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DianeChambers87 · 12-05-2003, 10:32 PM

Does this ever happen to you?

You watch a tv show you have never seen before, and after the first five minutes you tune out thinking "This is crap"and you really hate it because it screwed up the schedule for a show you watched at that time. But then for some reason, maybe months later you end up watching an episode, and it becomes your favorite show.

This has happened to me twice:

Once with I love lucy "Damn black and White 'I love lucy' cutting into my happy days time"....haha I was prejudice towards it because it was in Black and White. Then I saw an episode and became one of those lucy fanatics. haha Dolls, books, tapes...everything.

and then More recently "Stupid show called 'cheers' screwing up MY facts of life. It's idiotic..they never leave the bar!" then I happened to catch the first episode one night and was hooked ever since.

donald snl · 12-05-2003, 11:01 PM

beleve it or not i didnt like friends very much when it first started i thought it was dumb . but then the summer between the frist and second seasons i gave it another chance and now my thursdays will never be quite the same when its gone.

dawsongirl · 12-05-2003, 11:31 PM

Fresh Prince. I thought it looked completely idiotic in the previews. I just knew it was gonna bomb. I watched the premiere and thought it was funny.

James · 12-06-2003, 02:05 AM

Let's see:

When I was a baby I was crazy about The Brady Bunch. However, when I got older (particularly between the ages of 5 and 12) I, for whatever reason, acquired a dislike for the show. But one day my college roommate decided to watch the show, and I watched with him. (I was 19.) I became an occasional fan and watched it every once in a while for the next couple of years. Then Nick at Nite acquired the show and started airing it on June 1, 1998 (I was 26), and my love for the show took off like disco music in the mid-1970s, popularity-wise. Unlike that music the next decade, my love for the show never crashed back to earth.

The Brady Bunch,
The Brady Bunch,
I can't get enough of
The Brady Bunch!

(With all due respect to the Peppermint Trolley Singers and others involved in the theme song!)

barwars · 12-06-2003, 09:19 AM

I pretty much decide if I like a show or not right away.
If I hate a show, I dont bother watching it, so it'll never be good IMO.

Most shows that I like now, are either shows Ive always liked.... or shows that I didnt really even care about before I saw them.

Like with Cheers, FOL was already gone, so it wasn't Cheers fault.... I didnt really hate the show. Actually, I didnt care at all about it. But then I watched it occassionally, and starting watching more and more.
And Ive been hooked ever since.

(and about The Brady Bunch, its one of my favs too)

ClassicComedyFan2 · 12-06-2003, 09:49 AM

Futurama...saw a few minutes on FOX about a year and a half ago and hated it.

Then, watched 2 - 4 episodes on TBS, loved it and bought the DVD.

Basically the same happened to me with Family Guy.

Also, when I was little, I hated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, because it wasn't on a ship, I didn't consider it 'true trek.' Now, I enjoy it very much.

barwars · 05-08-2004, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by barwars88
I pretty much decide if I like a show or not right away.
If I hate a show, I dont bother watching it, so it'll never be good IMO.

Im wrong -- once again.

I used to HATE Friends.
But just recently it clicked and I started to like the show, Im even thinking of picking up the DVDs.

You can never judge a book by its cover,
but you can ALWAYS judge a show by its themesong.

PZelda · 05-08-2004, 08:21 PM

Believe it or not....

...Mama's Family. YES, MAMA'S FAMILY.

Once upon a time, I saw an entire episode of MF on TBS back in 2000, and I thought to myself, "WTF?! Why is this CRAPPY-ASS show on TBS?!" and didn't see it again until 2001, then I really sat down and thought to myself, "Well...Hmmm...This looks like a funny show," so in early 2002, I started to get into the swing of things and I couldn't imagine not liking Mama's Family.

I remember watching Cheers 14/15 years ago (during the Kirstie Alley days) and how much I liked it, so that's one...Um, I can't think of anything else off the top of my head. I thought The Brady Bunch was annoying, until it came to N@N in the late 90's, then I started loving it.

barwars · 05-08-2004, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Miss Vicki
Believe it or not....

...Mama's Family. YES, MAMA'S FAMILY.

hater.

Ant-Lox · 05-08-2004, 09:17 PM

I didnt like Fraiser much, but at one point the reruns came on between The Simpsons and Sienfeld so I just watched it and loved it.

Dean Winchester · 05-08-2004, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ant-Lox
I didnt like Fraiser much, but at one point the reruns came on between The Simpsons and Sienfeld so I just watched it and loved it.

I agree. I've never been a big Frasier fan, but I will admit recently catching some late night syndicated episodes and liking it.

PZelda · 05-08-2004, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by barwars88
hater.

It also didn't help that my mom (at the time) was like, "ALLISON! Why are you watching this program?" so I eventually wandered off on my own to discover that I ACTUALLY liked it.

Dean Winchester · 05-08-2004, 10:02 PM

I hated Suddenly Susan when it was on NBC, but then recently I caught the episodes on Lifetime and found watching it at 2 in the morning a regular habit.

FamilyTiesGOP · 05-08-2004, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Miss Vicki
Believe it or not....

...Mama's Family. YES, MAMA'S FAMILY.

