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CHAPTERS
intro 0:00
10 The Bradys TV show (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/bradys.htm) 0:13
9 The Outsiders (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125340/http://www.jumptheshark.com/o/outsiders.htm) 1:01
8 Working Girl 2:10
7 Molloy 3:03
6 Parenthood (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125348/http://www.jumptheshark.com/p/parenthood.htm) 3:55
5 Ferris Bueller series (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/ferrisbueller.htm) 1990 4:37
4 Uncle Buck TV show (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125227/http://www.jumptheshark.com/u/unclebuck.htm) 1990
3 Cop Rock (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125247/http://www.jumptheshark.com/c/coprock.htm) 6:40
2 Going Places 8:10
1 They Came From Outer Space series (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125202/http://www.jumptheshark.com/t/theycamefromouterspace.htm) 9:19
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Today we are taking a trip back to 1990 to look at 10 failed TV shows:
0:25 Sunset Beat
2:46 Normal Life
4:37 Babes (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/babes.htm)
6:28 The Fanelli Boys (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/fanelliboys.htm)
8:23 The Flash (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/flash.htm)
10:30 Sydney (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/sydney.htm)
12:51 Good Grief (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125158/http://www.jumptheshark.com/g/goodgrief.htm)
15:54 The Baby-Sitters Club
17:51 You Take The Kids
20:10 A Family For Joe
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Remember 1990? It was the year that gave us The Simpsons' first full season and Twin Peaks... but it also unleashed some of television's most spectacular disasters! From Jennifer Aniston's pre-Rachel Green disaster to Brad Pitt's early flop and even Oscar-winner Whoopi Goldberg couldn't prevent her sitcom from becoming a punchline! These forgotten 1990 shows were so spectacularly bad that they feel like collective hallucinations.
Network executives took big swings with rising talents, only to strike out spectacularly. Sandra Bullock struggled through an ill-conceived Working Girl adaptation years before becoming America's sweetheart. A gritty, dramatic Brady Bunch reboot tried to transform America's favorite wholesome family into something edgy. And who thought Broadway-style musical numbers belonged in a gritty police drama? The creative decisions behind these shows remain delightfully baffling decades later!
Did you catch any of these spectacular failures? 😆 Share your memories in the comments! Maybe you witnessed Sandra Bullock's pre-fame NBC sitcom disaster or sat through the bizarre musical numbers of Cop Rock. Consider yourself a true 1990 TV survivor if you made it through any of these short-lived curiosities!
CHAPTERS:
0:00 – Intro: The TV landscape of 1990
0:22 – #10 Cop Rock (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125247/http://www.jumptheshark.com/c/coprock.htm): A Broadway-style police drama gone wrong
1:22 – #9 Ferris Bueller (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031134146/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/ferrisbueller.htm): The failed NBC sitcom with Jennifer Aniston
1:57 – #8 Glory Days (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125158/http://www.jumptheshark.com/g/glorydays.htm): Brad Pitt's early role in a show that never stood a chance
3:55 – #7 The Bradys (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/bradys.htm): A gritty, dramatic reboot of a wholesome family
5:30 – #6 Hull High (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125301/http://www.jumptheshark.com/h/hullhigh.htm): High school rapping that couldn't catch on
6:52 – #5 Earth Force: The eco-action flop of the 90s
8:23 – #4 Working Girl: Sandra Bullock's failed NBC sitcom
10:01 – #3 Lenny: A blue-collar sitcom gone wrong
11:30 – #2 Baghdad Cafe (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/bagdadcafe.htm): Whoopi Goldberg's disaster post-Oscar
14:01 – #1 American Dreamer: A heartwarming premise gone tonally awry