What show do you hate the most of all time?

[luke-o]

To be honest, I think I just hate Ricky Gervais.

I think I hate you and that gaping maw you call a mouth.

Beause I hate Ricky Gervais? Or just in general?

 

[BurningPirateShipSex]

To be honest, I think I just hate Ricky Gervais.

I think I hate you and that gaping maw you call a mouth.

Beause I hate Ricky Gervais? Or just in general?

More related to Ricky, but not a day goes by where I worry that if I misplace my foot even slightly, I'll fall into that maxillofacial chasm, never to be seen again.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

I've never seen a single episode of the Office, British or American. True Story.

My answer is Family Matters.

 

[2GOLD]

American Idol:
Glorified karaoke contest without the beer to make them slur their way through "Wanted Dead or Alive". I have tried to avoid it but that shit is leading off the fucking nightly NEWS most of the time.

You want me to get into that show? Make them sing some Michael Jackson songs after doing 6 tequila shots and downing 5 beers. Then I'll watch.

 

[Youth N Asia]

I'll start with all the fake reality shows on VH1 and MTV (which I'm lumping all together). Otherwise I hated Titus, and Mind of Mencia... It's a long day at work. I'll think of more.

 

[luke-o]

To be honest, I think I just hate Ricky Gervais.

I think I hate you and that gaping maw you call a mouth.

Beause I hate Ricky Gervais? Or just in general?

More related to Ricky, but not a day goes by where I worry that if I misplace my foot even slightly, I'll fall into that maxillofacial chasm, never to be seen again.

Oh... well that's okay then.

Ricky Gervais still sucks though.

 

[Slayer]

American Idol

I'm currently punching myself for forgetting this one. My opinion on the show is summarized as "People I don't care about singing songs I don't want to hear to get a contract to release albums I'm never going to buy."

Similar to my comment on Friends above, the vitriol for this one was originally fueled with my own original opinion of the concept inflated by the constant unavoidable banter about the show. Originally it was by way of fellow classmates (as I was in college the first few years of the show), but once I graduated and moved on to my anti-social home-based job I still couldn't avoid it because various radio shows I listen to would talk about it non-stop, and not to snark on it either (as I would expect for some of these shows) but to legitimately discuss performances and performers. While the general discussion was kind of understandable in the case of general banter shows, it was not so much when sports radio guys like Dan Patrick and Colin Cowherd are also devoting a good amount of time to AI discussion (to his credit, for as much as his show has declined the last few years, Jim Rome has never talked about the show). The whole radio discussion is made even more headscratching when you have a bunch of 40-50 y/o guys talking about a show obviously aimed at the 14-25 crowd

TLDR: Fuck this show

 

[luke-o]

I'd love to say that I hate X-Factor (as it's called over here), but something about the show compeles me to watch it week after week. Maybe it's a self loathing thing and I'm a glutton for punishment. But I just can't hate the show.

I do however, hate what it stands for.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

I would have to say pretty much all reality programing. Everything from SURVIVOR to AMERICAN IDOL, and that includes all the shit from MTV. Other than that, I lothe WILD 'N OUT. Take a whole bunch of unfunny people, give hosting duties to that stain on society Nick Cannon, and you have one of the worst shows to grace television. I really liked it the first time, when it called WHO'S LINE IS IT ANYWAY?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

oh yeah Arliss too

I've only seen one or two episodes of this when ESPN Classic used to rerun edited episodes and while I wouldn't classify it as worst show ever material, it really made me wonder how that show ran seven seasons when nobody I know actually liked it. I know HBO wasn't the network that is now but it's not like they've ever been reluctant to cancel shows if they aren't working.

 

[wnyxmcneal]

I've never seen a single episode of the Office, British or American. True Story.

My answer is Family Matters.

Family Matters was funny, until it became the Wacky Urkel Invention show. I look at the jumping of the shark moment to be when they created Stefon Urquell. That's when it went to hell.

When Father Carves the Duck is still the funniest TV moment ever

 

[Mattdotcom]

I hate Full House so much that I can't stop myself from watching it just to wallow in its awfulness. Also, I've had the unfortunate luck of having to sit through almost two episodes of Gray's Anatomy, along with undoubtedly the worst writing I've ever seen on TV.

 

[Jingus]

I've never seen a single episode of the Office, British or American. True Story.

Same here.

