Name your least favorite sitcom that was a hit series

[beyurslf]

The show has to have been (or currently be) a hit show (ie on for several seasons). No shows that aired 4 times and then were gone. We know they sucked :)

Mine is COACH. Used to come on after (or was it before?) Roseanne and I never got it. Just seemed so dull and was never ever funny. I always wondered how they had Roseanne and Full House and Who's the Boss and then COACH--what were they thinking!! The whole night was ABC--after watching those, my mom and I watched thirtysomething.

Others? Discuss

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Seinfeld. I know lots of people like it but I really couldn't get into

watching a show where people were poked fun of on a weekly basis. Couldn't stand it.

[beyurslf]

5. I loved Seinfield. It's one of those shows I can see re-runs over and over

again.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. I can't watch it because they were horrid little people. Not so much

the actors, but the characters. Although I cannot stand Jerry and his wife.

[mdmc]

25. but they got it in the end! They all went to jail!

I used to work with Jerry's wife (she was actually in PR, paid to hit paparazzi with her (my company) designer pocketbook.

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. So what did you think of her? I hate it when I irrationally dislike people

for a persona I may have placed on them myself. Tell me she's a wonderful person. So, is she? :hi:

[mdmc]

39. well you know in baseball when a batter taps the ball, or

the smallest puppy in a litter? I've only used the word twice, once for Katherine Harris in 2000, once for Jean Schmidt in 2005.

I can tell you that she is not a wonderful person.

[ScreamingMeemie]

45. Well then, I feel justified in my dislike of her then. Plus, who leaves

their husband after meeting another man on the plane coming back from their honeymoon. I'll tell you who...and opportunist.

[mdmc]

you know the whole story, pretty much...

peace and low stress... My apologies if I offended. :dem:

[ScreamingMeemie]

54. Not at all.

You did me a favor. :D I don't feel bad anymore. ;)

[mdmc]

85. :-)

:)

[beyurslf]

31. They were, but it was funny. I found my self laughing and saying

"This is so wrong to be laughing at this" but I sure did keep tuning in.

[BlueIris]

92. YES. All of those characters were SO awful. ECH.

Took me forever to figure out what I didn't like about them and THAT WAS IT. They were SO yucky.

[Rowdyboy]

26. Seinfeld absolutely bored me to tears.....

And I'm easy to satisfy....

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. Me too. I usually like all sitcoms, but not this one.

:hi:

[arwalden]

41. What she said!

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

91. The whole premise of Seinfeld was the relationships between people who...

Didn't fully understand various social norms that are basically a given to normal people. Just about every character on the show had some kind of quirk about them that disrupted some kind of social norm. I think it's really quite clever.

[Beaverhausen]

2. Friends

not funny to me in the least. :puke:

[ghostsofgiants]

6. I'll second that.

[beyurslf]

8. Man I forgot about Friends. I never watched that show. I think I have seen

maybe 2 episodes. It was so dumb! Why were they all stupid? Was it a part of their characters--like the dumbest 5 or 6 people in NYC?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. Thirded.

:puke:

[ScreamingMeemie]

Not fourthed. I really liked it. As beyurself said about Seinfeld, I can

watch reruns of this over and over even though no unemployed New Yorker could afford any of the apartments they lived in. You'd have to be raking in some serious money to get a two bedroom like that.

[beyurslf]

33. I used to laugh about that when I lived in NYC. My family would ask me

about my place and I would be like.... well it is the size of a closet on Friends... and no where near as nice :)

[Beaverhausen]

37. And the lousy actors made $1million a week for 3 days work

Isn't it ironic?

[beyurslf]

42. I want to know if it is hard to act that dumb.

[SofaKingLiberal]

86. Well, it depends...

:D

[ScreamingMeemie]

59. I wonder how many people they duped into moving out there?

I mean, I was on the verge... :rofl: ;)

[lovelaureng]

32. I agree 100% with you. n/t

[BigMcLargehuge]

64. I was always hoping for the "the one where everyone dies" episode

to be written.

