I would say it's a tie between

Angie-1979/Flo-1980

I would say it's a tie between

Angie-1979/Flo-1980
I loved Angie. As much as I loved the Flo character, I couldn't stand the show. She should never have left Alice.

I loved Angie. As much as I loved the Flo character, I couldn't stand the show. She should never have left Alice.


Maybe it was a Female sictom, me getting into Angie was like a Female trying to find humor in Sanford and Son

Maybe it was a Female sictom, me getting into Angie was like a Female trying to find humor in Sanford and Son

Excuse Me, I like S&S

Excuse Me, I like S&S
me too.

I didn't care for AKA Pablo starring Paul Rodriguez. it wasn't funny. i feel like the producers were just throwing out a hispanic show just to be able to say "hey, here is a hispanic show for hispanic people.":( :rolleyes:

me too.

I didn't care for AKA Pablo starring Paul Rodriguez. it wasn't funny. i feel like the producers were just throwing out a hispanic show just to be able to say "hey, here is a hispanic show for hispanic people.":( :rolleyes:
and that was a Norman Lear show. I've never seen it but I hear critics say it was his worst show.

Excuse Me, I like S&S


I never saw you post on that Board like Good Times so I figured you were not a fan. I guess I assumed most females are TURNED OFF by the Fred Sanford Character because of how the women in my family feel about him being RUDE and CRUDE

That 80's Show

For some reason I decided to watch this last year (mostly because of Lonni Anderson :D) but I saw The Mullets and it was awful.

For some reason I decided to watch this last year (mostly because of Lonni Anderson :D) but I saw The Mullets and it was awful.


Yeah that was a horrible show. Also the show about the Bush's I think it came on FX or The Comedy channel.

Baby Bob

Yeah that was a horrible show. Also the show about the Bush's I think it came on FX or The Comedy channel.

oh yeah, That's My Bush. I never watched it but I saw it was on at 2 in the morning once.

kristen with kristen chennowith yuck im not even sure it could be called a one year wonder it olny lasted a few eps in ether 2000 or 20001 im glad her carrear didnt suffer any long term damage as a resault of that nightmare of a show

oh yeah, That's My Bush. I never watched it but I saw it was on at 2 in the morning once.
I never saw it but I downloaded the theme and that's funny. :lol:

me too.

I didn't care for AKA Pablo starring Paul Rodriguez. it wasn't funny. i feel like the producers were just throwing out a hispanic show just to be able to say "hey, here is a hispanic show for hispanic people.":( :rolleyes:

I remember that show, it wasn't very good at all.

Brother's Keeper
Ask Harriet

Probably "Mr. Merlin" from the 1981-82 season. :barf:

Two words: Modern Men

South Beach

i like the gimmicky silly shows like MR MERLIN

what i hate are the BLAND sitcoms

u know, ripoffs and pale imitations of hit shows

like CHARLIE AND COMPANY a ripoff of cosby show
or TOWNIES a ripoff of friends

those are the worst!!!!!

I would say it's a tie between

Angie-1979/Flo-1980

I liked "Angie" (my mom's Italian, my dad's from Philadelphia!), but that's not what I'm here to talk about. . . .

Didn't that show actaully straddle two seasons? :confused:

I liked "Angie" (my mom's Italian, my dad's from Philadelphia!), but that's not what I'm here to talk about. . . .

Didn't that show actaully straddle two seasons? :confused:


Yup it lasted 2 seasons. After ABC took Angie off Tuesday Nights in Between Happy Days and Three' Company, the show really took a nose dive in the ratings. So it looks like the show only benefited in it's first season from being on the Tuesday Night Lineup.

For the People (2002)

For some reason I decided to watch this last year (mostly because of Lonni Anderson :D) but I saw The Mullets and it was awful.
me too. i was soooo disappointed.

I was about to list a bunch of them, but this one stands out. "Honeymoon Hotel" with Isabel Sanford. It came out around 1987, she starred as someone running a hotel. I don't remember all the details, but I remember trying to get into it, and I couldn't. I was done after the first episode. It ran in syndication.

I was about to list a bunch of them, but this one stands out. "Honeymoon Hotel" with Isabel Sanford. It came out around 1987, she starred as someone running a hotel. I don't remember all the details, but I remember trying to get into it, and I couldn't. I was done after the first episode. It ran in syndication.


Sounds like a knockoff of another bad one-season wonder - Bea Arthur's series "Amanda's," itself a knockoff of John Cleese's much-loved "Fawlty Towers."

Bea Arthur on "Amanda's" - "I'm glad it wasn't in a better time slot, because then more people would have seen it."

Way back during the summer of 1991 one of our local Chicago stations played a marathion of Angie episodes and I thought they were pretty good. I also remember that the theme song was pretty cool. :cool:

Way back during the summer of 1991 one of our local Chicago stations played a marathion of Angie episodes and I thought they were pretty good. I also remember that the theme song was pretty cool. :cool:


I liked the Theme Song too but that was it-lol

Way back during the summer of 1991 one of our local Chicago stations played a marathion of Angie episodes and I thought they were pretty good. I also remember that the theme song was pretty cool. :cool:

Wait a second...YOU live in Chicago?!

*Suffers for a moment from the very real notion that I could actually encounter DAX out in public at some point during my life*

:lol:

:rotflmao:

Wait a second...YOU live in Chicago?!

*Suffers for a moment from the very real notion that I could actually encounter DAX out in public at some point during my life*

:lol:

:rotflmao:


I actually live in Schaumburg, the same town you live in. :lol: We talked about this before remember? :lol: I graduated from Schaumburg High School in 1994.

For the People (2002)

What show was this?

What show was this?


A legal Drama that aired on Lifetime

Probably "Mr. Merlin" from the 1981-82 season. :barf:i hated that show too

I actually live in Schaumburg, the same town you live in. :lol: We talked about this before remember? :lol: I graduated from Schaumburg High School in 1994.

Oh CRAP! LMAO!

I remembered talking to someone about it before, a looooong time ago, but I couldn't recall who.

This means we literally DO have a really big chance of crossing paths...

*Invests in a disguise* :lol:

Oh CRAP! LMAO!

I remembered talking to someone about it before, a looooong time ago, but I couldn't recall who.

This means we literally DO have a really big chance of crossing paths...

*Invests in a disguise* :lol:

:lol:

For some reason I decided to watch this last year (mostly because of Lonni Anderson :D) but I saw The Mullets and it was awful.

I agree! About the only good thing about that show was that the father had a job as a game show host! Othewise, time to trim the Mullets!

Whoopi - This show proved that Whoopi was on her last legs as a washed-up has-beene.

Coupling - It worked in England, but here, (Family Feud buzzer plays) it didn't have a whale of a chance at all! No one barely even noticed this turkey!

Joanie Loves Chachi - easily the worst Happy Days spin-off of all! However, the funny thing about this show is that it's number 1 in Korea as Chachi in Korean means something about something that I won't get into on here! :lol:

I agree! About the only good thing about that show was that the father had a job as a game show host! Othewise, time to trim the Mullets!

Whoopi - This show proved that Whoopi was on her last legs as a washed-up has-beene.

Coupling - It worked in England, but here, (Family Feud buzzer plays) it didn't have a whale of a chance at all! No one barely even noticed this turkey!

Joanie Loves Chachi - easily the worst Happy Days spin-off of all! However, the funny thing about this show is that it's number 1 in Korea as Chachi in Korean means something about something that I won't get into on here! :lol:



Mork and Mindy was the Worst Happy Days Spinoff

Whoopi - This show proved that Whoopi was on her last legs as a washed-up has-been.


That sitcom was Whoopi's attempt to do an inverted "All In the Family"-type show with a Bush-bashing Archie Bunker-type character played by Whoopi. But the idea of Bush as a hopeless idiot was one not shared by 71 percent of the American people at the time, and NBC buried it on Tuesday nights opposite "American Idol" to make sure it tanked. . . and to keep Karl Rove from seeing it and having the FCC go after them! :lol: :eek:

Free Ride (2006)

That sitcom was Whoopi's attempt to do an inverted "All In the Family"-type show with a Bush-bashing Archie Bunker-type character played by Whoopi. But the idea of Bush as a hopeless idiot was one not shared by 71 percent of the American people at the time, and NBC buried it on Tuesday nights opposite "American Idol" to make sure it tanked. . . and to keep Karl Rove from seeing it and having the FCC go after them! :lol: :eek:

:lol:

Mork and Mindy was the Worst Happy Days Spinoff

What made you think that?

