View Full Version : Long running series you have never seen (especially sitcoms)


Yong Fang
01-09-2013, 04:49 AM
Which long running series have you never watched? This is a short list of some I have never watched or very rarely watched like one or two episodes. It is not that they maybe are not good shows, just not one that struck my fancy....

I have never seen Friends, and although I know most of the cast's names, I could not really tell you who was who, Chandler, Joey, Joe Bob, have no clue.

I think I have seen literally two episodes of Frasier. One was when Cliff Claven (John Ratzenburger) guest starred, and another where Frasier and Miles tried to run a restaurant.

I have literally not seen one nano-second of Two and a Half Men. I know Charlie Sheen is Charlie Harper, but I dont know the brother's name, or the kid's name (his real name is Angus, I know that) and it has a character actress that I like, the middle aged, unattractive, masculine one. Other than that, no clue.

I saw Scrubs a few times and thought it was an awful show and do not know why it was so popular. The only actor on that show I liked was John McGinley.

Just some examples, what shows did you dislike or avoid that were long running?

Survivor. I never understood the lure of that show whatsoever.

zypherix
01-09-2013, 06:53 AM
Seen maybe 2 or 3 random episodes of Seinfeld, didnt like it at all.

Regulus
01-09-2013, 10:11 AM
Saw one Episode of All in the Family, it didn't turn me on at all, neither did any of Norman Lear's other Sitcoms. Oh well, that's just my humble opinion. Another show I only saw one episode of was that episode of Dallas that had "80,000,000 Innocent Bystanders" tuned in to see "Whodonnit". :lol:

duckie
01-09-2013, 10:33 AM
MASH
Frasier
Dallas
Two and a half man

gilligan fanatic
01-09-2013, 03:59 PM
Never seen

The Real World
ER
NYPD Blue
Fraiser
7th Heaven
Murphy Brown

yankeesrj12
01-09-2013, 07:39 PM
The Office

Retro4Life
01-09-2013, 07:47 PM
I've seen at least part of one episode of everything, but those that I've seen two episodes or less of would include:

Wings
Scrubs
Newsradio
Full House
Perfect Strangers
The Office
Two and a Half Men
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory
Becker
Mad Men
The Middle
Webster
Mr. Belvedere
McHale's Navy
Sgt. Bilko
My Favorite Martian

UMFaninMD
01-09-2013, 08:02 PM
Too many to count but here are just a few:

Seinfeld
Friends
Lost
Frasier
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
30 Rock

comedyfreak
01-10-2013, 06:49 AM
Lost
Seinfeld
Cheers
My Name is Earl
The Office
30 Rock
Everybody Loves Raymond

Ant-Lox
01-10-2013, 08:34 AM
Friends ( Bought a 4 Episode Teaser, didn't watch all the episodes) The Office (Seriously, the same joke over and over and over, people love it) Lost (3 episodes was enough, each episode is "commercial bait" and it's boring) How I Met Your Mother (Seriously, 8 seasons of that?) 30 Rock Two and a Half Men (Canned Laughter, but the mother looks better now, than in the early 90's) ER (Meh) Scrubs (Meh)

Ihavealife2uknow
01-10-2013, 09:48 AM
Frasier (saw pilot and liked it but havent continued on)
Seinfield
Everybody Loves Raymond
Scrubs
Kings Of Queens
Greys Anatomy (saw pilot and liked it but havent continued on)
Two and a Half Men
How I Met Your Mother
E.R.
Lost
The Big Bang Theory (only saw one ep)
Here's Lucy
Step By Step
Growing Pains

bookandfilmnut
01-10-2013, 05:09 PM
In spite of the fact that it lasted for many season and was rerun on a local station for several years while I was a kid, I have never watched an episode of My Three Sons.

Also I could include:

Bonanza
That Girl
Third Rock
That 70's Show
Spin City
Two and a Half Men

eileenhawkeye
01-11-2013, 10:28 PM
Cheers
Law and Order (the original)
Gunsmoke
ER
The Lucy Show
Hawaii Five-O
M*A*S*H
Carol Burnett Show
The Jeffersons
Murphy Brown
JAG

Coffeecup
01-12-2013, 05:18 PM
. When the question was asked, I immediately assumed one meant shows from 35-60 years ago when many new watchers weren't alive. I am seeing Donna Reed from the late 50's and That Girl on Me TV

Schmoopie
01-14-2013, 01:09 AM
Grey's Anatomy
The Office
Private Practice

bmasters9
01-14-2013, 05:10 AM
Trapper John, M.D.

