View Full Version : Shows You Tried To Watch But Couldn't


TMC
05-16-2014, 02:18 AM
Basically, shows (http://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/494611/shows-tried-watch?page=1) that have gotten a lot of buzz, hype or critical acclaim but you somehow don't totally understand the appeal of (or have a hard time getting into).

treky
05-16-2014, 03:12 AM
THE BIG BANG THEORY-I've tried watching it a few times but I just don't see what everyone likes about it. I've tried to like it, but I just can't.

ChrisFergusonFl
05-16-2014, 03:52 AM
Breaking Bad for me but a little birdy told me that there's a chance I might like this in the future.

Best wishes,
Chris Ferguson

comedyfreak
05-16-2014, 04:32 AM
All the NCIS's, Law & Orders, Revenge, Scandal, basically any 1hr show LOL.

Dale Key
05-16-2014, 08:47 AM
The Mentalist has such a passionate online following and I've never enjoyed it or saw what was so great about it.

cleverfun3000
05-16-2014, 09:43 AM
NCIS, or any 1hr tv show that trivialized and dissected a murder while showing disturbing images of the blood-soaked corpse. Even pieces of the cadaver. The obsession with human carnage on television (and movies) is tragically sick, demented and disgustingly putrid. That's NOT entertainment.

Regulus
05-16-2014, 10:05 AM
NCIS, or any 1hr tv show that trivialized and dissected a murder while showing disturbing images of the blood-soaked corpse. Even pieces of the cadaver. The obsession with human carnage on television (and movies) is tragically sick, demented and disgustingly putrid. That's NOT entertainment.

:angryfireSECONDED!:angryfire

I saw Family Guy & American Dad .twice. It was the first time I saw these shows, and it was the last time I ever saw them! :puke:

tlc38tlc38
05-16-2014, 11:08 AM
I have quite a few but these are the main ones:

SITCOMS:
Hogan's Heroes
M*A*S*H
Caroline in the City
The Hughleys
The Jamie Foxx Show
The Wayans Bros.
According to Jim
Arrested Development
Everybody Hates Chris
Hannah Montana
My Name is Earl
The New Adventures of Old Christine
The Office
Sex and the City
The Big Bang Theory
Community
Curb Your Enthusiasm
How I Met Your Mother
The Middle
Modern Family
New Girl
Parks and Recreation
South Park

DRAMAS:
Bonanza
Dawson's Creek
Friday Night Lights
Gossip Girl
Gunsmoke
Heroes
Monk
Nip/Tuck
Numb3rs
One Tree Hill
7th Heaven
Ugly Betty
Game of Thrones
Glee
Mad Men
The Walking Dead

REALITY:
Basically, all of them.

UMFaninMD
05-16-2014, 12:46 PM
The Walking Dead - I'm a huge horror fan but was never into the zombie genre. I tried to give it a chance with this show but after watching the pilot realized an ongoing series of people fighting and running from zombies wouldn't hold my interest.

bmasters9
05-16-2014, 03:32 PM
Comedy: Friends, Seinfeld, Raymond, 2 1/2, Fresh Prince, and too many shows of a similar ilk.

Drama: Little House, The Waltons, Northern Exposure, Gunsmoke-- just a few, but again, too many to name.

Reality: Most reality shows of today are utterly abhorrent to me. TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, with Dick Clark and Ed McMahon, however, was very much the exception (it was on NBC in the 80s). Even though I didn't find many of the joke segments that funny, the bloopers and commercial segments usually got a laugh out of me.

70s show watcher
05-16-2014, 06:44 PM
i really tried to get in to ed and everyboddy loves raymond when they aired but i did not like ether of them as for shows that are airing now i do not like castle at all and wile i dond really dislike it i have always foud modern family to be overrated

bmasters9
05-17-2014, 09:53 AM
Two more: Star Trek: TNG and Star Trek: DS9. TNG was boring as all get-out, but DS9 wasn't even Trek! How do you trek from a space station?!

zypherix
05-17-2014, 05:50 PM
Seinfeld.. could never get into it.

Tubehead
05-18-2014, 12:50 AM
current shows
Carrie dairies
heart of Dixie
vampire diaries
super natural
American idol
The Bachelor
The Bachelorette
dancing with the stars
Grey's Anatomy
the black list
how I met your mother
once upon time
24 mostly
all the shows on abc family


SHOWS NOT TOO OLDER BUT NOT AIRING OR CURRNTLY ARIING
star gate
star trek I liked the newest movies
friends
lost
Seinfeld
NSIC
CSI
GLEE
UGLY BETTY
sex and the city




classic shows
the cobsy show
leave it to beaver
green acres
square pegs
design women
cheers
all in the family

HauntedThunderman94
05-18-2014, 12:06 PM
MODERN FAMILY- I find it dull and remotely unfunny.

Tubehead
05-19-2014, 12:02 AM
Only two comedy's I can stand it the big bang theory and the middle I can't stand modern family

Dr. Loveless
05-19-2014, 03:35 AM
I tried and failed to engage with:

CRIMINAL MINDS (back when Mandy Patinkin was the lead)
FAMILY GUY
AMERICAN DAD
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (I might give this one another go, sometime)
ARCHER (ditto)
FUTURAMA (ditto)
FRINGE
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.