kidsmoke Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Start anywhere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Friends Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Friends Agreed! A lot of friends of mine got into it at the time, still talk of it highly. These are friends whose taste I normally very much admire (one's a comedy writer himself). But I've always found the show simply woeful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 There's a new one called The New Normal that looks horrible so far. But maybe it's just trying too hard and will settle in. I'll give it this much--there's a kid on there who does a spot-on Little Edie (from Grey Gardens) impersonation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 The Killing was awful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Lost. Great premise to start out (Gilligan's Island meets The Twilight Zone), and great first couple seasons. Loved it. But it just got too weird for its own good. Annoyingly disjointed and impossible to watch, let alone follow. The ending was so-so. Maybe it was planned that way from the start, but I think it was just a semi-graceful way to get out of the hole they dug themselves into. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Heroes. Watched the first season and it turned to suck about 4 episodes in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Oh yeah, HUGE agreement on Friends. Sucks harder than a Hoover on steroids. Also, Desperate Housewives. Although maybe I just don't get it because I have a Y chromosome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Y'all are crazy. While maybe not one of the best shows of all-time, Friends was a great sitcom. Lost was great, too. While I enjoyed the first season of Heroes a lot, that one went off the rails immediately. Other than that, though, I can't really think of any shows that were heavily promoted but were just terrible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I can never get into The Big Bang Theory. Tried a couple of times. Now, it seems to be on every hour on the hour on some station or other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 24. The first season was awesome, groundbreaking, exciting TV. Something truly unique and special. Just loved it. And then they did it again. And again. And again. And again... I gave up halfway through the 3rd season. Tried again for the 5th (or 6th?) season and they were still at the exact same formula. That show should have been a 1 season in & out -- it would have been legendary. I also never got the appeal of Lost, as I also don't get the appeal of Mad Men. I wouldn't call either "truly awful" but I never understood why people love(d) those shows so much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Good call on 24. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I'm still ticked off that Lost suckered me in only to have it end like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Sex and the City - The first and second seasons were okay. After that the show became a parody of itself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Anything CSI. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Mad Men is great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azzurri Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re Lost: no ending would have satisified everyone....I found it quite moving, and liked the ambiguity...after all, they are basically tackling the mystery of the afterlife and the creators obviously had their influences in coming up with a theory or concept. I don't know of any show with such grand ambition. I don't understand the allure of True Blood...I tried to watch it but it just seemed like some weird and campy blood soaked porno. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I don't understand the allure of True Blood...I tried to watch it but it just seemed like some weird and campy blood soaked porno. That's exactly what TB is, but I don't think it's ever been promoted as anything but. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 LOST and Big Bang Theory are golden. How I Met Your Mother is a horrible abomination. Was the Holy Grail promoted? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 How I Met Your Mother is a horrible abomination.Agreed.And yet, I still enjoy it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 LOST and Big Bang Theory are golden. How I Met Your Mother is a horrible abomination. Was the Holy Grail promoted? LOST was golden until the Network called their bluff and actually renewed the show. In retrospect, it's SO obvious that Lindelhof and Cuse didn't have a freaking clue what their end game to the story would be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Since they started re-running it on cable, I enjoy watching How I Met Your Mother. My 3 year old calls it "Barney". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Anything CSI.I wouldn't say the original CSI was "truly awful," particularly the early seasons. In classic major network fashion they wrecked it by trying to duplicate it, not just once but twice. Saw thing with Law & Order. I thought the early seasons were decent enough police procedurals but once they added the Criminal Intent and SVU versions, it just became too much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I don't think anyone really knows what "truly awful" means. The "truly awful" stuff is usually canceled fairly quickly. It's shows like According to Jim or Last Man Standing or 2 Broke Girls, which defy logic by surviving into multiple seasons despite being absolutely terrible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Was the Holy Grail promoted? Indeed it was, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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