What are some the worst TV shows still on the air?
 

I am continually amazed at the amount of crap that TV networks continue to produce and air on television each year.

If you were given an opportunity to immediately cancel 5 shows that is still on the air, which would they be?

My Top 5 Top:

1. Friends
2. The Simpsons
3. Everybody Loves Raymond
4. WWE (The entire product line)
5. Anything on ABC (Even Fox has better shows)

That Wake Up Miami show or whatever the fuck it is called. I can't belive that lasted an entire season.

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The simpsons!? Let the flaming commence! ;)

I would say that all "reality" TV would be the top of my list for cancellation.

-C.S. Flim

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Amen.

How about Scooby Doo? How long can they keep a dog with an annoying voice and his trusty gang fresh? Out with <u>very old</u> in with the new. I'd settle for Exo-squad or at the very least Phantom 2040 but most of you don't know what I'm talking about anyway.

I like most of these show but the only one that I still watch all the time is the Simpsons...I'll have to admit I don't like the new Scooby doo cartoons....the old ones are pretty cool but I don't really watch anymore....

Shows that I'm surprised aren't cancelled
1.
24- I just find it annoying. I couldn't even sit through one episode...and besides if you miss the other episodes you have no clue WTF is going on..

2.
The Pitts- It was stupid even for a stupid parody show....

3.
Andromeda- If I want to watch a good show about space travel I watch Star Trek

4.
Most copycat shows...every station has a copy of some reality show.

5.
I'll have to agree w/ kgb. Good Morning Miami isn't very good...I've watched it then waited a couple weeks and watched it again and it seems to me that every episode is exactly the same...He loves her but can't tell her because he's such a good guy and the other girl likes him but treats him like crap to show him....ughhhh irritating...They could have just made one episode and ran it once a week...It be the same outcome.

Reality T.V.
Enough is enough of this crap.
Is Saturday Night Live still running?? This show lost it many years ago and I can't believe they would continue doing it witout changins the format.

Wow. yes. reality tv must go. It is not reality, because it is on tv, and it is not tv, because it SUCKS!

Jerry Springer, it went off for a while but it's back. I have the TV on half-watching cartoons (yes its true hehe) while on the computer and right after they are over Jerry Springer comes on to annoy the heck out of me.

I also have to agree with most everyone else in that reality TV shows shouldn't have ever seen the light of day.

Elimadate or whatever it's called. Horrible.

My list:

1. The Pitts- How pathetic, I can't beileve they expect people to watch this!
2. Survivor- Enough Already.
3. Fastlane- don't get me wrong I love cars especially classics and exotics and good cop detective shows but this is way too dramatic and to many pivoting camera's, it think that they went way to far with the effects and it sometimes makes me dizzy.
4. Oliver Bean- This is a wanna be great show that is not funny because the actors in it are horrible at making jokes.
5. Reality T.V.- How about we stop ruining peoples lives for entertainment, geez and especially American Idol that show for some reason really makes me mad.

5 Shows? only 5? OK, here it goes, I'm going to throw in some generalizations.

Reality TV (they're all the same anyway)
MTV
Any show whose title matches the name of the host
Anything with Regis Philbin
Fox News (I dont like the media in the first place, but they really bug me)

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What the holy fucking shit ass hell??

Before I go into "Hulk smash" mode, here's mine:

1. Real World - whiny, shallow assholes who cry more than all the emo kids in the world put together.

2. Road Rules - whiny, shallow assholes who cry more than all the emo kids in the world put together...in an RV.

3. Survivor - seriously, didn't we say all we needed with the first one? People are naturally conniving dickheads when put on an island, I get it.

4. Will and Grace - No homophobia here, I just never figured out why the show is supposedly so fucking hilarious.

5. American Idol - The show that managed to bring Paula Abdul back from the dead. Don't we naturally have enough manufactured, shitty music without having to have a show that produces it?

Yea a day without the simpsons is like a day without crack!

Any reality tv show or sitcom.

