.... No matter how hard you try!

Everybody Loves Raymond
Lost
Ugly Betty
Rosanne
Friends
Cheers
Gray's Anatomy
ER
MASH

Ugly Betty
Gray's
How I Met Your Mother
Will & Grace
Survivor or any other reality show outside of Wipe Out

I have never really been able to get into Grey's Anatomy. Some episodes are interesting and fun to watch but others aren't. My friends kept lending me DVDs. But I like watching Supernatural on Thursdays.

Past:

All in the Family
Cheers
Friends
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
NYPD Blue
Roseanne
Three's Company
Will and Grace

I could name some more, but I'm pressed for time.

Present:

CSI
Grey's Anatomy

Who am I kidding? I'll say all of the present shows!

Any reality shows, and How I Met Your Mother. Star Trek, and any other scifi shows along the same line.

Actually... lets just go with most present shows. The only ones that I can get into are Two and A Half Men and House.

"Past" TV:

Taxi
Seinfeld
MASH
Friends
Happy Days
Cosby Show


"Current" TV:

Desperate Housewives
Lost
Scrubs
ER
My Name Is Earl
Ugly Betty

Seinfeld
The Simpsons
The A Team
Melrose Place
Little House on The Praire
The Cosby Show
NYPD Blue
Law and Order
Beverly Hills 90210
Survivor
American Idol
The Beverly Hillbillies
Green Acers
pretty much any show from the last 25 years.

The Beverly Hillbillies
Hogan's Heroes
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Friends
The Cosby Show
Family Matters (used to like it as a kid, but it just doesn't work for me anymore)


most modern day dramas

Family Guy
Two and a Half Men

puke:

CURRENT
i'M A CELERITYGET ME OUT OF HERE
lOST
SCRUbs
AMERICAN Idol
CSI MOST OF THE CSISHOWS
MOST REALITY SHOW EPXECT FOR WHIPOUT AND AMERICAN GOT TATLENT.

cLASSIC
The cobsy show
all in the family
the brandy bunch
Cheers
Gilligan's Island
The Beverly Hillbillies
Andy Griffith show
leave it to Beaver
theaddams family like munster a lot more
star trek
MrED
Mork and mindy
Mash

A lot of these shows I don't like and I agree with pretty much all of them. However, from my own standpoint, I was listing shows that I want to like, but just can't. Friends would be at the top of the list, but another one would be Mad About You. I am all about romance, so you'd think I would love this show, but I just don't like it, no matter how many times I watch it.

The Sopranos
Weeds
Friends
Mork and Mindy
Happy Days
Family Guy
Greys Anatomy
Lost
Dancing with The Stars
BJ and the Bear
Dukes Of Hazard
Dallas
Dynasty
Night Court
The Brady Bunch
Cheers
Miami Vice
The A Team
And those are just a few of the popular TV shows that I could never get into for some reason or another.

.... No matter how hard you try!

Everybody Loves Raymond
Lost
Ugly Betty
Rosanne
Friends
Cheers
Gray's Anatomy
ER
MASH



I love your LIST-lol I could not get into Everybody Loves Raymond or King of Queens.

I love your LIST-lol I could not get into Everybody Loves Raymond or King of Queens.
I watched King of Queens twice and I swear both times the theme of the show had to do with something sex-related. After that, I decided not to bother with it. Just a really unfunny show.

I watched King of Queens twice and I swear both times the theme of the show had to do with something sex-related. After that, I decided not to bother with it. Just a really unfunny show.


When I watched the Father turned me off-lol

A lot of these shows I don't like and I agree with pretty much all of them. However, from my own standpoint, I was listing shows that I want to like, but just can't. Friends would be at the top of the list, but another one would be Mad About You. I am all about romance, so you'd think I would love this show, but I just don't like it, no matter how many times I watch it.i feel the exact same way about the show i really wanted to like it but no matter how hard i tried i just never found the show funny or interesting

... another one would be Mad About You.

