For me, it was Seinfeld. I'll see if I can think of any others! What are yours?

Coach.

I watched it when Hayden was a NFL Coach, but thought it was corny. Then I seen some first & second season episodes and I was hooked on it...

Roseanne, I watched it a couple of times when it first came on and didn't like
it at all. Then years later I started watching it in reruns and it kind of grew on
me.

I just thought of another one:

I Love Lucy

Little House on the Prarie I thought was F**king boring. But one episode I just payed attention and now I'm "HOOKED" you could say.

Roseanne.

What I Like About You

SEINFELD. Back when it first came on; I thought it was boring, unfunny, and stupid. But then, I started watching it in the 3rd season and became hooked.
I've heard other people say that they didn't like it the first couple seasons; either. Seeing the episodes from the first 2 seasons; I can see why people felt that way about it at first.
FRIENDS-when it first started, I just couldn't see WHAT THE **** people found so funny about it. But then I watched a couple episodes when everyone started talking about it and all the girls started copying Rachels hair; then I found myself watching it more and more and liking it.
THAT 70s SHOW-I never liked this until the reruns started on FX; now I'm sorry I never watched it in it's original run.

I never used to like King Of the Hill until I started watching re-runs last year.
Now I'm hooked.

I wouldn't count it as a show I really LIKE, per se, but I've grown to appreciate Roseanne more in recent years. It had an air of reality to it, and you really don't see that on the sitcoms of today. With that being said, the last season was PITIFUL!!

I used to not like Good Times that much, but now I think it is a pretty good show.

Man, I used to think that Gilligan's Island was a dumb, boring show. heck, I even went as far as saying I hated Gilligan. OMG! Because now, I can't stop watching it!!!!
I LOVE IT AND IT IS THE BEST SHOW IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF TELEVISON!
If you've never seen it, I HIGHLY recommend it! Or, if you disagree with me and think that it is a mindless stupid show, well try watching it again, because YOU ARE WRONG! It's an AWESOME show!

SEINFELD. Back when it first came on; I thought it was boring, unfunny, and stupid. But then, I started watching it in the 3rd season and became hooked.
I've heard other people say that they didn't like it the first couple seasons; either. Seeing the episodes from the first 2 seasons; I can see why people felt that way about it at first.
FRIENDS-when it first started, I just couldn't see WHAT THE **** people found so funny about it. But then I watched a couple episodes when everyone started talking about it and all the girls started copying Rachels hair; then I found myself watching it more and more and liking it.
THAT 70s SHOW-I never liked this until the reruns started on FX; now I'm sorry I never watched it in it's original run.i agree with you about all 3 of the shows you named treky i didn like any of those shows when they first started and now they are 3 of my fave shows

Man, I used to think that Gilligan's Island was a dumb, boring show. heck, I even went as far as saying I hated Gilligan. OMG! Because now, I can't stop watching it!!!!
I LOVE IT AND IT IS THE BEST SHOW IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF TELEVISON!
If you've never seen it, I HIGHLY recommend it! Or, if you disagree with me and think that it is a mindless stupid show, well try watching it again, because YOU ARE WRONG! It's an AWESOME show!
It was a silly show (that's why it's classified as a comedy), but the actors were excellent and fun to watch. Having Mary Ann on the show didn't hurt, either. :grineyes:

In its original run I did not like One Day At a Time at first. Bonnie Franklin took some getting used to and it took me nearly two seasons to get into the show and her. It grew to be one of my all time favorites and developed a crush on Bonnie in the process.

Fresh prince
family matters
full house

Futurama, Grounded For Life and The Cosby Show are three that come to mind. The Cosby Show is certainly hit-or-miss though.

Gunsmoke
Little house on the prairie
Law And Order

Frasier I'm still trying to get use to Seinfeld and Cheers.

I used to not like Murphy Brown b/c I thought it was a wannabe Mary Tyler Moore. But then when they started showing it on N@N, I got hooked. I was never into Will & Grace, either, until Lifetime picked it up. Now I have S1-4 on DVD (Got them for Christmas this year).

Taxi
Frasier
M*A*S*H*

Growing PAins
Family Matters

I can't stand reality shows. I think they're a total waste of air space that could go to intelligent scripted TV shows. However I am very embarrassed to say this, but...










I've really gotten hooked on American Idol. <hides head in shame>

I forgot to add Scrubs, never got a chance to see it on Thursdays. Now it's in syndication and I got to see an episode I'm hooked.

Just wondering - I can't think of any for myself, at the moment. I like to think that I'm fair with shows in that I don't write them off after seeing one or two episodes that I don't like so much.

In my case, there aren't really any TV shows that I actually dislike, just some that aren't my sort of show, but I don't see enough of them to say I really dislike them. In cases of entertainment, I always think that even if I personally am not interested in something, it's entertaining a lot of people, so it's doing a good thing.

But for anyone else, are there any shows that you initially didn't like but came to grow on you?

the office and friends

Also, as a follow-up question, what was it that changed your mind about the shows and got you to enjoy them? Just a case of growing into them or something else?

MythBusters, King of the Hill, South Park

CSI. Didn't like, then liked it, now I'm back to being indifferent about it.

Three's Company and Seinfeld.

Frasier and Scrubs-Judged them without watching only cause I watched other stuff when they were on at the time. Watched both shows in syndication and grew to like them.

Cheers and Taxi - never watched them in their original runs, only in syndication.

One Day At A Time and Alice. Bonnie Franklin and Linda Lavin took some getting used to but once I did they became one of my favorite sitcom actress. Too bad Bonnie Franklin did not go further into her TV career after One Day At A Time ended. She grew into a good sitcom actress given she never had a series of her own.

Everwood, George Lopez. Everybody Loves Raymond, the King of Queens, Roseanne, etc.