I never made it through a whole episode, though I tried.

[petronius]

88. Most correct post in the thread - that show sucked! (nt)

[skygazer]

3. King of Queens

What in the world was funny or entertaining about that show? Is it still one? I don't even know.

[beyurslf]

Hmmmm I have never heard of it. :)

I don't watch a lot of tv now so I guess it is too new for me.

[johnnie]

17. Jerry Stiller is hilarious to me

I don't mind the show when he isn't on, but I really like it when he is.

[azmouse]

4. Every single one of them except Cheers.

Sitcoms just aren't funny.

Edited to add an exception for the first few seasons of That 70's Show.

[YankeyMCC]

7. So many to choose from but I'll pick

"Everyone Loves Raymond"

[beyurslf]

11. It always bugged me that they had kids and you never saw them.

Did they keep them locked in cages or something?

[ghostsofgiants]

89. Yeah, that was a pretty crappy show as well.

[MiniMandaRuth]

9. Every single last one of them.

Mention laugh tracks and I will kill you. Or at least maim you.

[ohiosmith]

10. Haven't watched a sitcom since the second season of Frasier.

[DS1]

12. The Cosby Show

fuck Morals.

[beyurslf]

16. Oh I loved the Cosby show. I was young, I guess I didn't see them

preaching to me :)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

74. But when Cosby got going, he got GOING.

Damn, that show is so fucking funny....

:rofl:

[vikegirl]

13. Drew Carey and That 70s Show n/t

[beyurslf]

18. What? That 70's Show cracks me up still. Drew Carey--ok, it was

tedious. How many times can you make fun of everyone looks?

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. Yay. we agree on That 70's...although Drew Carey was so very much

like Seinfeld in the making fun of people category that it surprises me you would say that. <<<I don't mean that in a "mean" way and really hope you don't take it that way. :hi:

[beyurslf]

35. Not at all. Drew Carey just made fun of Drew and MiMi all the time.

The she is so ugly and he is so fat jokes just got old. Seinfield picked on every type of person you can think of. And it was the little things--like people who talk too softly. That drives me CRAZY!!!!! And I laughed so hard I was in tears.

[bigwillq]

15. Fraiser

So fucking annoying---the whole cast.

Then Cheers. Same thing.

[beyurslf]

19. Yeah. I kept yelling at Fraiser's brother to come out already!!!

[bigwillq]

21. LOL!

I know. Who the hell did he think he was fooling??!?!? :)

[beyurslf]

29. All of middle America who loved it when he married Daphne.

She was just tired of waiting for the right woman I think so she said "What the hell!" and married him. It creeped me out every time they kissed.

[johnnie]

22. It's cool to not like sitcoms

Whenever anything comes up about sitcoms, it is always the same few mega hit shows that it seems that *everyone* hates. Strange.

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. If it helps...I love "Friends" "Everybody Loves Raymond"...the only

megahit show I didn't like was "Seinfeld", because I always got the feeling I was "supposed to" love it. :hi:

[johnnie]

34. I didn't watch Seinfeld until it ended

I catch the reruns once and a while and it can be funny sometimes.

[beyurslf]

38. I like most mega hit sitcoms.... with the exception of some named here

I did like ELR too. I just always thought it was weird that the kids were never around. Any one have a house with kids that is always that quiet? Maybe they went to boarding school.

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. And they always showed Patricia Heaton as if she was exhausted

from raising three kids who hardly ever peeped. :)

Delores Roberts is beloved by me. She is such a wonderful actress.

[beyurslf]

47. Delores was my favorite on the show. Raymond was the one I didn't

like. Kind of Will and Grace. I like Jack and Karen. Will and Grace bug me.

