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The worst TV shows ever

We always do threads about the worst movies and the worst as actors, but what about tv?

Which TV shows do you think are the all-time worst? I nominate the reality show Are You Hot? I wasn't expecting high art, but this was just soul-deadening.

by Anonymousreply 519June 7, 2019 12:19 PM

As far as shows that were ratings hits...Mad About You. Just f-ing awful!

by Anonymousreply 1April 19, 2019 8:23 PM

The Bachelor.

by Anonymousreply 2April 19, 2019 8:24 PM

Desmond Pfeiffer

by Anonymousreply 3April 19, 2019 8:25 PM

I remember turning this off when it first aired and talked about it being the worst show episode ever. I tried to watch it just now, All these years later. I can not.

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by Anonymousreply 4April 19, 2019 8:27 PM

“Small Wonder”, what a piece of crap!

by Anonymousreply 5April 19, 2019 8:42 PM

I know it’s a DL favorite but “Mama’s Family” is just awful. I have to assume the people who love it are blinded by lust for Bubba’s bulge.

by Anonymousreply 6April 19, 2019 8:46 PM

The Bob Newhart Show, which followed MTM on Saturday nights in the 70's.

I would read about how brilliant this show was , but it always left me cold and scowling.

by Anonymousreply 7April 19, 2019 8:47 PM

Seriously but, Hi Bob, I'm not gonna fuck you tonight, or ever.

by Anonymousreply 8April 19, 2019 8:49 PM

For successful shows?

The Alan Alda Show AKA M*A*S*H....

by Anonymousreply 9April 19, 2019 8:50 PM

I never got into Seinfeld. Just didn't like it

by Anonymousreply 10April 19, 2019 8:51 PM

"Friends" is horrific. That show inspired a record amount of suicides.

by Anonymousreply 11April 19, 2019 8:53 PM

My friends think I am joking when I say I watch Mama's Family. It's so bad, it relaxes me. I expect nothing from it, but corny stale jokes. It is the Little Debbie snack of television. Not satisfying, but hey it was on.

by Anonymousreply 12April 19, 2019 8:54 PM

Me gusta r12.

by Anonymousreply 13April 19, 2019 8:56 PM

True Blood, I cannot understand how a show that features the most abusive, misogynist men got such a huge female following.

by Anonymousreply 14April 19, 2019 8:56 PM

Cop Rock

by Anonymousreply 15April 19, 2019 8:57 PM

Gravity, by and with Eric Schaeffer. it was AWFUL and i'm the only person on earth who watched it.

by Anonymousreply 16April 19, 2019 8:59 PM

Manimal

by Anonymousreply 17April 19, 2019 9:01 PM

We were fantastic.

by Anonymousreply 18April 19, 2019 9:03 PM

When Calls the Heart.

by Anonymousreply 19April 19, 2019 9:04 PM

I was fantastic.

by Anonymousreply 20April 19, 2019 9:05 PM

R14 were Eric and Alcide that bad? I never finished it.

by Anonymousreply 21April 19, 2019 9:08 PM

Family Affair. The long pauses between actors lines? No.

Not even with hot Uncle Bill, NO.

by Anonymousreply 22April 19, 2019 9:10 PM

I hated Frasier. I really tried to like it but it just grated on my nerves.

by Anonymousreply 23April 19, 2019 9:10 PM

ARROW is pretty darned bad. Maybe come up with shows that have aired within the last FORTY YEARS, QUEENS??

by Anonymousreply 24April 19, 2019 9:11 PM

Yes, r23, especially when he took off his shirt.

by Anonymousreply 25April 19, 2019 9:11 PM

New shows have aired afternthenpast 40 years, r24?

Shirley you are mistaken.

by Anonymousreply 26April 19, 2019 9:13 PM

R24 I don't think it counts if it's a CW show.

by Anonymousreply 27April 19, 2019 9:13 PM

Major Dad. What a steaming pile of dog shit.

by Anonymousreply 28April 19, 2019 9:14 PM

OP, although it was awful, I admit that when I was in high school, I looked forward to watching Are you hot or not so I could masturbate to some of the hot men. Wish I could find some of the episodes online. It was an incredibly degrading show though.

by Anonymousreply 29April 19, 2019 9:15 PM

This.

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by Anonymousreply 30April 19, 2019 9:16 PM

Bob Newhart: Hot or Not?

by Anonymousreply 31April 19, 2019 9:16 PM

Nearly every crime/medical/firefighter drama ever aired on network TV.

by Anonymousreply 32April 19, 2019 9:17 PM

There is no way Suzanne Pleshette ever fucked Bob Newhart.

by Anonymousreply 33April 19, 2019 9:19 PM

She’s the Sheriff starring Suzanne Somers

by Anonymousreply 34April 19, 2019 9:19 PM

True, R27.

Okay, here's another one. LIE TO ME. It's been off the air for a few years but the supposed genius Tim Roth is well into Scott Caan territory with his flailing elbows and eccentric-for-the-sake-of-eccentricity pauses and jags.

by Anonymousreply 35April 19, 2019 9:19 PM

Three's Company. The worst of screwball comedy. I mean, bottom of the drain, green algae and all.

by Anonymousreply 36April 19, 2019 9:21 PM

White trash Kim Zolciak from Real Housewives of Atlanta appeared on Hot or Not and was unanimously voted NOT.

This was years before RHOA.

by Anonymousreply 37April 19, 2019 9:22 PM

ANYTHING WITH A FAKE LAUGH TRACK

by Anonymousreply 38April 19, 2019 9:23 PM

Step by Step with Suzanne Somers

by Anonymousreply 39April 19, 2019 9:27 PM

I agree with Frasier. Could not stand it at all.

by Anonymousreply 40April 19, 2019 9:27 PM

This was real bad. It only aired a few episodes a few years ago. About two wanna be trannys. It ran on ABC

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by Anonymousreply 41April 19, 2019 9:28 PM

Trannys ?

LITERAL VIOLENCE.

by Anonymousreply 42April 19, 2019 9:30 PM

Wings. Tim Daly only wishes he had the talent of his sister, Tyne.

His acting? He's as dead as dead is dead.

by Anonymousreply 43April 19, 2019 9:31 PM

R30 for the win.

Two Broke Girls. My sister said it was hilarious and I gave it a try and wondered if we were watching the same show because I never laughed.

Most of the ABC TGIF shows, but especially Family Matters and even more so when it became the Urkel Show.

by Anonymousreply 44April 19, 2019 9:33 PM

That show called "Strange Liquid in Ear."

Maybe I never understood its nuance...

by Anonymousreply 45April 19, 2019 9:34 PM

R41 for the win.

How did that ever get approved?

by Anonymousreply 46April 19, 2019 9:35 PM

Two Broke Girls was fucking TERRIBLE.

Add the chick who plays the skank baker to the list of Actors That Ruin Everything.

by Anonymousreply 47April 19, 2019 9:35 PM

Touched By an Angel

by Anonymousreply 48April 19, 2019 9:35 PM

Another vote for 2 Broke Girls. This is Guantanamo-level torture.

by Anonymousreply 49April 19, 2019 9:37 PM

Hogan's Heroes

Who knew Nazis could be so much fun!

by Anonymousreply 50April 19, 2019 9:37 PM

Murder She Wrote.

by Anonymousreply 51April 19, 2019 9:39 PM

The Paul Lynne Show And Lots a luck with Dom DeLuise....... two character actors that could never carry a show........

by Anonymousreply 52April 19, 2019 9:41 PM

I always hated Webster and Mad About You.

by Anonymousreply 53April 19, 2019 9:43 PM

Who's The Boss.

I didn't think Tony Danza, who was funny and charming on Taxi, could be so devoid of comedic ability on his own show.

by Anonymousreply 54April 19, 2019 9:44 PM

Golden Girls.

by Anonymousreply 55April 19, 2019 9:45 PM

^^^^

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by Anonymousreply 56April 19, 2019 9:46 PM

The Lucy Show Here’s Lucy And Life with Lucy. A beloved star being kept in front of the public.... shows salvaged the worst parts of I Love Lucy and continued the same format week after week .. And then using her own kids as co-stars:

by Anonymousreply 57April 19, 2019 9:47 PM

Family Affair

by Anonymousreply 58April 19, 2019 9:48 PM

Hello Larry starring McLean Stevenson who ended up basically with no career after leaving MASH.

by Anonymousreply 59April 19, 2019 9:51 PM

Gloria

by Anonymousreply 60April 19, 2019 9:52 PM

R23 Mr. Robot had a twentysomething character obsessed with 90s sitcoms, and when he watched Fraser, he was like, "I don't get why so many women wanted to bang some balding old white dude."

by Anonymousreply 61April 19, 2019 9:55 PM

Anything starring Tim Allen. ANYTHING.

by Anonymousreply 62April 19, 2019 10:01 PM

FRIENDS

by Anonymousreply 63April 19, 2019 10:04 PM

Mama Malone was a waste of Lila Kaye's ample talents.

by Anonymousreply 64April 19, 2019 10:09 PM

Agree with the Tim Allen comment .......

by Anonymousreply 65April 19, 2019 10:10 PM

Happy Days

by Anonymousreply 66April 19, 2019 10:10 PM

"Two Broke Girls"

Dear god it's awful.

by Anonymousreply 67April 19, 2019 10:12 PM

r57 The Lucy Show was tolerable until Gale Gordon replaced Vivian Vance

by Anonymousreply 68April 19, 2019 10:13 PM

R11 Friends was the WORST. Even though I was im their target demographic back in the day, I just couldn’t tolerate it.

by Anonymousreply 69April 19, 2019 10:14 PM

Mudrder She Wrote....any place she was.....somebody was murdered......And the show was on for 14 years.......Angela Lansbury herself thought the workload was too much.......

by Anonymousreply 70April 19, 2019 10:14 PM

I like Victor French but Carter Country was terrible.

And as much as I love Claude Akins, even as a kid I thought The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo was horrible.

by Anonymousreply 71April 19, 2019 10:20 PM

(Anything starring Tim Allen. ANYTHING.)

Since you mentioned him . Anything with Nancy Travis. ANYTHING!

by Anonymousreply 72April 19, 2019 10:34 PM

Cosby show, in restropect

by Anonymousreply 73April 19, 2019 10:38 PM

[quote]The Paul Lynne Show

Who?

by Anonymousreply 74April 19, 2019 10:38 PM

Lost

by Anonymousreply 75April 19, 2019 10:40 PM

Family Matters

by Anonymousreply 76April 19, 2019 10:43 PM

Big Bang Theory, New Girl, unbreakable Kammy Schmitt

by Anonymousreply 77April 19, 2019 10:43 PM

Lost was dead to me when they killed off that eye candy Boone. Fucking assholes.

by Anonymousreply 78April 19, 2019 10:43 PM

Three's Company. It blows every other bad show out of the idiot box.

by Anonymousreply 79April 19, 2019 10:46 PM

(Don't) ENJOY!

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by Anonymousreply 80April 19, 2019 10:49 PM

Queen For a Day.....

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by Anonymousreply 81April 19, 2019 10:51 PM

Providence. Successful career woman loses boyfriend, and simply must return to her hometown so that she can have regular comforting talks with the ghost of her deceased mother when she has the sadz. It was proto-Hallmark Channel pablum, the canary in the coal mine.

