TV shows you didn't like - but now you do

[Mikey]

Some of my favorite old TV shows I didn't like when they first aired ... Reasons vary from me thinking they were boring or I just couldn't get into them (at the time).
My partial list of shows I like/love today but didn't like when they first came out.

Columbo
Liked the NBC Mystery Movie intro but thought the show was boring.

CHiPs
At the time I considered CHiPs a "girls show" because of Ponch

Good Times
It seemed to always be on opposite of Happy Days so I always missed it.

Banacek
See Columbo

Rockford Files
At the time I thought it was boring

Starsky & Hutch
See Rockford Files

Space 1999
I used to watch it, but I thought it was boring as hell

Just a few off the top of my head.

How about you ?

[RussG]

MASH ... use to hate it ... but now I love it.

Waltons ... hey it's a fun family show but I use to hate it

Star Trek the next generation.

those are just some off the top of my head ... I know there are some dramas I hated as a kid since I prob. just didnt understand them but I like them now

[The Toyroom]

As a small child I HATED Star Trek....primarily because an older cousin used to "watch" it when we would visit (he actually had his nose buried in the back of the couch as he often took an after dinner nap :sarky:) and we weren't allowed to change the channel.

[Hector]

I also didn't like the original Star Trek much when it first came out...it was during ages of 3-6...and it was way too grown up for me...lol. I much preferred Lost in Space at the time.

[Tyme2tyme]

Kojak. I didn't like it back then but now I'm buying the DVD box sets to watch them, JOHN

[Doc]

The Waltons

[BlackKnight]

Outta Everything listed in the Thread, ... The only thing I ever Watch was Star Trek the Next Generation ..., and I seen every Episode too, I believe, but don't ask me to name them, because I have no Clue.


I didn't like the Bernie Mack Show ...., But then really sorta got into it recently in Syndication. There's some funny stuff there...., I don't watch much TV.


I know there's a Ton of Crap I liked as a Kid,... That I can't even Watch Now, due to Cheese, or Time Stamped Material.

[mego73]

For the longest time, I couldn't get past the opening titles of Green Acres. then, I finally watched it and thought it was terrific.

[saildog]

I ignored "The Sopranos" because I have this weird thing about waving off of things that everyone seems to bandwagon...unless I was in on it from the beginning.

Well, I didn't have HBO when it first started and everybody was just going on and on about it.

When I did get HBO, around season 5, I softened a bit (Steve Buscemi. Robert Loggia...I'm liking this a little bit).

Then, because of the way they ran the seasons, I forgot all about it. When A and E starts running them again, I get to watch it from the beginning and I fall in love with everything about it.

Now, I have HBO on demand and the editing of the naughty bits for the A&E version does not take anything away from the story. Great series. Great stories. Great production value, actors, writing...everything about this series makes it my favorite drama ever.

[Brazoo]

I'm 100% with saildog.

When Sopranos first came out I thought it was "Goodfellas" the TV show and the psychiatrist angle seemed like it was going to be really silly. When I caught glimpses of it it looked cheesy because I just didn't understand it.

Then right around season 5 I stopped getting cable and a friend loaned me the DVD box sets. I was pulled in right away - now it's probably my all-time favorite show. It's like the perfect snapshot of the time we live in - amazing stuff.

[Mikey]

I never had HBO when the Sopranos aired, but I did try to watch it a few times on A&E

I thought it was really boring

If it was more like Goodfellas I would have been much happier

[toys2cool]

didn't like king of queens a few years back

[Mikey]

Now that I think about it, not including That 70's Show, I don't think I liked/like ANY sitcoms made after 1990-ish.

[saildog]

didn't like king of queens a few years back

:smiley1:

That's another one that I didn't watch when it originally aired because I though, "Pffffttttt...".

I love this show, now. I watch it about every day even though I've seen about every episode, by now.

If there is nothing else to praise about this show, at least you getta look at Leah Remini. HUB-Ah...HUB-Ah.

[jwyblejr]

For me,it's Becker. Now that I've watched it a few times,I kinda like it.