CommonTater
01-14-2013, 11:57 AM
I do my best to try all new shows in case we actually find something we like but they are few and far between.

I could name tons we tried and didn't like so didn't watch but it would fill a book. Just a few of those are....

My Name is Earl
Mad Men
The Real World
NYPD Blue
Murphy Brown
Seinfeld
Scrubs
Friends
Lost
That 70's Show
Frasier
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
30 Rock

Tubehead
01-14-2013, 12:11 PM
lets see
all in the family
the brandy bunch
the cobsys show
maude
mash
cheers
buffy the vamire sayler
herlurs ledgen jourany i seen most of tem not all f them
sliders
facts of life
mork and minday
happy days
green acers
mister ed
matlock
muder she worte
myname is earl
theoffcie
friends
king ofqueens

MRPITT
01-14-2013, 01:02 PM
that's just my humble opinion.


If there is one thing I know about you from these boards is that your opinion is far from humble. lol


I think I have seen most long running shows at least once but I dont think I have sat through a whole episode of these

3rd Rock from the Sun
Mash
Drew Carey Show

yankeesrj12
01-14-2013, 01:44 PM
I'm surprised how many people have never seen Friends.

70s show watcher
01-14-2013, 04:17 PM
Trapper John, M.D.hope you get a chance to watch it someday its a very good show

70s show watcher
01-14-2013, 04:21 PM
I'm surprised how many people have never seen Friends.i knew a guy who when friends was at the height of its fame in the 90s told me he had never seen or even heard of the show

70s show watcher
01-14-2013, 04:23 PM
Grey's Anatomy
The Office
Private Practicei have never seen private practice ether

Ihavealife2uknow
01-14-2013, 04:41 PM
I'm surprised how many people have never seen Friends.

I've only started watching it recently because of how many people refer to it as a classic. Never seen an episode before the past month or so.

bmasters9
01-14-2013, 05:50 PM
hope you get a chance to watch it someday its a very good show

I hope so too. I've only seen one or two outings of it outside of the title sequence. I wish it would come out on DVD.

70s show watcher
01-15-2013, 01:32 AM
I hope so too. I've only seen one or two outings of it outside of the title sequence. I wish it would come out on DVD.if it does i am going to run out and buy it

BigManMike
01-15-2013, 11:54 AM
One Day at a Time
3rd Rock from the Sun
That 70's Show
How I Met Your Mother

Most of the other stuff I've seen.

treky
01-16-2013, 01:04 AM
THE PRICE IS RIGHT
THE OFFICE (I've tried to watch it 3 or 4 times, but I just don't find it funny. Must be just me)

Ryan Chamberlain
01-22-2013, 02:46 AM
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory
Parks and Recreation

Why? Because, I hate new sitcoms. (Except for 30 Rock...Why does it have to die!!! :( ) So, there was never any interest in checking them out.

As far as old ones. I've never once watched an episode of One Day At A Time.

I have no idea why that one has been off the radar for me.

factsoflife
01-22-2013, 10:44 PM
The Jefferson's
Sanford & Son
MASH
Curb Your Enthusiasm
NCIS
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Bob Newhart Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (I think I've seen like half an episode)
Rhoda
Homicide: Life of the street
One Tree Hill
Gossip Girl
Gilmore Girls
The Middle

liane49
06-01-2013, 01:35 PM
MASH
Frasier
Dallas
Two and a half man
Some of the shows I've seen a few times but hated, or never watched at all
Sinfeld
Dallas
Knots Landing
Falcon Crest
Dynasty
Will and Grace
30 Rock
Lost
Buffy the Vampior
X Files
American Idol
The Voice
X Factor
The Nanny

waichingliu81
06-01-2013, 09:47 PM
lost
30 rock
MASH
gossip girls
one tree hill
private practice
smallville
stargate SG-1
murphy brown
JAG
NCIS
the mary tyler moore show
gilmore girls
falcon crest
curb your enthusiasm
the office - U.S version
all in the family
the facts of life

liane49
06-04-2013, 11:37 AM
lost
30 rock
MASH
gossip girls
one tree hill
private practice
smallville
stargate SG-1
murphy brown
JAG
NCIS
the mary tyler moore show
gilmore girls
falcon crest
curb your enthusiasm
the office - U.S version
all in the family
the facts of life
NCIS
NCIS Los Angeles
Jag
Wings
Ally McBeal
Joan of Arcadea
Scrubs