I can't believe that TV series lasted that long.

[redirish28]

My wife inspired this post.


She asked me which TV series I couldn't believe lasted as long as it did.


X- FILES


Never got into it never could understand how people watched it. (I'm a sci-fi fan and I could not get into that show.)

[TheMightyFavog]

1. Thirtysomething.

aka "A bunch of yuppie assholes who don't know how good they have it spend an entire hour bitching and moaning about how their life sucks."

[tigereye]

36. yeah, although it had that ensemble cast that was so good - I was too young

at the time to really appreciate that friends and I would become those people, at least on some level. (boyups, though.) ;)

[gmoney]

106. thirtysomething only lasted four seasons

They were really hitting a great stride towards the end with the addition of the Miles Drentell character...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Hey, I LOVED The X-Files!

[redirish28]

4. I could never get into it. Sorry,

[madinmaryland]

3. LOST. What a shitty program.

:hide:

[XemaSab]

9. .

:P

[RZM]

11. Lost only had 6 seasons

Way too long is when you're above 10

[XemaSab]

101. And in total defense of LOST

It was planned out to have 6 seasons, and so it kept a solid narrative until the end.

So many other shows did not have a planned end, and meandered to their deaths like a person lost in a blizzard.

(LOST is my favorite show in large part because it told a story that had a beginning, a middle, and an end. Unlike virtually every other show of that length.)

[Archae]

5. My list:

Friends
Seinfeld
Survivor

How the hell did these shitty programs last as long as they did?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Definitely Friends and Seinfeld.

Never understood why either of those shows were so popular.

[tigereye]

37. Seinfeld was another show that was amazingly clever intially

but it got old quickly. There are some classic comic moments, though.

[Mojambo]

7. C-S-Motherfucking-I. n/t

[tigereye]

38. see, the funny thing to me is, the X-Files did that sort of thing so much

better!

[Initech]

59. I stopped watching that shit and haven't looked back.

CSI New York was just plain fucking awful - never liked any of the cast on CSI Miami, and I stopped watching the original CSI when they moved away from solving murders to finding the most bizarre fetishes possible.

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

8. Any "reality" show not canceled after one season.

Proud to say I have never watched even one episode of "Survivor".

[DebJ]

21. But I LOVE Biggest Loser.

And the fact that it (watching it and trying out for it in DC) encouraged my son to lose 69 lbs. And still losing. (About 100 more to go).

[lazarus]

72. If you haven't watched it

How do you know it's bad?

:shrug:

I had the same attitude until a friend convinced me to give it a try, so I watched a few episodes, and was hooked.

Tastes differ, and YMMV. I happen to like Survivor quite a bit.

[RZM]

10. Preparng for flames here but . . .

'The Simpsons' . . . and I say this as a HUGE fan when I was in my teens and the series was at its height (early 1990s) . . . but it jumped the shark a long time ago.

[jobycom]

12. My first thought, too. I don't know if it jumped the shark, because I haven't watched it in decades.

I'm just always surprised it's still on when I see something about it.

[Orrex]

30. I agree that it's fallen far from its height, but...

I'll still watch even the second-worst episode of The Simpsons before I suffer through the "best" episode of Family Guy.

[Dr. Strange]

108. Totally agree.

This reminds me of the time when temeah responded to the poll about the pope's bathtub.

[petronius]

34. I went for years thinking that all the Simpsons listings on the TV schedule

were re-runs. I only realized recently that they're still making them... :shrug:

[Skittles]

66. I cannot stand The Simpsons

garish colors, annoying voices, lame humor

[JTG of the PRB]

13. I absolutely loved the X-Files. One of my favorite shows ever. But it went on 2 years too long.

The last two seasons had their moments, but seasons 1-7 were far and away the best.

[BlueIris]

70. Self-delete.

[Chan790]

14. Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

I have never understood how people my own age liked the show...this defines the term "pile of crap" for me. Then it dragged on for way too many seasons.

