TV shows you can't stand.

[insertNameHere]

I really can not stand most "reality" shows because you can tell they are horribly scripted. I mean they can be amusing at times but really how many times could you watch someone do a repo if nothing was going wrong. Or even look at history channel with Pawn stars, do you really think Chum is as stupid as they make him look he is playing a character for the producers and that is why he spends $100 on a snoop dogg doll that isn't worth that much because it makes for some conflict or a plot point. And I'm sure they have some kind of deal where if you make X # of bad deals we will front you some cash so you not actually losing money but at least for the show it looks like you are. Considering each episode of friends cost tens of millions of dollars what is $10K for some drama that fills same attention span.

I do like Restaurant Impossible it has some good points, I really think that some of the business people exaggerate how important it is they succeed by request of the cameras.

I agree most of the CSI spin offs suck because I'm sorry the first one was great, but rebranding it to a new location with new cast is just a little tacky. For some reason I find Original NCIS better than CSI even when it was essentially a copy, then they made NCIS: LA.... for what reason other than money I do not know. Then if you follow the current trend in crime dramas it seems they going with profiling of criminal shows ie, mentalist, criminal minds, and few other previews I saw.

As someone mentioned in another thread about movies, they will keep doing same story over and over since they know people will watch for a bit because it is familiar.

Lately, I am pleased with USA and FX, outside of how I met you mother, they have the best scripted shows running as of late.

[Gravekeeper]

Honestly, I think Chum really is that stupid. There is nothing going on in there when you look in his eyes. >.>

[telecom_goddess]

How does one hate Carol Brunett? >.> That's like hating Mr Rogers.

that's funny....I loved Carol Burnett but hated Mr Rogers with a passion growing up

I hate dumbass comedies but like intelligent ones. I have no time for most of the reality tv out there.

[insertNameHere]

I forget which survivor/big brother star but it was one of the first couple seasons where he admitted that him and another teammate devised a plan to fight over one of the girls and be the asshole because HE KNEW, it would get him plenty of screen time compared to the others. So in that case the producers didn't even need to give a script this guy was already aware of the model and what would get him the spotlight.

[Canarr]

I seriously dislike Two and a half men. Charlie Sheen aside, I don't like the premise of the show that the asshole always gets what he wants, and the decent guy is always the butt of the joke. IMO, that's not a good message to deliver.

We have "Germany's Next Topmodel" here, moderated by Heidi Klum. Atrocious.

Lost is a show I never bought the hype about. I hate plots where they build up a monumental suspense, pile on one implausible storyline after the other, until it's a huge clusterfuck that nobody can really unravel into a satisfactory ending. I never believed the producers would be able to pull it off, so I refused to watch the show.

[Rageaholic]

Oh I forget about Two and a Half Men. Charlie Sheen seems like as much as a jerk in real life as he is in the show. Ironically, I love Big Bang Theory by the same creators.

Wierd huh?

[senor boogie woogie]

I love Carol Burnett. Never liked Mister Rogers, even when I was a kid.

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My father was more or less a hard working, sober man. But he had his bouts of small insanity. He (and my mother) loved TV like heroin. That's what people did circa 1975, work all day, then plop on one's ass and watch the Boob Tube.

This was back in the early-mid 1970's when there was only four channels on television, ABC, NBC, CBS and PBS. His complaint was that the skits were not funny, really stupid and lasted forever. I sort of agree. Tim Conway was the only really funny one (Tim could just stand there and be funny). Harvey Korman was mincing and annoying, and all those Mama Family skits which were about a screaming redneck family was grating.

We liked Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore, All in the Family, lots of other shows of that era. But he just hated Carol Burnett with a burning passion. My parents also disliked Lucille Ball in anything, with Lucy being one of the top stars of her era.

I knew a guy who told me that his father hated MASH because it insulted the military. It's just one's opinions and taste. Personally, most of the shows I like are not the top shows, and there have been many shows that have been cancelled after the first season (like FOX's Good Guys last year). There are lots of shows like Two and a Half Men that have been on for years that I have never seen. It's just tatse.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

There's a lot of shows on the Food Network that I can't stand, like "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" or "Heat Seekers". Shows where the only thing happening is watching people eat food. It's pointless food-porn.

There's a metric crap-ton of reality shows I won't watch, like the celebrity shows. I really don't care about their lives and how they deal with... buying socks or whatever. I have enough problems buying socks, I don't need to hear about Gene Simmons problems.

[IDrinkaRum]

I like "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" because when he goes to places in Virginia, Mr. Rum and I know of new restaurants to try. :

Never heard of "Heat Seekers". But the one where the people are talking about the greatest whatever they've eaten ... I don't like that one. But then again, I'm probably weird.

I'm beginning to hate "Bones", and now that she's pregnant with Booth's baby, I think the show has jumped the shark.

Hubs loves the show Glee, and I admit I'll watch it when the episodes of those who were in the Reality show about how they can win a part on Glee. There was a contestant on the show who used to be part of "Celtic Thunder" and he won the competition, so I'm really excited about him being on there.

I can watch Two and a Half Men or not. That one doesn't bother me. I don't like "How I Met Your Mother" even though it has Neil Patrick Harris on it. And "Rules of Engagement" just gets on my nerves.

Another "comedy" I hate is "Whitney". When are they going to cancel it?

[tropicsgoddess]

Another "comedy" I hate is "Whitney". When are they going to cancel it?

