Dumb TV shows

[Gorn Captain]

I've had it with all these crummy TV shows.
The Mentalist? Yuck! I'd like to wipe that sugary smile off his face.
He's so amazing. Not!
And the show with Tim Roth? A guy scratches his ear, and yes, that means he murdered his wife in the bathroom with a rubber ducky. Please....

I'm starting my own TV show.
It's called The Proctologist.
It's about a guy who works for the NYPD (New York Proctologist Detectives). Whenever he shoves his fingers up (deleted deleted), he can just FEEL that the guy strangled his secretary, in the elevator, using a Disneyworld Mickey Mouse sock. Yeah, he can feel the guilt, radiating from the guy's butt.

Be sure to watch the season finale, when our hero, Leroy "The Fist" Malone goes DEEP, DEEP undercover, and gets stuck down there, while the bad guy shouts "I'm taking you with me, you'll never take me alive, coppers!!!!"

That show is gonna rock!

[Mego Milk]

Aw Yeah Rubber Glove!

[kennermike]

I love it funny stuff!!!!!!!! I want to do my new show Rectal CSI!!

[toys2cool]

I like The Mentalist,it's actually pretty good

[vulcan2074]

GC Your too Funny Ha Ha Ha. I never heard of the Mentalist. I did see a little bit of that Show with the Liars LOL. I lost interest in it pretty quick though
Sammy

[Marvelmania]

2 of the dumbest ever, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette

[Riffster]

I like the Mentalist

[livingdead70]

My girlfriend is all into Lost. I cant stand it. Its the same crap every week. Over and Over and Over and Over and Over. How a show that goes in so many circles can stay on is beyond me. Tv is a barren wasteland now. I pretty much only wacth History Channel, discovery and the news. And TCM.
I am so sick of reality tv and Stars dancing, working normal jobs etc........
Thank god for DVDs and VHS tapes, I can do my own progamming and dont have to watch 5000 ads for antidepressants and penis enlargments while watching!!!!!!!!! Anybody every notice how many freakin drug adds run during the 6 oclock news and on cnn msnbc etc.....
trey

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

My biggest problem with most entertainment is how predictable it gets. Part of that is my fault; I've seen so much I know the formulas.... part of it is from the industry 'cos with so much money being thrown around NOBODY wants to experiment.... and part of it is the audience, the vast majority of which WANT the same old same old. ("OBOY! A Batman film! I hope he fights the Joker!!!")

>Tv is a barren wasteland now.

I don't think it's new. Last year I was sicker than a dog.... a very sick dog, and watched a Thanksgiving "classic tv marathon" on one of the cable channels. 48 hours of old tv shows, two episdoes of each. Well, they showed the episode of "Father Knows Best" where the youngest kid got a paper route, couldn't keep up, and dad had to step in. A while later they showed the episode of "Leave It To Beaver" where the Beav got a paper route, couldn't keep up, and dad had to help out. Then there was the "Brady Bunch" episode where Bobby got a paper route, couldn't keep up, and dad had to help out. Last week I saw an ad for "Tyler Perry's House of Paine," where the kid gets a paper route....

Cruddy TV isn't a new thing.

Don C.

[Donkey Hoatie]

Tv is a barren wasteland now.

I have to disagree with this statement. In actuality, I think we've actually hit a pretty good stretch of television and I have the feeling it's only going to get better. Yes, there is still an overabundance of reality TV and some other less-than-worthwhile stuff, but the good shows that are on right now are really good.

Examples? Friday Night Lights. Best show on television right now, bar none. I'm glad to hear it will be around for at least one more season. In some other universe, this could have become some ham-fisted, clumsy, pseudo-drama that placed all the emphasis of the show on action. Instead, we've been given a tremendous character-driven vehicle that focuses on people we can care about, warts and all. Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton are probably the most realistic married couple I've ever seen on television. If you haven't seen the show before, rent it on DVD. Or, better yet, buy the first two seasons on DVD at Target for $29.99. Season two isn't as good as one, but season 3 more than made up for it.

Lost. I can understand why people are frustrated with the circular narrative of the show. It's complex. It's confusing. It's oftentimes filled with too much backstory and minutiae. But, when the payoffs arrive, they're huge. I happen to find it fascinating. I have no idea what's going to happen next, and frankly, that's just the way I like it.

30 Rock. I think we're going to be seeing much, much less of the multi-camera sit-com format, and I'm fine with that. This show is smart, timely, and completely unpredictable. The writing is beyond compare. Alec Baldwin steals every scene that he's in and displays a comedic touch that all aspiring sitcom actors should be forced to study.

The Office. It's been up. It's been down. It's back up again. Enjoy the ride.

Big Bang Theory. Ok, I guess this show is an argument for the continued use of the multi-camera format filmed in front of a studio audience. It works for the same reason that The Office does: even though the main characters are dorks, the writers don't treat them with contempt. This show would have bombed if all it did was make fun of sci-fi/comic-book geeks, but it doesn't. Instead, their geekdom gets put front and center with no apologies necessary.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Just watch it and you'll see what I mean. It's brilliant.