I think Buffy might be the reason I'm a misanthrope and don't own a TV.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

39. Oh, I so do not agree.

We are watching a marathon today. I could watch this all day. It's a great show, but you have to be into fantasy and sci-fi. It lasted a long time because there are people who dig that sort of stuff, and some people just don't, which is just fine.
Duckie

[tigereye]

40. hmm, I only recently watched some of em just out of curiosity (the movie

is quite funny and sort of subversive) and there is this great tongue-in-cheek aspect to em. Whedon is a great director and writer. Plus, David ? Boreanz is incredibly sexy!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

44. Agreed.

Joss actually wrote the movie too, or was involved in doing so. Then Donald Sutherland got cast and gutted the script. It wasn't supposed to be nearly as tongue and cheek as it was written, and when the series came up, Joss jumped at it because he knew he could make up for what was slaughtered in the movie. At least, that is what I heard.
Duckie

[AmyDeLune]

109. The director gutted the script...

She apparently had some "vision" that she was creating some kind of surreal, feminist, comedy. She pretty much ignored everyone's advice and/or suggestions. Ages ago on one of those "making of the movies" shows Joss Wheadon said that he remembered Donald Sutherland just sitting there on set, reading the script, and shaking his head.

[Biker13]

113. I'll always remember...

the episode entitled, I think, "Hush"! 90% of the show was completely silent,yet it was fascinating to watch and held you spellbound! It was brilliant!

Biker's Old Lady

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. Sex and the City...did anyone really watch it?

[bigwillq]

52. Yes, I did.

And I liked it. :hide:

[Frank Cannon]

16. It started out terrific, then it fell victim to "Twin Peaks Syndrome".

The same as LOST. After a while, you lose interest in the solutions to all the "big mysteries", because it's pretty obvious that there ARE none and the writers are just pulling stuff out of their asses.

[XemaSab]

102. Those are 3/4 of my favorite shows

"American Gothic" being the 4th.

Each show has its own problem.

American Gothic was cancelled after one season of constantly changing times and days. It might have sucked in the second season, but the world will never know.

Twin Peaks didn't know where to go after it "solved" the mystery.

X-Files (much as I hate to say it) was a hot mess from the beginning. It became evident after a few seasons that the creators had no grand plan and just wanted to spin the thing out, so they threw weird shit in there that never came to ANYTHING. (Bees? I rest my case.) It would have been better left as a simple "monster of the week" show.

LOST had an ending in sight, and while there were a few bumps on the road, it got to where it was going mostly in one piece. If the whole show had been written before it ever started filming, some of the less-interesting story arcs would have been shortened, and there would have been stronger foreshadowing of the end, but I think they told a great story under the circumstances.

LOST is my favorite of the group simply because (as I said upthread) it had a real beginning, a middle, and an end. I also think that part of the genius of the show was having SUCH a varied cast, so while one person may be fascinated with Jack's story and bored with Sun, another person might be really into Claire and bored with Desmond. Yes, there are a few floaty loose ends, but I think they stand out simply because the rest holds together so well.

Was it 6 seasons of A+? No.

Was it 6 seasons of mixed A's and B's? TOTALLY.

6 seasons of A's and B's (with a few A+ moments) is better than one all-too-short season of A-, one season of A+ and a season of C, or 4 seasons of A's and B's followed by 5 seasons of solid C's. :P

[rurallib]

17. Pretty much any reality show

I can't imagine any would last a full season let alone 5 or 10.

[HappyMe]

103. There ya go...

Survivor, that Dancing with the "Stars", American Idol, Biggest Loser, Big Brother...


:puke:

[lizerdbits]

18. The last 2-3 years of X files sucked

When either Mulder or Scully disappeared and they had Dogget and Rayes, or whatever her name was, at the end. Blech!

