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Chocoholic
11-10-2003, 03:43 PM
What really popular sitcoms could you just not get into, no matter how many times you tried watching. A few for me...

I Love Lucy
All in the Family (as well as any other Norman Lear show)
Three's Company
The Golden Girls
Seinfeld
Friends
Roseanne
Married With Children
Will & Grace
Frasier
Third Rock from the Sun
Full House
Home Improvement

I never could understand the appeal of any of those shows. To me, they're just not that funny.

DianeChambers87
11-10-2003, 05:44 PM
Friends
Frasier, *i try and i try but i must confess that i only watch it when the cheers characters Cameo.*
Wings
the brady bunch
the partridge family
sanford and son
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jarri
11-10-2003, 05:59 PM
I would have to say:

Friends
Will and Grace
Frazier
Cheers(when Diane was on it)
The Odd Couple
Different Strokes(after Mrs G left)
Northern Exposure
(I hated) Wings

Thats all I can think of right now.

barwars
11-10-2003, 06:36 PM
Friends
Wings
The Partridge Family
Sanford & Son
All In The Family (the best show I dont like)
The Golden Girls
My Wife and Kids

TJL
11-10-2003, 06:46 PM
Off the top of my head, "Everybody Loves Raymond."
I catch an episode every now and then, but I could take it or leave it.

Jrnygrl
11-10-2003, 06:49 PM
Good question!!! Now let me see:

First and foremost I don't ge the Friends thing, have never seen an episode.

Frasier, seen it laughed a little, not my cup of tea.

Home Improvement
Wings
Northern Exposure
Reba
George Lopez Show
Mr. Ed (this is just a dumb, dumb show. Wilbur!)
The Love Boat
Gilligan's Island
One Day at A Time
Perfect Strangers
;) ;) ;) ;) :wave

TVJunkie101
11-10-2003, 07:18 PM
I can watch pretty much any show. The one I just don't see the appeal in is MASH.

Christopher
11-10-2003, 10:00 PM
These shows might be popular, but I can't stand them. They aren't funny imo.

Happy Days
Seinfeld
Cheers
Wonder Years
The Cosby Show

Brent88
11-10-2003, 10:32 PM
Cosby Show
Seinfeld
Friends
Married...With Children
Full House
Home Improvement

Brian
11-10-2003, 10:34 PM
Laverne and Shirley (I like Happy Days but this spinoff doesn't really satisfy me as much as HD does)

Friends (I did like this show...when I was in 5th grade, that is)

Crimson and Clover
11-10-2003, 11:15 PM
The Cosby Show

Mr. Television
11-11-2003, 12:58 AM
Friends, Frasier, and Will And Grace

vashti1999
11-11-2003, 01:19 AM
Frasier
Cheers
Friends
Everybody Loves Raymond
Seinfeld
Who's The Boss

James
11-11-2003, 02:09 AM
Here are ten for me:

All in the Family (as well as Norman Lear's other shows)
The Beverly Hillbillies
Boy Meets World*
Cheers
The Cosby Show
Growing Pains (its only saving grace was the theme song being sung by B. J. Thomas :D )
I Love Lucy
Married ... with Children*
Roseanne
Seinfeld


* Their popularity is debatable. Were they ever in the Top 20?

Mijada
11-11-2003, 06:55 AM
Friends
Seinfeld
MASH
Cheers
Frasier

Brent88
11-11-2003, 10:28 AM
Originally posted by James
Here are ten for me:

All in the Family (as well as Norman Lear's other shows)
The Beverly Hillbillies
Boy Meets World*
Cheers
The Cosby Show
Growing Pains (its only saving grace was the theme song being sung by B. J. Thomas :D )
I Love Lucy
Married ... with Children*
Roseanne
Seinfeld


* Their popularity is debatable. Were they ever in the Top 20?

MWC was in the top 5 several seasons I believe... I was looking at TV Tome the other day and the record viewership for one episode was like 29 million viewers, so I defintely think it was one of the highest-rated sitcoms.

Will and Grace Fanatic
11-11-2003, 01:49 PM
Sex and the City
CSI
CSI:Miami
Everybody Loves Raymond
The Bachelor
The Bachlerette
Survivor
The Sapranos
Wings
Without a Trace
King of Queens
The Beverly Hillbillies
All in the Family
Different Strokes
A Different World
7th Heaven

dawsongirl
11-11-2003, 08:42 PM
Most 1990s-now NBC shows...well, pretty much all of them
Sex and the City....and anything else on HBO
All reality shows

db108108
11-13-2003, 03:19 AM
MWC did very weel for itself for a whilem especially around the time when "The Simpsons" debuted. For an enitre summer, they were the top two series. But the show slid off and ranked something like 105 in its last season.