I'll have to agree with the Oliver Bean show....it's on right now...and it's narrated like they're trying to be the wonder years or something....very annoying ....I'm changin the channel

1. Any anime cartoon. It's just not my style. (Major offenders on the Cartoon Channel include Pokemon and Yugi-Oh. Why is anime always on when I turn on that channel? Oh well. I will spare everyone my rant on anime.)

2. Friends. They need to kill this show while most people still have some good memories about it. At least Seinfeld knew when to quit, Friends needs to quit too.

3. Judge Judy. This show is always on when I get home from work. I despise Judge Judy. She is a mean, spiteful person who believes that she has supreme knowledge in every subject. She treats the people in court like kids and ... well, she's just a jackass in general.

4. The Crocodile Hunter. The only episode I would ever watch of this in the future is the one when Steve Irwin is finally killed by an animal. The man lives to taunt nature, and for some reason he continues to live. The show isn't interesting when every episode has the same premise: Man + wrestling + animals = ratings.

5. The Flintstones. There are too many reasons to list why this cartoon should never be shown again. I can see how it was probably okay in the 70's, but 30 years later this cartoon has nothing to offer that wouldn't be easily reached by eating moldy cheese followed by a shooter of drano.

1. Every reality TV show ever made and everyone that will be made.
2. WWE (Old school was cool, this just sucks)
3. Ripping Friends
4. Real World/Road Rules (I won't start on how much I hate those shows)
5. Judge Judy (or any court TV show, I've been in court, I don't want to watch it for fun)

1) Friends
2) American Idol pop culture usasly sucks period, pop culture with shitty "proffesionals" who also suck.
3) Survivor. so they had to eat a rat in the first season. it was a clean island. who gives a fuck? wanna survive? go to iraq.
4) Da Ali G Show - ..... there are no words to describe the displeasure this show gives me.
5) all shows on MTV.

Fear Factor: The stuff they do is either really gross (in my opinion, not eating a horse intestine has nothing to do with fear...) or fun looking. I don't get the whole "fear" thing (but then, hight has never really bothered me much :D)

Cribs: Yeah... please find some rich celebrity and have them show off their house and posessions. That sounds like a very good show to me...

Married By America (or any similar show): I think there's enough problems with marriages these days without making it a form of entertainment.

American Idol: As if we didn't have enough crappy pop music already...

Any and all "Reality" shows: Just another appeal to american voyeurism.. and they aren't even semi-original anymore, either...

Keep the Simpsons! They still have their good episodes and is a lot better than most of the other crap on TV.

Survivor, Real World/Road Rules, American Idol and all those other reality tv shows. Especially those marriage shows that Fox just keeps making. They have a new one every month.

You can get rid of it all but CSI and the Sopranos

Oprah
700 Club

Anything on MTV
reality shows
All the syndicated crap that comes on late night (Celebrity Justice, ElimiDate, Fifth Wheel, etc)
Any show that overdoes the middle age father agonizing over his hot teenage daughter's budding sexuality.

The View.

Actually I forgot about this show. Watched it once. Couldn't understand how they became so popular just by reading off a card to ask pre-determined questions for any topic that they may be discussing.

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Excluding "reality TV" which I won't include since everyone here apparently wants it cancelled (smart people here), here is my 5:

1. Friends: I wish the monkey would give every character ebola on that show
2. Will and Grace: Absolutely not funny.
3. Everybody Loves Raymond: Overrated
4. The Sopranos: See #3
5. Fox News: The only thing fair and balanced about Fox News might be Murdoch's checkbook.

I remember Exo-Squad and Phantom 2040. Both shows were damn cool.

For my list:
1. The WB - everything on the entire station must be stopped, for the good of humanity.
2. MTV - see reason #1, then make them go back to good music.
3. All home shopping networks - for some reason we have approximately 400 of these on the campus cable network. There is no need for anywhere near that many channels of crazy people hawking their cheesy wares.
4. ABC - see reason #1. Everything on the entire station has been crap for years.
5. All reality TV of any kind on any channel. If you want to experience reality, go outside and do something with your lives.

Geez. A lot of people here really hate reality shows (me being one of them). Who actually watches these shows anyways? Someone must, otherwise they wouldn't be showing them.