[tigereye]

41. yeah, Rayes was kind of interesting, but the two of em couldn't really carry

the show.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

19. Hawaii 5-0. I remember stumbling onto it a couple times, years apart, and thinking: ...

"Holy crap, that show's STILL ON?" I mean, it was an OK cop show, nothing against it, but I seldom watched it myself and was surprised to find it still on the air ( I think it ran about 10 years)

[lukasahero]

104. You know it's back on, don't you?

Remake - started this year. My co-workers love it. We seldom agree about TV so I wouldn't know.

[NoPasaran]

20. SNL

Somebody PLEASE drive a stake through its heart!

[johnnie]

47. Funny

I've been hearing that since the late 70's

[iris27]

22. Two and a Half Men, King of Queens, According to Jim, Everybody Loves Raymond.

I once used KoQ as an example while talking to someone of how I am apparently just too weird for most people. "Here is the difference between me and the rest of the world. My favorite TV show of all time, Firefly, was canceled after only 12 episodes had been aired. King of Queens, a show I absolutely cannot stand, ran for NINE FUCKING SEASONS."

I think the average run of all those shows I listed is about eight, nine seasons, actually. :(

[Lucian]

23. I loved that show.

It ended too soon.

[datasuspect]

24. cop rock

[blogslut]

25. Ha!

I've got all 9 seasons queued up on Netflix Instant. Just about to finish watching Season 1 - Episode 2.

I adore the show. The writing was just so fine.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

26. ER.

I was in eighth grade when it started and it ended seven years after I graduated college.

[tigereye]

42. I really liked ER at the time - it had a great wit and humanity, I think

However, I would probably be more inclined toward Scrubs now, as far as medical sit-coms go.

[MrMickeysMom]

27. Loved X-Files...

Too many reasons, including great scripts, direction, character development of Dana Scully, creepy episodes that are cult classics, and the sexual tension between Scully and Muldar.

How could you be a sci-fi fan and not love that show? I bet you don't love Star Trek TNG either!

[Orrex]

29. When X-Files was good, it was the best show on TV; when it was bad, it was close to the worst

On balance, I really like the show, even now. However...

The 500 episodes about Scully's cancer are simply unbearable. Horrible. I remember watching them in first-run and thinking "they're going to drag out this shit for as long as they can," and I was right.

The 500 episodes about Mulder's daughter were also unbearable. Every time they'd sew up another loose end, I'd say "thank God they're done with that boring bullshit." And then they'd crank out another ten episodes about it.

The "conspiracy" was doomed to suck, and it did. After all of the build-up, there's no way that they could have delivered anything satisfying. They should have had the sense to realize this in the first place and stick with their strong suit--one shot stories and brief story arcs. Chris Carter simply wasn't up to the demands of a series-long narrative.

The Lone Gunmen. Excellent as supporting cast, but terrible as first-stringers. The (mercifully) few episodes in which they're given top billing are horrible, as was their spin-off series while I'm at it.



Having said all of that, some of the episodes are real gems in the history of television.

[tigereye]

43. we LOVED the Lone Gunmen as characters! Hilarious.

X-Files was some of the best TV ever - as was Twin Peaks.

[Orrex]

49. As *supporting* characters they were great

As leads, they were horribly unsatisfying IMO.

Twin Peaks was another one that was great when it was great.

[tigereye]

67. yeah, I think we saw a few of those Lone Gunmen series- hard for them to

carry it.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

28. "Friends"

Never got the appeal of this show and I doubt I ever will. I was of the generation that this show was supposed to appeal to and all my friends liked it but I found it painful to watch. Still do

[IcyPeas]

31. posts 22 and 28 - ditto

[bookworm65t]

32. Hee-Haw

n/t

[HughBeaumont]

33. The Three F Club: Family Matters, Full House and Friends.

Family Matters - Filled to the brim with mediocre characters, "who wrote this" scripts, bizarre Meatballs II/Richie Rich quality sci-fi . . . and this asshole:



Full House - Really, the only interesting thing about this show are the future addicts that were belched out of it. Mouse and Mullets out the ass, idiotic catchphrases, cringe inducing romances, scripts that look like they were written as the show was taped . . . and this asshole:



Friends - Right. All of you paupers can afford your high-rent apartments. Monica bangs Chandler, or some other guy? Racheal Aniston and that guy who played Ross - will they or won't they?

http://oseb79.free.fr/images/Serie,%20cartoon/Friends%2005.JPG

Yeah, you're ALL assholes with the same hair.