On top of my previously mentioned reality show bias, I'd like to also add Full House as well. That post reminded me of a creepy roommate I had in college, who literally sat and watched that show for TWO HOURS every single day. If I didn't suspect this guy was a budding serial killer, I would've fucking beaten him for that.

 

[BurningPirateShipSex]

I've never seen a single episode of the Office, British or American. True Story.

Same here.

On top of my previously mentioned reality show bias, I'd like to also add Full House as well. That post reminded me of a creepy roommate I had in college, who literally sat and watched that show for TWO HOURS every single day. If I didn't suspect this guy was a budding serial killer, I would've fucking beaten him for that.

You've got some fucked up priorities if that's your grounds for murder, Jingers.

 

[Mole]

American Idol. It's hard to escape that show.

 

[Jingus]

You've got some fucked up priorities if that's your grounds for murder, Jingers.

I would've fucking beaten him for that.

I do believe that watching two hours of the Olsen Twins makes an adult male worthy of a good shitkicking, or at least a medium slapping. Also, he was one of those guys who rollerbladed everywhere, thus if I ever initiated hostilities he'd just glide away faster than I could run to catch him.

From what admittedly little of CSI I've seen, put that on my list too. "A dumbed-down Law & Order with lots of CGI and shitty jokes" is a horrible thing to be the most popular "drama" on television.

 

[Czech]

I think Jingus has told the story of the creepy Full House roommate before. That is a weird one. The part about full-time rollerblading, which I didn't know about as I was drafting this post, just adds to the intrigue of this character. Did you go to college in the early '90s, or did he just exist in the early '90s independent of his surroundings? Do you have more stories about him? Did he conduct amateur science projects in the kitchen sink?

In spite of--or because of?--the "Czech Hates Everything" meme, I don't really have an answer for this. Most shows suck, so I don't really watch them, nor do I let them affect my life. Like American Idol. That it's an awful and thoroughly unredeeming program is self-evident, but outside of a few instances of trying to goad people on boards, I don't really fuss too much about it. I could easily hate a show like According To Jim, but it's just a well-meaning albeit shitty attempt to squeeze the last drops out of the dead genre that is the four-camera laughtracked sitcom.

Okay, the show I hate the most of all time is The Wonder Years.

 

[Jaxxxson Mayhem]

I've never seen a single episode of the Office, British or American. True Story.

Same here.

On top of my previously mentioned reality show bias, I'd like to also add Full House as well. That post reminded me of a creepy roommate I had in college, who literally sat and watched that show for TWO HOURS every single day. If I didn't suspect this guy was a budding serial killer, I would've fucking beaten him for that.

Maybe he really hated his current life and the only thing that brought back good memories was watching Full House cause it reminded him of his childhood.......or something?

 

[Jingus]

Did you go to college in the early '90s, or did he just exist in the early '90s independent of his surroundings? Do you have more stories about him? Did he conduct amateur science projects in the kitchen sink?

This was freaking 1999. He was also very quiet, one of those guys who silently haunt a place like Bartleby the Scrivener. I think he was a Jesus freak too, not a day went by where he wouldn't open his bible and then stare at the same page for about twenty minutes. Aside from that, I didn't know anything about him, can't even remember his name.

Our acquaintance was ended when he requested a room transfer because he apparently thought I was too weird. I tell ya, you just happen to be energetically fucking your girlfriend's brains out in reverse-cowgirl position when your roommate just happened to walk in one time, and he gets all kinds of strange ideas about you.


Oh, and how did this thread not get a mention of Cop Rock, I thought that was obligatory for any "worst shows ever" discussion.

 

[Black Lushus]

Growing Pains, once Kirk Cameron found Jesus.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

From the time I was in 3rd grade to the time I graduated high school, I would often watch the first half of the two hour block of Saved By The Bell before going to class. I saw every episode of the original series and TV movies at least twice. Probably seen all of Good Morning, Miss Bliss and The College Years too. I wasn't even a particularly huge fan of it even as a kid. By the time I turned 12, I watched mostly to make fun. Does this make me a creeper? If not, at what age does regularly watching Saved By The Bell make you one?

My freshman year of college, I upgraded to watching two episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air before class. Will Smith, what a rogue! I hope nobody brings up that show in this thread.

Has anybody here actually seen Cop Rock? I actually have when they were briefly rerunning it on Trio as part of a "Brilliant But Canceled" month. Cheesy as hell but not without its merits. Randy Newman wrote a couple songs for it!