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by Anonymousreply 82April 19, 2019 10:51 PM

I'm going to catch shit for this, but I fucking hate game of thrones and breaking bad! They were billed as smart, brilliant, well acted shows, and I found them so dumb and the acting awful. GOT acting is worse than soap opera bad and the sidekick kid on BB was horrible(ironically he was the one all the assholes were praising). The plots were supposedly genius and hard to follow but I felt the opposite. In all honesty I don't like any HBO shows really, but GOT takes the cake.

by Anonymousreply 83April 19, 2019 11:06 PM

My mother hated Two's Company. I remember her saying that Donald Sinden had a terrible voice.

by Anonymousreply 84April 19, 2019 11:06 PM

Hats, magazine stands, more hats and unnatural poses!

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by Anonymousreply 85April 19, 2019 11:12 PM

Damages

by Anonymousreply 86April 19, 2019 11:17 PM

Chicken Soup starring Jackie Mason

Oy vey, it was bad!

by Anonymousreply 87April 19, 2019 11:17 PM

Gilmore Girls? I've never seen an episode but it always looks insufferable.

by Anonymousreply 88April 19, 2019 11:22 PM

Three’s Company!

by Anonymousreply 89April 19, 2019 11:24 PM

Full House.

by Anonymousreply 90April 19, 2019 11:25 PM

Happy Days, spin-offs of Happy Days, and spin-offs of spin-offs of Happy Days.

by Anonymousreply 91April 19, 2019 11:26 PM

How YOU doin’?

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by Anonymousreply 92April 19, 2019 11:32 PM

Medium and Ghost Whisperer are both unwatchable.

by Anonymousreply 93April 19, 2019 11:41 PM

Joey could have been good, but they didn't seem to know what to do with the character, outside of neutering it, and him.

by Anonymousreply 94April 19, 2019 11:41 PM

That one with Bette Midler got crucified and canceled almost immediately.

by Anonymousreply 95April 19, 2019 11:44 PM

In season two of Joey they retooled the show, gave him a sassy black friend and made his nephew a pussy hound.

by Anonymousreply 96April 19, 2019 11:45 PM

Did they? The whole point of Joey's nephew was that he was Cal Tech and Joey was...Joey.

Ah, the sassy black best friend...

by Anonymousreply 97April 19, 2019 11:47 PM

The Conners.

by Anonymousreply 98April 19, 2019 11:48 PM

Hated hated hated MASH

by Anonymousreply 99April 19, 2019 11:52 PM

[quote]The whole point of Joey's nephew was that he was Cal Tech and Joey was...Joey.

And that's what made the first season somewhat watchable.

It was a complete 180 for the nephew because he was the opposite of Joey and Joey was always stymied trying to make him cool, while the nephew just didn't get Joey and his personality. In the second season they were exactly the same and the odd couple dynamic was gone.

And the black friend just came out of nowhere and they were inseparable dudebros.

by Anonymousreply 100April 19, 2019 11:53 PM

I’ve never seen it and may not get the title right, but I think it’s called Dr. Pimple Popper, I cringe just reading the title.

by Anonymousreply 101April 19, 2019 11:54 PM

Keeping up with the Kardashians.

by Anonymousreply 102April 19, 2019 11:56 PM

Mixology. It only lasted one season and was Ryan Seacrest produced. It was like “Friends” meets “Cheers” with millennial douchebag main characters, all straight of course. That and 2 Broke Girls were the worst. It’s like they weren’t even trying.

by Anonymousreply 103April 19, 2019 11:57 PM

R82. I love you! I had forgotten that giant turd foisted upon us. This was when I learned the joy of "hate watching". Honestly, are producers injecting meth into their eye sockets when they approve this kind of shit? I know nothing of Hollywood at all but I always marvel when this kind of shit gets a green light. Lol. Thank you.

by Anonymousreply 104April 19, 2019 11:57 PM

Lucy's last show. Cancelled, with filmed shows left.

by Anonymousreply 105April 20, 2019 12:03 AM

Lord.

We need to separate shows that you didn't like between shows that we actually "bad". I didn't watch Friends really, but the few episodes I watched weren't "bad". Corny sure, but it was an acceptable sitcom. I CANNOT stand TBBT, but I have watched it and I can't say it is bad per se, just incredibly corny/trite, and people do enjoy that.

True Blood, like many shows, went downhill FAST. The last 3-4 seasons were bad. Two Broke Girls was just bad from the beginning. Baywatch Nights was terrible (the original Baywatch at least knew what show it was).

by Anonymousreply 106April 20, 2019 12:04 AM

I don’t like MASH either. It’s always shown in repeats all of the time.

by Anonymousreply 107April 20, 2019 12:06 AM

I like Medium, r93!

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by Anonymousreply 108April 20, 2019 12:18 AM

I expected to see the bottom of the barrel TV shows from the past sixty years, but I got people saying Frasier and Seinfeld. You may not have liked those shows, but they were competent, and not egregiously insulting to the viewers, which puts them head and shoulders above the following fare:

The Ugliest Girl in Town - a guy dresses as a girl to go to college. Like half of Bosom Buddies...the ass-half.

The Dumplings - James Coco and Geraldine Brooks are a fat couple in love. That's the whole concept.

Queen for a Day - '50s game show with the following premise: poor white trash, middle-aged women tell their tragic true life stories and the audience decides which one is the most pathetic. The winner is dressed in a tacky robe and crown, handed some flowers, and receives appliances.

The Pruitts of Southampton - Phyllis Diller capers around her southern Gothic mansion pretending to be rich, although the family fortune is gone. Poverty is SO hilarious.

Madame's Place - Starring Madame as herself.

Pink Lady and Jeff - Non-English speaking Japanese duo Pink Lady giggles while cheesy comedian Jeff Altman smirks and cracks jokes Bruce Vilanch would have turned up his nose at. Every episode (all 6) ends with them all jumping into a hottub.

by Anonymousreply 109April 20, 2019 12:24 AM

Sure looks like a hit!

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by Anonymousreply 110April 20, 2019 12:31 AM

No one ever heard of any of that shit in R109.

by Anonymousreply 111April 20, 2019 12:35 AM

"I Dream of Jeannie" and "Baywatch." I tried to watch "The Wire" and couldn't make it through one episode.

by Anonymousreply 112April 20, 2019 12:38 AM

This idiot is trying to say one of the most critically lauded and popular shows, "The Wire", is one of the worst TV shows ever?

R112, Delete your account. You are the worst. You suck. You're terrible. Fuck off.

by Anonymousreply 113April 20, 2019 12:47 AM

Homes and Yoyo was pretty awful. My nine-year-old self would watch ANYTHING with robots or aliens and this show was too terrible even for me.

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by Anonymousreply 114April 20, 2019 12:49 AM

Jennifer Slept Here

by Anonymousreply 115April 20, 2019 12:59 AM

The View

by Anonymousreply 116April 20, 2019 1:04 AM

R88 Yes it was insufferable

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by Anonymousreply 117April 20, 2019 1:08 AM

I own this thread!

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by Anonymousreply 118April 20, 2019 1:10 AM

What a turd.

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by Anonymousreply 119April 20, 2019 1:12 AM

All the Law and Order shows, particularly SVU. Dick Wolf is such a perv and his twists make no sense. He will go out of his way to be as bizarre and unrealistic as possible.

by Anonymousreply 120April 20, 2019 1:12 AM

Family Guy had it's moments early on, but it's become unwatchable. Just really tedious.

by Anonymousreply 121April 20, 2019 1:14 AM

Homecoming gave me a headache. It's like Chinese water torture.

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by Anonymousreply 122April 20, 2019 1:19 AM

Thirtysomething

by Anonymousreply 123April 20, 2019 1:21 AM

MASH

by Anonymousreply 124April 20, 2019 1:21 AM

E.R.

by Anonymousreply 125April 20, 2019 1:22 AM

Parenthood. I hope they all die.

by Anonymousreply 126April 20, 2019 1:22 AM

Hollyoaks. As a Brookside fan, I tried to give it a try, but it's unbearable.

by Anonymousreply 127April 20, 2019 1:24 AM

I didn't mind it but..... i don't know how it lasted for 14 seasons.

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by Anonymousreply 128April 20, 2019 2:02 AM

The Dukes of Hazzard

Cop Rock

by Anonymousreply 129April 20, 2019 2:07 AM

There's a show on now that premiered a few weeks ago called Abbys. It about a woman that runs a bar in her back yard. I don't think I've ever watched a show with such a stupid premise and the mostly no-name cast is awful. I can't believe the guy from Scrubs and The Middle agreed to star in such a turd. It recycles tired storylines like let's force a friend to ask someone out and the friend turns the tables and pretends to get engaged after dating someone for two weeks.

I also just finished watching Burden of Proof on Fox. Kelsey Grammer is one if the stars. He looks embarrassed in every scene. Lead actress is so wooden I don't understand how she was cast.

by Anonymousreply 130April 20, 2019 2:12 AM

Deal or No Deal. Pick a number talktalktalktalktalktalk Pick another number talktalktalktalktalktalk Pick another number...

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by Anonymousreply 131April 20, 2019 2:43 AM

House of Cards jumped the shark.

by Anonymousreply 132April 20, 2019 2:50 AM

I hated The Good Place.

by Anonymousreply 133April 20, 2019 2:52 AM

You kids are spoiled.

Believe the hype: Supertrain was truly one of the worst programs ever to hit the air.

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by Anonymousreply 134April 20, 2019 2:58 AM

Someone already mentioned Pink Lady & Jeff, but when it comes to the list of worst shows ever, it can't be mentioned enough.

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by Anonymousreply 135April 20, 2019 3:00 AM

True Detective season 1.

Everyone loved season 1, but said season 2 sucked. But I thought it already sucked. Every frame of season 1 screamed: "Look at how moody, kinky and dangerous we are. Aren't we clever. Aren't we disturbing."

It was one horror cliche after another. Not nearly as edgy as it thought it was. And the dialogue was so fucking tedious.

by Anonymousreply 136April 20, 2019 3:01 AM

I'm not that old and I haven't liked a new tv show since the early 2000ish. I hear all the applauded shows and i'm sorry I just fucking hate them. I find myself watching older shows I used to loathe but now find funny. I haven't gone to the theaters in almost 4 years for the same reason.

by Anonymousreply 137April 20, 2019 3:02 AM

NCIS. It's basically geriatric porn.

by Anonymousreply 138April 20, 2019 3:04 AM

Mary!

As in Mary Tyler Moore's 1978 variety series, which lasted three weeks before getting yanked.

It was excruciatingly awful, despite the presence of David Letterman and Michael Keaton. Just skin-crawlingly bad.

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by Anonymousreply 139April 20, 2019 3:04 AM

More Mary.

This was supposed to be show #4. CBS previewed it and canceled the program immediately.

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by Anonymousreply 140April 20, 2019 3:06 AM

I'll probably be called worse than Hitler for this, but I always hated House. Everyone else seemed to enjoy it at its peak.

by Anonymousreply 141April 20, 2019 3:21 AM

MASH, Major Dad, and House have one thing in common -- their lead actors booted the creators and took over the show themselves.

by Anonymousreply 142April 20, 2019 3:23 AM

I love 2 Broke Girls. I watch it before bed to relax

by Anonymousreply 143April 20, 2019 3:23 AM

If someone would have trapped Kat Dennings in the oven like the witch in Hansel and Gretel, it would have been more enjoyable to watch.

They should also have thrown Pebble's necklace that the ugly blonde chick wears in there.

by Anonymousreply 144April 20, 2019 3:26 AM

Or was it Wilma who wore that thing?

by Anonymousreply 145April 20, 2019 3:27 AM

Small Wonder. It made me fat, short and shrank my penis.

by Anonymousreply 146April 20, 2019 3:50 AM

I'm with R137. Also, everybody who's nominating Three's Company and Who's the Boss has obviously never seen Too Close for Comfort. What a dog this show is. It's like watching couches act.