[tigereye]

45. I did like Phoebe and her off-beat banter, though.

wow, as I read through this thread, it was clear that I watched way too much tv in the 90s. :rofl:

:hide:


My friends and I would religiously watch the X-Files and Twin Peaks, every Friday, or whenever they were on.

[tigereye]

35. We were huge fans, although it got a bit old at the end

We recently re-watched all of it, from beginning to end, and our teenager watched too. The first seasons were simply amazing - so clever, with so many great ideas and film techniques. Nothing that came after this series has come close to it's wit and innovation, IMHO.

[nadine_mn]

46. 2 and a half men

just painful

I agree with many - I LOVED the X-Files in the beginning - but then the last 2 yrs kinda sucked

[Alexander]

48. MASH. Did the Korean War really last 11 years?

I mean, they had more Christmas episodes than the Korean War had Christmases.

Colonel Blake dying was when everything changed. Trapper left and Potter and Hunnicut joined the show.

Then Frank Burns leaves and is replaced by Winchester.

Then Radar left for a season or something.

By the end, Alan Alda had obviously aged beyond 3 years, and the show was not as much funny as it was preachy and maudlin.

[Bucky]

58. Maybe that's why they say the show was really about Vietnam.

Hawkeye brought us into this quagmire.

One thing I have to give Mash props on, however, is their approach to characters. When a regular left, they never replaced them with a clone. Each replacement character was a fresh take, a fresh personality and an attempt at different on screen chemistry. Most shows won't take that risk.

(That said, not long after he showed up, BJ's character turned into a Hawkeye clone)

[Alexander]

88. Oh I agree completely, just as the movie and book were really about Vietnam.

However, the Vietnam war ended in 1975, after which time the show began to lose its relevance.

I did like the earlier episodes with BJ and Colonel Potter, as they managed to keep it fresh for a bit (I even remember Harry Morgan from Dragnet), but that came to a halt around the time that BJ grew his mustache.

"One thing I have to give Mash props on, however, is their approach to characters. When a regular left, they never replaced them with a clone. Each replacement character was a fresh take, a fresh personality and an attempt at different on screen chemistry. Most shows won't take that risk."

That's true. I appreciate how MASH did that even as other shows didn't. I don't think Winchester was as interesting a foil as Frank Burns, but at least they took a chance. And I do like David Ogden Stiers as an actor, even if I wasn't extremely impressed by Winchester.

[Orrex]

64. Do you criticize films that portray more than a two-hour time span?

I mean, the plot of Casablanca spans several days, but the film is a paltry 102 minutes! Preposterous!

[Alexander]

82. How do you have at least 4 Christmas episodes for a war that only lasted 3 Christmases?

Your analogy is ridiculous.

[Orrex]

85. Because M*A*S*H wasn't a documentary

It was a comedy series with a subtext of commentary, and it used the Korean War as the setting and format.


Your failure to comprehend this is ridiculous.

[Alexander]

86. Never argued that it was. I said it was a show that went on way too long.

And I stand by that. Having more Christmases than the actual Korean War is just an example of how the show kept going and going well past its expiration date.

"It was a comedy series with a subtext of commentary, and it used the Korean War as the setting and format."

Except after about 1978 or so, it stopped being a comedy and started being a drama series about a war that didn't last nearly that long to make a point about a war that was already over.

Ever notice how the laugh track just kind of disappears right around that time, and how the episodes stop being funny and start being really over-the-top preachy?

"Your failure to comprehend this is ridiculous."

Your failure to read anything I typed is ridiculous.

[Orrex]

87. Nor have I argued that it *didn't* go on too long

I'm simply pointing out that kvetching about the series lasting longer than the war is really scraping the bottom of the barrel, criticism-wise.

