What shows did you think you would like before you started watching them, but ended up not liking them?

One for me is CBS's remake of The Fugitive. I like the movie and I like Tim Daly on Wings, so I thought I'd give the show a chance. After the first two episodes, I gave up on it. I thought it was dull, boring, and predictable.

Another one is Futurama. I thought I'd like it because it's from the creators of The Simpsons, but it didn't hold my interest at all.

I thought In-laws would be the best show because I liked the idea but it turns out that it was pretty bad. The same goes with My Adventures in Television, and Watching Ellie. The worst part was I made sites for all three sitcoms because I thought they would be great, but when they aired they were pretty bad.

Originally posted by Dr. Frasier Crane
I thought In-laws would be the best show because I liked the idea but it turns out that it was pretty bad. The same goes with My Adventures in Television, and Watching Ellie. The worst part was I made sites for all three sitcoms because I thought they would be great, but when they aired they were pretty bad.

I actually liked all 3 :p

I'm the sort of guy that likes almost anything but "The Rerun Show" was a major dissapointment as was "Thanks".

I agree on Futurama. I thought that was going to be a lot better than it actually was.

I would also like to add Scrubs, Andy Richter Controls the Universe and Hidden Hills.

I really thought I'd like 8 Simple Rules and Life With Bonnie and that maybe my faith in primetime TV would be renewed...I was dead wrong.

Oh wow. I love Futurama! Damn near as funny as The Simpsons.

I can't think of one. Usually if I think it looks good, it is.

I really tried with 8 Simple Rules, but after 3 shows, I gave up. I like John Ritter a lot, and I wanted to love it. I am glad it's doing well though.
I thought I'd like Life With Jim, but it's a kidfest.

Originally posted by Sitcomwriter
"The Rerun Show" was a major dissapointment

I couldn't agree more. I thought it was gonna be great, boy, was I wrong.

Originally posted by JOHN LENNON LIVES


I couldn't agree more. I thought it was gonna be great, boy, was I wrong.

I agree. It was kind of a cool idea to redo old episodes of old shows, yet they royally screwed it up. I can understand tossing in a few sex jokes, but the whole show centered on sex jokes, basically. The episodes that I watched did center mainly on sex jokes.

There hasn't been a sitcom released in the past 5 years that's aroused in me any emotion stronger than ennui. However, since the question doesn't seem to be restricted to sitcoms, I think I have a submittal:

Enterprise
I admit I'm a "trekkie" (OK, take your pot-shots now.) and I was intrigued with the idea of the "Trek" universe before the events of the original series. When this series premiered, I was all set to see something original, interesting and fun. Oh...my...GOD!!! I think I've discovered the root cause of narcolepsy. Someone bring me a Vivarin! Do not operate heavy machinery while watching this show. May...no, WILL cause drowsiness, if not catatonia! The "counting sheep" have a new nemesis and it's not a Serta mattress! (Can you tell I thought it was dull...DULL...DULL?!)

Last month my cable company (I don't actually own it) gave us about 15 new channels at no extra cost. One of the channels was F/X. I thought, "Great, now I can watch The Shield"; watched two episodes and it didn't do anything for me. Love TVLand and The Animal Planet.

Oh god, the Rerun show was absolutely terrible. I think I would have rather spent an entire day watching the Jerry Springer show.

Watching Ellie
The Rerun Show
Scrubs
Good Morning Miami
Hidden Hills
According To Jim
George Lopez

Roswell

I thought The Rerun Show was the pits. What really turned me off about it was the constant sex jokes. I was hoping to see more over-exaggeration of the characters and of the show as a whole. Instead we got was just a bunch of Mad TV-like sketches.

One show that comes to mind is Chicago Sons, which aired in early 1996. I thought it would be a Perfect Strangers clone, but it had too much sexual material.

Another show is Boy Meets World, which arrived in the fall 1993 season, just after The Wonder Years was cancelled. I thought it would be a lot like TWY, but I was disappointed. Since it took place in the 1990s (unlike TWY) it never came close to filling in the vacuum left by its cancellation ten years ago. After a year or two I quit watching. (On a side note, I watched it mainly because it was in ABC's TGIF lineup, while Family Matters and Step By Step still anchored Friday nights on the Alphabet Network.)