Was There Any Shows That The Critics Loved But The Viewers it Hated?

Was There Any Shows That The Critics Loved But The Viewers it Hated?


Grady in 1975

That's My Mama in 1974

Grady in 1975

That's My Mama in 1974

More current shows:

Arrested Development
Friday Night Lights
30 Rock

Party Of Five (each season it just hardly got renewed)

Life Goes On

Arressted Development

Andy Richter Controls the Universe
NewsRadio

Two great shows that should have had longer runs and gotten much more attention.

Center of the Universe (aired a few years ago)

Center of the Universe (aired a few years ago)


i don't recall many critics liking this show... in fact it was SAVAGELY and COMPLETLEY trashed by critics.

I don't think "hated" by viewers is the right wording. This is for shows that never had that big of an audience, but were praised by critics, right?

Felicity
Firefly
Freaks and Geeks
Joan Of Arcadia
My So Called Life
Roswell
Veronica Mars

there was a show called united states that aired on nbc in 1980 created by larry gelbart the critics lavashed it with praise but viewers roundly hated it. ive seen it and looking at it as both an 8 year old boy when it aired on nbc and a 20 something grown adult watching it in reruns on cable i actully had the same reaction at both ages . it was self indulgant crap of the highest oirder .at first i thought i didn like it because as an 8 year old it went over my head .so when ii saw that it was going to be rerun on cable years later i thought i would give it another shot it looked even wose than i rememberd but to this day critics say that it was a great show dont ask me why?

there was a show called united states that aired on nbc in 1980 created by larry gelbart the critics lavashed it with praise but viewers roundly hated it. ive seen it and looking at it as both an 8 year old boy when it aired on nbc and a 20 something grown adult watching it in reruns on cable i actully had the same reaction at both ages . it was self indulgant crap of the highest oirder .at first i thought i didn like it because as an 8 year old it went over my head .so when ii saw that it was going to be rerun on cable years later i thought i would give it another shot it looked even wose than i rememberd but to this day critics say that it was a great show dont ask me why?


I just looked up the show in my book and the show was described as Tedious, Boring, and Didactic-LOL

I just looked up the show in my book and the show was described as Tedious, Boring, and Didactic-LOLand those were its good points

Commander In Chief. critics praised it, but it failed to develop a large audience.

How about The Office?

How about The Office?
Yea I have tried over and over again to get into that show but I just don't get it. :lol:

Yea I have tried over and over again to get into that show but I just don't get it. :lol:
Me either. It's not exactly the second coming of anything.

Commander In Chief. critics praised it, but it failed to develop a large audience.
I thought people liked it but the network switched days and put it on hiatus, then brought it back. It lost viewers due to all the switching.

Scrubs
Futurama
Newsradio

Futurama


Blame Fox for scheduling it when football games would run late

There was a show called "James at 15" which aired in the late 70s... very critically acclaimed, and I liked it as well... but I don't think it ever did very well in the ratings. But I'm thinking it did run for two seasons.. so I don't know if "hated" is the right word, but the viewership certainly didn't measure up to the critical acclaim.

The series was about a boy named James, who lived in Oregon...his father (a college professor) gets transferred to a school in Boston, so the family moves.

James' girlfriend in Oregon was played by Melissa Sue Anderson... (that'll give you an idea of why James didn't want to leave Oregon).

If MSA would have been the "new" girlfriend in Boston, that might have done wonders for the ratings !

But it was a good show, I thought, pretty realistic. And Kim Richards played James' little sister, and she was her usual adorable self!

I can't believe everyone has forgotten to mention Sports Night. According to TV Wasteland this show was going to be a future classic.

I also have to add Friday Night Lights to the list.

My favorite show of all time, Ed didn't exactly get a large viewership. It was lucky to get 4 seasons.

There was a show called "James at 15" which aired in the late 70s... very critically acclaimed, and I liked it as well... but I don't think it ever did very well in the ratings. But I'm thinking it did run for two seasons.. so I don't know if "hated" is the right word, but the viewership certainly didn't measure up to the critical acclaim.

The series was about a boy named James, who lived in Oregon...his father (a college professor) gets transferred to a school in Boston, so the family moves.

James' girlfriend in Oregon was played by Melissa Sue Anderson... (that'll give you an idea of why James didn't want to leave Oregon).

If MSA would have been the "new" girlfriend in Boston, that might have done wonders for the ratings !

But it was a good show, I thought, pretty realistic. And Kim Richards played James' little sister, and she was her usual adorable self!i liked james at 15 myself even though i was only 6 when it aired and yes kim was adorable as usual but then again she has always been a cutie and still is imho

Wow! I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE The Office! :D I think the show is hillarious!!

I would also like to add Freaks and Geeks to the list.

I would also like to add Freaks and Geeks to the list.

Like Futurama, blame bad network scheduling

Scrubs
Futurama
Newsradio

Scrubs never did horribly . . . and it's very popular in syndication.