Ever notice how the laugh track just kind of disappears right around that time, and how the episodes stop being funny and start being really over-the-top preachy?

The laugh track persisted up through the penultimate episode. Not sure which series you're thinking of.

Your failure to read anything I typed is ridiculous.

Well, type something worth reading, and maybe I'll give it a try.

[Alexander]

89. You provided a nonsensical analogy about movies...

portraying a time span longer than the movie itself.

Which, first of all, is the exact opposite of what MASH did. MASH portrayed a time span shorter than the series itself. The analogy you made is the exact opposite of why I criticized the show.

Secondly, the book, movie, and originally the TV show MASH were created to make an analogy about the Vietnam War, which ended a good 8 years before the show ended. And yes, there were some good episodes after that point, but as time went on the series began to lose its relevance as social commentary.

Third, my point about there being more Christmases on the show than there were actual Christmases in the Korean War demonstrates how towards the end, they really ran out of ideas on what to do with the show.

"The laugh track persisted up through the penultimate episode. Not sure which series you're thinking of."

I'm thinking of the same series, where the times they used the laugh track were fewer and further between, and the laugh track turned into a lighter chuckle more than it had been in previous years. And there were entire episodes without a laugh track at all.

You can't deny the series got really preachy towards the end, no matter how you try and spin it.

"Well, type something worth reading, and maybe I'll give it a try."

Wow, that was almost funny!

If my posts aren't worth reading, why bother responding? And why continue to respond as if you've been reading them?

Since apparently nothing I posted was worth reading, to the point where you create total strawmen out of your responses, I guess this will be the end of our conversation! It's been fun!

[Orrex]

90. I'll reply one last time because it pains me to see an analogy so grossly misunderstood

The complaint was that the series M*A*S*H lasted longer than the Korean War--a simplistic critique at best.

To demonstrate the folly of this critique, I noted that films (for example) routinely portray events that take longer than the two hours of screen-time afforded to them. That is, the alteration of actual timespans is well established in popular fiction.

One can criticize M*A*S*H for going on too long, but complaining that the series ran longer than the war is petty. For one thing, it assumes that a half-hour of airtime necessarily and consistently represents 168 hours of actual time, when this has not been established. Quite the opposite in many cases, when two-part episodes portray a span of perhaps three days but take 14 days to air (or several months, in the case of season finales).

In short, you'd be better off criticizing the actual weaknesses of the later seasons than griping about the inaccurate number of Christmases. That's a continuity error; in itself, it's no bigger deal than pointing out that Hawkeye sometimes has a sister and other times does not.

[Alexander]

91. My point was, in my very first post, that the show wore out its welcome.

I'm sorry if your reading comprehension fails you to the point where you didn't understand that.

"One can criticize M*A*S*H for going on too long, but complaining that the series ran longer than the war is petty. For one thing, it assumes that a half-hour of airtime necessarily and consistently represents 168 hours of actual time, when this has not been established. Quite the opposite in many cases, when two-part episodes portray a span of perhaps three days but take 14 days to air (or several months, in the case of season finales)."

This is what happens when you decide to selectively read my posts. You end up failing on all possible levels.

I specifically said the following:

1) The show took 11 years to portray a 3-year time span, which, as I pointed out in various ways, was not at all believable

2) That the show lost its relevance as really being about the Vietnam War, which was still going on then the movie was released and the show began

3) That the writers ran out of ideas on how to keep the show fresh towards the end.

I could go on about how the very first episodes were dated as taking place in 1952, and so technically, the 11-year show portrayed a 1-year timespan (even less believably), but I decided that would distract from the point. Which is that the show should not have lasted 11 years. That's pretty much the theme of this entire thread, in case you didn't notice.

"In short, you'd be better off criticizing the actual weaknesses of the later seasons than griping about the inaccurate number of Christmases."

I did criticize the weaknesses of the later seasons, in the very same post you first started attacking. I said it got preachy and maudlin and stopped being funny.

