The Zack and Kelly Award- Best Couple

Named For: Zack Morris and Kelly Kapowski (Saved by the Bell)
Awarded To: The best couple on television
2010 Winner: Desmond and Penny (Lost)
2011 Winner: Michael and Holly (The Office)

10. Brendon and Rachel (Amazing Race/Big Brother) 4 points
3rd by T-time

9. Julian and Brooke (One Tree Hill) 4 points
3rd by Jack, 5th by Me

8. Kevin and Veronica (Shameless) 4 points
4th by Cecil, 4th by Me

7. Brad and Jane (Happy Endings) 8 points
2nd by Bonz, 3rd by Me

6. Kevin and Jenny (The League) 12 points
2nd by Tyson and Rizzo

5. Chuck and Sarah (Chuck) 14 points
1st by Larry, 2nd by Me

4. Andy and April (Parks and Rec) 15 points
1st by Cecil

3. Boyd and Ava (Justified) 17 points
1st by Tyson

2. Peter and Olivia (Fringe) 19 points
1st by T-time and Jack, 1st by Me

and the Poolie goes to...

1. Phil and Claire (Modern Family) 20 points
1st by Bonz, Mags, and Rizzo

This is Phil and Claire's first nomination and win for the best couple on television.  Phil Dunphy also won the Louis and Twitty Award earlier in the Poolie season.

As the above results show, I did not vote for Phil and Claire Dunphy as one of my top five couples of the season, but I can certainly see why others would have.  Phil is obviously a fantastic character, and Claire, well Claire is crazy.  When you put them together, you get a terrific marriage that usually ends in disaster.  Whether it's Phil's hi-jinx, or Claire's anal retentiveness, one of them is usually in trouble.  It's always up to the other one to solve the problem, and that solution is usually hilarious.  Phil and Claire Dunphy are certainly worth of the Zack and Kelly Award this season.

by Dan Forcella

The Louis and Twitty Award- Best Buds

Named For: Louis Stevens and Alan Twitty (Even Stevens)
Awarded to: The best buds on television
2011 Winner: Troy and Abed (Community)

10. Hank and Charlie (Californication) 5 points
2nd by Cecil

9. Ryan and Wilfred (Wilfred) 6 points
2nd by Jack

8. Blake and Adam (The Voice) 6 points
1st by Cecil

7. Walter and Peter (Fringe) 8 points
2nd by T-time, 3rd by Me

6. Bobby and Andy (Cougar Town) 10 points
1st by T-time, 1st by Me

5. Franklin and Bash (Franklin and Bash) 11 points
1st by Larry

4. Steve and Danny (Hawaii Five-0) 13 points
1st by Tyson

3. Chuck and Morgan (Chuck) 13 points
2nd by Larry, 4th by Me

2. Troy and Abed (Community) 23 points
1st by Jack, Mags, and Jaydon, 2nd by Me

and the Poolie goes to...

1. Phil and Luke (Modern Family) 26 points
1st by Bonz and Rizzo, 5th by Me

This is Phil and Luke's first nomination and win for best buds.  Phil Dunphy has been the runner-up for the Cory Mattews Award the past two seasons, and Luke is a two-time nominee for the Arthur Spooner Award.

While Modern Family has almost entirely fallen off the map at the Poolies, both Phil and Luke Dunphy continue to keep the series alive after three seasons.  The best part about this father/son duo is that they only get better as characters when they're together.  Both ridiculous, both completely oblivious most of the time, Phil and Luke Dunphy made up about 90% of Modern Family's comedy this season, and much of that came when the two were up to shenanigans as the best buds that they are.

by Dan Forcella

Weekly Comedy Rankings- Why Is The Rum Ham Gone?

So earlier this week our good friend Jaydon came up with the idea to do weekly comedy rankings on Friday of each week of the upcoming television season. His idea was to do it on Twitter, and yesterday that is what the two of us did. I'd love to get more people involved if we continue doing it, but in the meantime, I'm going to start documenting the results here on the blog.

