What TV show(s) do you think has been on too long and is starting to be pretty damn stupid?

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frizzlefry

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<< These were &quot;pretty damn dumb&quot; when they started:

Boston Public
ER
Alley McBeal
Friends
Seinfeld
Law &amp; Order

amish
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Law and Order? You think that's a dumb show? Its been around longer than most other shows. Stil wins awards. I don't think you could consider that a stupid show...... ;)
 

Alienwho

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<< These were &quot;pretty damn dumb&quot; when they started:

Boston Public
ER
Alley McBeal
Friends
Seinfeld
Law &amp; Order

amish
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I agree with everything but Seinfeld, I like that show.

I also like 3rd rock.
 

Jex

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How about Real World... Ever since like the 3rd season, they've got this formula for who's on and it's always the same...

1 gay guy, 1 drunk, 1 a$$hold, 1 princess, etc
 

mrchan

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whoooooooa, come now. let's not get irrational. how could anyone in their right mind suggest that the simpsons was anything less than a great cartoon. it will be the longest running tv show ever.
 

cmdavid

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<< The Simpsons >>



well i think you suck.. and you've been on crack for too damn long...
 

bigredguy

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how dare you say the simpsons! they rule!

they are about the only think i watched when i was 10 and still watch, but it seems lately the writers have slacked off, the plots are so random. the first five minutes have nothing to do with the rest of the show. i love the simpsons but i fear for there iminent demise
 

Sugadaddy

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<< These were &quot;pretty damn dumb&quot; when they started:

Boston Public
ER
Alley McBeal
Friends
Seinfeld
Law &amp; Order

amish
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huh?, what do you watch? I agree with a few, but BP and L&amp;O aren't that bad, and Seinfeld was the greatest show ever to grace the TV screen. I cried when they finished the last show. :)
 

geno

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<< The Simpsons >>


DIE!!!!!



ok, maybe that's too harsh - but you deseve a smack for that post!
 

Pabster

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Weakest Link, Survivor, all these friggin' &quot;reality&quot; series. And don't get me started on that new one where people &quot;confront&quot; their &quot;worst fears&quot;. The whole reality concept has gotten out of hand. These networks need to invest in some higher quality programming.

That british chick on Weakest Link drives me batty, and not in a good way :D
 

Pabster

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xochi wrote:

&quot;no metion of the X-files?

i stopped watching that show three years ago.&quot;

WHAT? X-Files is the greatest. I'm still watching shows from early seasons, for christs sake :)
 

ViRGE

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Reality TV must go. Survivor, The Real World, Road Rules, Fear Factor, The Mole, The Amazing Race(Hasn't even started yet), Big Brother; they all must go.:| I live with reality all day, I don't want to come home to it!:|
 

DRGrim

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I agree, the simpsons are starting to be pretty damn stupid. They should switch times with Futurama, now thats a great show :)
 

luv2chill

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Seinfeld???????????

That's BLASPHEMY!!! I swear I've never found a show that is just so damn entertaining even though I've seen every episode multiple times and there hasn't been a new once since 1998. Just last night &quot;The Nap&quot; was on and I was busting up laughing at Kramer swimming laps in the East River.

That has got to be among the top five TV shows of all time.

l2c
 

kvelouria

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King of the Hill - getting stupider by the episode. The only funny people there are the neighbors, and the voices drive me nuts.
MASH - I didn't mind the reruns until a few months ago, but now I've seen EVERY EPISODE OF THIS GOD FORSAKEN SHOW AT LEAST FIFTY TIMES.
Roseanne - She stopped making new shows and she's STILL bothering me.
Leno - The guy is a royal jerk. Even Craig Kilborn is funnier than him.
Matlock - Will someone please put Andy Griffith to rest?
Voyager - This show wasn't even good enough for repeats in the first place.
Unsolved Mysteries - When we start talking about people who disappeared in 1993, it's time to give up hope.

There're more, but I can't think of all of them at the moment.
 

kvelouria

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Oh, and the Weakest Link. There's something wrong with a trivia game show where the smartest person doesn't win. or the second smartest. And usually not even the third smartest.
 

bigd480

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I can't believe no one said &quot;Who Wants to be a Farkin Moron?&quot; My grandma/parents watch that crap and it's so annoying... The first 8 questions are mindlessly easy and then Jethro spends all his life lines on the next one and still gets it wrong...

oh, and anything on MTV - they need to shut that crap down and go back to playing videos only... like MTV2...