EDIT: Here's a quote from my first post on the subject:

"By the end, Alan Alda had obviously aged beyond 3 years, and the show was not as much funny as it was preachy and maudlin."

But I guess that wasn't worth reading, right? Never mind that it fits the exact criteria that you are looking for. :eyes:

[Orrex]

92. Well, we agree on one point

But I guess that wasn't worth reading, right?

[Alexander]

93. We agree on the fact that you're incapable of reading.

Oh wait! I thought you were done!

"I'll reply one last time"

Whoops!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Orrex]

94. Well, I don't fault you for your illiteracy.

I'll reply one last time because it pains me to see an analogy so grossly misunderstood

I didn't assert that that would be my last reply; I asserted that it would be my last reply posted for the reason that I am pained by a grossly misunderstood analogy.

[Alexander]

95. Hey, at least I read what we both typed.

You can't seem to read what either of us typed.

"I didn't assert that that would be my last reply"

Is not consistent with

"I'll reply one last time"

Regardless of the reason you chose, you said you'd reply one last time.

You obviously changed your mind on that once you realized your attacks on me were a huge failure in every possible way and you wanted to try and save face.

Maybe you didn't mean to use the words you chose. That's fine, I can accept that.

But you are totally backpedaling, which I find an amusing admission of failure on your part because you started a knee-jerk attack against me without actually reading my posts.

[Orrex]

96. Okay, I have to confess that this is kind of becoming fun for its own sake

I'm sure as hell not going to admit that I was wrong, but I'm sort of enjoying the increasingly labyrinthine process of justifying my earlier posts on the subject.

[Alexander]

97. Yeah, I've seen it before. You failed miserably, yet you still want the last word.

You attacked me without bothering to read the substance of my posts, and you don't have the guts to admit you were wrong to do so.

Now, if you just admit you made a mistake in attacking me in the first place, we can all move on from your embarrassing faux pas and put it behind us.

[Orrex]

98. All right, I'm cool with that.

I maintain my objection that the length of the show's run--in itself--is not a substantive criticism, but the rest of my screed was rather over the top.

[Alexander]

99. Thank you. I appreciate that.

[deutsey]

80. Yeah, I've always thought MASH should've gone off the air in '78

Those next few seasons were awful (and I was a big MASH fan...even played Hawkeye in our senior class play version).

I was terribly disappointed in the two-hour season finale, too.

[Alexander]

84. Me too, I liked it funny and sometimes dramatic...

Rather than always dramatic and rarely funny as it later became.

[bigwillq]

50. Two and a Half Men

HATE, hate, that show. :puke:

[Terra Alta]

51. King of the Hill

I'm usually a big fan of adult animated shows, but that one was a real turn off for me. I can't believe it lasted as long as it did.

[LostInAnomie]

53. Exactly.

"King of the Hill" is my answer whenever someone asks why I watch mediocre shows like American Dad and The Cleveland Show. If we don't support shows like those we get stuck with bland shit like King of the Hill because networks will be afraid to put on edgier shows, and they will be on forever because they will put them in one of the safest time slots on TV (between The Simpsons and Family Guy).

[Orrex]

65. I was repeatedly surprised when it was still on the air

I used to think "didn't they cancel this terrible show years ago?"

[Taverner]

54. Loved it - but the last 3 seasons were crap

[Bucky]

56. I guess I'm alone in this. I actually liked the Doggett character & wanted to see more

They definitely had overworked the mythology of the show, but I think the story about his murdered son could have been played out longer with a new mythology. The Annabeth character was a little lame, but at least easy on the eyes.

[Taverner]

57. They should have had a separate show

I liked the characters, but X-Files already had way too many roads, offshoots, that meant NOTHING

[Taverner]

55. Doctor Who deserves all of its seasons, iterations, and extensions

As a TV show, a movie, a television special, a radio play, a comic book (oh wait, graphic novel) and a musical - if it gets off the ground.

But its a timeless idea. Timelord, traveling space and time, trying to do the right thing, but every once in a while - making a mistake.