Yeah - what? :mad:

Carry On. :rolleyes:

..."YOU TAKE THE KIDS", a domestic comedy Nell Carter fronted on CBS Saturday nights from December 1990 through January 1991. It was supposed to be HER version of "ROSEANNE", but it was....well, terrible. There were six episodes taped (including a Christmas show!), but the last one was never shown, as CBS presented special coverage of the first Iraq war instead. Now that I think about it, I think that was more entertaining than her show.


;)

..."YOU TAKE THE KIDS", a domestic comedy Nell Carter fronted on CBS Saturday nights from December 1990 through January 1991. It was supposed to be HER version of "ROSEANNE", but it was....well, terrible. There were six episodes taped (including a Christmas show!), but the last one was never shown, as CBS presented special coverage of the first Iraq war instead. Now that I think about it, I think that was more entertaining than her show.


;)



Thats the show I'm still searching for. All I have is a CBS PROMO

..."YOU TAKE THE KIDS", a domestic comedy Nell Carter fronted on CBS Saturday nights from December 1990 through January 1991. It was supposed to be HER version of "ROSEANNE", but it was....well, terrible. There were six episodes taped (including a Christmas show!), but the last one was never shown, as CBS presented special coverage of the first Iraq war instead. Now that I think about it, I think that was more entertaining than her show.
;)

Saw it? I never even heard of it! :lol:

Saw it? I never even heard of it! :lol:


That's because CBS cancelled the show after 3 weeks-lol

I agree! About the only good thing about that show was that the father had a job as a game show host! Othewise, time to trim the Mullets!

Whoopi - This show proved that Whoopi was on her last legs as a washed-up has-beene.

Coupling - It worked in England, but here, (Family Feud buzzer plays) it didn't have a whale of a chance at all! No one barely even noticed this turkey!

Joanie Loves Chachi - easily the worst Happy Days spin-off of all! However, the funny thing about this show is that it's number 1 in Korea as Chachi in Korean means something about something that I won't get into on here! :lol:i noticed coupling and after 2 eps i was sorry that i did

Oh yeah, Condo, a 1982-83 ABC midseason replacement starring McLean Stevenson, really blew it out the wazoo! I only watched for McLean Stevenson, who I was rooting for to finally have a hit show! What a grand waste of time that was (the show and the rooting)! :(

Oh yeah, Condo, a 1982-83 ABC midseason replacement starring McLean Stevenson, really blew it out the wazoo! I only watched for McLean Stevenson, who I was rooting for to finally have a hit show! What a grand waste of time that was (the show and the rooting)! :(


Damm how many FAILED shows did he have?-lol One show failed in 76, another in 78, and now 83?

was so dreadful

it seemed that ALL the stars who left MASH for their own shows all bombed

Larry Linville on Checkin In

only 4 eps

Stevenson on a long list of flops

Wayne Rogers had a decent run on House Calls but that was it

was so dreadful

it seemed that ALL the stars who left MASH for their own shows all bombed

Larry Linville on Checkin In

only 4 eps

Stevenson on a long list of flops

Wayne Rogers had a decent run on House Calls but that was it


Wayne Rogers left "M*A*S*H" because he said that all he got to do on the show as Trapper was offer Hawkeye another martini. Which was pretty accurate, as Trapper seemed to lack an identity on the show, unlike in the movie.

Larry Linville left because his contract was up and he felt he had done everything possible with Frank Burns. He worked a lot in the 23 years between his departure from "M*A*S*H" and his death, and he never regretted leaving.

Gary Burghoff left because a) he thought he'd done enough with Radar O'Reilly, b) his contract was up anyway, c) he felt was getting too old to play a nineteen-year-old farm boy (he was 37 when he left the show!), d) he wanted to spend more time with his daughter, e) he wanted to study the Bible, and f) he wanted to spend more time with his stamp collection. Okay, I made that last part up, but Gary Burghoff really does collect stamps! He even made an instructional video for first-time collectors! :cool:

So these guys all had solid, legitimate reasons to leave "M*A*S*H." But why did McLean Stevenson leave? He wanted his own show. What a dumb reason to walk away from a hit. ohno:

He got his own show, alright - seven, by my count, and they all failed! :eek:

Oh yeah, Condo, a 1982-83 ABC midseason replacement starring McLean Stevenson, really blew it out the wazoo! I only watched for McLean Stevenson, who I was rooting for to finally have a hit show! What a grand waste of time that was (the show and the rooting)! :(
oh yeah that show was so bad even the music stunk

i wasnt fond of Luis , with Luis Guzman. Just wasnt funny at all

Damm how many FAILED shows did he have?-lol One show failed in 76, another in 78, and now 83?actully he had 2 shows fail in 78 one was a sitcom called in the beginning and the other had just aired in the spring of 78 it was a sports/game she hybrid called ceberity challange of the sexes that didnt work ether and the weird thing about him floping so many times was that no matter how good or bad the show was .he was always so great in anything he did

McLean Stevenson was a trouper - always doing his best, even in a losing cause. Trouble was, he had too many losing causes in the last 21 years of his life. :(

McLean Stevenson was a trouper - always doing his best, even in a losing cause. Trouble was, he had too many losing causes in the last 21 years of his life. :(
i agree
McLean Stevenson was always a lot better than the shows he did after quitting M*A*S*H including America the talk show and Dirty Dancing the sitcom based on the movie.
i think Hello Larry was given a bum rap.
accept for meadowlark lemon(whom i never thought was funny) it had a very good cast and most of the episodes were entertaining.

M*A*S*H is an impossible act for ANYBODY to follow!
NONE... of the cast members of M*A*S*H came even close to topping it or even equalling its success including
Alan Alda
Wayne Rogers
Loretta Swit
Larry Linville
Gary Burghoff
Jamie Farr
Harry Morgan
Mike Ferrell
David Ogden Stiers
William Christoper

so i would say that McLean Stevenson is in good company

i agree
McLean Stevenson was always a lot better than the shows he did after quitting M*A*S*H including America the talk show and Dirty Dancing the sitcom based on the movie.
i think Hello Larry was given a bum rap.
accept for meadowlark lemon(whom i never thought was funny) it had a very good cast and most of the episodes were entertaining.

M*A*S*H is an impossible act for ANYBODY to follow!
NONE... of the cast members of M*A*S*H came even close to topping it or even equalling its success including
Alan Alda
Wayne Rogers
Loretta Swit
Larry Linville
Gary Burghoff
Jamie Farr
Harry Morgan
Mike Ferrell
David Ogden Stiers
William Christoper

so i would say that McLean Stevenson is in good company


McLean was 0-3-LOL

The McLean Stevenson Show-76
In The Beginning-1978
Hello Larry-1979

McLean was 0-3-LOL

The McLean Stevenson Show-76
In The Beginning-1978
Hello Larry-1979

Condo - 1983
America - 1985
Dirty Dancing - 1987

Plus, a pilot for a sitcom about NASA - thus, he was 0 for 7! ohno:

Homeboys in Outer Space. I don't even think that lasted a year.

Condo - 1983
America - 1985
Dirty Dancing - 1987

Plus, a pilot for a sitcom about NASA - thus, he was 0 for 7! ohno:

I guess that means that McLean Stevenson holds the record for worst TV career in history! :lol: Shouldn't of never left M*A*S*H!

I guess that means that McLean Stevenson holds the record for worst TV career in history! :lol: Shouldn't of never left M*A*S*H!


But you do have to take chances in life and I guess he was trying to branch off to bigger things. Even though all the shows were failures, he did give it a try.

But you do have to take chances in life and I guess he was trying to branch off to bigger things. Even though all the shows were failures, he did give it a try.


Stevenson did later admit that leaving "M*A*S*H" was his bigggest mistake. :(

i never even knew that he was on homeboys in outer space

The Pitts for one, but there are alot of Fox shows from the 90s that could fit in this category. Woops for one.