[ScreamingMeemie]

50. That's funny. I just told MrG the other night that a spinoff called Jack

and Karen would probably be wildly successful :D

[beyurslf]

56. So true. I crack up the whole time they are there.

Grace especially just gets on my last nerve. I want to grab her and tell her to STOP WHINING! People may think Jack is the stereotype of gay men-- Will is! He is so neurotic it gives me pain to think about his lifestyle :)

[Ravenseye]

57. I used to love sitcoms

I've cooled on them recently. They just seem to be more and more derivative and shallow. Or maybe i'm changing. Meh.

I liked Seinfeld, Friends, etc.

The only one I can think of that was a "mega hit" that I never got into was Everbody Loves Raymond, but that's because he just annoys me, and the parents annoy me, etc. It's like they went out of their way to pick actors that I didn't like with that show.

Other ones I could have done without but I just didn't watch them. No big loss.

[johnnie]

58. There has been so many sitcoms that have come and gone

99% of them have sucked. I like a few new ones, but not all of them. Two and a half men can be pretty funny. That's probably one of the best in a while.

[GalleryGod]

63. I Agree.

My next act is to hide this wasted thread.

[terrya]

24. "Home Improvement"

I've never gotten Tim Allen's humor. That show was just plain unfunny

[Ariana Celeste]

36. agreed

that show makes me sick to my stomache. my brother's dad *loved* it and still watches reruns

[beyurslf]

40. I liked it. Not sure why, but I did. I wouldn't watch re-runs though

Not as good as Roseanne.

[bigwillq]

44. Oh yes.

How annoying that whole show was.

And the grunting???? Did they need to prove they were men that badly?!?!?!? :shrug:

[beyurslf]

49. Nothing wrong with an occassional man grunt :)

[bigwillq]

66. Only if

I am in bed with them! :evilgrin:

[beyurslf]

72. Hear hear on that one :)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

75. I always liked to watch it when I was about six, and it was still on new.

The reruns get old really fast, though.

[Rabrrrrrr]

46. Eight is Enough. God, I fucking hated that show.

Though maybe it isn't really a sitcom, I think it's worth telling the world what a total piece of shit I think it was.

And Willy Aames can end up a crack addict prostitute in prison for all I care.

[beyurslf]

51. I never really watched that. Maybe some when I was a little kid

but don't recall anough about it to judge whether I liked it.

[Left Is Write]

78. You mean you missed him on Celebrity Fit Club?

Willie Aames is apparently a workaholic with a short temper.

[bigwillq]

48. COACH was a riot!

I loved that show!

It was silly fun.

[beyurslf]

52. Big Will I am disappointed in you :) j/k

[bigwillq]

67. Remember-----

I love sports! :bounce:

[beyurslf]

81. Ahh yes. Your staight points builder.

[ScreamingMeemie]

53. I liked coach too.

Jerry VanDyke is hysterical. I stopped watching when they went to Florida to coach an NFL team though.

[bigwillq]

68. That's when it jumped the shark

I didn't like those episodes either! :hi:

[Awsi Dooger]

93. I agree

I never watch sitcoms during their run but a few I'll catch up with years later on replay. Coach is my latest craving but the Orlando move was a disaster.

[BigMcLargehuge]

65. I also liked Coach

[beyurslf]

55. I forgot about MASH. My dad always watched that and I hated it.

I could probably appreciate it now, but as a young child--it was the absolute worst show :)

[Lilith Velkor]

77. I'm the opposite

I liked it back then, but I watched a couple episodes recently, and it was more stupid than funny.

[Kat45]

60. Everybody Loves Raymond. -- I don't.

I could watch that show without cracking a smile. Of course, I avoided it most of the time. It just was not funny. I don't find Ray Romano to be funny, or even likable.

[huskerlaw]

61. Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond

both complete and utter DRECK.