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by Anonymousreply 147April 20, 2019 3:55 AM

How I Met Your Mother

Hello Larry

Two Broke Girls

Alf

Gimme a Break

Family Ties

Facts of Life

Any and all Law and Order and CSI, and various related spawn

Northern Exposure

by Anonymousreply 148April 20, 2019 3:56 AM

A small group of us were discussing bad tee-vee last night. Many agreed that the show "It's About Time" was among the worst.

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by Anonymousreply 149April 20, 2019 3:56 AM

"It's About Time" was never funny, but I give it a free pass because Imogene Coca in false eyelashes and cave woman glam wig was still Imogene Coca in false eyelashes and cave woman glam wig, and that was enough for me.

by Anonymousreply 150April 20, 2019 4:06 AM

“Out of the Blue,” about an angel is sent to Earth to earn his wings by aiding a family of ophaned kids and their sassy/wise black nanny. It was a spin-off of the Happy Days episode “Chachi Sells His Soul.” *CRINGE*

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by Anonymousreply 151April 20, 2019 4:32 AM

^^About an angel WHO is sent to Earth.

by Anonymousreply 152April 20, 2019 4:37 AM

So then, just about anything that was on ABC, CBS and NBC is trash. The other networks? Expectations are already low but they still manage to exceed the quota.

by Anonymousreply 153April 20, 2019 4:43 AM

Nanny and the Professor

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by Anonymousreply 154April 20, 2019 4:47 AM

The worst show of all time just aired for the first and hopefully last time a few days ago. It's a modern day take on Green Acres. It was so painful to watch but also good like watching a car accident. I already wrote the network to complain.

by Anonymousreply 155April 20, 2019 4:51 AM

B. J. and the Bear.

It's had a fucking monkey driving a truck, for Chrissakes.

by Anonymousreply 156April 20, 2019 4:57 AM

Stargate Atlantis

by Anonymousreply 157April 20, 2019 5:03 AM

How I Met Your Mother.

by Anonymousreply 158April 20, 2019 5:12 AM

Far Out Space Nuts

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by Anonymousreply 159April 20, 2019 5:27 AM

Oh please MASH is timeless

by Anonymousreply 160April 20, 2019 5:29 AM

Is the Chrissy Metz show worth watching, at least for mocking?

by Anonymousreply 161April 20, 2019 5:36 AM

Paul Lynde's early 70's sitcom was nothing to write home about. The premise casting him as a straight husband somehow wasn't very funny or believable, although John Calvin was sort of hunky as 'Howie'. I think it lasted a season on ABC.

Needed better writers and more gay innuendo.

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by Anonymousreply 162April 20, 2019 5:39 AM

Is Suzanne Somers the queen of this thread, with THREE’S COMPANY, SHE’S THE SHERIFF, and STEP BY STEP?

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by Anonymousreply 163April 20, 2019 5:46 AM

The View and all the other daytime copycat panel shows.

by Anonymousreply 164April 20, 2019 5:48 AM

We can throw in her failed pilot/TV movie ZUMA BEACH, if there’s any question - -

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by Anonymousreply 165April 20, 2019 5:50 AM

MASH and Sanford & Son were both depressing as hell and unwatchable.

by Anonymousreply 166April 20, 2019 5:52 AM

Love Boat

by Anonymousreply 167April 20, 2019 5:52 AM

I don’t get why 2 Broke Girls always gets hate on the DL. Isn’t it a meta joke about 3 camera sitcoms? I always laughed out loud every time Jennifer Coolidge made a too self aware entrance to fake screaming from the studio audience.

And I loved that the Beth Behrs character had her horse living in the alley of their apartment. Sort of Ren and Stimpy meets Mr. Ed. The show should get points for creativity.

Plus the girls were always fucking incredibly hot guys.

by Anonymousreply 168April 20, 2019 5:53 AM

On the basis of $ per minute aired, Smash is the thread's undisputed champion turd.

by Anonymousreply 169April 20, 2019 6:33 AM

A truly CRINGEWORTHY show not yet mentioned is Mork & Mindy. Jesus H. Christ, it gave me shingles it got under my skin so bad! Just terrible!

The Pruitts of Southampton was a riot. It was a reverse image of the massive hit The Beverly Hillbillies, and had that incredible theme song!

Nanny and the Professor was a charming show, and as a kid I loved it. I can also still sing the theme song 45 years later!

by Anonymousreply 170April 20, 2019 6:54 AM

Suzanne Somers? When your most iconic film role involves staring out a car window and never having to utter a word, what did you expect?

by Anonymousreply 171April 20, 2019 6:55 AM

R160 Oh please, MASH is time less spent on something worthwhile.

Fixed

by Anonymousreply 172April 20, 2019 6:57 AM

I hated “Dream On”, “Arli$$”, “The Powers That Be”, and “The Single Guy”.

by Anonymousreply 173April 20, 2019 7:29 AM

I forgot the title and had to look it up, “The Jackie Thomas Show”. I thought it was “The Tom Arnold Show”.

by Anonymousreply 174April 20, 2019 7:34 AM

Also, the prime time sitcom “Dinosaurs” which starred puppets.

by Anonymousreply 175April 20, 2019 7:39 AM

[quote]I always hated House.

I liked it before the renovation. How DARE you replace Jesse Spencer with a bunch of ninnyhammers?

by Anonymousreply 176April 20, 2019 7:40 AM

bring out the nursing home gays! posting from their soiled beds!

by Anonymousreply 177April 20, 2019 7:43 AM

The CSI shows (except Miami when the entire city wore the same color throughout the episode): "How NOT to Write Exposition."

by Anonymousreply 178April 20, 2019 7:43 AM

Bless this Mess. Dax Shepherd and Lake Bell. Just aired first episode. It's badness will become legend.

by Anonymousreply 179April 20, 2019 7:51 AM

R171 most actors wish they had an iconic film role staring out a car window and never having to utter a word

by Anonymousreply 180April 20, 2019 7:51 AM

Dante's Cove

by Anonymousreply 181April 20, 2019 11:07 AM

Hogan's Heroes, The Duke Of Hazzard for the 70s, Dallas for the 80s, Seinfeld for the 90s, NCIS & My Name Is Earl for the modern era.

by Anonymousreply 182April 20, 2019 11:15 AM

Cold Case.

by Anonymousreply 183April 20, 2019 11:38 AM

I'm sorry but nothing beats The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.

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by Anonymousreply 184April 20, 2019 11:51 AM

Hard Copy & Real People.

by Anonymousreply 185April 20, 2019 11:53 AM

Unless I missed it, I don't think anyone has mentioned Gilligan's Island. It's a bit of an oddity; wasn't on all that long, cheesy and stupid, and somehow, still manages to linger in the world of reruns all these decades later.

by Anonymousreply 186April 20, 2019 12:05 PM

[quote]Cold Case.

Cold Case??? I LOVED Cold Case, particularly its musical manipulations. Particularly in its gay episodes. COLD CASE?????

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by Anonymousreply 187April 20, 2019 12:06 PM

R139 Tried to watch that Mary Tyler Moore variety show and couldn't even make it to 10 minutes. Damn, that was so freaking painful it genuinely hurt the brain! Hopefully the genius that came up with that never worked again.

by Anonymousreply 188April 20, 2019 12:22 PM

[quote]B. J. and the Bear. It's had a fucking monkey driving a truck, for Chrissakes.

First, oh dear!

Second, the monkey never drove the truck. What are you talking about?

by Anonymousreply 189April 20, 2019 12:36 PM

[quote]Unless I missed it, I don't think anyone has mentioned Gilligan's Island. It's a bit of an oddity; wasn't on all that long, cheesy and stupid, and somehow, still manages to linger in the world of reruns all these decades later.

Wouldn’t that indicate it wasn’t such a bad show after all? Bad shows do not make it to syndication.

My Mother the Car on the other hand....

by Anonymousreply 190April 20, 2019 12:37 PM

R52 needs to turn in his gay card if he doesn’t know gay icon Paul LYNDE!

by Anonymousreply 191April 20, 2019 12:38 PM

Looking at Greg Evigan made it all worthwhile though.

by Anonymousreply 192April 20, 2019 12:39 PM

The problem with the question is that the truly terrible shows don't last long enough to be well-known and the well-known but objectively terrible shows are enjoyed by lots of people.

by Anonymousreply 193April 20, 2019 12:46 PM

I don't watch most bad shows long enough to remember them.

by Anonymousreply 194April 20, 2019 12:50 PM

The Slap. How on earth did they expect to make an entire dramatic series out of someone being slapped at a party?

by Anonymousreply 195April 20, 2019 12:58 PM

Highway to Heaven

by Anonymousreply 196April 20, 2019 1:01 PM

'charles in charge', 'small wonder'

by Anonymousreply 197April 20, 2019 1:03 PM

R85 reminds me how much I hated the deeply unfunny Richard Lewis, who was everywhere in the 80s. Anything with him in it.

"Working Stiffs," with the equally unfunny Jim Belushi.

"The Mommies"--self-explanatory.

Some variety show with Ernie Anastos and Bonnie Montgomery. Grim stuff.

by Anonymousreply 198April 20, 2019 1:17 PM

Speaking of Richard Lewis, is he in any death pools?

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by Anonymousreply 199April 20, 2019 1:35 PM

Dinosaurs was genius. And Cold Case is the best procedural ever made by american tv.

by Anonymousreply 200April 20, 2019 1:36 PM

Cop Rock please tell me someone remember this NYPD Blue Musical?

by Anonymousreply 201April 20, 2019 1:37 PM

That one in the 80s with the little girl robotically pretending to be an alien from outer space. "Out of This World," something like that?

by Anonymousreply 202April 20, 2019 1:38 PM

My Generation, with DL fave Julian Morris

by Anonymousreply 203April 20, 2019 1:40 PM

I never saw My Generation. Wish I had.

by Anonymousreply 204April 20, 2019 1:50 PM

Mork & Mindy

by Anonymousreply 205April 20, 2019 1:53 PM

Models, Inc.

The new Dallas reboot

by Anonymousreply 206April 20, 2019 1:54 PM

Encore! Encore!

Nathan Lane as a washed up straight (?!?) opera singer.

Hilarity did NOT ensue...

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by Anonymousreply 207April 20, 2019 1:59 PM

Oh God R207 I forgot about that one! And he played a straight man.

by Anonymousreply 208April 20, 2019 2:05 PM

R205 Agree, Mork and Mindy sucked. Robin Williams' act always seemed ridiculous to me. Sorry, I've read he was a good person, but that manic thing and the peculiar accent was so weird and off-putting.

by Anonymousreply 209April 20, 2019 2:08 PM

My Mother The Car

by Anonymousreply 210April 20, 2019 2:11 PM

[R41] for the win.

How did that ever get approved?

—Anonymous

Working it? Never heard of this. Wow! Awful. Now I want to see more!

by Anonymousreply 211April 20, 2019 2:16 PM

[quote]R169 On the basis of $ per minute aired, Smash is the thread's undisputed champion turd.

What are you TALKING about??? [italic]Smash[/italic] was SMASHING!

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by Anonymousreply 212April 20, 2019 2:36 PM

Totally agree, r200! I love dirt walls, but they're so hard to keep clean.

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by Anonymousreply 213April 20, 2019 2:44 PM

Can't stand Red Dwarf.

by Anonymousreply 214April 20, 2019 2:53 PM

F Troop. As a child I didn't have high standards, but even I couldn't bring myself to sit through an episode.

by Anonymousreply 215April 20, 2019 3:12 PM

[quote]R80 (Don't) ENJOY!

