8217; than &#8216;Big Bang Theory&#8217;.\u00a0 Since I&#8217;m more of a &#8216;Chuck&#8217; fan, I guess that&#8217;s something.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My thanks to everyone that participated in the poll.\u00a0 Be sure to vote in the new poll on Star Trek!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-205\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/24\/poll-results-%e2%80%98chuck%e2%80%99-or-%e2%80%98big-bang-theory%e2%80%99\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-205\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/24\/poll-results-%e2%80%98chuck%e2%80%99-or-%e2%80%98big-bang-theory%e2%80%99\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/24\/poll-results-%e2%80%98chuck%e2%80%99-or-%e2%80%98big-bang-theory%e2%80%99\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/24\/poll-results-%e2%80%98chuck%e2%80%99-or-%e2%80%98big-bang-theory%e2%80%99\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-205\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/24\/poll-results-%e2%80%98chuck%e2%80%99-or-%e2%80%98big-bang-theory%e2%80%99\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple weeks ago I launched a poll asking people which TV show they preferred: &#8216;Chuck&#8217; 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