[Initech]

62. Everybody Loves Raymond, According To Jim, and King Of Queens

Sorry, but I just dont find any of these shows funny. :puke:

[SaveElmer]

69. The Facts of Life....

Possibly the WORST show ever aired...with the possib;e exception of thirtysomething!!

[realisticphish]

70. Will and Grace

though, as others have said, Jack and Karen aren't too bad.
Friends I don't mind, Seinfeld can make me laugh, but I dispise it on principle. If someone tells me I'm a fucking idiot with no sense of humor/taste if I say I'm not really a *whatever show/band* fan, I tend to hate the show/band. I've had that happen several times with Seinfeld (and Radiohead, incidently)

[beyurslf]

73. Love Will and Grace, I cannot watch while I eat or I spit food at the tv

:)

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

71. "Frasier" & "Will & Grace" (and from the UK, "My Family") nt

[ldf]

76. wow, so many, so little bandwidth...

seinfield.

i tried to watch it, twice. one plot was about masturbation, the other about cunnilingus (sp?). lame

every body loves raymond.

NO. everybody does NOT love raymond. i am one.

and that al bundy freakfarce? married with children.

words fail me.

:shrug:

[beyurslf]

82. OMG I forgot about Married with Children. Who knew there were so many

(un)funny jokes about flatulence.

[ghostsofgiants]

90. Okay, I'm pretty sure I've seen every episode of Seinfeld...

And I don't remember one about cunnilingus at all.

[Left Is Write]

79. I would say Everybody Loves Raymond EXCEPT...

I'm only biased against the show because of Patricia Heaton. I actually found the others (Ray, Robert, their folks) pretty funny. I never watched it regularly, though.

I'm trying, but all I can think of is sitcoms I really liked (WKRP In Cincinnati, One Day At A Time, Cheers, The Nanny)

Wait...how about Webster? I couldn't stand that show.

[EstimatedProphet]

80. Happy Days-and Laverne & Shirley

Yuck.

[hyphenate]

83. There are many sitcoms which I hate(d) that are/were hits

Probably the biggest is Friends. I just couldn't stand that show, even if everyone in the world said it was fantastic, great, etc. I would not, could not bear to watch it.

I'm not really a huge fan of sitcoms anyhow, since my main TV interest is drama and SF.

The first time All in the Family was on (in the 1970s) I wouldn't watch it, because I really hated the bigotry that was played up on the show. Now it's easier to watch it and I really can say it was probably great in its original time, but I was too young and too engaged in other things to have appreciated the humor.

The one with Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser. I could look it up, but I'm going to bed soon, and I don't really care. I did like the occasional episode (I think there were three, IIRC) when Kevin Bacon showed up.

Perhaps it's better to say what I did like, because that list is much, much smaller:

From the 1970s and forward:

Barney Miller
WKRP in Cincinnati
Head of the Class
Welcome Back Kotter
Mork and Mindy
Taxi -- Except Andy Kaufman and later Carol Kane. Their characters were HORRIBLE and I couldn't stand them. I actually preferred the more sane members of the ensemble, meaning Hirsch, Henner and DeVito.
Two and a Half Men
Both Bob Newhart shows
Home Improvement
A lot of the Designing Women shows, except for when Delta Burke got on her high horse and aggravated the piss out of me
Still Standing
Pig Sty -- lasted a short time (very short!) on UPN when it started. What's very ironic is almost all of the stars have gone on to significant work on other shows (Brian MacNamara, Liz Vassey, Sean O'Bryan, etc)
Platypus Man-- made cooking shows fun at the very beginning of the cycle. Starred Richard Jeni. Funny show.

That's about all I can think of right now. Anything else I've either forgotten by natural means, or forgotten intentionally. :)

[Hissyspit]

87. Final "Newhart" one of the best ever. There were 3 Bob Newhart Shows...

The Bob Newhart Show.
Newhart.
Bob.

I liked "Bob," but it was a bit underdeveloped and it was competing with the first two shows.

[DanCa]

84. Alice (nt)