You know, I liked watching that well enough. Stritchy’s less abrasive than usual, and the characters are well contrasted. The jokes themselves didn’t make me laugh, but the situation is “fertile,” as they say. Like, it has a neat symmetry when he’s reading her literary reviews while she’s reading his letters of recommendation.

by Anonymousreply 216April 20, 2019 3:16 PM

R204, you didn't miss anything, Julian looked adorable in it, but the show was a dud

by Anonymousreply 217April 20, 2019 3:23 PM

[quote]R156 B. J. and the Bear.

I met that actor at a party a few years ago, having no idea who he was. He’s still GORGEOUS. And very nice/mellow.

I can’t imagine why he doesn’t work more, as he’s clearly professionally competent, and has a nice straight-guy charm. I’d think he’d never be out of a job.

I left with a bit of a crush on him. SO SUE ME! (And, Married with kids, UNFORTUNATELY!)

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by Anonymousreply 218April 20, 2019 3:31 PM

(sigh)

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by Anonymousreply 219April 20, 2019 3:33 PM

My two dads

by Anonymousreply 220April 20, 2019 4:14 PM

So, r217, only if I absolutely, positively HAVE to see everything Julian has ever been in?

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by Anonymousreply 221April 20, 2019 4:18 PM

Remember when they tried to turn My Big Fat Greek Wedding into a sitcom? What a shitshow.

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by Anonymousreply 222April 20, 2019 4:25 PM

Tabitha

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by Anonymousreply 223April 20, 2019 4:27 PM

[quote]Models, Inc.

The first (shortened) season that aired during the summer was fucking brillaint! A real soapy murder mystery that was a little too good for itself.

Then it got a full season order and quickly went to shit.

by Anonymousreply 224April 20, 2019 4:29 PM

R133 is fucking delusional. "The Good Place" is one of the best shows on TV.

by Anonymousreply 225April 20, 2019 4:56 PM

80's Australian TV show Sons & Daughters. Premise of the show is 2 teenagers fall in love only to find out they're brother and sister.

by Anonymousreply 226April 20, 2019 5:10 PM

The US reboot of Kath & Kim fell flat here. Too bad, the Aussie version is hilarious

by Anonymousreply 227April 20, 2019 5:16 PM

The Paul Lynde Halloween special with Kiss and Margaret Hamilton is comedy gold.

by Anonymousreply 228April 20, 2019 5:18 PM

Toddlers & Tiaras

by Anonymousreply 229April 20, 2019 5:23 PM

R220, they should totally do a reboot of that show - "My 5 Dads"

by Anonymousreply 230April 20, 2019 5:26 PM

The Paul Lynde Halloween Show was the best, not the worst!

by Anonymousreply 231April 20, 2019 5:30 PM

God. When I was in Jr. High Greg Evigan was my ultimate fantasy. I still think of him during private times.

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by Anonymousreply 232April 20, 2019 5:31 PM

Real People and That’s Incredible! were hits in the 70s but still totally awful.

by Anonymousreply 233April 20, 2019 5:31 PM

Full House

by Anonymousreply 234April 20, 2019 5:57 PM

Will & Grace

by Anonymousreply 235April 20, 2019 6:02 PM

8 Isn't Enough

by Anonymousreply 236April 20, 2019 6:08 PM

[quote]Needed better writers and more gay innuendo.

I dunno, R162, this exchange was pretty damn gay right off the bat ...

MARTHA: Would you care for a martini?

PAUL: Does Zsa Zsa care for jewelry?

by Anonymousreply 237April 20, 2019 6:11 PM

[quote]Highway to Heaven

I watched that show as a kid and I liked it. A couple of years ago, a conservative Christian relative (who also supports Trump) was ranting on Facebook about how many TV shows today aren't family friendly like Highway to Heaven was back in the 80s. Shortly after that I saw that Amazon Prime had the entire series and started watching episodes that I remember liking as a kid. Yes, a lot of the acting and writing was awful. I noticed that the show was pro-immigrant and I laughed because if my Trumpster relative watched that show today he would hate a lot of the episodes.

by Anonymousreply 238April 20, 2019 6:27 PM

Agree with R234 and R235 and would add [italic]Friends[/italic] and everything the repulsive Tony Danza did other than [italic]Taxi[/italic].

[italic]Saved by the Bell[/italic] was pretty bad and so was [italic]Growing Pains[/italic]. Not one funny moment on either of them.

by Anonymousreply 239April 20, 2019 6:29 PM

[quote]The Slap. How on earth did they expect to make an entire dramatic series out of someone being slapped at a party?

It was based on an Australian novel and there was an Aussie TV show adaptation before American one.

by Anonymousreply 240April 20, 2019 6:31 PM

[quote]Real People and That’s Incredible! were hits in the 70s but still totally awful.

Going back in time and preventing those two shows would be like killing both Baby Hitler and Baby Stalin.

by Anonymousreply 241April 20, 2019 6:31 PM

I loath Three's Company and it's still being shown on one of my cable channels decades later. I disliked John Ritter just because he starred in it.

by Anonymousreply 242April 20, 2019 6:36 PM

[quote]I loath Three's Company

Oh, dear!

by Anonymousreply 243April 20, 2019 6:38 PM

A lot of people mentioned Three’s Company on this thread. As someone who enjoyed it, I’m curious about what those posters didn’t like.

by Anonymousreply 244April 20, 2019 6:39 PM

All those family-centered 80s sitcoms: Family Ties, Growing pains, all of them, really. Treacly Reaganite crap. Kate & Allie was particularly bad -strident, unfunny afterschool special for adults. Also, that one with Balka or whatever his name was.

From the 90s: Ned and Stacey. OMG, I saw an episode of that and felt deeply embarrassed for everybody involved. Then we got "Yes, Dear"

Those are just sitcoms, I'll think of dramas later.

by Anonymousreply 245April 20, 2019 6:39 PM

[quote]Then we got "Yes, Dear"

A fucking unmitigated disaster of a show.

by Anonymousreply 246April 20, 2019 6:41 PM

238 posts before it became another Trump thread. Wow. You treason girls let this one fly under the radar for quite a while.

by Anonymousreply 247April 20, 2019 6:42 PM

Angie.

(But we still love you, Donna!)

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by Anonymousreply 248April 20, 2019 6:43 PM

Baywatch was awful, but it was fun guilty pleasure for me as a kid and teen in the 90s.

by Anonymousreply 249April 20, 2019 7:10 PM

Whitney Cummings played herself in “Whitney”, truly terrible.

by Anonymousreply 250April 20, 2019 7:30 PM

If this hasn't been mentioned....

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by Anonymousreply 251April 20, 2019 7:42 PM

The theme song from MASH is the music they play at the Gates of Hell.

by Anonymousreply 252April 20, 2019 7:42 PM

I loved Family Ties as a kid and had a huge crush on Michael J. Fox.

I noticed it was on Netflix and tried watching an episode, and I couldn't get through it. What a total shitshow. The only mildly redeeming thing was MJF, but he's so coked out in most scenes you can practically see his teeth grinding.

by Anonymousreply 253April 20, 2019 8:03 PM

I can't believe M*A*S*H gets so many mentions, but nobody has nominated AfterM*A*S*H. Now that was truly dreadful.

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by Anonymousreply 254April 20, 2019 8:06 PM

AfterM*A*S*H was better. It didn't have Alan Alda.

by Anonymousreply 255April 20, 2019 8:07 PM

R254

See R255

by Anonymousreply 256April 20, 2019 8:08 PM

[quote]B. J. and the Bear. It's had a fucking monkey driving a truck, for Chrissakes.

That is exactly NOT what I imagined a show called “B.J. and the Bear” to be about, well - except for the trucker part.

by Anonymousreply 257April 20, 2019 8:35 PM

That 80s Show

by Anonymousreply 258April 20, 2019 8:54 PM

Three’s Company and Laverne & Shirley we’re stupid and do not hold up well.

by Anonymousreply 259April 20, 2019 8:55 PM

Howabout some Canadian shows?

Hangin' In

Check It Out (using recycled King Of Kensington scripts)

Little Mosque on the Prairie

Twitch City

by Anonymousreply 260April 20, 2019 9:06 PM

The Trouble wth Tracey was another Canadian turd.

by Anonymousreply 261April 20, 2019 9:21 PM

I loved Family Ties as a kid. I mean LOVED. I tried to watch it as an adult, and surprisingly, except for Justine Bateman, it sucked, The first two season you could see how inexperienced MJ.F was. He was doing things like going for the phone before it rang, heading for the door before someone knocked, a walk/stomp to the beat of his dialogue. Meredith not delivering her lines but dequivering her lines in that shaky always hurt tone. I still laughed at Mallory. A lot.

by Anonymousreply 262April 20, 2019 9:23 PM

More Canadian shows:

Time Of Your Life

Ready Or Not

by Anonymousreply 263April 20, 2019 9:28 PM

Fuck the Canadian shows. We already know every single one of them is a boring mess.

by Anonymousreply 264April 20, 2019 9:33 PM

[quote]every single one of them is a boring mess

Are they all about you?

by Anonymousreply 265April 20, 2019 9:37 PM

[quote]I'm sorry but nothing beats The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.

Except [italic]Pink Lady and Jeff[/italic]. How do you say P.U. in Japanese?

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by Anonymousreply 266April 20, 2019 9:45 PM

The Brady Bunch Variety hour was worse. It gets the slight boost over PLAJ because it was a blotch on the Brady timeline. Plus you had to imagine that Rip guy eating Alice's pussy. While throwing confetti at it.

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by Anonymousreply 267April 20, 2019 10:01 PM

The Prisoner. Pretentious crap.

by Anonymousreply 268April 20, 2019 10:09 PM

The Prisoner was possibly the very first series to suffer from X-Files Syndrome: An intriguing mystery, loads of atmosphere, charismatic performers, and producers who had no fucking idea how to pay it off. I really liked the Prisoner until I watched the last episode. After that, I just wanted to throw the DVD set out the window.

by Anonymousreply 269April 20, 2019 10:13 PM

[quote]The Brady Bunch Variety hour was worse. It gets the slight boost over PLAJ because it was a blotch on the Brady timeline

And the other sequel series weren’t? This isn’t Shakespeare we’re talking about.

by Anonymousreply 270April 20, 2019 10:13 PM

R269, that sounds like Lost

by Anonymousreply 271April 20, 2019 10:16 PM

[italic]Hangin' In[/italic] ran for a while in syndication in the US in the late '80s. You could tell it was complete shit just from the opening credits.

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by Anonymousreply 272April 20, 2019 10:17 PM

Why aren’t those degrading/enabling TLC/Discovery channel faux-reality horror/freak shows on here? My 600 Pound Life, Honey Boo Boo, and especially the emasculation of Jared Bloshinsky. All those shows are not just bad but evil.

by Anonymousreply 273April 20, 2019 10:18 PM

Canadian sitcoms are proof of how government interference makes things worse. Most of them only exist to fill CanCon requirements that a certain number of shows originate there.

by Anonymousreply 274April 20, 2019 10:19 PM

I never watched Lost, but my mom binged watched it on Netflix (I think), and said that she guessed they were in purgatory sometime in Season 1. But she thought there had to be more to the mystery than that. She was so pissed to find out she was wrong.

by Anonymousreply 275April 20, 2019 10:21 PM

Three's a fucking a crowd.

by Anonymousreply 276April 20, 2019 10:24 PM

[quote]Then we got "Yes, Dear"

[quote]A fucking unmitigated disaster of a show.