 

[Jaxxxson Mayhem]

From the time I was in 3rd grade to the time I graduated high school, I would often watch the first half of the two hour block of Saved By The Bell before going to class. I saw every episode of the original series and TV movies at least twice. Probably seen all of Good Morning, Miss Bliss and The College Years too. I wasn't even a particularly huge fan of it even as a kid. By the time I turned 12, I watched mostly to make fun. Does this make me a creeper? If not, at what age does regularly watching Saved By The Bell make you one?

My freshman year of college, I upgraded to watching two episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air before class. Will Smith, what a rogue! I hope nobody brings up that show in this thread.

Has anybody here actually seen Cop Rock? I actually have when they were briefly rerunning it on Trio as part of a "Brilliant But Canceled" month. Cheesy as hell but not without its merits. Randy Newman wrote a couple songs for it!

I've probably seen every episode of that show like 5 times. I also watched it daily for a very long time.

 

[BurningPirateShipSex]

Sorry Jingus, I misread that post. He does sound really odd though; I can't imagine why he'd want to move away from you...

I tell ya, you just happen to be energetically fucking your girlfriend's brains out in reverse-cowgirl position when your roommate just happened to walk in one time, and he gets all kinds of strange ideas about you.

Oh, right.

 

[mellow]

Mad TV

Fucking this. I have no idea why this show was on the air for over a decade. It was horrible, horrible sketch comedy in every way possible. Shitty writing, offensively underwhelming cast at best, not to mention some of the worst celebrity impersonations that I've ever seen outside of high school. Did they even have a legit fanbase? In the fourteen years since its premiere episode, I have never, ever, ever, ever had a single conversation with a fellow human being who has said that they like or even intentionally watch Mad TV, even if only on occasion.

 

[Smues]

Pretty much any reality show, and Full House. Growing up sharing a TV with a sister I've seen every episode several times, and hated most every minute of it. Dave Couiler is one of the least funny men on this planet.

Now a days I just ignore/avoid the shows I can't stand, so I don't really have any current ones to add to the list, but man the Full House years of my life were not fun.

 

[Czech]

Question: if the Jingus-Weirdo transfer request had been sent to arbitration, with the arguments including both "he was energetically fucking his girlfriend's brains out in reverse-cowgirl position" and "he watches Full House for two hours a day and rollerblades off to Bible study,"

1. Would you want to be the arbitrator?
2. How would you rule?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

My freshman year of high school the kid that sat behind me in World History always talked to me about how MadTV was funnier than Saturday Night Live. Now this was '03/'04 so SNL wasn't exactly at its peak at the time (Bob Barron might differ but whatev) but even the worst episodes from the worst seasons of SNL probably have more redeeming moments than your average episode of MadTV. Some of the first season stuff with Artie Lange, Phil LaMarr, and Orlando Jones is mediocre rather than outright terrible but that's about the best that I can say about the show. Even the talented castmembers and writers that they did have, they either underused or totally misused.

Oh and somehow I later became friends with aforementioned MadTV fan. Still am. He had long stopped watching it by the time we started hanging out though.

 

[Smues]

1. No
2. For Jingus. People fuck in college dorm rooms, that's a fact of college. True they usually put a sock on the handle or some other indicator, but still. It's common and accepted. Full House and rollerblades, not so much.

My first college roommate watched Dawson's Creek and whatever show followed it (Felicity?) So he wasn't much better.

 

[BurningPirateShipSex]

Question: if the Jingus-Weirdo transfer request had been sent to arbitration, with the arguments including both "he was energetically fucking his girlfriend's brains out in reverse-cowgirl position" and "he watches Full House for two hours a day and rollerblades off to Bible study,"

1. Would you want to be the arbitrator?
2. How would you rule?

I'd order them both killed out of fairness.

 

[vivisectvi]

Gossip Girl. I could stand it when my girlfriend would watch the OC or Sex in the City because they inevitably have funny moments or at least ONE character I can sympathize with.. but Gossip Girl. Jesus Christ, I imagine this is the "acted/fiction" equivalent of The Hills (which I've never seen)? There are no sympathetic characters, they are all rich, souless fucktards (even the protagonists). The fact that there is an entire section of the population that are just like these idiot socialites, blows my mind. Blah.