That reminds me! Back in the day when I was in college (either sophomore or junior year) when this show was starting I was talking to a friend, and he said that he was happy to have found "MAY." I could not understand, but then again I had never heard of the show before. (Then again, I was still hooked on the likes of "Perfect Strangers" and "The Wonder Years". Heck, I still am today and probably will be the day I die! But I digress!) In subsequent calls to him I used to refer to it as "the show about the university." To me it sounded like "Mad About U" or even "Madabout U", the same way people say "Miami U" or "Ohio State U" when they want to abbreviate "University". LOL!

MASH
Sanford and Son
Seinfield
The Simpsons
A Different World
The Vampire Diaries

All the CSI's
Fringe
The Office
Community
NCIS

30 Rock
Modern Family
The Office
Dancing With Stars
The Voice
American Idol
Survivor

I've yet to have anyone convincingly explain to me why The Big Bang Theory doesn't suck.

How I Met Your Mother
Two And A Half Men
Will And Grace
Community
30 Rock
Lost
Grey's Anatomy
Scrubs
M*A*S*H
All CSI's
All the crappy teen shows on Disney
Murder She Wrote
Survivor
Sons Of Anarchy
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
The Waltons
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
The Office
Everybody Hates Chris
The Bernie Mac Show
Charmed
Supernatural
Parks And Recreation

Past:

Petticoat Junction
Andy Griffith Show, The
Seinfeld - well half the time
Everybody Loves Raymond
Roseanne - half the time
M*A*S*H
Growing Pains - used to like it as a kid, not so much now.


Present:

CSI
Desperate Housewives
American Idol
Grey's Anatomy

I always enjoyed all the classic comedies but the ones today..............well I'll be kind and just say I can't get into any of them.

The ones I really enjoyed are from the 50's-80's and a few from the 90's.

I think it's sad the direction TV moved into. :(
I guess real family friendly shows are a thing of the past. :(

Family friendly shows still exist. They've just moved to the Disney Channel.

Big Bang Theory

7th heaven i likedi t at he beging then it became a sope oparer
buffy thevmpire slayer
angle
super natural
charmed
nsic
lost
ugly betty
Gray's Anatomy
ER
past
cheers

not too old
rosse ann
greatst amreica hero
green acres
giggli island
brandy bunch
marriedwith children
roseann


nwer epsidoes
family guy
bobs burgers
the simposons
my name is earl
friends
yesdear
that 70s show
south park
half of the aldut cartoon on cartooon network
despeart house wifes

onescouldn't get into
a gifted man
pam am
once upone time
gbc
lost
suviriur
the balchoner
dancng wth the stars i been wacthing itmostly for steve uralk



my favorite shows
hawie five o remake
Person Of Interest
The Mentalist
American Restoration
pawn stars
shark tank
storge wars
stroge wars :teaxs
acution kings
action hunters
what would you do?

Everybody Loves Raymond
The King of Queens
The Middle
Heroes
Lost
pretty much any science fiction show (Fringe for one)
Survivor
Dancing with the stars (I used to like it, but lost interest)
American Idol/X-Factor
The Simpsons (never understood why anybody likes it)
Entourage

Family friendly shows still exist. They've just moved to the Disney Channel.

We tried those and none of us cared for them, that includes my grown children and grandchildren.

Anything Chuck Lorre manages to crap out.

We tried those and none of us cared for them, that includes my grown children and grandchildren.

I think there are a lot of shows out there perfect for families to watch together. Examples include Modern Family, Last Man Standing, The Middle, numerous others.

I'm sure that they just look and sound different from what most would consider a "family show".

Um there are a lot of "family friendly" shows on TV. Modern Family? Last Man Standing, numerous other shows. I think some people just have a very rigid definition of what they consider "family friendly".

It amazes me how some can be so mean to others with words. I have never done that to anyone here, just expressed my opinion about TV shows. Thanks for the kind words. I only come here because I enjoy reading what others say and once in a while (not often) I attempt to join in with my feelings on shows. This is not the 1st time this has happened and I'm sure it wouldn't be the last but I know from my illness that life is far too short and I won't waste it getting my feelings hurt here again.
I pray you have a wonderful blessed day.

