View Full Version : Two Television Shows from the 1970's that you gave a fair chance to grab your


TVFactFan
05-27-2007, 01:58 PM
attention but it just didn't happen?

For me those shows were One Day at a Time and Alice. Watched over 50 eps of One Day at a Time but it never grabbed me and watch 2 seasons of Alice so far and still has yet to grab me

Janice
05-27-2007, 02:11 PM
Mash and Taxi. I tried, but just couldn't get into them.

Zebra 3
05-27-2007, 03:22 PM
Mash (...)
Same here. I really liked the movie, but couldn't get into the series as well as Happy Days (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=12) after Ron Howard left.

freshprinceofLA
05-27-2007, 06:03 PM
Mash and Sanford and son. S&S is an ok show but it fails to interest me.

TVFactFan
05-27-2007, 06:07 PM
Mash and Sanford and son. S&S is an ok show but it fails to interest me.


What is it about Sanford and Son that makes it hard for you to get into?

freshprinceofLA
05-27-2007, 06:19 PM
What is it about Sanford and Son that makes it hard for you to get into?
Not really sure I guess I would just get bored during it I'm not really sure I just coulden't get into it.

TVFactFan
05-27-2007, 06:23 PM
Not really sure I guess I would just get bored during it I'm not really sure I just coulden't get into it.


Well are you a female? That could be a reason why u couldn't get into S&S. Like I couldnt get into One Day at a Time because it was centered around a mother and her teenage daughters

freshprinceofLA
05-27-2007, 06:25 PM
Well are you a female? That could be a reason why u couldn't get into S&S. Like I couldnt get into One Day at a Time because it was centered around a mother and her teenage daughters
No I'm not a female I just couldent get into s&s that's all. I mean some episodes were funny to me but not enough to get into it. I guess one of the main reasons why I got bored of it is because of tvland.

coffield3
05-27-2007, 06:45 PM
I can understand that with the characters all being of the same sex as i dont like sitcoms like two and a half men,i just dont like that show at all.

comedyfreak
05-27-2007, 07:50 PM
For me it was:

M*A*S*H
The Bob Newhart Show

Tried as I might, I just couldn't get into these two shows. Plus there were other shows on at the time that I watched instead.

mstewart
05-27-2007, 09:03 PM
MASH and Barney Miller. Alan Alda and Hal Linden rubbed me the wrong way and couldn't get into their shows.

catlover79
05-28-2007, 12:16 AM
M*A*S*H never held my interest. The Waltons was certainly a solid family show but I never really got into it.

Tubehead
05-28-2007, 05:48 PM
All in the family and mash

JulieSomoski
05-28-2007, 09:14 PM
Definitely All in the Family. I just don't know why I couldn't get into it, yet it was the number 1 show 5 years straight. I guess because every storyline was very similar to each other, and that almost every scene took place in their living room.

Ireneparalegal
05-28-2007, 09:16 PM
MASH
Friends: seen one full episode...caught a glimpse here and there. NADA, NOTHING, ZILCH, ZERO INTEREST

GARFIELDKOOL
05-29-2007, 09:59 AM
I will pick three. M*A*S*H, Barney Miller, and WKRP In Cincinatti. I never tried to get into MASH, I tried with Barney Miller, and WKRP, both shows didn't do anything for me.

TVFactFan
05-29-2007, 11:12 AM
I will pick three. M*A*S*H, Barney Miller, and WKRP In Cincinatti. I never tried to get into MASH, I tried with Barney Miller, and WKRP, both shows didn't do anything for me.


I gave Barney Miller Two chances, on TV LAND and Comcast and still no SPARKS

bencasey
05-29-2007, 11:23 AM
MASH was okay but I just never got the love everyone felt for it. It was fine until Rogers and Stevenson left but not after that.

The Waltons - too rural and never interested me.

Lee G
05-29-2007, 01:23 PM
The only sitcoms from the 70's that I really like are The Brady Bunch and All In The Family. Welcome Back Kotter was alright in the beginning but it got stale after a couple seasons. One Day At A Time is OK, but I wouldn't rush out to the store and buy the DVD. I used to have the hots for Bonnie Franklin when the show was originally on CBS. One non-sitcom from the 70's that I also enjoy a lot is Emergency! Most sitcoms from the 70's are not that good.

Many sitcoms from the 50's are dated and not that watchable anymore. I enjoy Amos N Andy, The Honeymooners and Leave It To Beaver. I Love Lucy is very much overrated.

Most of the classic sitcoms are from the 60's. There were a lot of great shows on during that decade, too many to mention but the best ones are still funny and very watchable today.

KurtfromPitts
05-29-2007, 01:41 PM
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and M.A.S.H. As well written as they were, I just couldn't get into them.

TVFactFan
05-29-2007, 01:48 PM
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and M.A.S.H. As well written as they were, I just couldn't get into them.


Now MTM is another show from the 70's I would be willing to give a chance if picked up by TV Land

Lee G
05-29-2007, 03:55 PM
The 70's was a good decade for detective shows. Most of the sitcoms fell short in the laughs department.

jamesanthony
05-29-2007, 08:37 PM
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and M.A.S.H. As well written as they were, I just couldn't get into them.
Agreed. MASH might be thought provoking but it just seems depressing to me and I've tried to give MTM a chance and I just find it very very boring.

Justafan65
05-29-2007, 09:04 PM
Couldn't get into Maude or Rhoda. Loved All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore, where both of the shows came from, but never got into those two spinoffs.