"The Pitts" sounds appropriately named. :lol:

"The Pitts" sounds appropriately named. :lol:

touche.

The Pitts for one, but there are alot of Fox shows from the 90s that could fit in this category. Woops for one.
I liked Woops. :lol:

I dont remember what it was called, but, it was a Married with Children spin-off about some guy trying to pimp his kid into a golddigging marriage while the kid was being pursued by a really trashy teeny-pop tart who lived in the building

I dont remember what it was called, but, it was a Married with Children spin-off about some guy trying to pimp his kid into a golddigging marriage while the kid was being pursued by a really trashy teeny-pop tart who lived in the building

oh I know what you are talking about but I can't think of the title either. That will drive me nuts.

Got it Mikado, "Top of the Heap"

Got it Mikado, "Top of the Heap"
They should have called it Bottom of the heap, cause thats where it belonged :lol:

Then there was another MWC spinoff, Vinny and Bobby or something like that.

Then there was another MWC spinoff, Vinny and Bobby or something like that.


Vinny and Bobby was a spinoff from "TOP OF THE HEAP" not Married With Children in 92

SMALL WONDER... THE SHOW ABOUT THE GUY WHO MAKES A ROBOT DAUGHTER...SUCKED!!

SMALL WONDER... THE SHOW ABOUT THE GUY WHO MAKES A ROBOT DAUGHTER...SUCKED!!

I AGREE. JUST BY EVEN WATCHING THE OPENING CREDITS MADE ME WANNA HURL WHEN I WATCH THIS SHOW.

Cop rock.

SMALL WONDER... THE SHOW ABOUT THE GUY WHO MAKES A ROBOT DAUGHTER...SUCKED!!
That's not a one year wonder. It lasted 4 years.

That's not a one year wonder. It lasted 4 years.

Shocked that it did. I was five when this show premiered and help me jesus, I loved it.:eek:

Anyhoo, worst one year wonder shows:

Homeboys in Outer Space: Someone was on serious crack to come up with the concept.

That show about Lincoln's Black bulter: Can't think of the title but crap like this isn't funny, it made me want to reach through the T.V and slap the hell out of Chi McBride.

Whoopi: Totally unbelieveable that her straight laced brother would date a "wannabe" ghetto white girl. The Middle Eastern jokes ran it's course and her Bush bashing was totally wrong at the time(didn't this show premiered a few months after 9/11, a time where everybody LOVED Bush?).

Guys Like Us: Bumper Robinson is the kiss of death when it comes to T.V sitcoms.

Minor Adjustments: How did this EVER slip on T.V? That kid's voice was annoying as hell.

That 80's Show: What the hell? This show was clearly about the eighties, like how many eighties trivia can we fit in a 24 minute show? Why didn't they follow The Wonder Years, a show about a family who just HAPPENED to live in the late 60's? BTW: That bisexual character played by one of the sweet valley high twins was sooo typical, thank god for The L Word!

The Thorns
Jennifer Slept here starring Ann Jillian as a ghost
Double Trouble
George Burns Comedy Week
Tabitha
The Bradys
The Brady Brides

..."Lincoln's black butler" starring Chi McBride was the infamous and VERY short-lived, "THE SECRET DIARY OF DESMOND PFEIFFER".

:turkey: :

"The Wonder Years". god; that was HORRIBLE!!!

and "THE NEW MUNTSERS".

no, wait, I just thought of another one: the 1980 remake of YOU BET YOUR LIFE that starred Buddy Hackett

the wonder years was a one hit wonder? thats news to me.

the wonder years was a one hit wonder? thats news to me.

Maybe he means "Small Wonder."

..."Lincoln's black butler" starring Chi McBride was the infamous and VERY short-lived, "THE SECRET DIARY OF DESMOND PFEIFFER".

:turkey: :

Ugh, that's what it was, whatever it was called it still shouldn't have been on T.V, that stuff made me hurl.

Maybe he means "Small Wonder."

Well that lasted like 4 years too lol.

A tie between Captain Nice, and It's About Time. Those shows just never did anything for me.

I'd have to say THE FIGHTING NIGHTINGALES, which was a short-lived spinoff of MASH that only had 1 episode, on CBS in 1976. It had the same setting as MASH but it focused on a group of nurses. CBS even showed it right after MASH hoping lightning would strike twice, but it didn't.

Also DELTA HOUSE which was a TV version of the movie NATIONAL LAMPOONS ANIMAL HOUSE which was-and still is-HILARIOUS!
It had some of the same cast and writers as the movie, but it just wasn't the same, in fact it was STUPID!

Also, THE NEW ODD COUPLE, a short-lived attempt to recast THE ODD COUPLE with a mostly black cast. It probably wouldn't have been that bad, exept most of the episodes were remakes of the Ranndall/Klugman show. (I read recently, they did that because of a writers strike)

I'd have to say THE FIGHTING NIGHTINGALES, which was a short-lived spinoff of MASH that only had 1 episode, on CBS in 1976. It had the same setting as MASH but it focused on a group of nurses. CBS even showed it right after MASH hoping lightning would strike twice, but it didn't.

Also DELTA HOUSE which was a TV version of the movie NATIONAL LAMPOONS ANIMAL HOUSE which was-and still is-HILARIOUS!
It had some of the same cast and writers as the movie, but it just wasn't the same, in fact it was STUPID!

Also, THE NEW ODD COUPLE, a short-lived attempt to recast THE ODD COUPLE with a mostly black cast. It probably wouldn't have been that bad, exept most of the episodes were remakes of the Ranndall/Klugman show. (I read recently, they did that because of a writers strike)believe it or not i kind of liked delta house

That 80's Show

That 80's Show

no you didn't.

Tuesday was hotttt.

Brace yourselves...

"She's the Sherriff!" ARRRGH!!!!

I usually think the critics are too harsh with Suzanne Somers, but she should have been bludgeoned with Thigh Master for this pile of caca.

Shotzette

Viva Valdez, it came out around 76 or 77 and it wasn't funny but my cousin cracked up over it. Another was The San Pedro Beach Bums it didn't make it either.

I liked Angie, but they ruined it when she got married. Flo wasn't funny, they should have given her a different situation and a better supporting cast.

Viva Valdez, it came out around 76 or 77 and it wasn't funny but my cousin cracked up over it. Another was The San Pedro Beach Bums it didn't make it either.

I liked Angie, but they ruined it when she got married. Flo wasn't funny, they should have given her a different situation and a better supporting cast.


Flo had a Horrible Theme Show on top of being as Horrible Show-lol Now Angie had a NICE theme Song but the show still stunk-loll

I remember,YEARS ago, there was an unsold pilot on CBS one night (and if you saw it, it was pretty obvious why it was unsold!) about this divorced couple, and the husband moved into an apartment, then found that his ex-wife had the apartment next to him.

I just remember, it aired on New Years eve at something like 10:30 or 11, obviousley to get the lowest audience possible. God, that thing was HORRIBLE!!!!
I don't know any details about it, and I don't care to know!!!

Flo had a Horrible Theme Show on top of being as
I agree with you on that one. Flo's Yellow Rose, Flo's Yellow Rose...LOL

Wow, SEVEN pages of posts and not one mention of "I Married Dora" yet!!!

Wow, SEVEN pages of posts and not one mention of "I Married Dora" yet!!!

What was that? :confused:

What was that? :confused:

I loved I married Dora. The ending was a classic.

i like the gimmicky silly shows like MR MERLIN

what i hate are the BLAND sitcoms

u know, ripoffs and pale imitations of hit shows

like CHARLIE AND COMPANY a ripoff of cosby show
or TOWNIES a ripoff of friends

those are the worst!!!!!

I agree with you. Unfortunately, a by-product of any show becoming successful is that it inspires a legion of imitators. The other networks see that there's a popular new show that's invigorating ratings and want to capitalize on that.

It happens at least once a decade. The sitcom was dying in the early '80s when The Cosby Show came along and gave it a shot in the arm. Suddenly, there was a plethora of black and white family sitcoms in the mid-'80s, some of which did not make it in the long run.

Jump forward a decade and Friends is the new hot show. Suddenly, you have a plethora of ensemble sitcoms about young people in various situations.