That show premiered the same season as [italic]Bette[/italic] and the show where Jason Bateman had a gay roommate, but those were cancelled and this, which was even worse, got renewed? Why? I have never met anyone who liked it or even cared that it existed. With some of the other shows mentioned here, I have.

by Anonymousreply 277April 20, 2019 10:24 PM

Please tell your mother, r275, she was wrong. They were not in Purgatory.

(How do people watch an entire show and get the premise completely wrong?)

by Anonymousreply 278April 20, 2019 10:25 PM

Where were they, then?

by Anonymousreply 279April 20, 2019 10:26 PM

R274, seems weird to bitch about "government interference" while touting British shows. Freepers are stoopid.

by Anonymousreply 280April 20, 2019 10:27 PM

As a Canadian I want to suggest that Kids in the Hall and SCTV were some of the best tv in the past in the past quarter century. Although I wasn't a big fan I know that The Trailer Park Boys and The Red Green Show had international fans. I also thought that Corner Gas was far more amusing that 90% of US sit-coms at the time.

by Anonymousreply 281April 20, 2019 10:28 PM

I gave up on Lost simply because it would be weeks before you got a new episode. Plus there was a huge thing that bothered me. They never talked about anything. They could be walking through the woods and see their dead dad get done up the ass by a tiger wearing a dildo and then never mention it to anyone.

by Anonymousreply 282April 20, 2019 10:28 PM

To be fair to my mom, she said she guessed they were dead. I put the embroidery of purgatory on it because I haven't seen the show, and it sounded like purgatory to me. They were all dead, right?

by Anonymousreply 283April 20, 2019 10:28 PM

OK you made your suggestion now get lost.

by Anonymousreply 284April 20, 2019 10:29 PM

[quote] Where were they, then?

They were on an island. It's really not brain surgery.

by Anonymousreply 285April 20, 2019 10:30 PM

On the topic of Canadian shows, Lost Girl was awful.

by Anonymousreply 286April 20, 2019 10:31 PM

No, they were not all dead.

They crash-landed on an island previously used of scientific experiments. They were all "lost" people who found their real family in each other. Then they died (in the last season) and met up in the afterlife.

by Anonymousreply 287April 20, 2019 10:32 PM

Oh well, whatever. I never liked the premise of the show enough to watch it, so I'm not going to argue about it now.

by Anonymousreply 288April 20, 2019 10:33 PM

Heroes started off great and then became awful by the end of the first season.

by Anonymousreply 289April 20, 2019 10:41 PM

R266 Kusai.

by Anonymousreply 290April 20, 2019 10:41 PM

Yeah. Heroes is a big WTF to me. I've never seen a TV show go downhill so fast and so far like Heroes did. The first season was as good as TV ever got. Before or after. The second season was still an A+ but not as good. The rest was shit. Utter and complete shit.

by Anonymousreply 291April 20, 2019 10:43 PM

People were ready to pounce on"Kath & Kim" before it started airing, but I like Molly Shannon and Selma Blair acting like dumb American girls.

by Anonymousreply 292April 20, 2019 10:44 PM

Kate & Alley

by Anonymousreply 293April 20, 2019 10:45 PM

Kath and Kim was funny as hell. Fuck whoever put Nanny and the Professor on this list.

by Anonymousreply 294April 20, 2019 10:45 PM

R280 is engaging in psychological projection. Not all English TV is under the thumb of the BBC.

by Anonymousreply 295April 20, 2019 10:50 PM

Whitney Cummings's own sitcom sucked, but " 2 Broke Girls" was sold for a million and a half per episode into syndication so she's set for life from that.

by Anonymousreply 296April 20, 2019 10:52 PM

Speaking of nannies....

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by Anonymousreply 297April 20, 2019 10:52 PM

See, plenty of privately owned UK TV channels. That’s like saying all American TV is on PBS. And if you had kids which would you rather be subjected to, the Smurfs or Barney? I’d take the little blue guys over that big dumb creepy purple pedophile and his children of the corn syrup any day of the week.

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by Anonymousreply 298April 20, 2019 10:55 PM

As a Canadian, I have no problem stating that our shows tend to be almost uniformly bad. The only Canadian show in recent years I truly enjoyed was "Sensitive Skin" and I find "Cardinal" decent in what it's trying to be: a rip-off of Scandi noir TV series. The comedy tends to be really, really bad since it is intent on milking some quaint concept of Canadiana, which barely exists anymore. I knew some people who were really into "Corner Gas", so i watched an episode. It reminded me of that faux smalltown Canada schmaltzy bullshit such as Tragically Hip. If you live in a multicultural big urban area, this is like watching Pettycoat Junction or some other 60s throwback.

by Anonymousreply 299April 20, 2019 10:57 PM

[quote]Unless I missed it, I don't think anyone has mentioned Gilligan's Island. It's a bit of an oddity; wasn't on all that long, cheesy and stupid, and somehow, still manages to linger in the world of reruns all these decades later.

Perhaps it's still being aired because it's expertly produced and good silly fun with very likable characters!

"Gilligan's Island" is constructed from the classic Commedia dell'arte characters, and wisely isolates them to preserve the circumstances mostly without extraneous characters. I think it's pretty inspired, and the Harold Hecuba episode where the castaways perform "Hamlet" to the score of Bizet's "Carmen" to impress Phil Fucking Silvers is perhaps the most brilliant half-hour of television since the Ricardos and Mertzes moved from East 68th Street!!

by Anonymousreply 300April 20, 2019 10:58 PM

The Swan

by Anonymousreply 301April 20, 2019 11:00 PM

R300 has a point. I can still sing "Neither A Borrower Nor a Lender Be" and I haven't seen that episode in like 30 years.

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by Anonymousreply 302April 20, 2019 11:02 PM

I mean, I just watched it now, but up until 5 minute ago I hadn't watched it since I was a kid.

by Anonymousreply 303April 20, 2019 11:02 PM

The great thing about the above clip is that Tina Louise looks like she's about to die of embarrassment.

by Anonymousreply 304April 20, 2019 11:03 PM

[quote]People were ready to pounce on"Kath & Kim" before it started airing, but I like Molly Shannon and Selma Blair acting like dumb American girls.

I also liked them on the American remake. I loved Mikey Day playing Kim's husband on the show.

by Anonymousreply 305April 20, 2019 11:06 PM

That's Incredible! It's the earliest reality show I can remember.

by Anonymousreply 306April 20, 2019 11:14 PM

Did anyone watch “Champions” on NBC?

by Anonymousreply 307April 20, 2019 11:17 PM

R307 yes! I really wanted to like it but it was bad.

by Anonymousreply 308April 20, 2019 11:19 PM

When Calls My Shart

FULL GODDAMNED HOUSE

by Anonymousreply 309April 20, 2019 11:19 PM

Champions was an awful Mindy Kahling creation.

by Anonymousreply 310April 20, 2019 11:31 PM

How I Met Your Fucking Mother

by Anonymousreply 311April 20, 2019 11:33 PM

Normal, Ohio was fucking awful.

by Anonymousreply 312April 20, 2019 11:34 PM

[quote]"Yes, Dear"

In the same vein (series that inexplicably ran for several seasons that no one cares about and that are never seen in syndication):

According to Jim

Rules of Engagement

Still Standing

by Anonymousreply 313April 20, 2019 11:34 PM

Father Dowling Mysteries was awful. It was Murder, She Wrote, but with a Catholic priest and his nun sidekick.

by Anonymousreply 314April 20, 2019 11:36 PM

Oh god Father Dowling was very hip and edgy.

by Anonymousreply 315April 20, 2019 11:37 PM

Another priest show that was awful was the one with Robert Blake as the priest. I can't remember the title.

by Anonymousreply 316April 20, 2019 11:42 PM

A lot of cop shows from the 70s hold up well today, but Beretta does not.

by Anonymousreply 317April 20, 2019 11:43 PM

Stand by Your Man, the American version of Birds Of A Feather. Horrible.

by Anonymousreply 318April 20, 2019 11:44 PM

Veronica's Closet

by Anonymousreply 319April 20, 2019 11:46 PM

The Ropers

by Anonymousreply 320April 20, 2019 11:47 PM

Still Standing was funny as fuck. Especially the episode that revolved around the son's huge cock. Sally Struthers deserved an Emmy for her work on that show.

by Anonymousreply 321April 20, 2019 11:47 PM

Wonder Woman

by Anonymousreply 322April 20, 2019 11:48 PM

[quote]Still Standing was funny as fuck. Especially the episode that revolved around the son's huge cock.

You've got to tell us more than that.

by Anonymousreply 323April 20, 2019 11:48 PM

His son was in a funk. The father finally wormed it out of him that the kids were staring at him after gym class in the locker room. The dad assumed it was because it was small because the kid felt bad. Come to find out they were staring because it was huge.

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by Anonymousreply 324April 20, 2019 11:55 PM

Desperate Housewives: only fraus allowed

by Anonymousreply 325April 20, 2019 11:55 PM

I thought Devious Maids was worse than Desperate Housewives.

by Anonymousreply 326April 20, 2019 11:57 PM

The US version of Queer As Folk.

by Anonymousreply 327April 21, 2019 12:02 AM

The Prisoner is almost unique in that it was an outstanding series until the network demanded more episodes than Patrick McGoohan wanted to do.

The result was that two episode finale McGoohan personally wrote that was so bad it defies description.

The Prisoner may rank as the worst TV finale ever.

by Anonymousreply 328April 21, 2019 12:02 AM

[quote]Little Mosque on the Prairie

That show was fucking horrible as well. It should have been called "We're Muslim And Look How Superior We Are!"

Retarded.

by Anonymousreply 329April 21, 2019 12:04 AM

R329 sounds like a Trumpster.

by Anonymousreply 330April 21, 2019 1:09 AM

[italic]Toddlers & Tiaras[/italic] is my nominee for worst TV show EVER. It was a total train wreck. For that reason, it was one of my favorite shows. Just watching those spoiled, nasty little cunts (who were always referred to by their other name—"divas") did my heart good. While I don't condone child abuse, I think I could have made an exception in the case of these little horrors. Had JønBénèt Ramsey been as twatty and vicious as these little [italic]Toddlers & Tiaras[/italic] bitches, no jury in the land would have convicted Ms. Patsy Ramsey, formerly of Boulder, CO, of anything she might or might not have done.

by Anonymousreply 331April 21, 2019 1:20 AM

r330 sounds like an alt-left.

by Anonymousreply 332April 21, 2019 1:20 AM

R332, thanks for confirming that you are a freeper. Let me guess, your favorite show is on Fox News, right?

by Anonymousreply 333April 21, 2019 1:28 AM

No, r333, I am NOT a "freeper." And I got rid of cable in the 2000s so I never had to listen to Bush again. I don't watch the news. It's too depressing, especially since 2016.

Having no love for the muslim does not automatically make me the things you accuse me of.

by Anonymousreply 334April 21, 2019 1:34 AM

Don't argue with gay Muslim apologists. It will get you nowhere. They are the most damaged people on the face of the planet.

by Anonymousreply 335April 21, 2019 1:35 AM

[quote]Normal, Ohio was fucking awful.

