What is the worst TV show ever created?

its_steve116 · 28-10-2022 3:11am #1

What, do you reckon, is the worst television programme to have ever hit screens?

sydthebeat · 28-10-2022 6:33am

Big bang theory

whomitconcerns · 28-10-2022 6:35am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058269385/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-ever-created

What do you think it is?

corcaigh07 · 28-10-2022 6:39am

Made in Chelsea

Collie D · 28-10-2022 6:42am

Deal or no Deal

Fr Tod Umptious · 28-10-2022 7:06am

Upwardly Mobile

28-10-2022 7:16am

Against the head

HalloweenJack · 28-10-2022 7:36am

A laugh track is always a warning sign. I don't need to be told when to laugh. If something is truly funny, it'll make me laugh naturally.

One show that sticks out in my mind is 2 Broke Girls. I watched a few episodes of it one night in a hotel where it was the only programme in English I could find.

I'm actually getting angry at how bad it was. All the characters are uninaginative stereotypes from a 1970s sitcom, yet it was made in the 2010s. The humour is lowest common denominator stuff, just loads of hackeneyed jokes about sex and stereotypes. The characters are all wooden and obnoxious.

I used to watch Two and a Half Men back in the day and was able to switch off my brain for that. The other day, I caught a bit of it and it is terrible. I guess I always knew it was terrible but it really does not hold up well, if it ever did.

As for Big Bang Theory, I reckon its popular because its nerdy and makes people feel smart. The humour isn't anything special, just something new. Its from Chuck Lorre, the same creator as Two and a Half Men, who also created Dharma and Greg and Mom, two other shows I never got into. The Komknsky Method was good, though.

Potential-Monke · 28-10-2022 7:41am

If we're being serious, maybe Japan gets the honor with Susunu! Denpa Shonen. Aside from having just a crazy premise in general where they literally push people to mental breakdowns in order to win money, perhaps the most famous one is of the poor Nasubi, where people continued to watch, en masse, as someone literally lost their sanity in an increasingly cruel fashion:

https://movieweb.com/japanese-reality-show-nasubi/

Plenty of videos on AdTube of varying lengths if you want more info.

Pherekydes · 28-10-2022 7:47am

Big Brother.

Sleepy · 28-10-2022 8:36am

There's Something about Miriam was a particularly exploitive bit of trash reality TV that lead to the Miriam of the title taking her own life (though I heard on the radio recently that her husband believes she was murdered).

Xander10 · 28-10-2022 8:42am

Loose Women

Wanderer2010 · 28-10-2022 8:50am

Any soap. They all have the exact same storylines going through them and are as predictable a format as you can imagine.

Akrasia · 28-10-2022 8:55am

The angelus.

Tinter Box · 28-10-2022 8:58am

Fade Street.

cml387 · 28-10-2022 9:00am

Do a Wikipedia search for "Heil Honey I'm Home".

28-10-2022 10:09am

Angela Scanlon's "Ask me anything"

Badly Drunk Boy · 28-10-2022 10:25am

Last Of The Summer Wine. I was going to say Deal Or No Deal but Collie D beat me to it.

mattser · 28-10-2022 10:41am

Bridget and Eamon

Ger Roe · 28-10-2022 10:46am

The comment above about a laughing track being added is usually a good warning alright ... but I suggest one notable exception.

There were laughing tracks on MASH, and it was a top quality programme. In fact, I think the track was unnecessary and actually took away from my enjoyment of the episodes.

For worst TV show ever?.... it has to be any of the fake beauty/date progs like Love Island, First Dates, etc. All dangerous drivel projecting a very unhealthy focus on looks and dysfunctional relationships and exploiting the people that appear on them, even though they don't seem to know it.

rob316 · 28-10-2022 10:53am

Love Island - a brain dead show of brain dead people getting famous and rich for nothing.

Mad_maxx · 28-10-2022 10:58am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119803437#Comment_119803437

While I never liked it, it was aimed at a particular age demographic who enjoyed gentle humour with essentially nice characters on screen, extremely dated but it had a purpose

worst for me is Mrs Browns Boys

Tombo2001 · 28-10-2022 10:59am

Not saying its the worst ever, but I am kind of perplexed that Fair City has lasted so long. Its been going over 30 years, without ever really gripping the public imagination compared to say Glenroe.