Rather than try to be innovative, the networks capitalize on a trend and run it into the ground, leaving viewers shaking their heads wondering why there's an overall lack of good shows on the air.

There are still good shows currently, but not as many like in the great decades like the seventies and eighties. There were so many good shows back then you could hardly keep up with them all - especially in the pre-VCR, pre-TiVo seventies.:D

Right now, I think the sitcom has lost its predominance of American television for good. :(

oh yeah, That's My Bush. I never watched it but I saw it was on at 2 in the morning once.

I thought it was pretty funny for what it was (not a serious attempt at a sitcom but a total political satire) and if you took it as such, you'd "get it". You also have to appreciate crass, "Married With Children" type of humor or else you definitely wouldn't like it.

That one show with Julia Louis-Dreyfuss...the one before her successful one she has now. It was pretty bad.

Also 'That 80s Show' was very lame. I grew up in the 80s and it was a hell of a lot better than that. Very poor representation and way to give those who weren't around back then a very crappy view of the decade. Jerks! :mad:

I thought it was pretty funny for what it was (not a serious attempt at a sitcom but a total political satire) and if you took it as such, you'd "get it". You also have to appreciate crass, "Married With Children" type of humor or else you definitely wouldn't like it.

Actually thats my Bush was not a political satire, it was a sitcom satire. It was poking fun at the entired sitcom genre. From the crazy neighbor to the ditzy blonde, to the catch line "one of these days Laura, Im gonna punch you in the face". And while it did have some political issues in it, it was more a satire of the sitcom than political.

Actually thats my Bush was not a political satire, it was a sitcom satire. It was poking fun at the entired sitcom genre. From the crazy neighbor to the ditzy blonde, to the catch line "one of these days Laura, Im gonna punch you in the face". And while it did have some political issues in it, it was more a satire of the sitcom than political.

True--I was thinking that, I just didn't phrase it properly. Oops. :o

Actually thats my Bush was not a political satire, it was a sitcom satire. It was poking fun at the entired sitcom genre. From the crazy neighbor to the ditzy blonde, to the catch line "one of these days Laura, Im gonna punch you in the face". And while it did have some political issues in it, it was more a satire of the sitcom than political.


A comedy making fun of sitcoms is like a magazine satire of National Lampoon. :confused:

Wow, SEVEN pages of posts and not one mention of "I Married Dora" yet!!!

What was that? :confused:

"I Married Dora" was a sitcom where a widowed architect with two children marries his Latin American housekeeper so she may avoid deportation. Daniel Hugh Kelly and Elizabeth Pena starred, Juliette Lewis was a space-cadet of a teenage daughter and Henry Jones played the head of the architect firm. This was one truly bizarre show (I have 9 of the 13 episodes on tape), and as already commented the final episode is memorable in that it mentions its own cancellation: an aircraft headed overseas apparently pulls back to the gate and Daniel Hugh Kelly's character reappears, saying "It's been cancelled". Pena responds, "The flight?", then Kelly replies "no, our series!". The camera pans back and the cast waves goodbye to the audience.

That sounds bigoted. How about a "dramedy" about an Anglo-Hispanic marraige and the sociocultural issues involved? Make the Hispanic spouse a U.S. citizen? Nah, too deep for TV. :mad:

That sounds bigoted. How about a "dramedy" about an Anglo-Hispanic marraige and the sociocultural issues involved? Make the Hispanic spouse a U.S. citizen? Nah, too deep for TV. :mad:

I don't think any bigotry was intended but that indeed WAS the premise of the show. I also remember seeing similar storylines used in episodes of other shows (one I remember off the top of my head was an episode of What's Happening!!! where a girl attempted to marry Rerun so she wouldn't be deported).

there was also an episode of "Taxi" called "Paper Marragie" where they aranged for Latca to pretend to marry a hooker, with two imigration officals watching, so he wouldn't get deported.
This episode also marked the first appearence of Reverend Jim.

Among the worst one-season wonders I've ever seen are
THE ELLEN BURSTYN SHOW
THE TROUBLE WITH TRACY
THE BAILEYS OF BALBOA
THE DUMPLINGS
ACCIDENTAL FAMILY

Being a total Bewitched junkie, I rented the Tabitha series out of the library. Even though Lisa Hartman and Robert Urich were fun to watch, the series itself was no great shakes. It was the original PILOT, included on the DVD set as a bonus feature, that was TERRIBLE. It starred Liberty Williams (who??) in the title role and hasn't told her mortal boyfriend she's a witch. Sound familiar? It was a complete rip off of the Bewitched pilot. The scene where she tells him the truth is repeated verbatim from where Samantha tells Darrin the truth in the original. I can't believe Bill Asher was involved in this, and Elizabeth Montgomery (very rightly so) refused to have anything to do with it. All I can say is, puke:

That sounds bigoted. How about a "dramedy" about an Anglo-Hispanic marraige and the sociocultural issues involved? Make the Hispanic spouse a U.S. citizen? Nah, too deep for TV. :mad:in speaking of which, there was a short-lived show in the early 80s called "Condo," it pretty much killed mclean stevenson's career. it's rather bad, and rather racially insensitive too. (he has a condo and his neighbor is latino.) i never would have heard of it but it turned up on some dvd i had mixed in with some other, better shows.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0085000/

anyone ever heear of this thing? it seems to be super-obscure, it hasn't even gotten five ratings yet.

i agree condo was really bad and im one of mclean stevensons biggest fans but the show was horrable

The less said about it the better. :eek:

in speaking of which, there was a short-lived show in the early 80s called "Condo," it pretty much killed mclean stevenson's career.

I sort of remember Condo. The neighbor was played by Luis Avalos, who is probably best known for being a cast member of The Electric Company.

I don't remember much about it, really. I don't recall it being really good or very bad.

But the thing that really killed McLean Stevenson's career was leaving M*A*S*H in 1975. I think even he regretted it later, based on some comments he made in interviews. The poor guy could not catch a break with the many series he starred in the late '70s and '80s.

It's too bad, because Mac was a fine, likeable actor. Hello Larry managed to last a season and change and that was the closest he came to having a hit post-M*A*S*H.

I sort of remember Condo. The neighbor was played by Luis Avalos, who is probably best known for being a cast member of The Electric Company.

I don't remember much about it, really. I don't recall it being really good or very bad.

But the thing that really killed McLean Stevenson's career was leaving M*A*S*H in 1975. I think even he regretted it later, based on some comments he made in interviews. The poor guy could not catch a break with the many series he starred in the late '70s and '80s.

It's too bad, because Mac was a fine, likeable actor. Hello Larry managed to last a season and change and that was the closest he came to having a hit post-M*A*S*H.



I would like to see his short-lived sho one day, "in the Beginning" from 78

Enos
Mr.T and Tina
Out of the Blue
My Mother the Car
Camp Runamuck

Enos
Mr.T and Tina
Out of the Blue
My Mother the Car
Camp Runamuck


I want to see the Out of the Blue episode with Mork from Mork and Mindy as a Guest

I would like to see his short-lived sho one day, "in the Beginning" from 78


You didn't miss much. To think that show had free publicity from two papal conclaves in one year and it still didn't fly!

Stevenson played one of the least likable Catholic priests not affiliated with scandal in recent memory. One running joke was a young black volunteer at the priest's soup kitchen who was deaf but could talk without any difficulty. . . and his last name was Rockefeller! :confused:

LIFE WITH LUCY
some pilot, I don't know what it was called but it was on ABC one night after ROSEANNE. I remember it aired during the summer, and it's obvious why. Anyway; it was about these 2 guys who were friends, one was single and a "confirmed bachelor" the other one had been married about a year; and they were both big football fans. That's all I remember..god that show was HORRIBLE!!!!

LIFE WITH LUCY
some pilot, I don't know what it was called but it was on ABC one night after ROSEANNE. I remember it aired during the summer, and it's obvious why. Anyway; it was about these 2 guys who were friends, one was single and a "confirmed bachelor" the other one had been married about a year; and they were both big football fans. That's all I remember..god that show was HORRIBLE!!!!




Life With Lucy was expected to be the HIT of the 88-89 season and it BOMBED

Life With Lucy was expected to be the HIT of the 88-89 season and it BOMBED

86-87 season.

