Shows that qualify for a "double facepalm"

Richard Dower

Hank, ooh and Ugly Betty

Pushtrak

Big Brother.

Mossy Monk

The Hills and that other thing that spawned from it

Richard Dower

Mossy Monk wrote: »

The Hills and that other thing that spawned from it

The City? ...i'd throw Jersey Shore in that pot.

Chinafoot

Flash Forward.

rovert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKYn5xAfHKQ

tvnutz

All your favourite shows Rich

SoupyNorman

CSI, LOST, The Hills.

jonas7

All Ireland Talent Show, if ever there was a show that made you want to bite your fist with embarressment then this is it.

Richard Dower

tvnutz wrote: »

All your favourite shows Rich

:mad: - my shows are breaking ratings records in the US!

Queen-Mise

SoupyNorman wrote: »

CSI, LOST, The Hills.

+ Infinity on CSI and all similar shows to it. I think the format of them all is ridiculous, someone commits a crime, some investigation, maybe some forensics and hey presto we have found the criminal. And every time and on every show they find the criminal. How are people not bored of it ? It has to be a case of find Wally, for the criminal this time.

They are exceptions like Bones - but then that is focused far more on humour and the characters that the crime solving.

SoupyNorman

Queen-Mise wrote: »

+ Infinity on CSI and all similar shows to it. I think the format of them all is ridiculous, someone commits a crime, some investigation, maybe some forensics and hey presto we have found the criminal. And every time and on every show they find the criminal. How are people not bored of it ? It has to be a case of find Wally, for the criminal this time.

They are exceptions like Bones - but then that is focused far more on humour and the characters that the crime solving.

They dont become bored as they are bedazzled by all the pretty colours and uber glossy, CGI enhanced everything. Makes me sick

Richard Dower

^ yeah, but....Hodges is funny!, and Wendy is HOT!!!

Wedges4Ever

Chinafoot

Chinafoot wrote: »

Flash Forward.

nooooo, I Loved it!

Shows featuring "the worlds fattest teenager" or "monkey boy" or "britains youngest parents".

No. One. Cares.

Monkeybonkers

Surely 2 and a half men has to be on this list.
What a complete pile of rubbish. I find it very hard to believe that people actually find this funny. Is it one of the top rated American shows though?
Is there even one joke in this crap that can't be seen coming two hours before the episode even starts?
I'd say the only people that get a laugh out of this are the writers who can write any kind of drivel that they like and get paid for it.
Can anyone that does find it funny explain to me what exactly they find funny about it? Is it the jokes (surely not), the characters (you need help) or the innovative plotlines (this is obviously a joke worthy of inclusion on the show).
Canned laughter does not a comedy make.
The worst excuse for a comedy that I have ever had the misfortune to have seen.

Mr E

Richard Dower wrote: »

Shows that qualify for a "double facepalm"

You know, I saw the thread title, and who created the thread, and I thought, uh oh! No offense Rich, but you're like a kid with backpack full of shovels on an open beach.....

In fairness, it took a whole 3 minutes before The Hills was mentioned (I thought it'd be quicker).

Anyhoo.... I'd agree with Jersey Shore. I saw the first one, and I've never seen 8 more wholly unlikeable people on one show, ever.

amacachi

rovert wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKYn5xAfHKQ

Love that, Bob Geldof tells us to help the World, looks like he epically ****ing failed in his own family.

Am I right in remembering she refers to L Ron Hubbard as "pop psychology".

jd007

i'm A Celebrity............SHÍTE!!!

amacachi

Monkeybonkers wrote: »

Surely 2 and a half men has to be on this list.
What a complete pile of rubbish. I find it very hard to believe that people actually find this funny. Is it one of the top rated American shows though?
Is there even one joke in this crap that can't be seen coming two hours before the episode even starts?
I'd say the only people that get a laugh out of this are the writers who can write any kind of drivel that they like and get paid for it.
Can anyone that does find it funny explain to me what exactly they find funny about it? Is it the jokes (surely not), the characters (you need help) or the innovative plotlines (this is obviously a joke worthy of inclusion on the show).
Canned laughter does not a comedy make.
The worst excuse for a comedy that I have ever had the misfortune to have seen.

Totally agree. Ya know those nights ya leave Paramount on in the Background, and some Goddawful Stand-Up is on. But ya leave it on maybe there'll be the odd laugh. 2 and a half men comes on and ya dont bother changing the channel. Then 15 minutes later it comes back from a break and ya realise the break was way better than that ****ing ****E.

alastair_doom

Deal or no deal.

Every other show (ever) i can at least see some entertainment value in.

