Alright, so the arduous task of seeding is done. Basically, I looked at the show's IMDb page and googled the name of the main character, sometimes I had to use to the actor, or a different character to keep it fair, since some names skyrocket do to reasons outside the actual show. Now, there are 4 pots. Pot A has the top 8 seedings, Pot B has the next 8, Pot C has the next 16, and Pot D has the last 16.
There will be 8 groups in the group stages, each one gets 1 from each Pot A and B, and 2 from C and D. Simple. Here are the seedings:
Pot A
1. Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11,000,000)
2. Doctor Who (8,130,000)
3. House M.D (5,690,000)
4. Dragon Ball Z (5,670,000)
5. Friends (4,230,000)
6. Entourage (3,210,000)
7. Jericho (3,030,000)
8. 24 (2,900,000)
Pot B
9. Heroes (2,670,000)
10. Monty Python's Flying Circus (2,570,000)
11. The Simpsons (2,540,000)
12. Family Guy (2,380,000)
13. Little Britain (2,320,000)
14. Gladiators (2,240,000)
15. The O'Reilly Factor (2,200,000)
16. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2,160,000)
Pot C
17. Grey's Anatomy (2,160,000)
18. Desperate Housewives (2,080,000)
19. Seinfeld (2,080,000)
20. Whose Line is it Anyway? [US] (2,020,000)
21. Married with Children (2,010,000)
22. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1,980,000)
23. Chappelle's Show (1,950,000)
24. Top Gear (1,920,000)
25. Cheers (1,900,000)
26. Prison Break (1,840,000)
27. The Sopranos (1,840,000)
28. Supernatural (1,770,000)
29. Six Feet Under (1,700,000)
30. Big Brother (1,590,000)
31. M*A*S*H (1,590,000)
32. The A-Team (1,310,000)
Pot B
33. Red Dwarf (992,000)
34. Diff'rent Strokes (918,000)
35. Lost (638,000)
36. Frasier (617,000)
37. South Park (617,000)
38. The X-Files (604,000)
39. Only Fools and Horses (253,000)
40. CSI: Miami (238,000)
41. Fawlty Towers (230,000)
42. Scrubs (215,000)
43. That 70's Show (188,000)
44. The Office [UK] (168,000)
45. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (164,000)
46. The Bernie Mac Show(63,400)
47. Fat Pizza (893)
48. Forensic Files (714)
Shows which recieved equal hits got sorted alphabatically. All in all, a decent seeding. Some crappy top seeds, and some seeds which should replace those. I mean, how the hell does South Park not get Pot A when Dragon Ball Z does? Anyway, let's hope that this makes for tougher groups.
I will be randomly selecting the groups now. A main thread for the competition will be posted with all the groups. And mods, please unsticky this, and sticky the other one.