86-87 season.


You are Right, I'm the TVResearcher and should know better-lol

Ugliest Girl in Town

Grindl

Mr. Terrific

Grady-a (merciffely) short-lived spinn-off of SANFORD & SON from the mid 70s. If you thought LIFE WITH LUCY was bad-this show was AWFUL!



The pilot for a series based on the movie THE SUNSHINE BOYS, which was a great movie, but this show was AWFUL! Thank god someone had the sense to ax it when they did! (it also aired in the mid-70s)

My Big Fat Greek Life. Enough said. Never saw Life with Lucy.

My Big Fat Greek Life. Enough said.

It was a big fat Greek disappointment. :o

It was a Greek tragedy...sorry, couldn't resist!! :lol:

That sounds bigoted. How about a "dramedy" about an Anglo-Hispanic marraige and the sociocultural issues involved? Make the Hispanic spouse a U.S. citizen? Nah, too deep for TV. :mad:
Wasn't "Que Pasa, USA" something along that line?
[The Tabitha pilot] starred Liberty Williams (who??)
She is best known as the voice of Jayna on "Superfriends".

Wasn't "Que Pasa, USA" something along that line?



Never heard of that one. :confused:

I think it was on PBS or something.

For me it has to be The Bob Crane Show, which lasted about 13 episodes in about 1975. I TRIED to like that show, but it NEVER made me laugh.

Que Pasa, USA was a great show. It starred a very young pre-Scarface Steven Bauer. It was about two immigrants from Cuba, Pepe and Juana(the parents). The son and daughter wanted to speak English, but the family wanted to keep in the tradition Spanish language. So it is a mixture of Spanglish itself, pretty interesting. Great episodes, my favorite was the episode where I think the son has a dream that the family did learn the English language.

One show that was a career destroyer was The Chevy Chase Show. Even Goldey Horne sensed the danger...:rolleyes:

I actually liked Life With Lucy. :lol:

Que Pasa, USA was better than Life With Lucy.

[QUOTE=88survivor]Que Pasa, USA was a great show. It starred a very young pre-Scarface Steven Bauer. I was about two immigrants from Cuba, Pepe and Juana(the parents). The son and daughter wanted to speak English, but the family wanted to keep in the tradition Spanish language. So it is a mixture of Spanglish itself, pretty interesting. Great episodes, my favorite was the episode where I think the son has a dream that the family did learn the English language.

I actually liked Que Pasa USA. It was bi-lingual, but with enough English that you could tell what was going on. I thought Steven Bauer, then known as Rocky Echevarria, was good in his role. The grandparents were very funny, as the ones the least receptive to the American Culture the others were trying to embrace.

My first time seeing on the reruns of the hispanic channel. I think it stopped right then and there. I liked it.

Whoopi was a FUNNY show! It should NEVER have been cancelled.

I cant completely remember Life With Lucy..but i know it wasnt horrible.
and i HOPE it gets released on DVD

Whoopi was a FUNNY show! It should NEVER have been cancelled.


It was cancelled because Whoopi was making fun of Bush at a time when that wasn't popular to do. :(

any spin off that tries to cash in on a parents show shining 2nd bananna - This isn't a spin off but when they started showcasing more of Jack and Karen on Will and Grace , that's when it died.

Fraiser worked because he wasn't the second . I don't see a show about Norm and Cliff working. there are exemptions however.

Charecters like that are great and we howl seeing them, but like anything that good too much is overkill. it's like cheesecake - YUMMY but if you eat the whole thing your going to get sick.

I love Joan Cusack , but the sitcom What About Joan didn't do her justice. She's great in films as the second , zinger faces and quips. enough to leave you wanting more , but lost in 30 minutes. Although her second , originally from Family Matters , the girl who played Laura , was a scene stealer .

You forget Bette that starred Bette Midler...like we needed another celebrity based show..:rolleyes:

I read that the reason that show went off was because Bette Middler didn't want to do it anymore-she found that it was harder than she thought it would be.

"Funny Whoopi Goldberg" is a total contradiction in itself.

"Funny Whoopi Goldberg" is a total contradiction in itself.

I know what you mean. As a matter of fact very few of the Hollywood crowd today seem like nice people. The moment they get on the stage or wherever all it is is a political tirade. I just want to be entertained. I dont care about their politics one way or the other.

Don't forget Geena Davis' own show. :rolleyes: That was not going to last at all.

Being a total Bewitched junkie, I rented the Tabitha series out of the library. Even though Lisa Hartman and Robert Urich were fun to watch, the series itself was no great shakes. It was the original PILOT, included on the DVD set as a bonus feature, that was TERRIBLE. It starred Liberty Williams (who??) in the title role and hasn't told her mortal boyfriend she's a witch. Sound familiar? It was a complete rip off of the Bewitched pilot. The scene where she tells him the truth is repeated verbatim from where Samantha tells Darrin the truth in the original. I can't believe Bill Asher was involved in this, and Elizabeth Montgomery (very rightly so) refused to have anything to do with it. All I can say is, puke:

Liberty Williams' other claim to "fame" was she appeared in an episode of Mary Tyler Moore as Rhoda's younger sister Debby Morgenstern. Apparently she ran off with Chuck Cunningham and Tina Pinciotti, ending up in the void of disappearing characters.

I remember reading or hearing somewhere; back when the show "Rhoda" started, they decided to do away with that sister and replace her with the one she had on "Rhoda"-I think her name was....Brenda? something like that.

By my count Rhoda and two sisters - Brenda and Debby - and a brother named Arnold, whom we never saw. Their mother's name was Ida. Notice how all but one of the Morgenstern women were named something endind in the syllable "da," although Mrs. Morgenstern wanted to named Rhoda "Marcia" (but her husband put his foot down)?

As long as we're talking about names, "Morgenstern" means "morning star" in German. :)

In the classic Mad magazine parody "Mary Tailor-Made" her name was Rodent Droopstern. Guess I'm slow or just don't think along those lines, but it took me practically forever to figure out what they meant with that last name...not nice! :p

In the classic Mad magazine parody "Mary Tailor-Made" her name was Rodent Droopstern. Guess I'm slow or just don't think along those lines, but it took me practically forever to figure out what they meant with that last name...not nice! :p

Those MAD Magazine TV and movie parodies were priceless. I used to love it when one of my favorite shows would get the MAD treatment. Because they only published eight times a year, sometimes it took a while for them to get around to doing some shows.

Angelo Torres was usually the artist on those, though occasionally Mort Drucker would do one. Those were the days.

I remember some show a few years ago where the mom and dad were divorced, but I think the dad couldn't afford to live on his own so he still lived in the house! :/

Brother's Keeper
Ask Harriet
I liked Brother's Keeper. It wasn't the greatest show, but it should've been kept for at least a few more seasons.

Quark, starring Richard Benjamin, was a blatant attempt to cash in on the Star Wars craze of the late seventies. Truely cringeworthy, but surpassed perhaps by Me and the Chimp, starring Ted Bessell from That Girl. Hard to imagine anyone greenlighting that project.

Ask Harriet, from I think 1996. wow what a terrible show.

TOP OF THE HEAP; a spinoff of MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, that stared a pre-FRIENDS Matt LeBlanc. It was on sometime in the early 90s.

I liked Woops. :lol:

I loved "Woops" AND "The Pitts"... so there!