I haven't seen it but I will say this: As much as I love Cedric the Entertainer, he's a great comedian but a crappy game show host. That "It's Worth WHAT?!!" show is stupid. I can't stand it when he asks the contestants "Are you sure?" "Are you sure, sure?" until the contestant confirms their answer and then goes "It's worth WHAAAAT?" to reveal how much the items in question are worth to see if the contestant's answer matches up to it. So freakin' cheesy.

[LadyBarbossa]

I hate most crime/cop/detective/forensics shows, with the exception of Law & Order: SVU. Even then, if it's on, I'll watch it, but I don't make it a point to.

NCIS is especially grating, almost all of the characters are grating on the nerves and do nothing but serve half-assed and mean spirited snark at each other. Ziva is incredibly annoying.

Bones makes me want to throw a brick through the screen, the lead is awful.

[KabeRinnaul]

NCIS is especially grating, almost all of the characters are grating on the nerves and do nothing but serve half-assed and mean spirited snark at each other. Ziva is incredibly annoying.

The snark is half the reason I watch. Ziva's one of my favorite characters.

But as for shows I dislike...

• The Simpsons - It has more than run it's course.
• Family Guy - It's The Simpsons, if everyone suffered from severe mental retardation.
• The Cleveland Show - It's Family Guy, if they were black.
• American Dad - It's Family Guy, if... no, it's just Family Guy.
• Spongebob - I don't get the adult appeal, and can't imagine it's good for a child's development.
• Chowder - what is this I don't even
• Jersey Shore - And pretty much all of reality TV. Jersey Shore just stands out as by far the worst. It's really just a showcase of all the worst parts of our culture.
• Whitney - I never saw this, but just the commercials for it made me cringe.

I also don't like TLC's switch from an educational channel to "Cakes! Babies! Weddings! Cakes! Babies! Weddings!"

Or that the History Channel went from real history to "Ancient Astronauts". The stupid idea that "history is being made all the time so we can show whatever we want" is even worse.

I also miss MTV actually having music.

And I make it a general rule to not watch any show that uses a laugh track.

How many complaints am I allowed before I'm required to include "Get off my lawn!" at the end of the post?

[AdminAssistant]

I also don't like TLC's switch from an educational channel to "Cakes! Babies! Weddings! Cakes! Babies! Weddings!"

Or that the History Channel went from real history to "Ancient Astronauts". The stupid idea that "history is being made all the time so we can show whatever we want" is even worse.

On TLC, you forgot "Polygamists, breeders, and little people!" I really despise the loophole regarding children on unscripted shows...there are no limits to how much they can be on camera. How healthy can it be to grow up with cameras in your face all the time?

I rarely watch the Discovery Channel or the History Channel anymore. Well, the only thing I used to watch on Discovery was Mythbusters, and it's just become stupid. "Blow Up All The Things!" is not science, and it's not even entertaining after a while. Combine that with two completely useless team members (Clutz and Token Hot Chick) and you have nothing.

History Channel is more of a developed thing...the more I learn about historiography, the pickier I am, basically. I have especially learned to despise the teaching of sweeping generalizations and mythology as fact, both of which are just rampant on any History Channel program. Pawn Stars was actually kind of interesting before they started zooming in solely on Grumpy Old Guy and Doofus.

[Gravekeeper]

I rarely watch the Discovery Channel or the History Channel anymore. Well, the only thing I used to watch on Discovery was Mythbusters, and it's just become stupid. "Blow Up All The Things!" is not science, and it's not even entertaining after a while. Combine that with two completely useless team members (Clutz and Token Hot Chick) and you have nothing.

Clutz? You mean Tory? He doesn't come across as swift but the dude's a special effect's engineer with 8 years at Industrial Light & Magic. He's actually been with the show from the start, he just built shit off camera for them. He also often builds things *on* camera now. So he knows what he's doing, plus he's gullible and easy to use as a human guinea pig. So it's a win/win. -.-

Kari I won't deny was intially hired in part for eye candy, but she actually puts in her fair share of work and builds too. Also knows what she's talking about. She was replaced for a while by Jessi Combs, while Kari was on maternity leave. I don't know if thats the one you mean. But even Jessi was a mechanic and chassic fabrication expert, but she sucked in front of the camera.

Also, they really don't blow stuff up that often. Its just those are the episodes people make the biggest deals about and thus get the most reruns me thinks.

History Channel is more of a developed thing...the more I learn about historiography, the pickier I am, basically.

Pawn Stars is kind of funny if there's nothing else on. They have the occasional documentary series are good too. But other than that, it seems like its constantly World War 2 shit. The other misc shows inbetween are pretty stale, or have hosts that are painful to watch.

[fireheart17]

Regarding the Mythbusters, their rule has ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS been "Replicate the myth, then replicate the results" i.e. if the myth can't be done, then they'll try and work out what needs to be done to get the result. Yes that involves blowing stuff up on occasion.

The one you may be thinking of where they DID blow up a lot of stuff is Brainiac: Science Abuse.

As for The Simpsons, I'll say in that vein, South Park. The show has been on for too damn long. Yes I can get that they are being satirical on certain issues. However there's only so much controversy one can pack in. I also think it has lost the "shock" value to some degree (exhibit A: one of the more recent episodes was the HumancentiPad (sic?) and the shock factor seemed to be Kyle being the centre of a human centipede....-.-the rest of the story just sucked)