I can give any show a chance, and even watch multiple times, but not get into it. some examples from the 90s:

Frasier
Mad About You
The Nanny
Home Improvement

(to name a few)

Then there are others that I can watch seemingly infitiely, like Roseanne.

BillyK
11-13-2003, 04:37 PM
Off the top of my head:

Friends
Will & Grace
Beverly Hillbillies
Green Acres
I Love Lucy
Laverne & Shirley
Taxi
One Day At A Time
Full House
Odd Couple - love the movie though

dawsongirl
11-13-2003, 06:08 PM
Originally posted by Riff
The guest-stars-of-the-week bring nothing to the table beyond a cheap ploy for ratings...

I hate when shows do that. It's like they're saying, "Our stars suck, so here's some better known actors!" And of course, "We Want Ratings!"

phoebe7165
11-14-2003, 01:17 PM
1)Cosby-enough already, N@N!!
2)Cheers!! I didn't watch Frasier at first because I thought it would be like Cheers. Now I love Frasier.
3)Home Improvement-just never could get into it.
4)Mad about You-ditto, although I like Helen Hunt.
5)Taxi-ditto
6)Everybody Loves Raymond-ditto, I've watched it and I can't stand where Debra is always getting on Raymond's case. That is not funny.
7)Lastly, those unbearable, mind-numbing reality shows, especially Survivor. B-O-R-I-N-G!!!!!!:sleep2: :sleep:

Mrgman
12-27-2005, 12:49 AM
Friends and cheers

Michael72581
12-27-2005, 02:33 AM
Little House On The Prairie
Barney Miller
Laverne & Shirley
Dallas
Night Court
Who's The Boss?
MacGyver
Murphy Brown
Wings
Mad About You
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Will & Grace
Futurama
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Six Feet Under

PrettyinPink55
12-27-2005, 04:11 AM
Mash
Night Court
Mork & Mindy
Mad About You
Roseanne
Married...With Children
Taxi
The Nanny

rjb182
12-27-2005, 01:09 PM
I have my issues with just about any sitcom that's currently on the air. The only active shows I'm watching are dramas like 24 and Monk. The comedies these days just don't seem to blend with my sense of humor.

A few classics that I similarly never enjoyed:

Seinfeld (just too mean)
The Simpsons (yeah, I know it's still on, but it's a relic of another era)
MASH (a serious treatment of war makes great drama and bad comedy)
All in the Family (too darn political and dated)
The Beverly Hillbillies (Um...)

Also I find "I Love Lucy" to be too slapstick, but it is nevertheless funny at times, so it's not quite in this group...

tvfan 2
12-27-2005, 04:28 PM
The Cobsy show
Cheers
Leave it to Beaver
Barney Miller
Laverne & Shirley
Will & Grace
Roseanne
Gilligan's Island
Bewitched

Fonzarelli
12-27-2005, 04:31 PM
Wow, you missed some of the best shows (in my opinion)! :eek:

I *love* Married with Children, Friends, Frasier and I like Third Rock from the Sun.

But anyway, I could never get into The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Seinfeld.

Fonzarelli
12-27-2005, 04:33 PM
Good question!!! Now let me see:

First and foremost I don't get the Friends thing, have never seen an episode.

I guess that's why you didn't get it (can you say 'DUH'?).

dawsongirl
12-27-2005, 05:29 PM
Also I find "I Love Lucy" to be too slapstick, but it is nevertheless funny at times, so it's not quite in this group...

I used to love that show, but now I don't really like it for that reason. I've grown very tired of slapstick.

lockdown06
12-29-2005, 09:59 PM
Friends Mash, Seinfeld , Cheers, Frasier, Will and Grace, Lucy, Dick Van Dyke

Classicshowsgurl15
12-29-2005, 10:55 PM
Frasier
Seinfeld
I just never really liked these shows that much.

WhoStheBoss_Fan
12-30-2005, 09:16 AM
the cosby show for one(worst show ever made) and the golden girls and wings, all horrible!

Uncle Martin
12-30-2005, 01:46 PM
I guess have a very low standard cause I've read the thread and I would and have watch many of the shows that were mentioned and actually like the majority of them. With one exception. If ever I am captured by enemies and want to torture me, all they have to do is tie me down in front of the TV and force me to watch Rosane!!!