So why not make a game of it?

Call it "Fall Season Death Watch 2006," in which folks vote on which shows will be the first to face cancellation. In fact, the game is real, up and running on Bravo’s broadband channel, BrilliantButCancelled.com.

Which is good for Bravo, and good for viewers with passion and time on their hands, but not so good for Fox and especially not good for ABC.

Fox's “Happy Hour” has already premiered and been voted this season's lead loser among the new shows, and right with it is ABC's “Men in Trees.” Viewers place the two at the top of the list of shows first to be axed. Their odds look rather grim: 4:1 for each as of this morning (odds change throughout the day).

But destiny seems to bear a bigger grudge against ABC. As of this morning it had the most of any broadcast network in the top 10 most-likely-to-be-canceled-quickest shows, a total of five.

"Ugly Betty," based on a Spanish-languaged telenovela, was in third at 7:1 after "Hour" and "Trees." "Knights of Prosperity" was at No. 4, at 13:1, and at No. 5 was yet another ABC show, "Help Me Help You" at 22:1. At No. 6 was ABC's Brothers and Sisters"  at 33:1.

CBS and NBC fare the best, each with just one show in the deadly 10: CBS with "Jericho" at No. 8  at 36:1 and NBC's "Friday Night Lights at No. 9 and at 37:1

Fox has three on this list: In addition to "Happy Hour," there is "Vanished" at No.6 and (30:1) and "Standoff" at No. 10 (37:1).

Interestingly, not among the top 10 is Fox's "'Til Death," the Brad Garrett sitcom that premiered last week to especially harsh criticism. It's well down the list at 66:1 odds.

The game works this way. Viewers can vote through the web site once a week on which of the 24 new broadcast series they think is most likely to be cancelled. As each player votes, the odds on each show will automatically adjust. Then these odds are displayed on the site so viewers can see where the various shows stand.

The site also has descriptions and plotlines for each of the new series, as well as recent ratings, to help those playing figure their votes.

Each week there will be a chance of a prize – an iPod – for those who have voted on the first show to be cancelled that week. When the competition ends on Oct. 30, folks that have voted have the chance of winning a flat screen TV. Voting started on Friday.

And the shows least likely to be canceled, in the minds of BrilliantButCancelled.com voters?

NBC’s “Twenty Good Years” and “Kidnapped,” ABC’s “Six Degrees,” and CBS’s “Smith.” While these shows have yet to premiere, all four of these have 214:1 odds of being cancelled, at least as of this morning.

These predictions are not necessarily consistent with what media people have forecast, though why there's such a divergence isn't completely clear. "Twenty Good Years" and "Six Degrees," for example, have been tabbed as losers by several agencies. But anything from stuffing the ballot box to high hopes for a show from a prolific producer, like "Degrees'" J.J. Abrams, could be affecting the voting as much as the quality of the shows.