Once upon a time, I saw an entire episode of MF on TBS back in 2000, and I thought to myself, "WTF?! Why is this CRAPPY-ASS show on TBS?!" and didn't see it again until 2001, then I really sat down and thought to myself, "Well...Hmmm...This looks like a funny show," so in early 2002, I started to get into the swing of things and I couldn't imagine not liking Mama's Family.

Say it isn't so...

I loved Mama's Family from the time I started watching it.

Anyway, I usually form an immediate opinion about a show and then watch or don't watch based on that opinion. The only exception is Roseanne. Sometimes I like it ok, but sometimes it just isn't good.

PZelda · 05-09-2004, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by FamilyTiesGOP
Say it isn't so...

I loved Mama's Family from the time I started watching it.

Anyway, I usually form an immediate opinion about a show and then watch or don't watch based on that opinion. The only exception is Roseanne. Sometimes I like it ok, but sometimes it just isn't good.

I can't believe I didn't like MF at first.

It was a long time ago, and I was immature!

I knew who Vicki was back then, but I didn't pay attention to the opening credits, so I didn't know she was Mama.

(BTW, I HATE Roseanne. Always have and always will.)

12-05-2003, 10:32 PM	#1
DianeChambers87 Elizabeth B. Malone Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 16, 2003 Location: Swampland USA Posts: 5,178	Change of opinion Does this ever happen to you? You watch a tv show you have never seen before, and after the first five minutes you tune out thinking "This is crap"and you really hate it because it screwed up the schedule for a show you watched at that time. But then for some reason, maybe months later you end up watching an episode, and it becomes your favorite show. This has happened to me twice: Once with I love lucy "Damn black and White 'I love lucy' cutting into my happy days time"....haha I was prejudice towards it because it was in Black and White. Then I saw an episode and became one of those lucy fanatics. haha Dolls, books, tapes...everything. and then More recently "Stupid show called 'cheers' screwing up MY facts of life. It's idiotic..they never leave the bar!" then I happened to catch the first episode one night and was hooked ever since.
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12-06-2003, 09:49 AM	#6
ClassicComedyFan2 Coolicious! Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 28, 2001 Location: AL, United States, Alpha Quadrant Posts: 698	Futurama...saw a few minutes on FOX about a year and a half ago and hated it. Then, watched 2 - 4 episodes on TBS, loved it and bought the DVD. Basically the same happened to me with Family Guy. Also, when I was little, I hated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, because it wasn't on a ship, I didn't consider it 'true trek.' Now, I enjoy it very much.
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05-08-2004, 08:21 PM	#8
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	Believe it or not.... ...Mama's Family. YES, MAMA'S FAMILY. Once upon a time, I saw an entire episode of MF on TBS back in 2000, and I thought to myself, "WTF?! Why is this CRAPPY-ASS show on TBS?!" and didn't see it again until 2001, then I really sat down and thought to myself, "Well...Hmmm...This looks like a funny show," so in early 2002, I started to get into the swing of things and I couldn't imagine not liking Mama's Family. I remember watching Cheers 14/15 years ago (during the Kirstie Alley days) and how much I liked it, so that's one...Um, I can't think of anything else off the top of my head. I thought The Brady Bunch was annoying, until it came to N@N in the late 90's, then I started loving it.
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12-05-2003, 11:01 PM	#2
donald snl Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 06, 2003 Posts: 456	beleve it or not i didnt like friends very much when it first started i thought it was dumb . but then the summer between the frist and second seasons i gave it another chance and now my thursdays will never be quite the same when its gone.

12-05-2003, 11:31 PM	#3
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	Fresh Prince. I thought it looked completely idiotic in the previews. I just knew it was gonna bomb. I watched the premiere and thought it was funny.

12-06-2003, 02:05 AM	#4
James Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,370	Let's see: When I was a baby I was crazy about The Brady Bunch. However, when I got older (particularly between the ages of 5 and 12) I, for whatever reason, acquired a dislike for the show. But one day my college roommate decided to watch the show, and I watched with him. (I was 19.) I became an occasional fan and watched it every once in a while for the next couple of years. Then Nick at Nite acquired the show and started airing it on June 1, 1998 (I was 26), and my love for the show took off like disco music in the mid-1970s, popularity-wise. Unlike that music the next decade, my love for the show never crashed back to earth. The Brady Bunch, The Brady Bunch, I can't get enough of The Brady Bunch! (With all due respect to the Peppermint Trolley Singers and others involved in the theme song!)

12-06-2003, 09:19 AM	#5
barwars .. Forum Star Join Date: May 04, 2002 Posts: 13,273	I pretty much decide if I like a show or not right away. If I hate a show, I dont bother watching it, so it'll never be good IMO. Most shows that I like now, are either shows Ive always liked.... or shows that I didnt really even care about before I saw them. Like with Cheers, FOL was already gone, so it wasn't Cheers fault.... I didnt really hate the show. Actually, I didnt care at all about it. But then I watched it occassionally, and starting watching more and more. And Ive been hooked ever since. (and about The Brady Bunch, its one of my favs too)

05-08-2004, 09:17 PM	#10
Ant-Lox Cloud Watcher Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,824	I didnt like Fraiser much, but at one point the reruns came on between The Simpsons and Sienfeld so I just watched it and loved it.

05-08-2004, 10:02 PM	#13
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	I hated Suddenly Susan when it was on NBC, but then recently I caught the episodes on Lifetime and found watching it at 2 in the morning a regular habit.