Sure, there's still going to be plenty of crap out there like the Bachelor. But, I think we're going to see a major uptick in overall quality over the next few years. Big budget movies aren't a sound investment any more for production companies. And, movie stars are finding that well-written television shows can garner much more favorable exposure than movies (Jason Lee, Lawrence Fishburne, Gary Sinise, Alec Baldwin). Studios have seen the kind of press that good television can bring, especially television stories that break out of conventional formats (i.e. Lost). Also, with ER going off the air this year, I think we've seen the last of the decade-plus-long shows. I envision television turning more to dramatic shows that are planned to last 3-5 years with a definitive story arc. It's hard to hold anyone's attention for long any more, so television will have to stop creating shows that limp long past their expiration dates (yeah, I was talking about ER). The future of comedies is a little harder to predict. Still, I think it's going to start getting real good real soon.

[livingdead70]

Points taken!
What really gets my motor going is all the damn infomercials, I am somewhat of a night owl, and after about 2 am there is nothing on, AMC showing Rudy or Big for the 300th time in 2 weeks.
Talking of the 50s 60s and 70s shows, Ive noticed that before too.
What I really want to say is there are too many "me too" shows on at one time now. It seems one network has a hit with a particular show, and next season the same formula is everywhere.
It seems in this day and age with so much competition that Networks would be wanting to expand a little.
The thing with infomercials is to me , I am paying for that time that the station is running a 30 minute paid ad, I understand that they have to pay bills too, but I pay for 24 hour 7 day tv, I dont want to watch Puff Daddy talk about his acne problem or Ron Jeremy try and sell me penis enlargement crap, nor do I want to buy girls gone wild. I have a girlfreind, she just doesnt cost 19.95 plus shipping and handleing, no thanks Joe.
I remember in the early to late 80s, hell even into the early 90s TV was great late night, you never knew what old movie or show youd run across. If it werent for my girlfreind I wouldnt have cable.
trey

[Adam West]

I am also a big fan of Lost. I have yet to miss an episode. My 14 year old son and I watch Lost and Heroes every week so we enjoy watching and talking about what just happened during the commercials. Also, even after I don't know how many years, I still enjoy watching Survivor. It is interesting to sit back and watch contestants make the same mistakes over and over. I realize the show is edited but it is definitely interesting to see the dynamics of placing strangers onto a proverbial desert island and watch how they align and back stab one another.

My 12 year old watched Lost for the first time last Thursday and was so confused we really couldn't explain it to her.

I generally like watching educational type programming on A&E, Discovery Channel and History Channel but my wife is hooked on Reality TV.

My wife is a reality tv junkie. If it isn't Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, the Bachelor, etc....she is watching one of my most despised shows "Jon and Kate plus 8"

I don't see any point in it but for some reason she loves the show and I think it is TLC's highest rated show so there must be a lot of people watching it.

[livnxxxl]

I am not real big into TV much at all. Give me the internet or give me death! I personally think that the TV producers are actually running out of ideas. I mean really! They have done just about everything that they could do on TV within the legal limits that is anyway. They are grasping for straws now. Every once in a while they still come up with a little something to hold my interest. I do like watching The Reaper and The Seeker. Even that gets old after a while though. Pretty much the samo samo. I like watching the news, but it is mainly about people getting killed. Hell, I can get that here at The Museum. I like Gorn Captain's idea. Even though I may not watch it since I do not like watching TV or the magnet as I call it. Gorn Captain's new show would definitely be something different for a change though. That was too funny GC.

[Bionic Joe]

Just about anything is better then

1. Scrubs
2. Friends
3. Highschool reunion
4. After MASH

[livingdead70]

Those "We have more kids than we should and depend upon handouts and money we make from this show to raise our kids" type mess is driving me mad.
Actually John and Kate doesnt bother me that bad.
Its that hypocritcal Duggar family. They dont allow tv in their home but they have thier own realality show? so your christian morals bend if there is money involved ?(I certainly dont mean to harm anyone heres relegeous beleifs .)
My girlfeind loves Lost. I started watching it when it first came out and lost track of it around season 2.
She loves to watch those Star Gossip shows like TMZ and Access Hollywood, those shows make me nuts.
So we have 2 different "tv" rooms setup, well actually she has her living room and I have a back room for my "man cave", full of all my "play prettys" as she calls them. I spend way more time on the web than I do watching tv tho.
Im thinking of some recent shows Ive enjoyed, I love Diners Drive ins and Dives on the food network (im in F and B too and work in a place that could very well be on that show). I love the Battle 360 series on History as well as UFO Hunters and Monster Hunters. I love watching Chelsea Latly ( I love the way she mocks stars that do stupid stuff, and the shows that follow that crap the way she does.). I enjoy Dirty Jobs on Discovery, My name is Earl is a cool show. But I mostly stick to my tapes,dvds and things on the web.
trey