My Mother the Car
Complete Savages

You Again? it starred Jack Klugman and John Stamos, it came out right before Full house did, it came out in 1986 full house came out in 1987

Ugliest girl in Town 1968-1969

FM 1989-1990
The Faculty 1962-1963
Family Affair 2002-2003
Family Album 1993
A Family for Joe 1990
Family Man 1989
The Family Man 1990-1991
Family Rules 1999
The Famous Teddy Z 1989-1990(I liked but way to many people didn't)
Fat Actress 2005
Fast Times (at Ridgemont High) (I liked it)
The Fanelli Boys(I liked it)
Father of the Bride 1961-1962
Father of the Bride 2004
Fathers and Sons 1986
Fay 1975-1976
Fernwood 2-Night 1978-1979( I liked it)
Ferris Bueller 1990-1991
Fibber McGee and Molly 1959-1960
The Fighting Fitzgeralds 2001
Filthy Rich 1982-1983
Fired Up 1997-1998
First Impressions 1988
First Time Out 1995
Fish 1977-1978(I liked it)
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans 1994-1995
Flatbush 1979
Flesh 'n' Blood 1991
Flo 1980-1981(I liked it)
Flying Blind 1992-1993
Foley Square 1985-1986
Foot in the Door 1983
The Four Seasons 1984
Frank's Place 1987-1988(I liked it)
Frannie's Turn 1992
Freddie 2005-1006
Free Country 1978
Free Spirit 1989-1990
From a Bird's Eye View 1971
Fudge 1995
Funny Face 1971

for me the worse one season sitcom was "Square Pegs"

Ask Harriet, from I think 1996. wow what a terrible show.


Ha ha ha, I have a friend named Harriet and I always ask her for advice. :)

The Preston Files with David Alan Grier on FOX.
Rythm and Blues With Anna Maria Horsford and Roger Kabler. (Sorry Anna!)

Roger Kabler was sent on a talk show by NBC to promote his sitcom,. then when he came on had to tell Leno or whomever it was that it had just been canceled at the spur of the moment.

Poor Detroit. Its auto industry is in the toliet, its downtown is empty, its popualtion is dropping, its parks are in disrepair, its crime rate is among the highest among cities in the Western world . . . and "Rhythm And Blues" was set there. :eek:

So crappy it didn't even last a year!!

Aaron's Way with Merlin Olsen.

I hated when the studios decided to take there hit movies and turn them into sitcoms.Uncle Buck,Ferris Bueller,Harry and The Hendersons,Wierd Science-Horrible shows in my opinion and the movies was so mutch better.

That 80s show
Top of the heap
Making it
Out of the blue
Just about any sitcom based on a movie particularly an R rated one
After MASH
aka Pablo
War at home.

IT'S ABOUT TIME
AFTER MASH

Ugliest Girl in Town

Grindl

Mr. Terrific

Hey, when did you last see Mr. Terrific? (And I don't mean the poorly editied The Pill Caper, TVLand's mutilated print of Matchless or the one substantially complete ep. that's been circulating for years: Stanley the Safecracker.)

I've managed, finally, to collect virtually the entire series, though there are 3 eps. I still don't have with the original, English soundtracks. They're somewhat "snowy" prints, but they're better than nothing.

Weak scripts? Yeah.

But it had a fine cast, generally solid direction and a premise (and theme song) that I absolutely love.

No, it ain't M*A*S*H or Seinfeld or Dick Van Dyke, but I still get a kick out of watching this old fave of mine.

The only "worst" list I'd put Mr. Terrific on is:"Worst shame that these shows still aren't available on DVD."

One word.......Supertrain Lol

Too bad that show didn't inspire high-speed passenger rail development in America. :(

Second Time Around (UPN) fall 2004
Phenom (ABC) 1993-1994
Top of the Heap (Fox)
Pete and Pete (Nickelodeon), it lasted a few seasons back in the early 90's on NICK. Very awful and should have never been greenlighted for a pilot.

In response to the Preston Episodes comment, I thought that show had potential but given a bad timeslot and no time to prove itself.

I don't know if this has been posted, but "The Trouble With Larry". It aired back in 1993 and was pulled after three episodes. The show was dogged even before it aired on CBS. People referred to the show as "crude" and "degrading". If defense of the show, there were other shows on the air that were somewhat degrading as well. "Larry" starred Bronson Pinchot.

I select a Jerry Van Dyke show. No, NOT "MY MOTHER THE CAR."
When compared to his other NBC series, "ACCIDENTAL FAMILY," "CAR"
looks like Shakespeare. The show ran for 16 painful weeks in the
1967-68 season. John Byner and the late Lois Nettleton were co-stars.
This is the most ill-conceived, poorly written, unfunny show I've ever seen.

One word.......Supertrain Lol


That was a CLASSICLY bad season for NBC... Supertrain... Manimal... Misfits of Science....

That was a CLASSICLY bad season for NBC... Supertrain... Manimal... Misfits of Science....

Supertrain was a midseason replacement in the 1978-79 season. The other two shows were on the air in the eighties.

That 80s show
Top of the heap
Making it
Out of the blue
Just about any sitcom based on a movie particularly an R rated one
After MASH
aka Pablo
War at home.

Yeah, thats true, Delta House (may not have the name right) was based on an R rated movie and didnt last long.
However, Ive wondered if this premise.....fraternity house does hi-jinks, gross out humor, sex stuff etc...would work on cable. There is a demand for it. 'Jackass' IMO is an Animal House set in the real world eg. city streets, golf courses, parks, stores....instead of a college campus and was an enormous success. Yeah, I think an R-rated version of Delta House could do quite well on HBO or Showtime.

What does everyone else think?

yea, I also think it could.

That was a CLASSICLY bad season for NBC... Supertrain... Manimal... Misfits of Science....


well they had one hit, Diffrent Strokes, that started in november of 78

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Joey

Seinfeld. (just kidding :lol: )

PS. I LIKED aka Pablo, AfterMASH, and The Ropers.

Yeah, thats true, Delta House (may not have the name right) was based on an R rated movie and didnt last long.
However, Ive wondered if this premise.....fraternity house does hi-jinks, gross out humor, sex stuff etc...would work on cable. There is a demand for it. 'Jackass' IMO is an Animal House set in the real world eg. city streets, golf courses, parks, stores....instead of a college campus and was an enormous success. Yeah, I think an R-rated version of Delta House could do quite well on HBO or Showtime.

What does everyone else think?the one thing i remember about delta house was a scene where one guy hits another guy in the face with a pie as he walks through the door and the guy says im sorry i hit you now lets get you cleaned up and then lets go get a giant weiner .now when i was 7 i thought that bit was funny but now as a 36 year old man im not sure what i would think if i saw that bit again so i guess abc might have been trynig to pander to 7 year olds with delta house although my first grade teachers husband liked it

the one thing i remember about delta house was a scene where one guy hits another guy in the face with a pie as he walks through the door and the guy says im sorry i hit you now lets get you cleaned up and then lets go get a giant weiner .now when i was 7 i thought that bit was funny but now as a 36 year old man im not sure what i would think if i saw that bit again so i guess abc might have been trynig to pander to 7 year olds with delta house although my first grade teachers husband liked it

I dont remember much about the show. But I do remember it was quite tame compared to its inspiration, Animal House.

A cable version would not have the problem ABC had....network censors.
CB

I dont remember much about the show. But I do remember it was quite tame compared to its inspiration, Animal House.

A cable version would not have the problem ABC had....network censors.
CB

Yes, but in those days, cable wasn't doing original programming. HBO was pretty much movies and concerts. I don't think cable channels started doing original programmng until the '90s. I could be wrong, but in the late '70s, networks still ruled the ratings, as not everyone had cable TV yet. I didn't!;)

Yes, but in those days, cable wasn't doing original programming. HBO was pretty much movies and concerts. I don't think cable channels started doing original programmng until the '90s. I could be wrong, but in the late '70s, networks still ruled the ratings, as not everyone had cable TV yet. I didn't!;)

Yeah, in the 70's cable did not offer original programs. But Im talking about the present which brings up another more general question I have about premium cable.

Does Showtime and HBO produce shows aimed at younger audiences? I dont have either of the channels and the only HBO/Showtime shows Ive seen were not necesarily for teens: The Sopranos, Larry Sanders and the L Word.

Does anyone, eg. cable TV experts :crazy:, have an answer or possible answer? A show about drunk, horney, students pulling pranks and obsessed with sex seems like such an obvious choice to me.
CB

Yeah, in the 70's cable did not offer original programs. But Im talking about the present which brings up another more general question I have about premium cable.

Does Showtime and HBO produce shows aimed at younger audiences? I dont have either of the channels and the only HBO/Showtime shows Ive seen were not necesarily for teens: The Sopranos, Larry Sanders and the L Word.

