Stefan Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 To extend on the point I was getting to above, that is why BBC shows, in general, are seen to be so much better than those in the US. They do not overstay their welcome. For example, one of my favourite BBC comedies was Extras. However, you can tell that Ricky Gervais progressed the character as long as he should have. It's one of my favourite shows, yet it really would have grown stale and old if he extended it another 1 or 2 seasons. To be honest, Big Bang Theory would have been better had they limited it to maybe 3 seasons. Even a once favourite show of mine, Community, would have been viewed as a truly fantastic tv show of it's time, had they actually limited it to 2 or 3 seasons. As referenced in the season 3 episode when the group went to see a "psychiatrist", Community college usually lasts only 2 years. At this point, it's starting to grow stale. Very, very few shows continue to be funny during a 8-9 seasons run. Seinfeld and the office managed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Seinfeld and the office managed They absolutely have/had (The Office this season and last can be argued though). That's why I said that very few tv shows can make the run past 3 seasons and still remain funny/"relevant". When you truly look at fantastic tv shows over time that went 5-9 seasons, the number of great shows is such a small number compared to the amount of utter garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Just name some shows you find overrated (except Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, or Dexter cause you're INSANE if you say one of those ). A premature one for me is Suits. I saw about six episodes and was bored as hell through every single one of them. I never saw what was so great about the show or the characters (and Rick Hoffman has a face a mother couldn't even love). Modern Family sucks. The characters are just annoying as it gets now. Can't believe this show still has a fan base (unless people tune in occasionally to see Sarah Hyland like me). The Walking Dead had a good first season and some of the second season looked promising but I'm pretty much bored and on my phone through the entire episode until the last four minutes or so. The characters are all garbage and I honestly do not care when any of them die (ON THE SHOW!) This pretty much sums the show up: And I never laugh at Community. But I really don't laugh at much of anything. you must be a hoot to be around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 you must be a hoot to be around :lol:Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George asked Jerry not to be funny around his girlfriend, so he was all serious and sad all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Any of the aimed at 12-16 year old girl demographic "dancing with your american idol's got talent" garbage that keeps knocking actually good shows off the air. Teenage girls of North America, you are ruining television. Stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remy Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Homeland! The show is absolutely ridiculous, and I don't like a single character. Some extremely cliche elements for a show too often touted as "groundbreaking". I cannot agree with Sopranos or Breaking Bad in this thread (especially if you only watched four episodes of the latter), and I think Community is still a great show. But other than that, I agree with most of the other nominees. Remember when Big Bang was about this relatable group of guys that were so awkward you wanted them to succeed, but could relate to their failures? Well, now three of the four have girlfriends, two of which are pretty smokin'. Definitely lost some of its appeal. And I never liked Friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Also despise the umpteen mindless, formulaic crime shows. Crime is committed, crime is investigated, crime is almost solved until twist is introduced, twist is solved, crime is solveds... rinse repeat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Alright, I'll be the first to say it. Family Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hartnell's Mane Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Alright, I'll be the first to say it. Family Guy Even speaking as a big Family Guy fan and an even bigger fan of Seth MacFarlane after he totally castrated Brian..it seems like...I agree with you. He's turned Brian into a docile wimp when he used to be so militant and strong willed. I didn't like that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Even speaking as a big Family Guy fan and an even bigger fan of Seth MacFarlane after he totally castrated Brian..it seems like...I agree with you. He's turned Brian into a docile wimp when he used to be so militant and strong willed. I didn't like that at all. Neutered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hartnell's Mane Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 LMFAO!!!! Exactly! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hartnell's Mane Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Ok I gotta take back a bit of the neutered comment. In a recent episode when Stewie brought all of his old GFs together for an intervention and he ranted on them and at the last told Stewie he was more of a woman than anyone in this room that was pretty bad ass. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Family guy is now a parody of itself. I also HATE Corner Gas. Its painfully unfunny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 The Soprano's, save yourself a good portion of your life and watch Goodfellas instead. Goodfellas is great, Sopranos is a masterpiece. Can't think of a better drama in tv history. Phenomenal acting, rich and layered story, intelligent and hilarious writing. Minus the first season, which has major production issues, this show is an absolute gem. Strongly encourage everyone watches it if they haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck_trevor16 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 all cable shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j3ff Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Wilfred is probably the worst show I have ever seen, some guy in a dog suit walking around... too stupid, too unrealistic edit: and for the record Suits is a pretty sweet show I like it so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Hate to say it, but Game of Thrones is starting to join this list for me. I've yet to be impressed by this season. Hopefully it starts getting better quickly. The next episode sounds promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Hate to say it, but Game of Thrones is starting to join this list for me. I've yet to be impressed by this season. Hopefully it starts getting better quickly. The next episode sounds promising. I don't think a shaky start to the third season makes a show "overrated". This is the season where everything really hits the fan so it should pick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoreanHockeyFan Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Not The Big Bang Theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I also HATE Corner Gas. Its painfully unfunny. I used to be a lot more stuck up when I used to watch movies, tv shows, or listen to music. So when something was popular, I would often go against the grain to be "the cool guy (often annoying guy)." So obviously, I said the same thing about Corner Gas.However, the older I got, the less I cared about certain things. Where in the past I would have never listened to Katy Perry, I actually find it quite fun sometimes.All this said, I could not agree with you more on Corner Gas. Out of every show around that I have been negative about, I have giving this show the benefit of the doubt more times than I should have. I have attempted to watch a whole episode probably upwards of 20 times, usually stopping after 10 minutes. It is absolutely awful. I live in the prairies and do not find one thing even remotely grin worthy. I honestly go into it thinking positively about it, and everytime going "Why did I do this again?"My wife is the sweetest, least cynical person I have met. She has come in when I have been watching it, and honestly said the last time, "I would rather I caught you watching porn."Corner Gas is, as you said, painfully unfunny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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