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Michael [hXc] · 05-25-2004, 07:10 AM

What shows do you think are overrated? I think Friends is far too overrated for it's quality (I still like it). What do you think?

Chocoholic · 05-25-2004, 10:24 AM

Definitely Friends. I never could understand the appeal of that show.

Other shows I find over-rated:

Seinfeld
Will & Grace
Everybody Loves Raymond (I used to like that show, but even then I thought it was over-rated.)
Sex and the City
those reality shows

TJL · 05-25-2004, 10:37 AM

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Originally posted by Sideshow Kristen

Everybody Loves Raymond
Sex and the City
those reality shows

TV Observer 101 · 05-25-2004, 03:51 PM

Family Ties
Cheers
Seinfeld
Friends
Frasier
The Cosby Show
Full House
Roseanne
The Andy Griffith Show
Leave It To Beaver

Dean Winchester · 05-25-2004, 04:10 PM

Everybody Loves Raymond (bores me to tears)

American Idol (it's only a tv show guys.... yet the followers of the show simulate heart attacks when their favorite gets voted out... you actually thought they were the next superstar? Clay Aiken is huge, but has radio ever played him? Ruben and Kelly both did okay at first, but then people quickly got tired of them as well. If you're expecting the next Nirvana, or the next Beatles, or the next Elvis, or Michael Jackson, or Madonna, or Prince.... look elsewhere)

Will And Grace (it was funny but it went downhill when the show started relying too much on guest-stars... and for a "groundbreaking show about gays", they didn't even give Will a boyfriend until season 5, while Grace slept around from the first season)

All In The Family (it is a classic show, but I think it's more for the people who take Archie Bunker as a positive role model, forgetting that Carroll O'Connor himself was liberal and that the character of Archie was actually a satire of a racist white male. So many take the character seriously and look up to him and it turned me off to it)

ER (it was good when it started out but the show has drifted far too off into fantasy. No hospital in North America gets bombed, shot up, attacked by terrorists and the sort, like which happens on this. There better be a good pension plan for the employees in there)

7th Heaven (the show is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too preachy for my taste)

Full House (look at the evil it unleashed onto the world. Mary-Kate and Ashley were cute at 3, but do we need to still be putting up with them on the edge of 18?)

every single reality show in existance

EmoJoe · 05-25-2004, 06:57 PM

The Cosby Show- they make it seem like its the best show ever but, IMO, its not that great of a show. The jokes werent funny and Claire was very annoying and snobby.

Cheers- everyone said wondeful things about this show, so I watched it when it first came to TV Land, and I HATED it. IMO, it was boring, dull, and unfunny.

Roseanne- I tried watching one episode and I couldn't bare it. It was so rude, crude, and nasty I HAD to turn it off.

Will & Grace- I cant stand this show. Too many crude jokes.

ANY Reality Show Besides American Idol- Reality shows are STUPID.

barwars · 05-25-2004, 07:40 PM

Friends -- Ive recently become a fan of the show, but its definately not "the best comedy ever"

I Love Lucy -- Its a great series, but if it weren't the first series to use the 3-camera-studio-audience format, would it be this well remembered??

MaydayMalonesGirl · 05-25-2004, 08:45 PM

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Originally posted by Rurry007
Cheers- everyone said wondeful things about this show, so I watched it when it first came to TV Land, and I HATED it. IMO, it was boring, dull, and unfunny.

?!?

I have no social life, therefore my life is centered around Cheers. I know it's just your opinion, though.

I need to stay off this board.

EmoJoe · 05-25-2004, 08:46 PM

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Originally posted by MaydayMalonesGirl
?!?

I have no social life, therefore my life is centered around Cheers. I know it's just your opinion, though.

I need to stay off this board.

Its ok, I feel the same way when people bash Full House. I get so mad

! Its actully kinda funny

James · 05-26-2004, 01:41 AM

In my opinion the following shows are overrated:

Arrested Development
Beverly Hills, 90210
Big Brother
Cheers
Cold Case
The Facts of Life
The Family Guy
Friends
Married ... with Children
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Roseanne
S x and the City
The Simpsons
The Sopranos
Square Pegs
Three's Company
The West Wing
Will and Grace
Without A Trace
WWE Smackdown!

AKA · 05-26-2004, 01:44 AM

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Originally posted by James
S x and the City

You're allowed to say "sex" on the boards, you know.

Mr. Television · 05-26-2004, 01:47 AM

Friends and Will And Grace I could never get into.

Chocoholic · 05-26-2004, 11:03 AM

I know they're dramas, but I find the Sopranos, 24, and Alias very over-rated. They are just far too violent for my tastes. I don't mind some violence, but not on those levels.

I also never cared for the CSI and Law & Order shows.