Anyway, if I had my five bullets, as <B>guthmund</B> succinctly put it, I would firmly lodge all five of them in "Everybody Loves Raymond", if only to make sure it was dead. That show is just the same episode every freaking time.

Oh, look at me. I'm a dorky middle-aged father of three, with a gorgeous wife and a house full of kids. Oops. For the billionth episode in a row, I did something stupid to piss my wife off. But don't worry. After my obnoxious parents and even dorkier brother finish intruding on every aspect of my life, I'll make some flimsy, half-assed attempt to make up with with my wife, and inevitably, she'll come running back to my waiting arms, and the TV audience will go "Awwwwww". It's the same typical, happy freaking story book ending every time.

Not that it matters to me whether you like Anime or not, but are you just basing your opinion on kids shows, or have you tried any of the more 'adult'-oriented Animes? And by that, I don't mean the pornographic Hentai variety. I'm talking about shows like Cowboy Bebop or Neon Genesis: Evangeion. Some of those series can have great storylines to them.

You have a good point. I probably should have pointed out that it was the kids anime on the Cartoon Network that really bothers me. As for more adult anime I have only seen Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, at a friend's request. Other than that, I have probably caught about 45 minutes of other various anime that wasn't on the Cartoon Network.

Another friend has directly suggested that I try Evangelion. However, I find that there is something altogether creepy about the anime that I've seen. I can't properly put it into words. Despite my objections, I will probably watch Evangelion at some point and I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.

I definitely should have just listed Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh as the offenders. (Pokemon alone is shown 8 times a week on that channel!)

Not to get completely off subject (which seems to be a skill of mine lately), did anyone else think the badguy in that movie looked like Lloyd Bridges?

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I will second that one...

It's still around? Should've been cancelled after a week.

I should point out that Evangelion can be quite good, but it can also be quite depressing near the end. If you want to try some of the better ones, try Cowboy Bebop or Bubblegum Crisis. Or, you could always go to <a href="http://tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3154" target="_blank">this thread</a> for some even better ideas.

- anything (except for the simpsons) on FOX
- any reality t.v. show
- those christian shows on sundays

The world would be a better place without any of those stupid reality shows, all the day time talk shows (Springer, etc), every daytime soap opera made and oh please someone get rid of Wheel of Fortune.

They must kill Wheel of Fortune..please.

1. ABC
2. CBS
3. NBC
4. FOX
5. WB

I'd list more, but we're only asked for five . . .

The Osbourns is the worst idea for a TV show in the history of TV. I don't understand why it's still on television. These people should have been drown in their own idiocy by now.

- All sitcoms... they were funny when I was younger, but now they're predictable and boring.
- Jiminy Glick - Oh look, it's a fat guy with a funny voice, who's not very smart. It's a laugh riot. Uproarious.
- Dismissed
- Cribs
- Jay Leno, the most unfunny person alive.
- Oprah. I'd respect her more if she'd use her influence over fat women to start a cult, and "catch a starship" a few years later. I'll even buy the Kool-Aid.
- Dr. Phil. I'm not sure if this guy still has his own show, but I wish he would disappear from the face of the Earth, or at least my TV set.
- BET's Comicview. If you want stand-up comedy, watch Comedy Central. I love stand-up, and before my cable provider carried Comedy central this shit was the only stand-up on TV. Maybe it's just "black" humour and I don't get it, but I really don't get it.
- Jerry Springer. Other talk shows can be a decent distraction with moderate entertainment value, but Springer sucked long before he got "big" a few years ago. It just seems so fake and pointless.
- Howard Stern's E! Show, but only the episodes entirely devoted to naked girls coming on. What is the point of those shows? "Wow, that chick's got a nice stomach and face, too bad the parts I really want to look at are blurred out." I guess it's a step up from radio...