Did that show fulfill some kind of contractual obligation with John Goodman on Carsey-Werner’s part? That’s the only explanation for its existence. I saw the first episode and it sucked so much I turned it off about five minutes in. The concept was good, the casting was good, but the writing was just horrible.

by Anonymousreply 336April 21, 2019 1:38 AM

The most deranged people are gays who recite Republican talking points like r335. Are you Aaron Schock?

by Anonymousreply 337April 21, 2019 1:38 AM

See?

by Anonymousreply 338April 21, 2019 1:39 AM

It really does suggest an inability to think, r338. I don't get it, either.

by Anonymousreply 339April 21, 2019 1:40 AM

No, R338, because R337 was blocked. Now I know why.

by Anonymousreply 340April 21, 2019 1:41 AM

Anyone anywhere remember the late 1980s sitcom where Joel Higgins played a priest?

by Anonymousreply 341April 21, 2019 1:43 AM

I actually made the mistake of giving r337 a WW, because I think "gays who recite Republican talking points" are crazy, too. But not being down with muslims is a gay talking point, or should be. It has nothing to do with Republicanism necessarily. Muslims hate gays. It's an article of their faith. Not wanting them around can hardly be considered Republican. They are Republican-esque, not me, or any reasonable gay person.

by Anonymousreply 342April 21, 2019 1:45 AM

R340 = one of the freeper trolls

by Anonymousreply 343April 21, 2019 1:46 AM

Cop Rock

by Anonymousreply 344April 21, 2019 1:47 AM

Whatever TV shows R343 hates must be really good.

by Anonymousreply 345April 21, 2019 1:48 AM

Not in what I was able to ignoredar, r343. He didn't say a single "freeper" thing. Don't you have some tofu to shove up your ass?

by Anonymousreply 346April 21, 2019 1:49 AM

R345 watches Fox News all day

by Anonymousreply 347April 21, 2019 1:49 AM

I'll bet r345 doesn't watch Fox News at all. R345?

by Anonymousreply 348April 21, 2019 1:50 AM

[quote]Champions was an awful Mindy Kahling creation.

I knew there was something fishy about that show. Once it was cancelled, the boy coming out as a trans “girl” and admitting he had already been on hormones for years while doing this stupid and uncreative show proved to me once and for all that there is a war on homosexuality.

by Anonymousreply 349April 21, 2019 1:51 AM

I don’t get cable.

by Anonymousreply 350April 21, 2019 1:52 AM

Same here, r350. Some "freepers" we are.

by Anonymousreply 351April 21, 2019 1:53 AM

I'm puzzled by everyone posting "Cop Rock" here. I mean, it was supposed to be awful, but I think they aired eleven episodes that were very poorly rated. I mean it was 1990, who the hell even saw ONE episode? I didn't. Have any of the people posting about it even seen it?

by Anonymousreply 352April 21, 2019 1:55 AM

The Carnie Wilson Show

I think she was aiming for Oprah, but ended up sleazy like Jerry Springer.

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by Anonymousreply 353April 21, 2019 1:55 AM

[quote]I'm puzzled by everyone posting "Cop Rock" here. I mean, it was supposed to be awful, but I think they aired eleven episodes that were very poorly rated. I mean it was 1990, who the hell even saw ONE episode? I didn't. Have any of the people posting about it even seen it?

Neither did I, that’s why it flopped. But I saw [italic]The Bradys[/italic] and that flopped too. Nobody sets out to make a bad show on purpose, R352. But the strain of having to write new songs every week Killed this show before it had a chance to get good. Even Rodgers & Hammerstein would have struggled under these circumstances.

Another musical show called [italic]Hull High[/italic] came and went that same year, unable to compete with the nonmusical coolness of [italic]Parker Lewis Can’t Lose[/italic].

by Anonymousreply 354April 21, 2019 2:01 AM

Parker Lewis Can't Lose was based on Ferris Bueller, but ended up being much better than the actual Ferris Bueller TV show, which aired around the same time.

by Anonymousreply 355April 21, 2019 2:06 AM

R352, I watched at least one episode. I remember a scene with high school boys singing in the locker room shower. Another scene had a singing lawyer trying to bribe a judge with a briefcase. It was pretty cheesy.

by Anonymousreply 356April 21, 2019 2:07 AM

I saw the first episode with Miss Wilhoite, r352.....

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by Anonymousreply 357April 21, 2019 2:09 AM

Supertrain

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by Anonymousreply 358April 21, 2019 2:12 AM

Although her episode with Richard Simmons is fucking golden.

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by Anonymousreply 359April 21, 2019 2:14 AM

[quote]I remember a scene with high school boys singing in the locker room shower.

That’s how [italic]Glee[/italic] would have turned out if Bryan Singer had produced it.

by Anonymousreply 360April 21, 2019 2:33 AM

R324 They stole that plot from "The Nanny."

by Anonymousreply 361April 21, 2019 2:33 AM

R330 et al should be subjected to the Ludovico treatment with Little Mosque on the Prairie on loop.

by Anonymousreply 362April 21, 2019 2:38 AM

Full House

by Anonymousreply 363April 21, 2019 2:41 AM

I don't know what "the Ludovico treatment" means, r362.

by Anonymousreply 364April 21, 2019 2:44 AM

I watched this night after night after night and I never did figure out the plot.

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by Anonymousreply 365April 21, 2019 2:54 AM

Just keep your eyes open, R364, you’ll know

by Anonymousreply 366April 21, 2019 2:55 AM

I enjoyed the first season of Prison Break but I don't understand why they don't have those kinds of shows be a miniseries instead. There's no way you can stretch that concept out across 6 seasons.

by Anonymousreply 367April 21, 2019 2:55 AM

Seriously, r367. Talk about MSU.

by Anonymousreply 368April 21, 2019 2:59 AM

r362 should be forced to watch Fox News all day. Wait, scratch that, he'd probably enjoy it.

by Anonymousreply 369April 21, 2019 3:01 AM

[quote]Parker Lewis Can't Lose was based on Ferris Bueller, but ended up being much better than the actual Ferris Bueller TV show, which aired around the same time.

Not having a no-talent homewrecker in it was a plus.

by Anonymousreply 370April 21, 2019 3:14 AM

Who remembers “It’s Like, You Know”, which featured Jennifer Grey as Jennifer Grey after her nose job?

by Anonymousreply 371April 21, 2019 3:22 AM

It's Like, You Know wasn't that bad.

by Anonymousreply 372April 21, 2019 3:23 AM

Supernatural owns this thread. It's awful, and the two actors on it are equally bad. The tall one is one of the worst actors I've ever seen anywhere and the shorter one that fakes that stupid deep voice isn't far behind.

by Anonymousreply 373April 21, 2019 3:40 AM

[quote]Another priest show that was awful was the one with Robert Blake as the priest. I can't remember the title.

It was called [italic]Hell Town[/italic], and it is remembered today largely because of a [italic]Golden Girls[/italic] episode where Rose tells a priest she’s sorry it was cancelled. Not as sorry as Robert Blake was.

by Anonymousreply 374April 21, 2019 3:41 AM

Grace Under Fire

The Bonnie Hunt Show

by Anonymousreply 375April 21, 2019 3:50 AM

R209. Didn’t cocaine have a lot to do with Robin Williams acting?

by Anonymousreply 376April 21, 2019 3:51 AM

Aaron's Way- Amish family moves to California. It was panned by the critics.

by Anonymousreply 377April 21, 2019 3:55 AM

The Tortellis.

by Anonymousreply 378April 21, 2019 4:01 AM

Agree with Supernatural. It's beyond bad. How the fuck did it stay on the air all these years??

by Anonymousreply 379April 21, 2019 4:49 AM

Down to Earth

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by Anonymousreply 380April 21, 2019 4:52 AM

Dawson's Creek, Full House, Party of Five ... all insufferable.

by Anonymousreply 381April 21, 2019 6:03 AM

OMG Party of Five. I didn't watch it when it was on. I fell in love with Matthew Fox from Lost. I thought I'd get some of the show from Netflix. Wow. Fucking horrible. I think I made through two episodes.

by Anonymousreply 382April 21, 2019 6:06 AM

“Party of Five” had a spin-off titled “Time of Your Life”

by Anonymousreply 383April 21, 2019 6:19 AM

The Andy Griffith Show

Little House on the Prairie

by Anonymousreply 384April 21, 2019 9:43 AM

I recall there being an x-files spin-off called Millennium. Was it terrible?

by Anonymousreply 385April 21, 2019 9:49 AM

Not a spin off like “The Lone Gunmen”, “Millennium” was created by Chris Carter and pretty good.

by Anonymousreply 386April 21, 2019 9:53 AM

So according to this thread, Frasier sucked but Gilligan's Island is televisual brilliance?

Jesus.

by Anonymousreply 387April 21, 2019 12:00 PM

[italic]Frasier[/italic] had a few good years before it became dumbed down. If it had started independently of [italic]Cheers[/italic], it wouldn’t have run more than 5 or 6 years.

Oh, and those so-called TV “critics” who used [italic]Gilligan’s Island[/italic], which never had any intellectual pretentions to lose in the first place, as shorthand for bad TV for decades are the same ones who championed Bill Cosby as a role model. It’s time to overturn the critical consensus on TV comedy and smash it to bits.

by Anonymousreply 388April 21, 2019 12:06 PM

[quote]According to Jim

Would have been called [italic]According to John[/italic] if his brother hadn’t died.

by Anonymousreply 389April 21, 2019 12:10 PM

Whoever added [italic]Gimme a Break[/italic] and [italic]The Facts Of Life[/italic] to this list has been added to my permanent ignore list for racism, antisemitism, sexism, and homophobia. Anyone who hates those shows should be sat on by Chrissy Metz.

Replace them with [italic]Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper[/italic] and [italic]Can’t Hurry Love[/italic].

by Anonymousreply 390April 21, 2019 12:20 PM

All the [italic]Star Trek[/italic] And [italic]Star Wars[/italic] shows and movies belong here for enabling generations of obese incels who should be watched very carefully around children. When making a best or worst list, we need to consider more than just entertainment value and artistic merit, or lack thereof. We need to consider overall impact on the real world. It’s hard to get upset over average shows such as [italic]Too Close for Comfort[/italic] or [italic]Head Of the Class[/italic] when their impact on culture has been minimal. It is worth the effort to get upset when truly terrible shows such as [italic]Who’s the Boss[/italic] and [italic]Growing Pains[/italic] become top 10 hits because that enables even worse shows such as [italic]Full House[/italic] and [italic]Friends[/italic] to do the same. The slippery slope is real and TV is proof of it.

by Anonymousreply 391April 21, 2019 12:31 PM

The worst episode of Frasier was better than the best episode of Gilligan's Island.

by Anonymousreply 392April 21, 2019 12:31 PM

"Millennium" was actually better than "The X Files", but much, much darker.

by Anonymousreply 393April 21, 2019 12:32 PM

The worst of [italic]Golden Girls[/italic] was better than either of those shows, R392.

by Anonymousreply 394April 21, 2019 12:42 PM

[italic]Wings[/italic] was the worst show to come from the Charles/Burrows/Charles production team. Awful, awful show, and there was a thread condemning it for its homophobia. Yet it ran seven years while superior shows, some of which were aimed at children and were still funnier than this mess, didn’t last nearly as long.

by Anonymousreply 395April 21, 2019 12:44 PM

Joanie loves Chachi @*# my Dad Says My Two Dads Caveman (ABC sitcom based on the cavemen characters from an insurance company ad) The Adventures of Mark and Brian Emily Reasons Why Not The Paul Reiser Show

by Anonymousreply 396April 21, 2019 12:49 PM

[quote]Joanie loves Chachi

And now she’s dead.

by Anonymousreply 397April 21, 2019 12:52 PM

I have a theory about [italic]Gilligan’s Island[/italic]: Gilligan was one of those dumb-like-a-fox types and that he sabotaged all the rescue efforts on purpose. He was nothing on the mainland. On that uncharted desert isle, he was a king. Going back to the mainland would have meant going back to being a nothing. That’s why a supposed professor could build all sorts of doo-dads but not an escape raft ... Gilligan stopped it on purpose and pretended it was an accident. And the only reason they didn’t kill him was because they would have descended into [italic]Lord Of the Flies[/italic]-style anarchy and chaos.

by Anonymousreply 398April 21, 2019 1:13 PM

What’s Happening Now!