Does anyone, eg. cable TV experts :crazy:, have an answer or possible answer? A show about drunk, horney, students pulling pranks and obsessed with sex seems like such an obvious choice to me.
CB

I think they are targeting older audiences. There are plenty of channels that target the youth market. Older audiences have more disposable income and want something more sophisticated than what the networks have to offer. They also don't want their stuff censored.

BTW, Sex And The City has a fairly wide demographic, including young girls. I don't know if that's a good thing or not, but it is what is is.

I cant really remember one year wonders, but that new one with flava flav might become one very very soon

Liz

I know someone who says Cop Rock was the worst show ever. That only lasted one season, right??

Dangit, as soon as I saw the title I wanted to jump on here with Cop Rock! Beat me to it. :p

Actually, I think it lasted about 15 minutes in American households and one episode on Fox. :lol:

Yeah, in the 70's cable did not offer original programs.
CB
There was no cable in the 70's. ;) TV was FREE! I miss them days.

In the 70's there were fewer than 13 channels. :lol: I think cable in our area became the norm around 1980.

Homeboys in outer space on the UPN network.

There was no cable in the 70's. ;) TV was FREE! I miss them days.

In the 70's there were fewer than 13 channels. :lol: I think cable in our area became the norm around 1980.



HBO started in 76, it wasn't cable like it is now but defintely not the normal thing to have

Dangit, as soon as I saw the title I wanted to jump on here with Cop Rock! Beat me to it. :p

Actually, I think it lasted about 15 minutes in American households and one episode on Fox. :lol:

It lasted a few more episodes than that, and it was on ABC.
That don't make it suck any less tho.

HBO started in 76, it wasn't cable like it is now but defintely not the normal thing to have

Yeah there was cable in the 70s. Not much on it but it was there.

There was no cable in the 70's. ;) TV was FREE! I miss them days.

In the 70's there were fewer than 13 channels. :lol: I think cable in our area became the norm around 1980.


Cable was introduced in the early 70's HBO came to be in 1972 and CBN now ABC Family was 1977. I would love to go back in time and see what the buzz was about.

The biggest buzz was it had no commercials. Even when we first got it in the early 80s. cable channels didnt have commercials, or very few.

The irony is that if Delta House debuted five years ago or in the 90s since crude lowbrow humor is all the rage these days it would still be on the air and would be in the top ten.

I am only counting shows I saw every episode of, so I can actually judge them (IMO you can't judge a show, if you haven't finished it).

I would probably say the worst one I ever saw was Party Girl. Watching it was like taking a lesson in how NOT to make a sitcom. I love Christine Taylor, but she seemed to be channeling some character completely out of her comfort zone. It's sad she never really got another shot in the world of TV, other than her awesome recurring role on Arrested Development.

Two other notably bad ones were Charlie Lawrence and Ben and Kate. Charlie Lawrence might just be because I'm from the Washington area, and they gave probably the worst portrayal of DC ever. Ben and Kate had a horrible lead, Dakota Johnson, who had possibly the most awkward delivery I ever saw. Also, everyone was just so cute and cuddly on that show. It drove me crazy. I liked most of the cast on both shows, but the shows weren't very good.

The Tammy Grimes Show
Ugliest Girl In Town

At least Ugliest Girl had a hot British chick as a co-star so as bad as it was, it did have one redeeming feature. Tammy Grimes is just a horribly annoying actress with a bad accent. Both are the only two shows that I can think of that were cancelled with unaired episodes, something that was unheard of in the 60s. The networks would always air what they shot before taking a show off. These two were so bad that ABC couldn't wait to pull them from the schedule.

Out of the Blue from 1979 comes to mind

Out of the Blue from 1979 comes to mind

Even Robin Williams's guest appearance on the premiere couldn't save that one.

Even Robin Williams's guest appearance on the premiere couldn't save that one.


That was the episode i always wanted to see but it never surfaced

The Tammy Grimes Show
Ugliest Girl In Town

At least Ugliest Girl had a hot British chick as a co-star so as bad as it was, it did have one redeeming feature. Tammy Grimes is just a horribly annoying actress with a bad accent. Both are the only two shows that I can think of that were cancelled with unaired episodes, something that was unheard of in the 60s. The networks would always air what they shot before taking a show off. These two were so bad that ABC couldn't wait to pull them from the schedule.

Strange as it sounds, "The Tammy Grimes Show" had at least one redeeming factor...maybe two.

The replacement show for TTGS was the nighttime version of "The Dating Game," which gave ABC's schedule a kick Tammy never could. Also, Dick Sargent, who played "Tamantha's" brother Terrence, was soon free to replace Dick York as "Samantha's" husband Darrin on "Bewitched." (Sargent, who had already appeared in the one-season wonder "Broadside" on ABC, commented some years later, "I wonder how I missed 'Turn-On!'")

Rob Schnieder's sitcom Rob! (yeah the exclamation point was part of the title)

Stupid, unfunny, imbecilic, these are just a few words to describe this show, early reviews were already panning it but I had to see at least one episode and it was terrible, also no way in real life could a hot Latina babe marry Rob Schneider.

Cavemen (2007) the spinoff of the Geico Commercials.

Rob Schnieder's sitcom Rob! (yeah the exclamation point was part of the title)

Stupid, unfunny, imbecilic, these are just a few words to describe this show, early reviews were already panning it but I had to see at least one episode and it was terrible, also no way in real life could a hot Latina babe marry Rob Schneider.

A hot babe of any race or ethnicity would never marry Rob Schneider. :p

Cavemen (2007) the spinoff of the Geico Commercials.


I liked that show:lol:

Actually, one did. Rob Schneider has been married to Mexican television producer Patricia Azarcoya Arce since 2011.

http://cbssanfran.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/102356822.jpg


Thanks for shutting that down. We gotta be careful not to judge. Anything could happen. Good for Rob.

Thanks for shutting that down. We gotta be careful not to judge. Anything could happen. Good for Rob.

And yet, on TV, he couldn't get anyone to believe it. Weird.

The worst: Work It. A terrible 2012 ABC sitcom. Essentially a Bosom Buddies redux. Pure trash!

That was the episode i always wanted to see but it never surfacedi saw it when it aired trust me you did not miss much

We Are Men from 2013. TERRIBLE

We Are Men from 2013. TERRIBLEi saw that show too it was not very good

We Are Men from 2013. TERRIBLE

It only lasted two episodes! Now THAT'S FUNNY! :lol:

The worst: Work It. A terrible 2012 ABC sitcom. Essentially a Bosom Buddies redux. Pure trash!
And you know a show is bad when the pre-recorded laugh track stands apart from the real audience laughter which I'm assuming was very little so the sound engineers had to work their magic to make it seem that there are more than five people laughing.

Lewis and Clark, 1981

Condo
San Pedro Beach Bums
The New Odd Couple
The Bradys

Condo was funny, poor McLean Stevenson just couldn't catch a break.

Condo was funny, poor McLean Stevenson just couldn't catch a break.

His decision to leave "M*A*S*H" was the American television equivalent of Dick Rowe at Decca Records turning down the Beatles.

Condo
San Pedro Beach Bums
The New Odd Couple
The Bradysi agree about condo it was awful i do haave 1 ep yhat i recieved as a bonus when i bought a bootleg hello larry set from i offer and it was still yuck

Lewis and Clark, 1981i did not ever see that show when it first aired was it really that bad ?

The Family Tools from 2012-13 season. TERRRIBLE!!!!!!

His decision to leave "M*A*S*H" was the American television equivalent of Dick Rowe at Decca Records turning down the Beatles.

And while I don't know about Dick Rowe, it's pretty obvious McLean Stevenson regretted his decision as early as 1981, when he was interviewed for a M*A*S*H book.

And while I don't know about Dick Rowe, it's pretty obvious McLean Stevenson regretted his decision as early as 1981, when he was interviewed for a M*A*S*H book.

Rowe famously said to Brian Epstein about the Beatles, "We don't like their sound. These boys won't make it. Electric guitar groups are on the way out." A reporter who learned that the Decca Records executive turned down the Beatles said to John Lennon in 1963, "He must be kicking himself now." Lennon replied, "I hope he kicks himself to death!"