And while I'm talking about Howard Stern, I should add "Howard Stern's Jerkoff" to the list. It was basically just a special episode of his normal show, but imitated Jackass in every way, from the logo to the content and editing style. But Stern still has the nerve to sue "Hot or Not" (ABC?) because he claims that they are ripping him off, not to mention the constant complaining on his radio show about the "Howard Stern clones" on the radio. You invented a genre, Howard. Hoo-hoo-hoo, Robin. (if anyone wants to discuss this further, start a thread or lemme know and I will. I don't want to hijack this one)

Hers Mine:
1. An show on MTV.
2. Any show on ABC
3. Friends
4. Those stupid reality shows on Fox
5. Saturbay Night liveand any other show like it

Any reality TV show, soap opera, or the Simpsons (and Everybody Loves Raymond).

fear factor
anything with a title like "america's funniest football injuries"
dinotopia
buffy the fucking vampire slayer

chalk up another vote to eradicate will and grace, and add me to the list of those offended by the suggestion that the simpsons should be cancelled.

yeah the simpsons are quite good. and i like the croc hunter myself.

All reality tv should die. Thats basically my only gripe.

People still watch TV? ::baffled:: :: once again scratches head::

"Three's Company" is really horrible and encourages stupid behavior. Also that Mr. Roper is consistently the most despicable character in the show.

Aside from that? "Friends" is ok, I don't know what so many people rag on that show.

:thumbsup:

Will and Grace. That show is so fucking overrated.

-Lasereth

Friends.
Survivor.
Real World.
Road Rules.
Any type of "Challenge" show between the above two.
Most of MTV's shows.
Yeah the Osbournes was funny for a couple seconds. Why it got renewed for a second season is beyond me. Oh wait, I know why BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS FUCKING WATCHING IT.

In fact this is why most stupid shows stay on the air. In fact if you don't like a show stop watching. In fact stop watching T.V. altogether. In fact this gives me an idea for a new thread.

Anything on Monday and Saturday nites except football.

Osbournes, Springer, judge shows, will and grace,slamball,mtv,sportscenter, marry my dad, cupid, and american idol

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Exactly. I couldnt agree more. Talk about the most complete waste of time. Tis a silly concept. But the networks are laughing all the way to the bank because of those.

1. Everybody Loves Raymond--NOT FUNNY!
2. Friends--NOT FUNNY!
3. ER--Should have been taken off life support years ago
4. Will and Grace--NOT FUNNY!
5. Anything on ABC that isn't Monday Night Football--as long as you keep the sound down

I would blast everything but the Iron Chef

In my opinion, every "Reality" show should go, except Monster Garage and Monster House on the Discovery Channel. Those are barely reality shows and the end result of each episode is usually something cool.

The rest of the bad shows I can deal with by not watching them. "Reality" shows annoy me because they are not reality but unscripted fiction.

I believe that MTV is the root of all this crappy reality TV. They started it with Real World and Road Rules.

UPN. just kill it, honestly.

The reality shows of today seem to be the replacement for the soap opera shows in the 50's. They are going for the 15-30 age group. Personally, I can't stand reality shows and don't wach any of them.

Survivor...and ANYTHING similar. Put it to rest people.

Hate to say this but Simpsons and Seinfeld reruns are a lot more entertaining than 99% of what's on.

1. Hollyweird Square-heads.
2. Everbody Hates Raymond.
3. Bitch Judy.
4. Big Borether (and the rest of the "reality" trash).
5. Jimmy Kimmel (It's early but it's soooooo excruciatingly bad).

Anything on the WB and UPN is usually horrible.

The only "reality show" that has any merit to it is American Chopper, that's one hella cool show man. Now for my list
1.) The Croc Hunter-I'm amazed that this guy is still alive, much less the host of his own show.
2.) America's Funniest Home Videos-It's the same stuff from when Bob Saget was on the show, nothing new here guys.
3.) Roseanne-The bitch needs to die.
4.) Trading Places-Why would you turn your house over to complete strangers? (granted I love Monster House, but at least something really cool is done to your house, not just different paint and decor).
5.) ER-It's done, no more, please!

what is up with the urban legend show on mtv. the imbecile narrator tries to rhyme every dumb comment he makes. did a show really need to be created to assure people that sneezing does not lead to eye-popping out blindness?

The View. As long as adults are running things, shows such as this can remain popular.

the glut of reality shows is driving me fuckin' nuts. chuck 'em all.

anything on mtv that isn't a music video

Any and all "reality" shows. It ain't survivor unless somebody DIES!

