T.V Series that would no longer work if written today

AMKC

I will start with

Baywatch and

Two and a Half Men.

Wtf ?

Roots.

sumsar

Cheers

Dravokivich

Why wouldnt it work?

Signore Fancy Pants

The Benny Hill Show.

Salmon Leap

Love thy Neighbour

Sleeper12

Wtf ? wrote:

Roots.

Didn't they redo roots only 2 or 3 years ago? Very successful again too

Del2005

Any of the 70s/80s British sitcoms.

barney shamrock

The black and white minstrel show.
It ain't half hot mum.

maudgonner

The West Wing.



Nobody would believe that the US president could be an intelligent, noble, competent leader, with a staff that challenge him instead of yes-men.

Better Than Christ

All the soaps.

People sitting around in pubs. Remember pubs?

cj maxx

Scarecrow and Mrs king.
They'd be riding like hell.
Hart to Hart .
Max would be creepy, just too creepy

GinSoaked

Along with Benny Hill there would be

Till Death Us Do Part

Brass Eye.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Three's company/Man about the house. Think of the snowflakes...

Better Than Christ

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Three's company/Man about the house. Think of the snowflakes...

Is it only 'the snowflakes' who don't like shit ITV sitcoms from the '70s?

Class MayDresser

Well I know what you're thinking, this time you'd be right.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Better Than Christ wrote: »

Is it only 'the snowflakes' who don't like shit ITV sitcoms from the '70s?

Sorry, is it only "TV series that would no longer work" because they were ****...?

If so, OP should have been clearer. If not, you've missed the point!

Larbre34

Jim'll fix it.

DeanAustin

Married with Children.

The early seasons of that programme were genius but so many of the jokes now would be viewed very badly.

Surprised to see someone say Cheers. Bought the box set recently and, with some exceptions, it still stands up.

Chalk McHugh

Im watching Curb Your Enthusiasm again at the minute. Great Show but there's one episode i find bit weird. Larry is at a party and some blokes kid is in the nip and Larry starts saying ' congratulations your son has a nice big penis' to the father. And keeps saying it even when the bloke goes mad.

I just dont get this. See nothing normal or funny in it and if it happened today the show would be taken off air. Im no prude and love a good laugh but its perverted in a creepy way.

Rodney Bathgate

Love Thy Neighbour

L.Jenkins

I'm sure Glenroe wouldn't fear so well. Too many of us would be having flashbacks of a Sunday night.

Salmon Leap

Are you being Served?

angel eyes 2012

Calor Housewife of the Year. Although the Rose of Tralee is still around and is pretty much the same rubbish.

Suckit

Till Death Us Do Part
Only Fools and Horses
Married with Children
Steptoe and Son

Father Ted


Noone gives a sh1te about priests

bottlebrush

The professionals

Salmon Leap

bottlebrush wrote: »

The professionals

Well then The Sweeney and Minder have no chance either 🙂

Strumms

angel eyes 2012 wrote: »

Calor Housewife of the Year. Although the Rose of Tralee is still around and is pretty much the same rubbish.

Calor housewife of the year was gas.

Rose of Tralee, jesus I was about to say I’d imagine that shows days might be numbered but over 700,000 tuned in to see the last one. :eek: just over a 6th of the population. Madness.

bottlebrush

Salmon Leap wrote: »

Well then The Sweeney and Minder have no chance either 🙂

I agree

Chalk McHugh

Strumms wrote: »

Calor housewife of the year was gas.

Rose of Tralee, jesus I was about to say I’d imagine that shows days might be numbered but over 700,000 tuned in to see the last one. :eek: just over a 6th of the population. Madness.

Always wondered how they did those tv ratings. I just cannot see 700,000 watching that horse manure. If you were at home and flicking through the channels and happened to just put RTE 1 and 2 on for a split second they'd probably add you to the numbers. There cant be 700,000 nutters that watch that ha.

Richard Hillman

There is no way that Channel 4 would allow the Inbetweeners be shown if it came out today without fiddling with it. Any so called homphobic slurs would be cut out and the cast would need to be "diverse"

Strumms

Chalk McHugh wrote: »

Always wondered how they did those tv ratings. I just cannot see 700,000 watching that horse manure. If you were at home and flicking through the channels and happened to just put RTE 1 and 2 on for a split second they'd probably add you to the numbers. There cant be 700,000 nutters that watch that ha.

It sounds crazy. WHY or WHERE would you get 700000 to watch that.. actually just reading and RTÉ don’t quote any sources, must be their own number.

Riesen_Meal

Fantasy Island

Magnum PI

Suckit

Suckit wrote: »

Only Fools and Horses

So many homophobic aspects not too mention the sexual / women jokes.

I still find it hilarious though

Fieldog

Fieldog wrote: »

Magnum PI

There's a fresh version currently on the

Strumms

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

So many homophobic aspects not too mention the sexual / women jokes.

I still find it hilarious though

It’s dated slightly in that respect. Also in earlier episodes there would be certain gags in certain scenarios that’s by today’s standards could be considered racist... John Sullivan probably very cleverly got and gets away with it as part of the appeal of the show is that every character get the piss ripped out of them for any and ALL reasons... so it’s not discriminatory.

Riesen_Meal

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

There's a fresh version currently on the

Wow, didn't know that!

Larbre34

Fieldog wrote: »

Fantasy Island

Magnum PI

And a movie of the former just came out too!

Although its basically a version of 'Hostel' set in the Tropics. Spoiler Alert.

ILoveYourVibes

Spaced.

Two people managing to live in a flat on minimal wage jobs or no money to follow their dreams in the arts.

Riesen_Meal

Larbre34 wrote: »

And a movie of the former just came out too!

Although its basically a version of 'Hostel' set in the Tropics. Spoiler Alert.

Sign me up, hahaha

indioblack

Del2005 wrote: »

Any of the 70s/80s British sitcoms.

Porridge? A brilliant sit-com. Excellently written, hardly any excess dialogue, realistic characters, cleverly constructed situations.
Has stood the test of time.

Gunmonkey

Friends.

Not a hope it would remain anywhere the same as the original.

snoopboggybog

South Park still gets away with everything.

arcticmonkeys

DeanAustin wrote: »

Married with Children.

The early seasons of that programme were genius but so many of the jokes now would be viewed very badly.

I was about to put Married with children as well,watched this a couple of months back made me crack up.

Say Your Number

Wasn't it some woman going on telly complaining about how offensive Married With Children was in the eighties that exposed it to a new audience and it got very popular after that, it might not have gone on as long if it wasn't for the "outrage brigade"

Sexual Chocolate

Only fools and horses.

Could you imagine 2020 Del Boy asking Mike for a pina colada ?

Grab All Association

Why can’t Ben Cartwright be black?

un5byh7sqpd2x0

Mrs Slocombe’s pussy

jimmyrustle

Deleted User wrote: »

Father Ted


Noone gives a sh1te about priests

Indeed. I love Fr Ted but the idea of incompetent, criminal priests was a lot more subversive even in the 90s than it would be now.

I remember the last time Mrs Doubtfire was repeated on RTE or whoever, thinking this gas film likely will be blacklisted within a few years. The idea there should be something humorous, over the top or ridiculous about a man dressing as a woman as the plot of a comedy will no doubt get it tossed in the drawer soon enough.