Silver Bullet · 05-26-2004, 12:35 PM

NYPD Blue
Frasier
Friends
Smallville
Will & Grace
CSI
Thrid Watch
ER
Bernie Mac

TJL · 05-26-2004, 12:55 PM

I just saw a poster on the side of a bus advertizing this show when it switched to the Oxygen Network.
Absolutly Fabulous, or "Ab Fab" for the uninitiated.

I never saw the appeal of this show, yet when this show hit the American airwaves on Comedy Central, the media were treating it as the funniest British comedy ever broadcast in the U.S.

05-25-2004, 07:10 AM	#1
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05-25-2004, 06:57 PM	#6
EmoJoe Cool cool cool Forum Addict Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 71,470	The Cosby Show- they make it seem like its the best show ever but, IMO, its not that great of a show. The jokes werent funny and Claire was very annoying and snobby. Cheers- everyone said wondeful things about this show, so I watched it when it first came to TV Land, and I HATED it. IMO, it was boring, dull, and unfunny. Roseanne- I tried watching one episode and I couldn't bare it. It was so rude, crude, and nasty I HAD to turn it off. Will & Grace- I cant stand this show. Too many crude jokes. ANY Reality Show Besides American Idol- Reality shows are STUPID.
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05-26-2004, 01:47 AM	#12
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05-26-2004, 12:35 PM	#14
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05-25-2004, 10:24 AM	#2
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	Definitely Friends. I never could understand the appeal of that show. Other shows I find over-rated: Seinfeld Will & Grace Everybody Loves Raymond (I used to like that show, but even then I thought it was over-rated.) Sex and the City those reality shows

05-25-2004, 03:51 PM	#4
TV Observer 101 LucyFan Occasional Poster Join Date: May 25, 2004 Posts: 41	Family Ties Cheers Seinfeld Friends Frasier The Cosby Show Full House Roseanne The Andy Griffith Show Leave It To Beaver

05-25-2004, 04:10 PM	#5
Dean Winchester Member Forum Star Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	Everybody Loves Raymond (bores me to tears) American Idol (it's only a tv show guys.... yet the followers of the show simulate heart attacks when their favorite gets voted out... you actually thought they were the next superstar? Clay Aiken is huge, but has radio ever played him? Ruben and Kelly both did okay at first, but then people quickly got tired of them as well. If you're expecting the next Nirvana, or the next Beatles, or the next Elvis, or Michael Jackson, or Madonna, or Prince.... look elsewhere) Will And Grace (it was funny but it went downhill when the show started relying too much on guest-stars... and for a "groundbreaking show about gays", they didn't even give Will a boyfriend until season 5, while Grace slept around from the first season) All In The Family (it is a classic show, but I think it's more for the people who take Archie Bunker as a positive role model, forgetting that Carroll O'Connor himself was liberal and that the character of Archie was actually a satire of a racist white male. So many take the character seriously and look up to him and it turned me off to it) ER (it was good when it started out but the show has drifted far too off into fantasy. No hospital in North America gets bombed, shot up, attacked by terrorists and the sort, like which happens on this. There better be a good pension plan for the employees in there) 7th Heaven (the show is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too preachy for my taste) Full House (look at the evil it unleashed onto the world. Mary-Kate and Ashley were cute at 3, but do we need to still be putting up with them on the edge of 18?) every single reality show in existance

05-25-2004, 07:40 PM	#7
barwars .. Forum Star Join Date: May 04, 2002 Posts: 13,273	Friends -- Ive recently become a fan of the show, but its definately not "the best comedy ever" I Love Lucy -- Its a great series, but if it weren't the first series to use the 3-camera-studio-audience format, would it be this well remembered??

05-26-2004, 01:41 AM	#10
James Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,370	In my opinion the following shows are overrated: Arrested Development Beverly Hills, 90210 Big Brother Cheers Cold Case The Facts of Life The Family Guy Friends Married ... with Children The Mary Tyler Moore Show Roseanne S x and the City The Simpsons The Sopranos Square Pegs Three's Company The West Wing Will and Grace Without A Trace WWE Smackdown!

05-26-2004, 11:03 AM	#13
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	I know they're dramas, but I find the Sopranos, 24, and Alias very over-rated. They are just far too violent for my tastes. I don't mind some violence, but not on those levels. I also never cared for the CSI and Law & Order shows.

05-26-2004, 12:55 PM	#15
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,588	I just saw a poster on the side of a bus advertizing this show when it switched to the Oxygen Network. Absolutly Fabulous, or "Ab Fab" for the uninitiated. I never saw the appeal of this show, yet when this show hit the American airwaves on Comedy Central, the media were treating it as the funniest British comedy ever broadcast in the U.S.