http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-shows-that-were-doomed-from-the-start.php

Sometimes a great idea is conceived, carefully nurtured, blossoms and becomes a treatment, then a pilot, then a freshman season, and finally television history, a ratings smash and an award-munching critical juggernaut. Far more often, unfortunately, that great idea is derailed somewhere along the way and never sees the light of day.

And then there are the other ones. The palsied, genetically stunted misfit siblings to those creative gems: the televisual abortions that somehow avoid all the pitfalls of television production that normally break the ankles of hopeful pilots looking to break the big time.

Some TV shows are just such a terrible, terrible idea that they should have been put down before they came within a hundred miles of a television set. Tragically, several have proven to be reasonably financially successful, which a) proves that there’s no accounting for taste and b) gives unwanted encouragement to the people in charge, letting them believe that they’re on the right track.

I don’t care how many people watched them, bought the boxsets or cosplayed the lead characters on their wedding days: they’re not on the right track. They left the right track a long time ago, and are now lost in the haunted swamp of crapulence where no one will ever find the bodies.
Here they are, one last time before those stinking waters take them. May god have mercy upon their souls…

10. Baywatch Nights (http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-shows-that-were-doomed-from-the-start.php/2)

9. Smallville (http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-shows-that-were-doomed-from-the-start.php/3)

8. Dollhouse (http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-shows-that-were-doomed-from-the-start.php/4)

7. Joey (http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-shows-that-were-doomed-from-the-start.php/5)

6. Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip (http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-shows-that-were-doomed-from-the-start.php/6)

5. Cop Rock (http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-shows-that-were-doomed-from-the-start.php/7)

4. WBF Bodystars (http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-shows-that-were-doomed-from-the-start.php/8)

3. My Mother The Car (http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-shows-that-were-doomed-from-the-start.php/9)

2. Gotham (http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-shows-that-were-doomed-from-the-start.php/10)

1. Heil, Honey I’m Home (http://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-shows-that-were-doomed-from-the-start.php/11)

Wow this is an awful list. So a show is doomed from the start but can still last several years? Here's some better suggestions:
"Knights of Prosperity" The "let's rob Mick Jagger" show. What crazy exec thought you could set a full time show on this premise.
"The Ugliest Girl in Town" As "Bosom Buddies" showed, a drag themed sitcom is not doomed. It iswhen you look like this! (http://media.hollywood.com/images/771x1000/3532169.jpg)
"The Richard Pryor Show" Putting a edgy, taboo shattering guy on at 8pm against "Happy Days" has to be the dumbest slotting decision ever made.
"Pink Lady and Jeff" Two girls who nobody had ever heard of. Who don't speak English. Do I have to go any further?

Wow this is an awful list.

Consider the source, whatcrapture. :rolleyes:

"Pink Lady and Jeff" Two girls who nobody had ever heard of. Who don't speak English.

I definitely heard of them before the TV series aired as did others.

i think that article was doomed from the start; completely devoid of any logical reasoning, a disjointed mess of a bunch of words thrown together

Didnt read the article but did they put WBF Bodystars number 4. That person knows that was a fitness show. Also the WBF was created by Vince McMahon.

Freaks and Geeks

Hey I liked Smallville. But I do think they should've ended the series sooner than they did.

Ed.

Alternately some shows fit in the "Brillant but Cancelled" category.
Some (very few) shows were cancelled though they had good concept, plots,
and characters.
Of course it is a matter of opinion

9 Upcoming 2016 TV Shows That Are Already Doomed To Fail (http://whatculture.com/tv/9-upcoming-2016-tv-shows-that-are-already-doomed-to-fail.php)

ONES I Can think of was:
selfie any one remember this comedy!!
cave man it was based off geico commercial it didn't last long !!
Revolution it was ok show i thought it was kind of boring!!
once upon an time i didn't like this show the special effect was kind of cheesy i just cant seem to get into it!!
Revenge i can't seem to get into it i think they canceled the show but my
cousin liked it i watched it for good while but it was kind of boring!!
Scandal it was kind of soap opera i couldn't get into it i don;t like politics i didn't see the being of it so maybe if i did i might like it!!
the good wife it was more about politics i didn't like it much!!
bones i can't seem to get into bones i just think its boring!! i can't believe it last past 10 seaons i did watch it for sleepy hollow cross over event for halloween i still didn't like bones !!
how to get away with murder it had two guys kissing each other so i just stopped watching!!
Major crimes i used to like it then the main deactivated son became gay so i just stopped watching it!!
teen wolf i just stopped watching it had two gay guys kissing each other i just stopped watching!!
lost i can't seem to get into lost!!
castle i can't seem to get into this show!! one of my friends like it a lot!!
Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D i can't seem to get into this show!! i think its kind of boring at times!! i was kind of into it then it became like freak of the week deal!! i just can;t seem to get into it!!
the bachelor i can't seem to get into this show!! my cousin likes it but shes a girl! so
the bachelorette i didn't like the bachelor i didn't like bachelorette
the amazing race i just didn't care for this show my cousin likes it!!
biggest loser i don't like these weight loses shows i think its making fun of fat people!!
little couple i don't like this show its on tlc but i just don't like it its kind of stupid!! '
Elementary i just can't seem to get into it then the guy that plays sherlock is full of him self!!
house i don;t like house the main actor seems full of him self!!

What about "Phyllis"?

I Married Dora and Outsourced were both doomed. I saw I Married Dora but refused to watch Outsourced because outsourcing to me isn't funny.