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by Anonymousreply 399April 21, 2019 1:22 PM

Rocky Road, another one of those shitshow sitcoms produced by TBD in the 80s/early 90s.

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by Anonymousreply 400April 21, 2019 1:26 PM

I actually like the first season of that better than the last season of the original series, R399.

by Anonymousreply 401April 21, 2019 1:26 PM

R400: would it be blasphemy to admit that theme song is better than most anything The Beach Boys recorded since Dennis Wilson died?

by Anonymousreply 402April 21, 2019 1:27 PM

No R402, as long as you don’t watch beyond the opening credits.

by Anonymousreply 403April 21, 2019 1:32 PM

The very short lived sitcom version of A League of Their Own was awful

by Anonymousreply 404April 21, 2019 2:19 PM

That's not the Beach Boys, r402.

by Anonymousreply 405April 21, 2019 2:25 PM

R402 didn't claim the theme song was by the Beach Boys. Just that he thought the song compared favorably to post-Dennis BB.

by Anonymousreply 406April 21, 2019 2:32 PM

Cancelled after one episode: "Turn-On." ABC's attempt to do something hip and edgy like "Laugh-In."

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by Anonymousreply 407April 21, 2019 2:41 PM

Just when you think there’s no one around whose carin’. Just when you think there’s no one around whose sharin’. Just when you think you can take off your pants and jack off - you can’t.

by Anonymousreply 408April 21, 2019 2:43 PM

"Emily's Reasons Why Not" - Heather Graham's disastrous sitcom. It was cancelled and yanked just before a huge publicity push (PARADE magazine cover, etc.) that made it all the more embarrassing.

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by Anonymousreply 409April 21, 2019 2:47 PM

Cavemen

by Anonymousreply 410April 21, 2019 2:52 PM

Here come the Bride's.

by Anonymousreply 411April 21, 2019 3:04 PM

The Beachcombers. A Canadian show that ran for decades. The theme song is torture.

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by Anonymousreply 412April 21, 2019 3:10 PM

At least on Gilligan's Island they didn't try to make us believe they were in purgatory.

by Anonymousreply 413April 21, 2019 3:35 PM

People didn't like the Nanny? what? Nile's and CC should get n award for sounding most like Datalounge responses.

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by Anonymousreply 414April 21, 2019 3:40 PM

The Nanny was a terrific program. One of the very few comedies I've seen every episode of.

by Anonymousreply 415April 21, 2019 3:42 PM

TV is so 1956.

by Anonymousreply 416April 21, 2019 3:43 PM

R413 wins this thread.

by Anonymousreply 417April 21, 2019 3:48 PM

R398 The Professor did build several "escape Rafts" over their 3 year period.

In the first season, Gilligan/Skipper go out on 1 only for sharks to attack the raft & tear it to bits. Gilligan/Skipper are forced to swim to shore for their lives.

In a later season (the 1 with the "mind control rings" where the 7 are forced to do a bank heist run) the Professor & Gilligan build another raft but the currents are an issue. Between the sharks & the currents it's presumed that escape rafts are not a viable option without losing someone.

Under mind control in the above mentioned episode, the Skipper, then Ginger & finally by a non-mind controlled Gilligan (to the horror of Mr. Howell) all take turns destroying the raft.

by Anonymousreply 418April 21, 2019 4:40 PM

A lot of Fox sitcoms:

Babes

Top Of The Heap

by Anonymousreply 419April 21, 2019 5:00 PM

Can’t believe no one has mentioned this giant turd: “Animal Practice”, about an Aspie veterinarian who despises people.

It was promoted relentlessly by NBC, I think it even premiered after a Superbowl. Cancelled after 8 episodes, to be replaced by the equally horrible “Whitney”.

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by Anonymousreply 420April 21, 2019 5:19 PM

R379, many of these shows were not syndicated so much as they were exhumed to fill the time slots of an ever growing number of television networks.

by Anonymousreply 421April 21, 2019 6:08 PM

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.

by Anonymousreply 422April 21, 2019 6:10 PM

Gravity a short lived drama on Starz. It was about a support group for people who had attempted suicide. It started off ok, but it got worse over time.

by Anonymousreply 423April 21, 2019 6:30 PM

TV's Shortest-Lived Shows

THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE: TBL (The CW, 2009) Cancelled after 2 episodes. ...

CAVEMEN (ABC, 2007) Cancelled after 7 episodes. ...

COACH (NBC, 2015) Never aired. ...

DAY ONE (NBC, 2010) Never aired. ...

DOUBT (CBS, 2017) Cancelled after 2 episodes. ...

EMILY'S REASONS WHY NOT (ABC, 2006) ...

HANK (ABC, 2009) ...

HIEROGLYPH (Fox, 2014)

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by Anonymousreply 424April 21, 2019 7:35 PM

IRONSIDE (NBC, 2013)

Canceled after 4 episodes

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by Anonymousreply 425April 21, 2019 7:58 PM

[quote]The worst episode of Frasier was better than the best episode of Gilligan's Island.

Except the one with the radioactive vegetable seeds, because that shit was hilarious.

by Anonymousreply 426April 21, 2019 8:05 PM

24 short-lived shows

(No Clicking)

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by Anonymousreply 427April 21, 2019 8:07 PM

I didn't know they did a colored version of Ironside.

by Anonymousreply 428April 21, 2019 8:10 PM

The Doris Day Show

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by Anonymousreply 429April 21, 2019 8:28 PM

Yeah, well Frasier never gave us The Honeybees.

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by Anonymousreply 430April 21, 2019 8:32 PM

That show about the autistic doctor. so fucking stupid.

by Anonymousreply 431April 21, 2019 8:38 PM

[quote]That show about the autistic doctor. so fucking delightful.

Fixed.

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by Anonymousreply 432April 21, 2019 8:44 PM

Homeboys In Outer Space. You'd swear that it was a MadTV sketch, but it actually existed.

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by Anonymousreply 433April 21, 2019 8:45 PM

Are you sure Homeboys in Outer Space isn't Canadian?

by Anonymousreply 434April 21, 2019 8:47 PM

The responses to threads like this almost invariably are not THE WORST shows. They are shows whose success or popularity puzzle or annoy the respondent. There’s a huge difference.

The actual worst shows aren’t “Mad About You” or “Friends” (why does everyone like this so much?).

The real worst shows are the ones so legitimately awful they induce suicidal tendencies, like Rob Schneider’s sitcom “Rob,” or the sitcom with the Geico cavemen. The tv versions of “Dirty Dancing” and “Uncle Buck” we’re also abominable. But maybe the worst show, ever, was the Fox answer to The Daily Show. The rightwing Daily Show was dreadful and painfully unfunny. I forget what it was called.

by Anonymousreply 435April 21, 2019 8:55 PM

These can't all be winners......

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by Anonymousreply 436April 21, 2019 8:55 PM

[quote]The tv version of “Dirty Dancing” starred an extremely jerkoffable-to Patrick Cassidy.

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by Anonymousreply 437April 21, 2019 9:08 PM

R391 sounds like an incel tv-critic wannabe.

by Anonymousreply 438April 21, 2019 9:16 PM

R391 is Shelley Hack on the set of Jack and Mike

by Anonymousreply 439April 21, 2019 9:26 PM

Then second season of the new version of Dragnet starring Ed O'Neill. Horrible.

The new version of Kojak which took all the charm and humour from the original and replaced it with...nothing.

The new version of The Bionic Woman. See Kojak, above.

by Anonymousreply 440April 21, 2019 9:48 PM

Warehouse 13

by Anonymousreply 441April 21, 2019 10:12 PM

Arli$$, Entourage and Girls were complete crap. How anyone got into these shows is beyond me.

by Anonymousreply 442April 22, 2019 1:04 AM

The Mysteries of Laura

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by Anonymousreply 443April 22, 2019 1:11 AM

The TV version of Dirty Dancing had an impeccable cast. Megahot Patrick Cassidy, and Melora Hardin 15 years before The Office? Paul Feig before Freaks and Geeks? Mandy Ingber, the Rhoda of the '80s, as the best friend? AND McLean Stevenson as the dad? Whoever cast that show deserved all the Emmys.

It was in a shitty time period, IIRC, in an era in which sitcoms shot without a studio audience all died. But they kept trying...

by Anonymousreply 444April 22, 2019 1:33 AM

8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. Truly terrible, I think it killed John Ritter.

by Anonymousreply 445April 22, 2019 1:37 AM

R438 sounds like someone who works for Lori Loughlin.

by Anonymousreply 446April 22, 2019 1:45 AM

I would love to have heard the pitch for hogans heroes.

"No, It's a comedy, I swear"

by Anonymousreply 447April 22, 2019 1:48 AM

And then CBS cancelled a show about Nazis for a show about a homegrown American bigot.

by Anonymousreply 448April 22, 2019 1:50 AM

Hogan's Heroes was funny stuff. I still watch it. I used to watch it in repeats when I was a kid. I started watching it here an there as an adult. I was worried it would be one of those shows that would kill the memory of it if I watched it as an adult. It wasn't I still enjoy it.

Shows I loved as a kid but as an adult were shit: ALICE OMFG THE WORST

Jeffersons

Facts of Life a few others I'm to lazy to think about it right now.

by Anonymousreply 449April 22, 2019 2:25 AM

The Vampire Diarrhea

by Anonymousreply 450April 22, 2019 2:29 AM

My Big Fat Fabulous Life with Whitney or whatever her name is. Insufferable

by Anonymousreply 451April 22, 2019 3:17 AM

[quote]R232 God. When I was in Jr. High Greg Evigan was my ultimate fantasy.

To give him a little DL street cred, I will mention his longtime wife was a dancer in the original production of FOLLIES.

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by Anonymousreply 452April 22, 2019 3:27 AM

R450 but then we never would've had the chance to experience Ian's [italic]eye opening[/italic] acting.

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by Anonymousreply 453April 22, 2019 3:52 AM

[quote]Also, that one with Balka or whatever his name was.

I think you’re talking about “Perfect Strangers”

by Anonymousreply 454April 22, 2019 4:04 AM

The Paul Williams Show. Paul Williams played a Martian on a kids TV show. It lasted one episode to no one's surprise.

by Anonymousreply 455April 22, 2019 7:23 AM

Platypus Man

by Anonymousreply 456April 22, 2019 8:33 AM

How about “Duckman” with Jason Alexander?

by Anonymousreply 457April 22, 2019 8:38 AM

[quote]I think you’re talking about “Perfect Strangers”

The girlfriends on that show were ciphers. Why is it that female-centric shows from the 1970s and 1980s aged better than male-centric ones?

by Anonymousreply 458April 22, 2019 11:10 AM

[quote]The actual worst shows aren’t “Mad About You” or “Friends” (why does everyone like this so much?). The real worst shows are the ones so legitimately awful they induce suicidal tendencies

[italic]Friends[/italic] makes me want to kill TV. The other show I can take or leave.

by Anonymousreply 459April 22, 2019 11:13 AM

[quote]It was in a shitty time period, IIRC, in an era in which sitcoms shot without a studio audience all died. But they kept trying...