I have not even tried to get into most shows made within the last 20 years or so because I know they are so inferior in quality to the older shows.However I did give Seinfeld a chance,and found it to be not only over-rated and boring, but downright stupid.

I have not even tried to get into most shows made within the last 20 years or so because I know they are so inferior in quality to the older shows.However I did give Seinfeld a chance,and found it to be not only over-rated and boring, but downright stupid.
Uh, you have no idea how the shows are if you haven't even given them a chance.

I've glanced at a number of them,even watched a few episodes of more modern shows,so I did give a few of them a chance.It would be great if they still did make good shows,but in my opinion for the most part they do not.To be fair though,I've enjoyed a couple of the more modern Britcoms made in the UK that I've seen on stations like PBS and so on,but even those are not nearly as good as the classic British comedies.

"Glancing" hardly counts as giving them a chance. There's plenty of shows out there today just as good as the best shows of the "classic" era. I know people here love saying TV has gone downhill but as far as I am concerned that's all nonsense. Every era has its good shows and bad shows, and there's a lot of shows on now I'd rank as some of the greatest of all-time.

It amazes me how some can be so mean to others with words. I have never done that to anyone here, just expressed my opinion about TV shows. Thanks for the kind words. I only come here because I enjoy reading what others say and once in a while (not often) I attempt to join in with my feelings on shows. This is not the 1st time this has happened and I'm sure it wouldn't be the last but I know from my illness that life is far too short and I won't waste it getting my feelings hurt here again.
I pray you have a wonderful blessed day.

I do want to apologize. I didn't mean to come across as harsh or rude, nor did I mean to be judgmental. However, after rereading my response, I can see how It would come across as unkind.

I truly didn't mean to be rude. I apologize for what I said, and will rephrase that.

my meaning was simply that there are a lot of shows out there that are perfectly fine for the whole family to watch, they simply look and sound different than the shows we typically think of as "family friendly". Family shows have come a long way since the 70's, 80's and 90's. Again, I am so sorry, I did not mean to be rude.

We tried those and none of us cared for them, that includes my grown children and grandchildren.
The only show on The Disney Channel that I watch is Good Luck Charlie. It has the feel of an old fashion family sitcom. The rest aren't really geared toward adults.

The one current sitcom that I really can't get into is The Office. I just don't find it funny. I'm also starting to lose interest in New Girl. It has an appealing cast but the show just doesn't make me laugh. Friends , I could never get into. I even watched it in primetime for a full year before I gave up on it.

The one current sitcom that I really can't get into is The Office. I just don't find it funny. I'm also starting to lose interest in New Girl. It has an appealing cast but the show just doesn't make me laugh. Friends , I could never get into. I even watched it in primetime for a full year before I gave up on it.
Interesting, as I think New Girl just continues to get better.

Interesting, as I think New Girl just continues to get better.
I'm still watching it but I don't know for how much longer. I wish I would like it more. I like Raising Hope better.

Little House on the Prairie
gunssmoke
cheers
scrubs
married with childern
bloosom
sisiter,sister
Celebrity Apprentice
Survivor me ndm y dad watch it whhenit first started i didnt care for the rest of the sereis it mostly became bashing other people on the show
dancing wit hthe stars i been waching jallle white who palyed steve urak my mom andgrandmama watchit
7thheaven i useed to watch it they it beccame to much of sope opraer after they started growing up andateing
i carly i coudnt stnd thisshow it became the same thing over andover agig then it became about dateing tooo then some one would hack into i carly just became too boring
desing women
the cobsy show
star gate rest of spin offs
strek treak
rose well
one tree hill
chuck
despert house wifes
sex and the city
every one loves ramyond
hot in celvend
house of payne
fear factor used to watch it now i cant stand it
america idlo only wathit for lauren alaina she from my home town
whipout i watch it some times
acroding to jim
yes dear
friends
that 70ss shows
sabrien the t eeagner witch
mork and mindy
mash
csi ny
burn noticed
wife swap
vampire daires
secert circle
the x-files
buffy the vampier sylaer
angle
super nartual
charmed

Glee. I honestly don't see the appeal of this show. Maybe it's because I'm not a musical fan to begin with. It just looks like an attempt to do a "very special episode" every week complete with singing.

