What TV shows have gone bad as time went on?


Any of the TGIF shows
The Facts of Life
Air Wolf
ALF

Emergency
The Incredible Hulk
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley
Wonder Woman
MASH 1978-1983
Facts Of Life
Alf
Small Wonder
Sledgehammer
Dukes Of Hazzard
Growing Pains 1989-1992

I think most of the shows that I grew up in the 1970s and 80s. I find them absolutely cringeworthy today, stuff like Diff'rent Strokes, Facts of Life, Silver Spoons, Welcome Back, Kotter, etc.

I agree about the Facts of Life. Before Jo came the show was almost unwatchable but the later seasons are a little better. I'm on Season 5 now but I'm still not becoming a fan of it. The cast is great, just the writing is a little ridiculous and I hate the way the shows just seem to end without a real resolution.

Barney Miller
Archie Bunker's Place
Benson
Family Affair

The Odd Couple. It is almost unwatchable today.

Seinfeld is sooo dated, but still sooo funny!

The 50s and 60s sitcoms are REALLY dated. The landline phones would have even looked dated in the 70s. I'm old, but I never even used a phone like they have on Father Knows Best.

Rowan & Martin's Laugh In has become dated but I enjoy watching it for nostalgia reasons.

Many sitcoms from the 50's have become dated but there are a few timeless ones like I Love Lucy, Honeymooners classic 39, and Leave It To Beaver. In some ways, Father Knows Best has become dated but the episodes remain watchable. Amos N Andy is a funny show but is forbidden to be shown on TV because of the world we live in today.

Amos N Andy is a funny show but is forbidden to be shown on TV because of the world we live in today.

The show was yanked off the air back then because of the NAACP, so it wasn't even acceptable when it aired in the 1950s.

The show was yanked off the air back then because of the NAACP, so it wasn't even acceptable when it aired in the 1950s.

I have two sets of the Amos N Andy series, a VHS set and a DVD set so I can watch the episodes anytime. :) The show should really have been called Kingfish N Andy because Amos was basically a secondary/supporting character and usually not given much to do in the episodes. Many of the episodes involved Kingfish trying to pull his latest swindle on Andy. :lol:

I saw one episode of Amos and Andy. Kingfish was going to perform a nickleectomy on Andy--it was funny.

I saw one episode of Amos and Andy. Kingfish was going to perform a nickleectomy on Andy--it was funny.

A few episodes I can recommend are "Traffic Violations", "Kingfish's Last Friend", and "Andy Gets Married". All three of these are good.

Saved By The Bell

Home Improvement

Night Court

The Brady Bunch

Johnny Carson's Monologues, although some of his interviews hold-up.

Johnny Carson's Monologues, although some of his interviews hold-up.

Yes. They are so cringeworthy, especially when he tries to be edgy and slip in some sex reference. The 1970s and 1980s audiences always went wild, but I always look like this--> :rolleyes:.

Some of the skits have also aged badly, like Tea Time with Art Fern and The Amazing Kreskin.

i love the comedy shows form the 1980;s to around 1990's!! mostly cause most of them aren't too dirty & they dealt with the times!!

my top picks would be which are some of my faovrite 1980s to 1990;s sitcoms
family ties
the wonder years
boy meets world
the golden girls
home inmpvoemnt
fresh prince of bel air
full house
family matters
saved by the bell
california dreams
alf
happy days
mork & mindy
my two dad's
perfect strangers

Johnny Carson's Monologues, although some of his interviews hold-up.

Along with Rowan & Martin's Laugh In, Johnny Carson's show has also become dated but it's fun to watch for nostalgia reasons. I like to watch some of the 90 minute Carson shows from the 70's but I'm not really interested in the 60 minute shows.

I'm surprised Laverne & Shirley was mentioned. It's actually one show that I watched as reruns in the 90s and looks/feels the same today, as when I watched it as a rerun as back then. Most late 80's shows like a Family Ties episode looks older than a California episode (early 80s) of Laverne & Shirley.

Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams discuss the California move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqZ6-IOBcaI
Neither of them liked the idea of the move to California, but the same issue then would be today, for a sitcom to move from a poor area in a Midwest city to California.