Unlike my Bi-Monthly Power Rankings, these Weekly Comedy Rankings will only take that week's episode into account. So if Community has an absolute dud of an episode in a given week, I don't keep it near the top of my list simply because it is still my favorite current comedy. In addition to simply rankings the shows, Jaydon also had the idea to give an MVP and funniest moment award, so we'll do that as well.

Feel free to join the fun on a weekly basis on Twitter with the hashtag #WeeklyComedyRankings or #WCR. For now, let's take a look at the debut edition of the rankings from both Jay and myself...

Dan

1. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - "The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore"
2. Modern Family - "When Good Kids Go Bad"
3. The Office - "The List"
4. Modern Family - "Dude Ranch"
5. Community - "Biology 101"
6. iCarly - "iCan't Take It"
7. Up All Night - "Cool Neighbors"
8. Parks and Recreation - "I'm Leslie Knope"
9. New Girl - "Pilot"
10. Raising Hope - "Prodigy"
11. The Big Bang Theory - "The Skank Reflex Analysis"
12. The Big Bang Theory - "The Infestation Hypothesis"
13. Two and a Half Men - "Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt"
14. Whitney - "Pilot"

MVP of the Week was Phil Dunphy of Modern Family. Funniest moment was a ties between Stanley Hudson's "shove it up your butt" on The Office, and anything new Lilly said on Modern Family.

Jaydon

1. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - "The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore"
2. Modern Family - "Dude Ranch"
3. The Office - "The List"
4. Parks and Recreation - "I'm Leslie Knope"
5. Community - "Biology 101"
6. Archer - "Heart of Archness: Part II"
7. Modern Family - "When Good Kids Go Bad"

MVP of the Week was Phil Dunphy of Modern Family. Funniest moment was a tie between anything to do with the Rum Ham on It's Always Sunny, and Perd Hapley's interview on Parks and Rec.

The Cory Matthews Award- Lead Character Comedy

Named For: Cory Matthews played by Ben Savage in Boy Meets World
Awarded To: The best lead character in a comedy series from
June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010
Last Year's Winner: Tracy Jordan- 30 Rock

Place. Character (Show) Points (My Vote)

10. Jonathan Ames (Bored to Death) 0 points

9. Dwight Schrute (The Office) 7 points

8. Tracy Jordan (30 Rock) 7 points (5th)

7. Jack Donaghy (30 Rock) 9 points

6. Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny) 13 points (4th)

5. Jeff Winger (Community) 15 points

4. Cameron Tucker (Modern Family) 18 points

3. Michael Scott (The Office) 20 points (3rd)

Runner-Up
2. Phil Dunphy (Modern Family) 28 points (2nd)

and the Poolie goes to...
1. Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
48 points (1st)

Here with his thoughts on Larry David is Poolie voter, T-time...

Larry David's run in this category is similar to Shaq's in the early part of this decade. He dominates the field but when it comes to collecting votes for MVP, he is competing not only against the other characters, but against his own prior performances. It may not be fair to hold him to this higher standard, but it is the way of the world. We, as voters, look for reasons not to give the award to Shaq, to Jordan before him, and now to Larry David. We expect greatness and refuse to reward him unless he surpasses his own lofty standards.

Having said that, the highlight of season seven was the interaction between LD and Jerry Seinfeld. The pairing provided a glimpse of what must have been going on behind the scenes at Seinfeld for years. After witnessing the two of them discuss the minor details of human behavior, it's easy to see where many of the plotlines from two classic shows came from.

Even before that, Larry was having a season for the ages. We learned he knows all the words to West Side Story and that he enters names into his cellphone with descriptors such as Denise Handicapped. We watched him kill a swan, protest tipping and berate a 9-year old for over-texting. In the most exceptional Larry move of the season, he launched a Seinfeld reunion, involving all the stars of the show, in an effort to win back Cheryl. He began by attempting to break up with a cancer-stricken Loretta and ended with a hilariously-off attempt to play George. Everything in-between was gold.

by Tim Forcella