[realisticphish]

76. doctor who is an interesting beast

of course I'm a fan, but it's interesting how it has a duality in terms of seasons. It's the same show, yes, but there are subsections with each doctor. a doctor may wear out his welcome, but not the show in general...

[Sandrine for you]

60. The Bold and The Beautiful....

I see that for a year, the french translation, pfff...

Ridge, Brooke and Taylor.

In just a year, Ridge go to Taylor to come back to Brooke already 6 times, can't believe it's like that for how many years ? Since 1987 ? Just can't believe it...

[lunamagica]

61. Facts of Life. When it started one of the characters was 12 yrs old

so this show was about young girls who were roomates in a boarding school. They go through Jr high (the younget ones) High school, college, and by the end they seemed to be in their mid, late twenties and the show had to make all kinds of ridiculous excuses for why these four women were still living together.

I didn't hate the show. In fact, I watched most of it, except for the last couple of years. But I would watch and think "this isn't very good, of funny, or that well acted. Why is it still on?

Another one was Moonlightning. I loved, loved the show, but then when Depesto and the guy took over the show due to Willis and Sheperd's tantrums the show went downhill fast.

[jdp349]

62. Everybody loves Raymond

I nor anybody I know did.

[bigwillq]

63. I loved that show.

It reminded me of my family. I thought it was funny, anyway.

[grace0418]

68. Ugh, I hated that show. The brother was okay but everyone else was just awful and

I could never figure out why any of them put up with each other.

[realisticphish]

77. "the brother" exactly

he was the ONLY funny part of that show.

[JonLP24]

69. 7th Heaven

While I agree with choices such as Friends, I could at least see the appeal and some things they did got me to laugh. 7th Heaven was on a very long time and just didn't like the show.

[BlueIris]

71. Dawson's Creek.

When I first heard about it, I thought it was bad in a funny way. When I finally watched it, I found it to be bad in a bad way. I was shocked at its badness, really.

Runner up: 24. I still can't believe they ever tried to take it past Day Three.

[driver8]

73. Sarah Palin's new train wreck...

It has been on WAY too long!

[TZ]

74. Dons flamesuit: Seinfeld

Honestly, a bunch of whiny stupid spoiled rotten people...I found the characters to be irritating at best, finger nails on chalkboard screechy more often....

[kick-ass-bob]

75. 75 posts and no one said "The Nanny"???? WTF is

wrong with you people??? LOL

Also:
Family Matters
Happy Days (there is a reason it is called "Jumping the Shark" you know
Rosanne
According to Jim
2 1/2 men


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WALKER TEXAS RANGER!!!

I guess everyone just blocked that one out. It made it over 200 episodes. :o

[nadine_mn]

81. I love the Nanny

I lived vicariously through Fran's wardrobe and hairstyles

[rcrush]

78. GAG Posts like these are just designed to piss people off.

F U

[kick-ass-bob]

79. Go sip some darjeeling.

You'll feel better.

[Drunken Irishman]

83. According to Jim...

[Corey_Baker08]

100. My Name Is Earl

For some reason I jus can't stand the show or the characters in it.

[Agent William]

105. CORONATION STREET!

That show's been on since the 1950s, they even have the same theme music. I can't believe that a show would span so many decades like that.

[soleft]

107. What abut East Enders?

Been on since the 80's, 3 x a week I think.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

110. been watching Eastenders off & on since 1990 or so

...just can't stop, it's like part of the family at this point. Airs usually M, Tue, Thu, Fri. Last couple years have been pretty decent in terms of crazy & entertaining storylines.

[soleft]

111. Are you watching current episodes on the BBC?

I watch on PBS here in the states, we're like 5 years behind.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

114. yep, online/downloading each week.

[soleft]

115. Really? From the BBC website?

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

116. nope, although you can if outside the UK

(gotta use proxies etc, they block you otherwise) I prefer just downloading the episodes (from a diff. site.)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

112. Life on Mars

It didn't last long, but it was still too long.

:hi: