View Full Version : Now pick your OVERRATED TV show from the 1970's?
TVFactFan
11-03-2004, 06:47 PM
the overrated tv show to me was LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY!!!!!!!!!!!
Lady T
11-03-2004, 06:49 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
the overrated tv show to me was LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY!!!!!!!!!!! Barney Miller I am actually starting to dislike this show. It was boring!!!:lol:
AtlantaBravesFan29
11-03-2004, 07:23 PM
M*A*S*H
TVFactFan
11-03-2004, 07:39 PM
Originally posted by BravesFan2004
M*A*S*H
How could i forget ASH-lol
jamesanthony
11-03-2004, 07:47 PM
I think Mary Tyler Moore is very overrated. It's not a bad show, but too many people say its the best sitcom which I don't think is true at all. I found it boring as a child and a teen. I watched some episodes recently and to me it is nothing all that special. Dick Van Dyke's show was more entertaining. I think the reason this show is so ballyhooed is because a lot of people who work in TV relate to the characters.
Barney Miller is pretty good to me, I think it's a show that appeals to a certain type of viewer. Same thing with MASH, I'm surprised MASH is/was as popular as it is, I find it a dreary show to have to sit through, it is very depressing to me. It may be very intelligent etc but it is very depressing.
Happy Days. I hate that show.
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers. I bought a 16mm print at a flea market and watched it once... which was one more time than I laughed.
M*A*S*H was another show that had zero laughs after the second season. By the end of the '70s, it wasn't even (excuse the pun) operating under the pretense that it was a comedy anymore.
TVFactFan
11-04-2004, 12:05 AM
Originally posted by Riff
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers. I bought a 16mm print at a flea market and watched it once... which was one more time than I laughed.
M*A*S*H was another show that had zero laughs after the second season. By the end of the '70s, it wasn't even (excuse the pun) operating under the pretense that it was a comedy anymore.
The 1974 TV show Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers was actually HYPE UP?????????????????????
snl75
11-05-2004, 10:45 PM
ive always wanted to see friends and lovers i was only 3 when it aired on cbs and ive always herd how great it was i guess im not missing anything after all
Lady T
11-05-2004, 10:48 PM
Originally posted by jamesanthony
I think Mary Tyler Moore is very overrated. It's not a bad show, but too many people say its the best sitcom which I don't think is true at all. I found it boring as a child and a teen. I watched some episodes recently and to me it is nothing all that special. Dick Van Dyke's show was more entertaining. I think the reason this show is so ballyhooed is because a lot of people who work in TV relate to the characters.
Barney Miller is pretty good to me, I think it's a show that appeals to a certain type of viewer. Same thing with MASH, I'm surprised MASH is/was as popular as it is, I find it a dreary show to have to sit through, it is very depressing to me. It may be very intelligent etc but it is very depressing. I think Barney Miller is a type of show that you either love it or you hate it; I loved the shows for years, because I was such a fan of Ron Glass (Sgt. Harris) now, that I am not that interested in him anymore, I am less fond of the show, but I do admit that I was impressed with Hal Linden's acting, I truly thought he did an excellent job playing Captain Barney Miller.
snl75
11-05-2004, 10:50 PM
and to anwser your post the most overrated show for me was the bob newhart show . dont get me wrong hes one of my all time fave. standups and i love the newhart show from the 80s but for whatever reason ive never really liked the bob newhart show
TVFactFan
11-05-2004, 11:41 PM
Originally posted by snl75
ive always wanted to see friends and lovers i was only 3 when it aired on cbs and ive always herd how great it was i guess im not missing anything after all
Friends and Lovers did finish at #25 in the Neilsen Ratings but that was way too low following a #1 rated show.
snl75
11-06-2004, 03:45 PM
yeah thats a big drop esp on what you would now call must see tv
mstewart
11-07-2004, 10:05 AM
Barney Miller
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Paul Sands in Friends and Lovers - It was #25 in ratings when the plug was pulled. Bridget Loves Bernie was #5 in the ratings when it got cancelled and it was because of religious groups was putting pressure on CBS about the show. The show had potential of being a great show.
James
11-07-2004, 03:17 PM
To me the most overrated 1970s TV show was All in the Family. I watch TV to be entertained, and shows should follow the same formula as Leave It To Beaver, Family Matters, Laverne and Shirley and The Andy Griffith Show.
James said...
To me the most overrated 1970s TV show was All in the Family. I watch TV to be entertained, and shows should follow the same formula as Leave It To Beaver, Family Matters, Laverne and Shirley and The Andy Griffith Show.
But not everyone is entertained by the shows you are entertained by. I like most of the shows you listed there, but I also like AITF, and I think it is very entertaining.
If they took off all of the shows that don't entertain me, everyone who works at NBC would be out of job, just about...
Originally posted by snl75
ive always wanted to see friends and lovers i was only 3 when it aired on cbs and ive always herd how great it was i guess im not missing anything after all
I'd never expect anyone to agree with me since I think "Arrested Development" is one of the most forced and laugh-free comedies on the air right now, but if anyone really cares what I think, I felt "Friends and Lovers" suffered from all the accusations that have been thrown at "Center of the Universe" this year. That it was just a bunch of familiar faces and big talents who didn't mesh particularly well. But the real part of the problem was the part of the title before "Friends and Lovers." Paul Sand just could not carry the show at all. He was upstaged by every single member of the supporting cast.
I wasn't even 3 when it aired on CBS (I didn't even live in the US), so this isn't first-hand information, but I vaguely remember reading somewhere that it was widely considered the sure-fire hit of the season. And when it failed spectacularly, some critics said that it was too just smart for the lead-in's audience.
That's funny. I never knew "All in the Family" was a dumb persons' show.
EmoJoe
11-07-2004, 07:55 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
the overrated tv show to me was LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY!!!!!!!!!!! I agree
barwars
11-07-2004, 08:45 PM
Originally posted by James
To me the most overrated 1970s TV show was All in the Family. I watch TV to be entertained, and shows should follow the same formula as Leave It To Beaver, Family Matters, Laverne and Shirley and The Andy Griffith Show.
Ok, if shows should follow that formula.... no The Wonder Years for you.
GARFIELDKOOL
11-10-2004, 10:29 AM
Happy Days is VERY overrated. I seen it many times and I don't think this show is very great or funny. I wonder how it managed to crack #1.
Miss Blair
11-10-2004, 05:57 PM
Laverne and Shirley.After watching a couple of episodes,i was left wondering what all the fuss was about.
David
11-10-2004, 09:08 PM
MASH, Happy Days
Chain Gang Member
11-11-2004, 10:43 AM
Originally posted by AKA
Three's Company, easily.
I think only during the summertime
Like that one song says,"Ain't no cure for the summertime blues"
Dean Winchester
11-11-2004, 10:48 AM
Originally posted by barwars
Ok, if shows should follow that formula.... no The Wonder Years for you.
lol, so true
Dean Winchester
11-11-2004, 10:50 AM
Originally posted by Riff
M*A*S*H was another show that had zero laughs after the second season. By the end of the '70s, it wasn't even (excuse the pun) operating under the pretense that it was a comedy anymore.
you didn't like it after season 2? I know a lot of people who don't site it's "downhill moment" until when Radar left in the beginning of season 8.
Stuck In The '70's
11-11-2004, 12:25 PM
This is really hard because I like just about every hit sitcom of the 70's. The one I would pick probably would be Rhoda. I thought the hype was a lot bigger than the show deserved and after she divorced Joe I lost all interest in it. That doesn't mean I don't like it though. Like I said the 70's were probably my favorite decade for sitcoms.
Petrie Malone
11-11-2004, 10:44 PM
All in the Family
Mary Tyler Moore
M*A*S*H
Three's Company
Moonlight Lady
11-18-2004, 10:16 AM
M*A*S*H
Mork and Mindy
Three's Company
TVFactFan
11-18-2004, 07:16 PM
Originally posted by ~*Twist Of Kate*~
M*A*S*H
Mork and Mindy
Three's Company
Defintely Mork and Mindy, that show was A$$
barwars
11-18-2004, 08:42 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
Defintely Mork and Mindy, that show was A$$
That doesn't even make any sense.
TVFactFan
11-18-2004, 08:45 PM
Originally posted by barwars
That doesn't even make any sense.
That's your opinion and you are entitled to it.
barwars
11-18-2004, 08:47 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
That's your opinion and you are entitled to it.
No.
Even if I didn't like M&M.... it still doesn't make any sense to say "that show was ass"
So a good show is what.... leg, foot?!
TVFactFan
11-18-2004, 09:01 PM
Originally posted by barwars
No.
Even if I didn't like M&M.... it still doesn't make any sense to say "that show was ass"
So a good show is what.... leg, foot?!
In philly, the term ass is used to describe anything that is BAD such as sporting teams, tv shows, etc.
barwars
11-18-2004, 09:06 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
In philly, the term ass is used to describe anything that is BAD such as sporting teams, tv shows, etc.
I know what you meant.... but it still doesn't sound right.
Central Perk
11-19-2004, 09:30 PM
Three's Company
Happy Days
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