TV shows you can't stand.

[DrFaroohk]

lol it's kind of like they went "Hey, let's do another Roseanne...but...the opposite."

[Andara Bledin]

Ah, that mention of Kramer (who I despise as a character) made me remember how unwatchable Seinfeld is.

It's all of the worst parts of situation comedy with some of the most unlikeable characters ever put on tv.

^-.-^

[jackfaire]

I can't enjoy any sitcoms these days. Why? Mostly, it's the standout oddball Urkel character that everyone has. He's either really really smart and socially awkward, or really really stupid, or a foreigner.

This made me think of How I Met Your Mother. Mostly because Barney is the stand out character but not really for any of the usual reasons which might be why he is so good. He isn't even as one dimensional as some of the other characters out there. The character is fleshed out and given back stories that explain who and why he is in a satisfactory way.

[protege]

It's all of the worst parts of situation comedy with some of the most unlikeable characters ever put on tv.

I never really liked that show. It wasn't funny when it was new, and it's not funny now.

[blas87]

I think TV would be much better off without that Sheldon, Barney, and all of the Jersey Shore idiots.

[AdminAssistant]

I just can't get into any scripted, live-action show anymore. Everything I watch is animated (Archer, Family Guy, Futurama, etc.) or 'reality' (Storage Wars, No Reservations, Bizarre Foods, The Layover). I've heard about a few that look good on paper, but I just don't have the energy to commit. I'd rather rewatch Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood than try Dexter or Breaking Bad or any of those other 'must watch' series.

[protege]

I think TV would be much better off without that Sheldon, Barney, and all of the Jersey Shore idiots.

I think the *planet* would be better off without all the Jersey Shore idiots. Hell, one of the (Deena) is here in town for a car show. When she arrived, I think the IQ of the entire tri-state area dropped into single digits

[bunnyboy]

Well let's see I don't watch too much TV but...

Most kids network cartoon shows, it's either random all the time or feels like a diabetes wrapped anvil ( a certain show see avatar is exempt)

Queer as folk, all three versions. R.T.D. UK version, soap only gay, US Showtime version, soap, stereotypes and soft core GL porn, Bravo version, see US remove the porn.

Family guy, South Park, "adult" cartoons. Simpsons had you beat, enjoyable early seasons, then the characters just go flat.

Pretty much all crime dramas, (NCIS, SVU, CSI Vegas, and Criminal Minds being the exceptions) .

Reality TV in general. If I wanted to see idiots, I'd stay at work, where the stupidity isn't scripted by hacks that make hack authors look like The Bard.

Sci-Fi (sorry SyFy) Originals. Used to be so bad it's good or pretty good, now it's not even fit for direct to DVD releases.

And worst of all

History channel Paranormal Mumbo Jumbo 1-4 hour "special"

Cooking wise until I stopped watching Food Network it was anything that had Bobby "Ego the Size of Russia" Flay.

[bunnyboy]

My favorite overdub piece of censorship will likely always be the changing of a Cheech and Chong movie from talking about a bag full of tied sticks to talking about a bag full of diamond chips.

I can't even figure out why they even attempted to show a C&C movie when their network wouldn't allow the more overt drug references.

^-.-^

The words censored here isn't a bag full of tied sticks (this being a C&C movie and if it's the one I think it is) the word is actually THAI sticks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_stickhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_stick

And now you know why.

[fireheart17]

Well let's see I don't watch too much TV but...

Most kids network cartoon shows, it's either random all the time or feels like a diabetes wrapped anvil ( a certain show see avatar is exempt)

Cooking wise until I stopped watching Food Network it was anything that had Bobby "Ego the Size of Russia" Flay.

I agree on the kids show front. There were some GREAT shows when I was a kid. Nowdays they have some horrible stuff. Disney channel is even worse: every show seems to involve Kid-At-High-School-Who-Has-Unusual-Circumstances-But-Can-Still-Get-A-Boyfriend-Or-Girlfriend. What happened to the good old stuff, like Captain Planet?!

One show I'm still a bit mixed on is Power Rangers Samurai. While I think it's great that Saban redid it and they seemed to have adapted the Sentai footage quite well, the premise of the characters is slightly strange: at least go back to the good old days where the kids were in high school! It'll be interesting to see how they're going to adapt the next two series (the first one seems to be centred around the use of trading cards, while the one after that involves ALL the past Sentai teams including ones never seen before in American footage)

Down here, there's another TV show I cannot stand: Home and Away. It's a soap opera for the unfamiliar, so you're expecting it to be somewhat cheesy. While it's known for having one of the longest-running actors on a soap opera (the guy who plays Alf has been on it since the beginning, only missing a few episodes here and there), the storylines are just cheesy. The only remotely good one involved one of the characters developing HIV through sexual intercourse. Every second week someone gets stabbed, shot, kidnapped, abused, hurt etc. It's received a lot of complaints due to the storylines being shown in its timeslot. I agree with those complaints.

Neighbours at least has some more clout with the exception of some slightly annoying characters. They've also done similar storylines, but have a) spread them out, b) managed to portray them in a decent manner without looking too damn cheesy and c) kept the controversy to a minimum.

