Awful Television Programs

[Nathander]

What are some television shows that strike you as/having been awful? I ask this because I just recently saw the Sarah Silverman Program and....jeez, there isn't a word in anyone's vocabulary to describe how utterly terrible it is. I mean, I like stupid humor as much as anyone, but when that humor isn't...well, funny, to any degree, it doesn't work.

How about you folks? What shows don't you like, and why don't you like them?

[TB]

Originally Posted by Nathander

What are some television shows that strike you as/having been awful? I ask this because I just recently saw the Sarah Silverman Program and....jeez, there isn't a word in anyone's vocabulary to describe how utterly terrible it is. I mean, I like stupid humor as much as anyone, but when that humor isn't...well, funny, to any degree, it doesn't work.

How about you folks? What shows don't you like, and why don't you like them?

I haven't seen tSSP so I can't really comment, however..

How is it that a completely unfunny hack like Carlos Mencia who steals jokes and his only original jokes are badly done attempts at racism(chapelle did it better) gets THIS many seasons when an actually funny show like Stella only got one?(was it one? Maybe 2, I forget)

Drives me nuts.

[Sparky]

Small Wonder and What A Dummy come to mind...And that one where the cop's soul went into the family dog when he went down in the line of duty.

[emperor26]

One show that I felt was a waste of time was the downright disgusting Mr. Meaty of the now desperate network known as Nickelodeon.

Nick made a horrible mistake to greenlit this show; the humors consisted of only gross-out and toilet humors, the puppets are not only horrendous, they are nothing like the ones on Seasame streets and finally, the plot for the show was anything but impressive.

[TB]

Originally Posted by emperor26

One show that I felt was a waste of time was the downright disgusting Mr. Meaty of the now desperate network known as Nickelodeon.

Nick made a horrible mistake to greenlit this show; the humors consisted of only gross-out and toilet humors, the puppets are not only horrendous, they are nothing like the ones on Seasame streets and finally, the plot for the show was anything but impressive.

Nick never was very good at making proper business decisions.

I miss the days of Pete and Pete, Salute Your Shorts and You Can't Do That On Television.

[Ccook50]

The incredibly unfunny Frank Caliendo (Fox's NFL pre-game) is getting his own show on TBS in November. Apart from that, any reality TV show will fit the category just fine.

[Nathander]

Originally Posted by TB

Nick never was very good at making proper business decisions.

Really? Because I thought cancelling Invader ZIM, Rocko's Modern Life, Hey Arnold!, and Angry Beavers was genius.

I miss the days of Pete and Pete, Salute Your Shorts and You Can't Do That On Television.

I have to admit...when I was younger, I was just kind of bored by Pete and Pete. Nowadays, however, I really see what it was about and enjoy it. I also loved Salute your Shorts, and I'm surprised anyone remembers You Can't Do That On Television before it was replaced with All That. I also miss Hey Dude!

Originally Posted by vinny

Sarah Silverman...dont make me laugh (serously, cus you cant). cant see this show up for another 4 weeks

That's the thing...it's already on its second season.

[Bloonan]

Originally Posted by emperor26

One show that I felt was a waste of time was the downright disgusting Mr. Meaty of the now desperate network known as Nickelodeon.

Nick made a horrible mistake to greenlit this show; the humors consisted of only gross-out and toilet humors, the puppets are not only horrendous, they are nothing like the ones on Seasame streets and finally, the plot for the show was anything but impressive.

Yeah, Nick really made a flop with Mr. Meaty. Gross humor's only funny to some wxtent, Nick!
And another show on the gross subject, permit me to bring up...
My Gym Partner is a Monkey. As I said, many of the people that it was aimed at can only take gross humor to some extent, and both MGPIAM and Mr. Meaty push that extent far too much.

[emperor26]

Originally Posted by Bloonan

Yeah, Nick really made a flop with Mr. Meaty. Gross humor's only funny to some wxtent, Nick!
And another show on the gross subject, permit me to bring up...
My Gym Partner is a Monkey. As I said, many of the people that it was aimed at can only take gross humor to some extent, and both MGPIAM and Mr. Meaty push that extent far too much.

I have a hard time to believe that My Gym Partner's A Monkey made it with three seasons, let alone, be part of CN, of all network.

Anyway, I agree, Bloonan, both Mr. Meaty and Gym Partner went too far with their gross humor.

[Mr_Bloo_Veins]

Any VH1 reality show that focuses around a former celebrity. Hogan Knows Best, for instance.

I admit certain reality shows have their moments, but most of them still annoy me to no end.

Oh yeah, and Lil' Bush. I decided to watch it last night and while I chuckled at a few lines, it was still flat out horrible. Why Lil' Bush? I mean, What about a Lil' Reagan or a Lil' Clinton?

I enjoy watching Family Guy, I'm not going to deny that, but I have friends that CONSTANTLY QUOTE THE SAME EPISODES OVER AND OVER and to be honest I'd probably be more into the show if it wasn't for them. I like watching the older episodes though. I don't know if it's actually gotten any worse or it's just me preferring old over new again, but I find them a lot funnier and there was a certain sitcom-ish charm the older episodes had that the new ones don't.