# 5 worst hit Sit-coms **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979 "2006-03-26T18:43:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/1 "2006-03-26T18:43:55Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Aw, now you’ve gone and opened a new can of worms here. (Perhaps a new thread should be started so as not to hijack this one?) But I’ll join in on the worst sitcoms as well (using so-called “hits” as a basis, not short-lived sitcoms). By request: the worst of the hits. The ones that just make you question the tastes of not only the Neilsen families, but your fellow human beings in general. 1. **I Love Lucy** - the unquestioned champion suck-fest-orama. If this was comedy then I’ll take drama the rest of my life, thank you very much. 2. **The Facts of Life** - enough said. 3. **Malcolm In The Middle** - total garbage, not a redeemable character anywhere 4. **Everybody Loves Raymond** - no we don’t. 5. **Family Guy** - cheap, bad Simpson’s knockoff, purile at best YMMV, of course. What hits make you shake your head with disbelief? ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/2 "2006-03-26T18:55:26Z")
\*\*Malcolm \*\* and \*\*Raymond \*\* I agree with. **Family Guy** is nothing like the Simpsons – which in fact now seems to be cribbing from FG’s style – and is one of the best shows, not the worst, on my lists. **Becker** and **Wings** were pretty bad. **Coach** was easily my least favorite show ever, but I might be biased . ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/3 "2006-03-26T19:14:44Z")
Vernoica’s Closet, Suddenly Susan, Caroline in the City – I could go on but I just got Oblivion installed! ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/4 "2006-03-26T19:22:18Z")
How _Mama’s Family_ stayed on the air so long while being so consistently unfunny continues to amaze me. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/5 "2006-03-26T19:25:12Z")
How on earth did it take five whole posts before someone mentioned Full House??! ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/6 "2006-03-26T19:25:40Z")
I haven’t SEEN every sit-com ever made, of course, but of the ones I _have_ seen, these are near my bottom: The Simpsons Alf Becker Joey Suddenly Susan ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/7 "2006-03-26T19:27:44Z")
1. King of Queens 2. Becker 3. Dharma & Greg 4. I Love Lucy 5. Bewitched ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/8 "2006-03-26T19:35:19Z")
1. Full House 2. Seinfeld 3. All in the Family 4. that one with the identical cousins 5. that one with Nell Carter ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/9 "2006-03-26T19:37:08Z")
The Andy Griffith Show Full House The War At Home Small Wonder Everybody Loves Raymond ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/10 "2006-03-26T19:49:54Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Small Wonder I came in here to say Small Wonder! And its boring kid-centric, humor-deprived cousins Punky Brewster, Webster, Alf and Full House. Not a laugh to be had among 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/11 "2006-03-26T19:58:06Z")
I liked Raymond’s mother. Full House sucks, as does Harry and the Hendersons. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/12 "2006-03-26T20:30:48Z")
Ed Earl Three’s Company What was that god-awful thing with the blowsy wife, the trashy daughter and the moron husband? That crapfest about the two gay guys with whatsername and that woman with the squealy voice that makes me want to perform a tracheotomy without anesthesia. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/13 "2006-03-26T20:53:01Z")
In no particular order: 1. That 70’s Show. 2. Three’s Company 3. All in the Family 4. Veronica’s Closet 5. Two and a Half Men ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/14 "2006-03-26T21:19:03Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > What was that god-awful thing with the blowsy wife, the trashy daughter and the moron husband? _Married With Children_. I hated that show. I liked _Raymond_ the first few years it was on. Then it became the same old, same old. I never saw the humor in _The Andy Griffith Show_ either. I think it played more toward the folksy than for actual laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/15 "2006-03-26T21:24:41Z")
I agree with Three’s Company, was not funny at all and even worse was Suzanne Somers being crammed down our throat as teh hottness. Joyce Dewitt was cuter IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/16 "2006-03-26T21:32:13Z")
> [@Operation Ripper](#): > > I agree with Three’s Company, was not funny at all and even worse was Suzanne Somers being crammed down our throat as teh hottness. Joyce Dewitt was cuter IMHO. Norman Fell made me want to go buy a shotgun. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/17 "2006-03-26T21:51:17Z")
Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/18 "2006-03-26T22:02:23Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > 1. that one with the identical cousins > 2. that one with Nell Carter “The Patty Duke Show” and “Gimme a Break”? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/19 "2006-03-26T22:05:38Z")
My Mother the Car Gilligan’s Island Green Acres I win ! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/20 "2006-03-26T22:08:26Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > How on earth did it take five whole posts before someone mentioned Full House??! Full House was for children; it’s kind of unfair to compare it to sitcoms for grown ups. I gotta say “Three’s Company” as well. John Ritter was always very funny. Unfortunately, the rest of the show sucked all the funny out of the TV. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979.md?page=2)