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04-08-2025, 02:57 PM
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1991 was a TV DISASTER ZONE! While "Home Improvement" and "Dinosaurs" thrived, networks blew over $40 million ($80 million today) on some of the strangest shows ever created. George Clooney QUIT "Baby Talk" after 7 episodes, later calling it his "worst career move ever," while Tony Danza voiced the titular baby!
Meanwhile, Fox aired "Charlie Hoover" featuring Tim Matheson getting life advice from a SCREAMING 12-inch Sam Kinison on his shoulder. CBS paired Ryan O'Neal with Farrah Fawcett in "Good Sports," creating what critics called "less chemistry than separate rooms."
The madness didn't stop there! Fox actually created "Whoops!"—a NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE SITCOM with mutant chickens and a laugh track! "Dark Shadows" spent $1 million per episode before Gulf War coverage killed it, while future stars suffered: Seth Green appeared in the quickly-canceled "Good and Evil," and Phil Lewis (later Mr. Moseby on Disney's "Suite Life") endured CBS's cringeworthy "Teach."
Did you witness any of these notorious TV train wrecks? Were you one of the few who caught "Eerie, Indiana" before it became a cult classic years later? These shows weren't just cancelled—they were ERASED from network history!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:21.52 - Baby Talk (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/babytalk.htm) (ABC)
2:51.93 - Dark Shadows (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/darkshadows.htm) (NBC)
4:10.05 - Eerie, Indiana (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125154/http://www.jumptheshark.com/e/eerieindiana.htm) (NBC)
5:37.33 - Charlie Hoover (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125247/http://www.jumptheshark.com/c/charliehoover.htm) (Fox)
7:09.13 - Good and Evil (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125158/http://www.jumptheshark.com/g/goodandevil.htm) (ABC)
7:47.38 - Pacific Station (NBC)
8:52.95 - Teech (CBS)
10:05.10 - Palace Guard (CBS)
10:58.93 - Good Sports (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125158/http://www.jumptheshark.com/g/goodsports.htm) (CBS)
12:13.94 - Whoops! (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125256/http://www.jumptheshark.com/w/woops.htm) (Fox)
1991 was a TV DISASTER ZONE! While "Home Improvement" and "Dinosaurs" thrived, networks blew over $40 million ($80 million today) on some of the strangest shows ever created. George Clooney QUIT "Baby Talk" after 7 episodes, later calling it his "worst career move ever," while Tony Danza voiced the titular baby!
Meanwhile, Fox aired "Charlie Hoover" featuring Tim Matheson getting life advice from a SCREAMING 12-inch Sam Kinison on his shoulder. CBS paired Ryan O'Neal with Farrah Fawcett in "Good Sports," creating what critics called "less chemistry than separate rooms."
The madness didn't stop there! Fox actually created "Whoops!"—a NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE SITCOM with mutant chickens and a laugh track! "Dark Shadows" spent $1 million per episode before Gulf War coverage killed it, while future stars suffered: Seth Green appeared in the quickly-canceled "Good and Evil," and Phil Lewis (later Mr. Moseby on Disney's "Suite Life") endured CBS's cringeworthy "Teach."
Did you witness any of these notorious TV train wrecks? Were you one of the few who caught "Eerie, Indiana" before it became a cult classic years later? These shows weren't just cancelled—they were ERASED from network history!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:21.52 - Baby Talk (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/babytalk.htm) (ABC)
2:51.93 - Dark Shadows (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/darkshadows.htm) (NBC)
4:10.05 - Eerie, Indiana (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125154/http://www.jumptheshark.com/e/eerieindiana.htm) (NBC)
5:37.33 - Charlie Hoover (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125247/http://www.jumptheshark.com/c/charliehoover.htm) (Fox)
7:09.13 - Good and Evil (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125158/http://www.jumptheshark.com/g/goodandevil.htm) (ABC)
7:47.38 - Pacific Station (NBC)
8:52.95 - Teech (CBS)
10:05.10 - Palace Guard (CBS)
10:58.93 - Good Sports (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125158/http://www.jumptheshark.com/g/goodsports.htm) (CBS)
12:13.94 - Whoops! (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125256/http://www.jumptheshark.com/w/woops.htm) (Fox)