MUMBAI: One of the oldest English entertainment channel, Star World, gave its viewers the ultimate Christmas present as it let them vote for their favorite show online.

The channel’s ‘Freedom to Choose’ poll on Facebook gave fans the special privilege to choose exactly which show they would like to catch on New Year’s Eve and on New Year’s Day (31 December and 1 January) . Viewers had a choice to pick between popular shows like Melissa and Joey, Glee and Modern Family. The poll remained open to all fans till 25th December 2013.

Of all the shows, Modern Family was the clear winner. Viewers will now get to watch the sitcom on the on the two days as the channel airs a marathon session of the hit show between 12pm-7pm. The American sitcom has won a host of awards and recently ‘cleaned up’ at the Emmy’s taking home best supporting actor and actress in a comedy, best comedy direction and best comedy for the third year in a row.