There was some minor controversy when they had a lesbian on the show. In reality, it was done tastefully and handled well in my opinion. There was no sexual element towards it, in fact, the only remotely sexual things occuring between her and her "girlfriend" (one of the long-term characters was shown as bisexual) was some kissing. That was it. There was no broadcasting "Hey, I'm a lesbian" or "Hey I'm bisexual". The only other very minor controversy was a teen pregnancy storyline, but that was also done well, resulting in said pregnant character going back to school after the baby was born.

[Racket_Man]

my biggest beef these days is ALL of the "reality" shows that have permeated the airwaves/cable channels.

How many pawn shop show do we need??

How many auction house shows do we need?????

How many fishing shows do we need????
I used to be a Deadlyist Catch fan until the last season. now there are shrimpers, swordfishers, noodlers, lobster, tuna (ALL produced, it seems, by one company).

Dog The Bounty hunter needs to go far away.

Pest control shows need to get gased.

Fashion, designing/designer, models, and even how to stuff on HGTV gets REAL boring now. how many house hunter/"Iam an EW and I WANT ALL OF THAT SHINY KITCHEN STUFF AND GRANITE COUNTERTOPS NOW!!!!!!!!" . Selling <whatever city they are doing now> is realy boring to me as most of THOSE properties are waaayyyyy beyond anything I can do, comparing living rooms, bathrooms, master bedrooms reno's that cost more than the house I am living in juust turn me off.

One recent show called MIllion Dollar Houses showed a patio where JUST the floor of the patio (3 inch marble) cost above $300,000 and kitchen cabinets that cost over $400,000.

SciFi or SyFy is not all that good anymore. most of the during the day marathons are Ghost Hunters, Twilight Zone, some lame series they themselves cancelled early on, etc. the serial shows they put one at night are just meh to me.

Even the History and Nat Geo channels are going more and more reality. I could care less about AxMen and such.

[NateSean]

On and off I've only watched a handful of shows ever. Only one or two could be considered religious viewing (as in I will watch turn the TV on specifically for) or something I've seen from beginning to end. Buffy falls under that category. Everything else, that's what DVDs are for.

That said, there are certain trends in TV shows that got old for me way back when.

The X-mas episode: Or any holiday really. It usually involves one or more characters that doesn't like Christmas, doesn't celebrate it, or is just a general ass in regards to the day for whatever reason. It usually winds up being a bottle episode with an ending worthy of either Charles Dickens or Charlie Brown.

The only X-mas episodes that I have ever liked in any show: Buffy Season Three and the Santa Clause Conquers the Martians episode of MST3K.

The Last Minute Reprive:

In certain cop/squint shows, whenever a deathrow inmate is just days away from execution, his innocence is called into question and the team rushes to prove it saving said convict with minutes to spare. Oh and the convict is so overwhelmed with joy that he doesn't sue the government that very nearly wrongly killed him.

The only series where I feel they did that right was Bones season 1. Yes, the man was spared a half hour before his execution but it turned out he was guilty and the only reason the execution was stayed was because they found two other corpses he was responsible for and they wanted him to answer for them.

[CriminalMindsRocks]

Cooking wise until I stopped watching Food Network it was anything that had Bobby "Ego the Size of Russia" Flay.

Hey now, Bobby's actually a nice dude ( and yes before anyone asks I have met him in person). Now Anne Burrell I CANNOT stand! Watched the Chopped:All-Stars episode with her & Robert Irvine PISSED me off!

How many fishing shows do we need????
I used to be a Deadlyist Catch fan until the last season. now there are shrimpers, swordfishers, noodlers, lobster, tuna (ALL produced, it seems, by one company).

I kinda agree with you here Racket Man..Last season's DC was kind of hard to get into because of Phil Harris being gone. Could NOT stand that ASS they had on the Cornelia Marie during Kings, was soo glad Josh & Jake got rid of him.

[fireheart17]

I don't know whether to really consider these TV "shows", but A Current Affair, Today Tonight and those "tabloid TV" shows. The ones that try and expose some con man and tell you how bad corporate greed is. It's a waste of 30 minutes.

[Gravekeeper]

I agree on the kids show front.
There were some GREAT shows when I was a kid. Nowdays they have some horrible stuff.

I'm gonna have to disagree. Most kids stuff has always been crap. You just don't remember the crap because it was crap, but fondly remember the good stuff. There's usually only a few good kids shows at any given time to be honest. Then a lot of middling stuff thats alright but you never remember. Then a bunch of crap you block out. >.>

Captain Planet is pretty terrible on a side note. I would not classify it as gold old stuff. Though I guess it does have a certain so bad its good quality. Like when they went back in time and faced Hitler. ;p

at least go back to the good old days where the kids were in high school!

Seriously, not a single actor in Power Rangers ever passed for a high school student to begin with, heh. Or an actor. ^^

How many pawn shop show do we need??

How many auction house shows do we need?????

Ugh, gotta agree there. Corporate media is so devoid of ideas at this point that any show thats remotely successful will inevitably have a carpet bomb of shitty spin offs and copies of it hoping to cash in on the money trough. Combine that with how cheap it is to make a reality show compared to a show with any sort of substance and you get what we have now. An ocean of shit. >.>