Will and Grace - has some moments but just not funny...
Reality TV, Most especially Survivor
lots of stuff on MTV

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended last year so no new episodes from that...

To be honest I like Everybody Loves Raymond... As cheesy as it is, its still one of the most 'real' sitcoms I've seen.

Any "reality" TV show.

Whats the one with host "talking" to dead relatives of the crowd members? That is the stupidest show ever, so glad that South Park dissed em and called the host the biggest douch in the universe cause that is one crooked show

Any daytime talk show especially The View.

1. ALL reality TV shows absolutely must GO. Period.

2. Everybody Loves Raymond (I just cannot fathom why this show is so popular). Also, I know they're both in syndication now, but I never ever saw what was so damned funny about Home Improvement or Seinfeld.

3. I know I'm probably gonna get flamed a crispy golden brown for this one, but all anime (including child, adult and otherwise) really irritates the living hell out of me. And yes, I really have tried to watch it on several occasions.

4. Sex and the City. It used to be pretty good, but I wish HBO would just wrap up the flippin thing like they said they were going to, already!! Quit dragging it out. No one cares anymore.

5. Just about anything on MTV nowadays. Do they even show music videos anymore?

Just repeating with others have said for the most part -

Reality TV shows must DIE.
Anime - The stories may be great, but I can not stand the style of animation.
Any home decorating show
Everything on MTV (and VH1 for that matter... I thought these were TV stations based around music... where's the music? VH1 still has some I guess.)
Talk shows such as Dr. Phil, Oprah and the likes.

Punk'd

Ashton Kutcher is just a dick.

The John Edwards show.
Scare Tactics

Network and local news broadcasts. They're supposed to be reporting the news in an unbiased way, NOT making news themselves.

-Reality TV, the number one reason why I don't watch much TV.

reality TV - But not till I finish film school, okay?

Any reality show and the WWF

i would blow up disney and nickelodean

1. Fastlane (It killed firefly!)
2. MTV
3. Reality TV
4. Lifetime
5. Women's Entertainment

Fear Factor is a rip off of every reality show that has aired since televisions inception .This show should be called "The Disgust Factor"... If it really had people face their fears and learn to conquer them, it would have some redeeming qualities. I see nothing amusing about watching people gag and wretch and face all kinds of humiliation. After going through all that, only one person wins and the others have to leave without their dignity or their money! Any show that puts someone's personal dignity on the line doesn't deserve to live. CANCEL THIS BITCH !

my Top 5 Worst Shows That Need to be Cancelled are as follows:
5) Survivor - It's been done to death

my Top 5 Worst Shows That Need to be Cancelled are as follows:
5) Survivor - It's been done to death
4) Real World - Seen enough, haven't you?
3) TRL - The music just sucks
2) Spongebob Squarepants - God I hate him. . .
And finally #1 is. . . Anything on the Lifetime channel. This channel is pathetic, and needs to be taken off the air completely.

Whoa!! whats up with people hating on the Simpsons :hmm:
For that matter.. I thuoght 24 was awsome.. well Ialso saw every episode and I can see where its pointless if you dont see em all. (Elisha Cuthbert = teh hotness)

I agree on the Reality TV the Judge Shows.. can be funny sometimes but most of the time it just like can I see the simpsons already. =P

So much crap on TV really.. I say Family Guy , The Simpson , and Sienfield should be the only programs on fox =)

CSI sucks. It has some of the worst acting that I have ever seen.

No more CSI and everything else on CBS and that new Threat Matrix should be cancled before it starts

the dating my teenage daughter show with john Ritter is mass horrible

The West Wing!!!!!!!!

1. American Idol. I don't give a fuck about some dumb bitch selling her soul for a record deal/

2. Reality TV. Survivor was cool. Survivor 2 was acceptable. that Elizabeth chick was hot. It's all downhill from there.

3. Friends. Been the same shit for years.

4. Saturday Night Live. It's just not funny anymore. One can only laugh at ass and fart joke humor for so long.

5. MTV. I don't give a fuck if its a channel. It has sucked for 10 years.

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