But Rowe did sign another group to Decca, which worked out okay for the label, a band you've probably never heard of . . . the Rolling Stones. :lol:

Rowe famously said to Brian Epstein about the Beatles, "We don't like their sound. These boys won't make it. Electric guitar groups are on the way out." A reporter who learned that the Decca Records executive turned down the Beatles said to John Lennon in 1963, "He must be kicking himself now." Lennon replied, "I hope he kicks himself to death!"

But Rowe did sign another group to Decca, which worked out okay for the label, a band you've probably never heard of . . . the Rolling Stones. :lol:

Yeah, I mighta heard of them. ;)

Mulaney - Hands down one of the worst sitcoms I ever saw. Atrocious

Condo
San Pedro Beach Bums
The New Odd Couple
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"The New Odd Couple" was ehh! to me. Nothing too terrible, not all that great either.

"The New Odd Couple" was ehh! to me. Nothing too terrible, not all that great either.

It might have stood a chance if not for bad timing: The show went into production when a writers' strike was in effect, so the show literally was using scripts from the original show with Randall and Klugman.

I think it was also too soon after the original show. It had been off the air for only a few years and was still doing well in syndicated reruns.

Homeboys In Outer Space

Homeboys In Outer Space

That sounds bad! :D

How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)

How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)

It should have been better than it was.

FM, with Robert Hays. It took ten months to play 13 episodes.

Ha ha, that long?

"Cavemen" based on the commercial series by Geico insurance with the catch phrase "So easy that a caveman can do it." The first few commercials were funny but then they beat the joke into the ground. And then a TV series? It only lasted for six episodes I think but even that was too long, it should have ended with the pilot episode.

"Cavemen" based on the commercial series by Geico insurance with the catch phrase "So easy that a caveman can do it." The first few commercials were funny but then they beat the joke into the ground. And then a TV series? It only lasted for six episodes I think but even that was too long, it should have ended with the pilot episode.

You base TV shows on movies, not commercials! :lol:

I remember liking Top Of The Heap and being disappointed when it was cancelled. I was in Middle School so that might be why I liked it.

I remember liking Top Of The Heap and being disappointed when it was cancelled. I was in Middle School so that might be why I liked it.

I don't remember that one.

I don't remember that one.

It was a Married With Children spinoff with a pre-Friends Matt LeBlanc.

It was a Married With Children spinoff with a pre-Friends Matt LeBlanc.


Oh yeah . . . now I remember . . .

me too.

I didn't care for AKA Pablo starring Paul Rodriguez. it wasn't funny. i feel like the producers were just throwing out a hispanic show just to be able to say "hey, here is a hispanic show for hispanic people.":( :rolleyes:

I think that is true for "Chico And The Man" and "Que Pasa USA"

I’ve haven’t seen many of the shows listed in this long thread. Someone mentioned Trouble With Tracy- that’s one I have been dying to see a full episode of. An example of CANCON gone wrong. My list of worst one year wonders (off the top of my head):

Caveman
My Mother the Car
Ferris Bueller
Supertrain (is that considered a sitcom?)
Tammy Grimes Show (yikes!)
Girl with Something Extra
It’s About Time (especially Joe E. Ross)
Tabitha (never liked Bewitched, so updated Bewitched was even worse)


There are more but my mind is drawing a blank. Flo was terrible but I think it technically lasted two seasons, one abbreviated. Angie was meh. Decent in the beginning but bland the more the series lasted. Again, a two season show.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Cop Rock, but I’ve heard so much about it.

I’ve haven’t seen many of the shows listed in this long thread. Someone mentioned Trouble With Tracy- that’s one I have been dying to see a full episode of. An example of CANCON gone wrong. My list of worst one year wonders (off the top of my head):

Caveman
My Mother the Car
Ferris Bueller
Supertrain (is that considered a sitcom?)
Tammy Grimes Show (yikes!)
Girl with Something Extra
It’s About Time (especially Joe E. Ross)
Tabitha (never liked Bewitched, so updated Bewitched was even worse)


There are more but my mind is drawing a blank. Flo was terrible but I think it technically lasted two seasons, one abbreviated. Angie was meh. Decent in the beginning but bland the more the series lasted. Again, a two season show.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Cop Rock, but I’ve heard so much about it.


They made a ferris bueller tv show without the guy who played him in the movie?:lol:

They made a ferris bueller tv show without the guy who played him in the movie?:lol:Yes. Charlie Schlatter, later a regular on Diagnosis Murder, played Ferris Bueller in the TV show from 1990, which only lasted 13 episodes. Jennifer Aniston played his sister a few years before she hit it big with Friends.

Yes. Charlie Schlatter, later a regular on Diagnosis Murder, played Ferris Bueller in the TV show from 1990, which only lasted 13 episodes. Jennifer Aniston played his sister a few years before she hit it big with Friends.

That is now #1 for the all time worst one year wonder

and that was a Norman Lear show. I've never seen it but I hear critics say it was his worst show.

and HOT L. BALTIMORE was his second worst

My Mother the Car
Tammy Grimes Show (yikes!)
Girl with Something Extra
It’s About Time (especially Joe E. Ross)


My Mother The Car and It's About Time are not good shows although I did buy the DVD sets because I figured it's something unusual to have.

The Tammy Grimes Show lasted only four episodes, I watched an episode on You Tube and she has a weird sounding voice, strange accent, it's not easy to understand what she's saying.

The Girl With Something Extra, I recorded those episodes from GetTV a few years ago. It's not really a bad show but it's sort of on the dull and bland side, I can see why it didn't get renewed for a 2nd season. And from what I understand, John Davidson and Sally Field weren't really fond of each other, either he didn't like her or she didn't like him, this is strange because they seemed to have decent enough chemistry when acting together on the TV show.

Tammy Grimes Show has two kinescope episodes on YouTube (that’s where I saw the show). Both are terrible. I doubt the other two that aired were any better. Her accent I think is called “Mid Atlantic”, but it’s clearly fallen out favor, perhaps even when she was growing up. That’s her real accent too, unless she faked it in every video.

I’ve seen the first two episodes of The New Andy Griffith Show. Not good. The sister is just plain annoying, and the kids add nothing. Bringing in the Mayberry characters to guest on the first episode, and Don Knotts as an unnamed friend was clearly a gimmick for ratings. If Knotts actually had a recurring role, it may have helped.

Never cared for Jennifer Slept here either, but it’s not one of the worst shows I’ve seen.

Dreams
Does anyone remember the mid 80s sitcom Dreams? It was a CBS sitcom in 1984 starring John Stamos before Full House. It was about a fictional rock band getting a recording contract. Lasted 1 season and the ratings were horrific. Cosby debuted the same year. I was in 9th grade and we had to write a paper and review a new sitcom on TV. I picked Dreams and I remember writing how bad it was. My classmates that picked Cosby had a much easier paper ;)

Dreams
Does anyone remember the mid 80s sitcom Dreams? It was a CBS sitcom in 1984 starring John Stamos before Full House. It was about a fictional rock band getting a recording contract. Lasted 1 season and the ratings were horrific. Cosby debuted the same year. I was in 9th grade and we had to write a paper and review a new sitcom on TV. I picked Dreams and I remember writing how bad it was. My classmates that picked Cosby had a much easier paper ;)

Writing a negative review can be fun when you get to use all of the worst possible insults to show how disgusted you were with whatever you were reviewing. For evidence, consult Jimmy Guterman's and Owen O'Donnell's book "The Worst Rock and Roll Records of All Time."

Yes. Charlie Schlatter, later a regular on Diagnosis Murder, played Ferris Bueller in the TV show from 1990, which only lasted 13 episodes. Jennifer Aniston played his sister a few years before she hit it big with Friends.

I guess there's a rule that only actresses named Jennifer can play Ferris Bueller's sister.

Few Facts about Dreams

The show was based in Philadelphia

The show aired after Charles in Charge and competed with Highway to Heaven on NBC and World Series on ABC

The show ranked #28 after the first airing right below Facts of Life at #27 and just above Charles in Charge at #30

By the 3rd week of October the show fell all the way to 61st ranked show out of 65 and would be cancelled

Seven episodes was left unaired




Fort-Worth Star Telegram, October 10, 17, 24, and 31st, 1984

and HOT L. BALTIMORE was his second worst


I thought Hot L Baltimore was hilarious.