However, I did get a copy of the Glee Christmas CD as a gift and it actually wasn't that bad. Maybe they should be heard and not seen.

I forgot I had even made this thread but I want to add Pscyh to the list. I tried really hard to get into that show but just can't. As for "Cheers", I've started liking it more and more and that's probably because I'm such a Frasier fanatic now.

A lot of new school sitcoms. I never really cared for the single camera format and the oddness that comes with it. It always seems like the actors are trying way too hard to be quirky and funny instead of letting it flow naturally.

Interesting, as I think New Girl just continues to get better.me too

Glee. I honestly don't see the appeal of this show. Maybe it's because I'm not a musical fan to begin with. It just looks like an attempt to do a "very special episode" every week complete with singing.

However, I did get a copy of the Glee Christmas CD as a gift and it actually wasn't that bad. Maybe they should be heard and not seen.i dont care for glee ether but i do like smash go figure

One reason for not getting into any "mega-hit" tv shows is because if a person doesn't get into a megahit TV show, but a friend of that person does, then the person may get alienated or picked on for avoiding that megahit TV show.

Also, I am not able to get into any megahit show until it is past its prime. For example, i never watched the original CSI: Crime Scene Invesigation when it was attracting over 26 million viewers per week at its peak. When USA Network acquired reruns of CSI after already telecasting NCIS reruns, I decided to start watching its originals on CBS midway through its 12th season, after Ted Danson joined its main cast. I continued watching its original episodes until its end in 2015, and today I still manage to catch a re-run of the original CSI on Mondays. I never bothered to get into either of CSI: Miami or CSI: New York, though. I have, however, gotten into NCIS at the start of its 9th season after watching the countless reruns on USA Network, and The Big Bang Theory at the start of its 6th season the following year.

Here is a list of shows I wasn't willing to get into, either because I didn't want to bother with it, or I'm not going to like it too much:
Friends
American Idol
The Simpsons (didn't help that I was born just before its fifth season)
Desperate Housewives
Grey's Anatomy
Empire (2015)
Survivor
Dancing With the Stars
The U.S. Version of The Office
Modern Family
Two and a Half Men
Any single-camera comedy
Any reality show (competition, documentary-style, or otherwise)
Most "classic" TV shows that originally aired prior to the 1980s

Here are some popular shows classic and current I just can't seem to get into:
M*A*S*H
ER
thirtysomething
The Nanny
Married...With Children
The Big Bang Theory
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Full House
Everybody Loves Raymond
The King of Queens
Malcolm in the Middle
Two and a Half Men
Modern Family
The Cosby Show

Now it's The Walking Dead. I'm a horror fan but not when it comes to the zombie genre. I did check out the pilot, but I don't see how a series of people fighting zombies every week would be interesting. I know there's a lot of character development but zombies are not my thing.

^I can't get into The Walking Dead either.

MODERN FAMILY-I've tried watching 3 episodes but I just don't find it at all funny.

THE BIG BANG THEORY-same thing

current shows
blue bloods
elementary
the vampire diaries
super natural
jane the Virgin
crazy x girl friend
chicago fire
chicago md
last man standing

classic shows
Diagnosis Murder
the Andy Griffith show
the cosby show
The Nanny
Married...With Children
bewitched
Green Acres
facts of life
square pegs
Xena: Warrior Princess
George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Mr. Belvedere
one day at a time
Gilligan's Island
Designing Women

I know a lot of people who are Doctor Who fans and I like some sci-fi. But I tried half an episode last night and didn't care for it, won't be coming back.