Penn

The Big Bang Theory, mainly because of this guy



Jesus... what a god awful character....

pipeliner

any of those conspiracy shows on discovery. It has about 5 minutes of footage before repeating it over and over again.

It never teaches you anything new due to patent and copyright laws imo

D-Generate

Jersey Shore is car crash material. Each episode involves a fight at some bar and then the cast members subsequently saying how cool they are and how they beat up some punk. **** heads the lot of them

Damian Duffy

Fair City.

Conor108

Please for your own sake dont even bother playing the video:)

The Hills + The City

Hideous 'characters', contrived 'reality', and a bunch of spoilt rich idiots living it up off daddys money

Basq

To be fair.. I'm not a fan of 'The Big Bang Theory' but it's 'Fawlty Towers' when compared to the steaming pile turd that is 'Two And A Half Men'.

Auvers

KnifeWRENCH

Any "comedy" made by RTE.
Also, most dramad made by RTE. (The Clinic being a possible exception)

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

The Big Bang Theory

You got in there before Elmo. Impressive.

BigDuffman

Peaches Gelf*ckoff makes me lose my faith in humanity, or people ever naming their children reasonably.

magma69

I'm a celebrity dancing in the jungle on ice singing the x factor whilst big brother watches to see who has got talent to be the survivor. Fuck right off.

(That post may be better suited to ranting and raving)

pickarooney

I don't understand the thread title. What's the criteria?

Damian Duffy

pickarooney wrote: »

I don't understand the thread title. What's the criteria?

Shows that qualify for a "double facepalm" - incredibly **** shows that make you wonder who watches them.

JP Liz

Michelle Heaton

L.T.D

Xpose

TheEscapist

Reality TV goes without saying, I just hate the current crop of American sitcoms - How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men. And to think something like Arrested Development got cancelled while these shows get huge ratings!

krudler

Xpose, christ what a terrible show, sub z list presenters thinking they're best friends with "celebs" (anyone who uses that phrase deserves to be stabbed), one of the most vapid, pointless shows on tv

The Apprentice, watch a bunch of dickheads fight it out to be another dickheads lackey, and the contestants, sweet jesus, theres scary eyes girl, mucksavage man, backstabbing bitchface, cocky asshole and the nice simpleton, its like a Justice League of assholes

panda100

I remember seeing someone taking the piss out of the Peaches Geldof and Fearne Cotton docu thing but cant remember where?Was it on Charlie Brookers screenwipe? It was very funny anyways

For me its got to be 'The King of Queens' and 'Two and a half men', God Paramount Comedy channel used to be great before it became Comedy Central :mad:

RadioCity

Colm & Jim Jim's Home Run

free gaff?

any comedy with irish involvement. the irish are kinda dry and it shows in comedy

jd007

alastair_doom wrote: »

Deal or no deal.

Every other show (ever) i can at least see some entertainment value in.

Don't mind the English one, but the Irish one is a disaster!

sky88

any soaps just terrible

JesseCuster

Definitely Two and a Half Men, what a steaming pile of horse manure.
I cannot fathom how it so popular.

Oh and that new show on the BBC, Big Top, is absolutely dreadful too (so it's not just RTE who make terrible comedies!)

Tetra

Age of Love

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Love_(TV_series)

grimm2005

free gaff? wrote: »

any comedy with irish involvement. the irish are kinda dry and it shows in comedy

:eek: what about graham linehan's shows? father ted, black books, the it crowd, big train and he also worked on the fast show and brass eye

massive +1 for two and a half men. also just about any show on mtv

Elmo

jd007 wrote: »

Don't mind the English one, but the Irish one is a disaster!

I honestly don't get this. Deal or No Deal UK is far more facepalm, quadroubple your Irish deal or no deal face palm.

Noel's Christmas Present.

And I think you all know the other show I would usually state, its already been mention and I don't need to mention it in this post

Its a fixture on my sig anyway

Pushtrak

Monkeybonkers wrote: »

Surely 2 and a half men has to be on this list.

Ha, yeah, I forgot about that dire show. Seeing that mentioned reminds me of another "Everybody loves Raymond".

I haven't seen Big Bang Theory. Have had lots of people tell me I "really ought to look at it" but it has never really been on my radar. Never seen any ads on it or anything, so its not based on anything. This thread isn't making me inclined to make watching it a priority, and that should I watch it, not to expect much from it.

Elmo

Pushtrak wrote: »

I haven't seen Big Bang Theory. Have had lots of people tell me I "really ought to look at it" but it has never really been on my radar. Never seen any ads on it or anything, so its not based on anything. This thread isn't making me inclined to make watching it a priority, and that should I watch it, not to expect much from it.

From the people who brought you "2 and a half men" ..... They are geeks .... She is goodlooking ....