Candidates for Worst TV Series EVER!

A recent example: "Emily's Reasons Why Not" --

It was yanked after one episode. I think there were more minutes of promotional commercials for this series than actual minutes it spent on the air.

A classic example: "Turn On" --

A low-rent knock-off of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In on ABC, it, too, lasted one episode.

Another classic example: "You're In the Picture" --

A prime-time game show hosted by Jackie Gleason, it lasted two episodes. The entire second episode was spent apologizing for the first.

 

There was a Canadian sitcom in the late 60s called The Trouble with Tracey.
It made Gilligans Island look like Seinfeld.

 

BBC's Eldorado

 

Keeping Up with the Kardashians. I had never seen it because E! wasn't on my remote, then I started watching Chelsea Lately one night. The Kardashians are the worst people in the world. The mother accidentally fed her twentysomething son some Viagra. It was meant for her husband, Bruce Jenner, and the son picked up the wrong coffee cup, and then had to be rushed to the hospital.

I'm as liberal as you can get, but this was disgusting even to me.

 

I couldn't believe that they did The Ropers TV show. I wonder if they were asked to leave Three's Company? Who knows but they should have stuck around.

I remember most of the other ones too. When I was a kid I wanted to be just like BJ when I grew up. I used to dream of driving a big rig truck. LOL.

I might try and hunt down some of these just to see what they are really like with adult eyes.

Eddie

 

desperate housewives - simply preposterous

 

I love Mama's Family. There are very few spinoff shows that I like as much as the original series. My mother and I enjoyed "Rhoda" as much as Mary Tyler Moore, so I'll say a huge portion of spinoff series, and also most daytime talk shows, especially Jerry Springer. Most of the courtroom syndicated TV shows on the air now do not compare to the Wapner hosted People's Court.

 

It was fun as a single season concept. Then it got another season..then another.....

I would nominate Dollhouse as a future contender. Just bizarre.

 

My wife had fond memories of Bosom Buddies as kid, I bought her the DVD's for Christmas.

I can only handle TV in small doses, this was utter torture.

 

The equivalent British spin-off from "Man About The House" called "George & Mildred" was hilarious and successful so I guess they thought it could work. Apparently Norman Fell (Mr. Roper) was told that if the series didn't last a year the lead actors could go right back to "Three's Company"...it lasted a season & a half (just over a year, as the first season was only a handful of episodes). Fell felt the network purposely waited a year to pull the plug on the series to get out of having to bring the Ropers back and have to pay two actors since Don Knotts was working out as the new landlord.

 

Parker Lewis...blah,blah,blah (don't remember rest of title, a Ferris Bueller ripoff).

Duet (with a young Ellen Degenerate)

Facts of Life

Saved By The Bell

Baby I'm Back

Anything on UPN <comment removed>

 

Really? I remember it being surprisingly strong, although I haven't seen it in about 15 years and I suppose time might not have been kind on it. The actual TV version of "Ferris Bueller" was a real dog though.

 

I remember a perfectly awful sitcom on the Lifetime channel called Oh Baby, about a thirtysomething single working woman who decides to get pregnant via artificial insemination.

Small Wonder still takes the cake, though.

 

The Dukes of Hazzard cartoon spinoff is not widely regarded.

 

I think you would be hard pressed to find any series that all people agree is crap. one mans garbage is another mans treasure. eight is enought would get my vote

 

too many to count over here
c4 had a live midnight dinnerparty when the guests got v pissed
pulled after 3 shows
the late simon dee had a beeb chat show of embarassing proportion again pulled after 3
this was live with a video profanity delay built in ( 10 sec from 1 2"vt to another) went deliciously wrong, added to his general inadequacy.
danny baker a clever dj with a face for radio was pulled from his beeb chat show after 3 again wonderfully embarassing with no studio reaction to his 'jokes'
best ever sam fox/mick fleetwood presented 'the brits' live, he 6'7",she 4'10",all went tits up, wrong vts,unreadable autocue ,wrong artists,great stuff.
she later became a lesbian
fell of sofa with mirth
never done live again

 

I think Friends is great, it's highly rated in The Netherlands, even beat up 2nd hand DVD boxes sell here for 100USD.

But I don't like Seinfeld, Allo Allo.

 

And some shows that were terrible you have to watch because they are so terrible

My vote:

Martial Law
Hope & Faith

But I watched both all the time here in the UK. LOL

I'm sure I'll think of more.

Eddie

 

Does her son have a heart condition for which he takes medication? Or does he abuse amyl nitrate? If not, then this sounds like a fabricated story to get people interested in their show. One doesn't need to be rushed to the hospital simply because one ingested some Viagra.

I agree that shows like the Kardashians and the various Real Housewives series are among the worst stuff ever put on TV. This current junk makes shows like Pink Lady and Jeff seem good (well, to be honest, while I hate the sketches on PLAJ and I absolutely love -- in a camp way -- Pink Lady's musical numbers).

 

Another crap one: Nikki

 

I found a Youtube link, if you dare:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFLEvAhSTwQ

 

Yes, Dear
Charles In Charge

 

I don't know. I haven't watched enough of it. And I am not going to.

I don't know who Pink Lady is. A friend of Lady Gaga?

 

Just starting to watch Extra Time (footballers wifes offshoot)
don't know if it's the worst, but Nicholas Ball is a riot in it.

 

It did have kind of a catchy theme song, though!

One of my candidates would be My Big Fat Greek Life. This spin-off of the similarly-titled movie was so dire - based on the first episode, which was the only one I watched - I actually felt embarassed for the cast.