Until that stupid, pretentious, and pedo-y Fox show that stole [italic]Futurama[/italic]’s time slot got all the credit.

by Anonymousreply 460April 22, 2019 11:19 AM

r15, no that was genuis, just before it's time.

by Anonymousreply 461April 22, 2019 11:36 AM

[italic]Bob Patterson[/italic] starring Jason Alexander. And another JA shitbox was [italic]Hit the Road[/italic] which lasted 8 episodes.

by Anonymousreply 462April 22, 2019 12:18 PM

That transpedo-enabling Ryan Murphy autotune fest belongs on any serious list of the worst TV shows ever before [italic]The Jeffersons, Alice,[/italic] and especially [italic]The Facts Of Life[/italic]. R449, you can kiss my grits!

by Anonymousreply 463April 22, 2019 12:19 PM

The 1960s has more unfunny sitcoms than the entire 1970s and 1980s put together. Name one funny line from [italic]That Girl[/italic]. Lucy and MTM hold up like a dream, but that? I wanted to like it but it is sorely lacking in laughs for an alleged sitcom. That book by her majordomo was a scream, though.

by Anonymousreply 464April 22, 2019 12:22 PM

Jonah Hill was the genius behind the cartoon sitcom “Allen Gregory” which aired on FOX in 2011. Did anyone here watch the show?

by Anonymousreply 465April 23, 2019 8:54 PM

Full House. I fucking lived for Nick at Night's Full House hour when I was a kid, and got mad when my dad would call it out for being an absolute shit TV show. Then a few years ago I tried to watch an episode while flipping through channels and my god--it's worse than I could've ever imagined.

by Anonymousreply 466April 23, 2019 9:57 PM

Scamps, an unsold pilot starring Bob Denver and Joey Lawrence.

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by Anonymousreply 467April 23, 2019 10:15 PM

Any family sitcom from the 70s/early 80s that featured a lovable moppet with a bowl cut was crap. Seriously: Name one that wasn't.

You're going to want to say Silver Spoons, but go back and rewatch it. Horrible.

by Anonymousreply 468April 23, 2019 10:19 PM

MINGLE MINGLE MINGLE

by Anonymousreply 469April 23, 2019 11:10 PM

The O'Reilly Factor.

Thread over!

by Anonymousreply 470April 23, 2019 11:12 PM

Three's company. The worst of the worst.

by Anonymousreply 471April 23, 2019 11:13 PM

From the folks who brought you Gilligan's Island. How could it miss?

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by Anonymousreply 472April 23, 2019 11:17 PM

Another Bob Denver clunker, Dusty's Trail.

Basically Gilligan's Island with the same types of characters, but in the 1800s and they're heading out west on a wagon train.

Not even Forest Tucker's enormous cock could save that show.

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by Anonymousreply 473April 23, 2019 11:26 PM

Well, as long as we're trashing Bob Denver, there's this (with Dorothy's ex-husband Stan)

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by Anonymousreply 474April 23, 2019 11:47 PM

mash was trash

by Anonymousreply 475April 24, 2019 6:53 AM

The Partridge Family 2200 A.D. Hannah-Barbera made a whole season of this shit.

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by Anonymousreply 476April 24, 2019 6:57 AM

R440 Is Robert Downey retired from playing Iron Man?

by Anonymousreply 477April 24, 2019 10:09 AM

OMG I so want a full episode of The Partridge Family 2200.

by Anonymousreply 478April 24, 2019 11:20 PM

Geez, some of you people are warped. [italic]Silver Spoons[/italic]? [italic]Frasier[/italic]? [italic]M*A*S*H[/italic]? Those are grudge votes if ever I saw any; the worst episodes of those shows were just forgettable, and not soul-crushingly bad like, say, the majority of [italic]Simpsons[/italic] episodes made this century. Taking a great show and letting it go to seed is more worth that kind of rancor.

TV history is littered with shows that were doomed from conception to execution. How long of a run do you think the producers of [italic]Heil Honey I'm Home![/italic] expected to get out of what was essentially the TV version of [italic]Springtime for Hitler[/italic]? And [italic]Cosby[/italic] may have been the big deal in its day, but try watching it now. The hypocrisy and sanctimoniousness was typical of the era, but such well-intentioned "life lessons" ring hollow coming from them. And what's worse is that TV critics cheered them on and enabled them while attacking other shows for things they let this one off the hook for. Meanwhile, pretty much all network TV shows serve the same master: the advertiser, who still has enough influence to try and squelch any negative stories or news exposure about them.

by Anonymousreply 479April 25, 2019 1:35 PM

r479, perhaps you shouldn't call others warped if you think Silver Spoons was better than The Simpsons.

by Anonymousreply 480April 25, 2019 4:07 PM

I meant the later years. 99% of [italic]The Simpsons[/italic] after the year 2000 is completely unwatchable. I tried, it just made me angry to see a show that used to be consistently funny week after week turn into a worthless piece of garbage that was actually worse than its own ripoffs the shows they were making fun of. And they wasted Jason Bateman on a two-line cameo to plug his show (the one that actually did have a sex scandal on it) after Gary Coleman got a whole third act to himself!

by Anonymousreply 481April 25, 2019 4:33 PM

[italic]Futurama[/italic] and [italic]King of the Hill[/italic] have aged better, too, if you want me to be perfectly honest.

by Anonymousreply 482April 25, 2019 4:36 PM

Now Apocalypse

by Anonymousreply 483April 25, 2019 4:42 PM

[italic]Ozzie's Girls,[/italic] the "hip and with-it" [italic]Ozzie and Harriet[/italic]

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by Anonymousreply 484April 25, 2019 4:45 PM

R483 it can't be all bad.

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by Anonymousreply 485April 26, 2019 8:48 AM

The Monfaucastoas - or whatever. An Italian family with every dumb stereotype imaginable. Mama! Mama! The ravioli! DL fave Linda Dano was in it. Blink and you missed her.

by Anonymousreply 486April 26, 2019 11:25 AM

[quote] The Monfaucastoas - or whatever. An Italian family with every dumb stereotype imaginable. Mama! Mama! The ravioli! DL fave Linda Dano was in it. Blink and you missed her.

Was that better or worse than [italic]The Dumplings[/italic], a rare Norman Lear flop for NBC with James Coco and his equally fat wife?

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by Anonymousreply 487April 26, 2019 5:56 PM

ARROW, ARROW, ARROW!

by Anonymousreply 488April 26, 2019 9:22 PM

The All in the Family sort of spinoff. They had a colored family living in the Bunker's old house.

by Anonymousreply 489April 27, 2019 12:51 AM

There's a long clip from The Montefuscos at 11:15 here. What a piece of shit.

Linda Dano was pretty cute before she had dyke hair, though.

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by Anonymousreply 490April 27, 2019 1:24 AM

I’ll always love Threes Company — I knew I’d see a couple of those on here but screw that.

by Anonymousreply 491April 29, 2019 12:16 AM

I can't get through five minutes of "Grey's Anatomy" or any of those ABC chick schtick lineup. Just awful. Or "This is Us". Women have base tastes.

by Anonymousreply 492April 29, 2019 12:22 AM

The New Normal. I get a pit in my stomach whenever I see anything about that heap of garbage. Also, Dexter. Somewhat off-topic as that I acknowledge it was dearly loved, but I just thought it was so poorly written.

by Anonymousreply 493April 29, 2019 12:31 AM

R492, some would say gays have "base taste" so many middle aged gay guys listen to stuff like Jaty Perry

Straight guys have shit for taste, too

by Anonymousreply 494April 29, 2019 1:15 AM

Nah, gays are famous for our taste levels. Haven't you heard?

by Anonymousreply 495April 29, 2019 1:21 AM

Add the “Grey’s” spin-off “Station 19” to that list, R492

by Anonymousreply 496April 29, 2019 3:12 AM

American Housewife and Speechless. Just awful.

by Anonymousreply 497April 29, 2019 5:55 AM

Did any of you watch Love Sidney with Tony Randall as a perhaps gay (the love that dares not speak its name) artist ? I never watched it so I can't pronounce on its quality although according to IMDB it was nominated for a Golden Globe.

by Anonymousreply 498April 29, 2019 1:39 PM

Naked and Afraid

by Anonymousreply 499April 29, 2019 1:47 PM

Grey's Anatomy should have ended five years ago. I think Shonda Rhimes is overrated as writer and producer. I wouldn't be surprised if she flops at Netflix.

by Anonymousreply 500April 29, 2019 2:48 PM

Big Bang Theory

by Anonymousreply 501April 29, 2019 3:52 PM

“My mother the car” was a punchline on so many 70s sitcoms. I never got around to watching an episode to see if it was really that bad but it certainly had the reputation for being the worst thing put on tape.

by Anonymousreply 502May 24, 2019 3:40 PM

[Quote] The new version of The Bionic Woman.

Katee Sackhoff was the highlight of that show imo.

by Anonymousreply 503May 24, 2019 4:30 PM

Ritter's Cove, a truly terrible Canadian drama that ran for years in the 1970's. It was bad even by Canadian standards.

by Anonymousreply 504May 24, 2019 7:03 PM

[quote] “My mother the car” was a punchline on so many 70s sitcoms. I never got around to watching an episode to see if it was really that bad but it certainly had the reputation for being the worst thing put on tape.

James L. Brooks actually worked on that show before he went on to be responsible for [italic]The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi[/italic], and [italic]The Simpsons[/italic].

by Anonymousreply 505May 24, 2019 7:55 PM

UGH the TV version of 9 to 5.

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by Anonymousreply 506May 24, 2019 8:13 PM

Me & The Chimp. Poor Donald Hollinger.

by Anonymousreply 507May 24, 2019 8:35 PM

Models Inc. -or as it came to be known Models Stink.

by Anonymousreply 508May 25, 2019 2:34 AM

The Brady Bunch spin off with Ken Berry and I don't even remember who played the wife or the name fo the show for that matter.

by Anonymousreply 509May 25, 2019 2:37 AM

[quote]Me & The Chimp. Poor Donald Hollinger.

We feel his pain.

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by Anonymousreply 510May 25, 2019 2:41 AM

HIMYM.

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by Anonymousreply 511May 25, 2019 2:54 AM

R511 I don't know what they were thinking with that finale. What a waste.

by Anonymousreply 512May 25, 2019 6:04 AM

R509 it was Brooke Bundy who I always hated because she was replacement Diana Taylor on General Hospital and I ADORED Valerie Starrett.

by Anonymousreply 513May 25, 2019 8:01 AM

This is a shit-tastic trip down Memory Lane. Thanks for starting this thread, OP. Don’t forget the thrice-misbegotten Mrs. Columbo AKA Kate Columbo AKA Kate Loves a. Mystery.

by Anonymousreply 514May 25, 2019 11:18 PM

deal or no fucking deal

by Anonymousreply 515May 26, 2019 3:41 AM

Very little from the 2000s is going to age well. Cartoons from the 1990s aged better than a lot of the live-action shows (the opposite was the case with the 1980s).

by Anonymousreply 516May 26, 2019 1:44 PM

Why is it always sitcoms that get dumped on, never dramas? Lucy queens talk at about why [italic]Life with Lucy[/italic] failed, but was [italic]Automan[/italic] any better? Or Lucie Arnaz's own show between those two? The three of these so close together must have been what killed Desi Arnaz.

by Anonymousreply 517May 26, 2019 2:18 PM

Ally McBeal

by Anonymousreply 518May 26, 2019 6:38 PM

R127 alas, poor Brookie. It was too good to last. Oaks was indeed a shoddy milquetoast imitation.

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by Anonymousreply 519June 7, 2019 12:19 PM
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