[HardyGirl]

I didn't watch Everybody Loves Raymond during it's network run, but I've been catching it on TVLand (oh brother), and I actually like it.

[saildog]

I didn't watch Everybody Loves Raymond during it's network run, but I've been catching it on TVLand (oh brother), and I actually like it.

That's another one that I am coming around to liking.

Ray is whiney as all get out, Debra has a stick up her butt, but Frank, Marie, and Robert are great characters that are well played.

My Niece, who just turned 9 amazed me a few years back when she stated, "You know, I started watching the reruns from the beginning and it really makes a difference when you see the stories in order. When they do something, it is funny because you understand what made them do that. You have to watch them all for it to make sense. I kind of get it now."

My Niece, the Twenty-Five year old trapped inside a Nine Year Old.:smiley1:

Gawd, I can't wait to see what this kid is going to be like when she IS 25!

[garagesale]

Ignored and refused to watch Buffy/Angel and Smallville for years. Figured those shows were all just "90210 meets ___________." Became a believer on Smallville about 4 years ago and just jumped into the Whedonverse last spring. Real happy I gave these "teen" shows a chance!

JamesD

[saildog]

Ignored and refused to watch Buffy/Angel and Smallville for years. Figured those shows were all just "90210 meets ___________." Became a believer on Smallville about 4 years ago and just jumped into the Whedonverse last spring. Real happy I gave these "teen" shows a chance!

JamesD

Yeah, you and Betty liking Smallville made me give it a chance. Especially when you pointed out the Clark/Lex aspect being very Greek Tragedy and the colors being an indication of what was happening in the scene. Very perceptive on your part and just the kind of thing I tend to miss, prima facie. I'm glad you piped up because that me give the series a second chance and I love it. Beyond that, my Niece is now watching every episode in order and I get to hear her opinion and, by extension, my Sister's opinion (and my Sister is pretty freakin' smart and well-read). They both have made me realize things, apart from the Superman Mythos, that make the series even more fascinating to me. It's been a nice shared experience for the three of us. Each of us have had something to contribute.

Given your literary and pop-culture background, if you and your accomplished family say Buffy/Angel are worth making an effort to view....well, I'm going to take up the challenge.

[wilbs518]

Enterprise
New Outer Limits

[DocDrako]

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - When I first saw it, the shadows on the bottom of the screen were so distracting that I couldn't stand it. But after watching about 7 episodes (I was leaving the tv on for sound at night and it was on every night in my area), I began to ignore the shadows and started noticing the jokes and the bad movies, and I've been hooked ever since. MST3K hooked me so well that I'm a big fan of crappy movies now and have quite a collection of the lamest, most unwatchable crap ever made like Laserhawk, Cry of the Penguins, & Prisoners of the Lost Universe. I love really bad movies now. Just for the chance to mock them. Thank you MST3K. I love you.

:grin:

[kryptosmaster]

I'm still trying to think of a show that fits the topic of the thread.
:smiley1:
Rich

[Hector]

I never had HBO when the Sopranos aired, but I did try to watch it a few times on A&E



A&E?

Oh dude...Sopranos was edited like hell on A&E...come on now...you were watching a completely different show...you need to watch the original HBO stuff...

:smiley1:

[saildog]

A&E?

Oh dude...Sopranos was edited like hell on A&E...come on now...you were watching a completely different show...you need to watch the original HBO stuff...

:smiley1:

Well, the A&E version IS better than the PAX version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYN8loUboA

:grin:

[Hector]

:smiley1:

[HardyGirl]

That's another one that I am coming around to liking.

Ray is whiney as all get out, Debra has a stick up her butt, but Frank, Marie, and Robert are great characters that are well played.

My Niece, who just turned 9 amazed me a few years back when she stated, "You know, I started watching the reruns from the beginning and it really makes a difference when you see the stories in order. When they do something, it is funny because you understand what made them do that. You have to watch them all for it to make sense. I kind of get it now."

My Niece, the Twenty-Five year old trapped inside a Nine Year Old.:smiley1:

Gawd, I can't wait to see what this kid is going to be like when she IS 25!


:smiley1: That's pretty funny, Todd. It sounds like your niece is an old soul.