# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/41 "2006-03-27T14:16:58Z")
Hey, I liked Perfect Strangers! My main complaint about Friends, which admittedly I rarely watched, was how the ass-ugly Chandler and Joey were somehow treated as if they were hot. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/42 "2006-03-27T14:26:52Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > Seinfeld > Seinfeld > Seinfeld > Seinfeld > Seinfeld Damn right! ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/43 "2006-03-27T14:32:44Z")
1.Full House 2.Friends 3.I Love Lucy 4.Gilligan’s Island 5.Full House ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/44 "2006-03-27T14:55:42Z")
Joey Blossom Frasier - Started strong, but then faded into mediocrity Becker Will and Grace - How many gay stereotypes and cliches can one fit in a 30 minute episode? Tune in next week to find out! ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/45 "2006-03-27T14:56:41Z")
I don’t watch enough TV to think of 5, but I despise **The War At Home**. I’ve had the TV on a few Sunday nights when I’ve been cleaning and that show’s been on. Unfunny, with whiny, annoying characters. The guy who plays the dad is possibly one of the worst actors I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/46 "2006-03-27T15:38:33Z")
This many threads and no one has brought up Joanie Loves Chachi or My Two Dads? My other 3 are: Threes Company Laverne and Shirley Hello Larry ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/47 "2006-03-27T16:06:29Z")
Some of my favorite shows are mentioned as hated - whew, what a crowd. Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, Malcolm in the Middle, Ab Fab, The Gary Shandling Show, and M_A_S_H_ are all comedies I enjoy. My dislikes: The Jeffersons Good Times - I won’t drink Kool Aid to this day! Charles in Charge Alf Girlfriends Gilligan’s Island Three’s Company ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/48 "2006-03-27T16:20:39Z")
Limiting this to sitcoms of which I have some direct knowledge. 1. Every sitcom from the '60s except The Dick Van Dyke Show and the Addams Family. (And Addams Family gets a pass for style; the writing was pretty lame.) Yes, that includes Get Smart. 2. Silver Spoons 3. Diff’rent Strokes 4. Webster (Yes, bitter child of the '80s checking in here) 1. Family Ties (I’ve never watched a complete episode of Full House, but that’s in a league of suck all its own.) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/49 "2006-03-27T16:29:02Z")
Definitely _Seinfeld_. And _Will and Grace_. And _Friends_. _Gilligan’s Island_ sucks so bad that it actually pulled the knobs off the TVs across the country. \*Frasier \* has been flailing around like the back end of a worm that’s been cut in half and doesn’t know that it’s supposed to be dead. Please don’t tell me it’s still on. I have to disagree entirely with the idea that _All in the Family_ should be anywhere near a list of worst sitcoms. That show got into so many topics that aren’t funny, but are entirely serious - crime, racism, xenophobia, on and on. At times, it was more like a drama that had an accidental laugh tossed in. Not necessarily a bad thing. Another show that’s in this category was _Good Times_. I don’t particulary care for either show, but both deserve to be recognized for the straightforward, well-written and honest way they handled touchy issues. ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/50 "2006-03-27T16:48:41Z")
What about the glurgefest that was _Family Affair_? You know (but were probably trying to forget) – Buffy, Jody, Cissy, Mr. French and Uncle Bill? It was a hit at the time but I think there’s a reason why you don’t see it brought back like some of the other late '60s sitcoms. And I’ve seen the word “purile” used at least twice in this thread by different people. It’s not a word, folks. I think you mean “puerile”. (Sorry, one of those things that bugs me.) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/51 "2006-03-27T17:08:03Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > \*Frasier \* has been flailing around like the back end of a worm that’s been cut in half and doesn’t know that it’s supposed to be dead. Please don’t tell me it’s still on. Obviously you missed the [series finale](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4971345/) and its attendant hype a couple of years ago. **Burrido** : As has been pointed out, _Walker, Texas Ranger_ was a drama. Did you mean to type [_The Texas Wheelers_?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071064/) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/52 "2006-03-27T18:45:26Z")
5 - Diff’rent Strokes 4 - Who’s the Boss? 3 - Home Improvement 2 - the show with Kirk Cameron on it 1 - Good Morning Miami ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/53 "2006-03-27T20:26:10Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Burrido** : As has been pointed out, _Walker, Texas Ranger_ was a drama. Did you mean to type [_The Texas Wheelers_?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071064/) Ha! That’s what y’all think! In fact, **Walker, Texas Ranger** is the most subtle comedy ever perpetrated on the American viewing public. ---
**Author:** ![Logan\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Logan\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan_5)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/54 "2006-03-27T21:41:00Z")
These shows bring out my inner misanthrope: Friends Perfect Strangers Cheers Step by Step Blossom ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/55 "2006-03-27T22:14:59Z")
**The Brady Bunch The Partridge Family Full House Who’s the Boss? Small Wonder** ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/56 "2006-03-27T22:30:58Z")
55 responses and no **Family Matters**? In no particular order: **Family Matters Full House Three’s Company Will and Grace Step by Step** It might say something about me that I used to watch three of these shows religiously. However, they now make me want to smash my TV set. Can I be absolved of my bad TV taste? I was only a kid! ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/57 "2006-03-27T22:53:33Z")
My two cents: Gilligan’s Island Who’s the Boss Beverly Hillbillies Roseanne Golden Glirls My favorite aged sitcom: F-Troup. 'Specially the one with Milton Berle! Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/58 "2006-03-27T23:01:40Z")
Can’t remember the name of the show, but the family name was The Seavers and it had Alan Thicke in it had some teen heartthrob kid. ---
**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 27, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/59 "2006-03-27T23:32:36Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Can’t remember the name of the show, but the family name was The Seavers and it had Alan Thicke in it had some teen heartthrob kid. That would be **Growing Pains.** Truly the nadir of civilization as we know it. Kirk Cameron has gone on to bigger and better things, of course. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979/60 "2006-03-28T00:12:23Z")
Saved by the Bell Three’s Company Mama’s Family (though the skits on Carol Burnett were hysterical) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-worst-hit-sit-coms/349979.md?page=4)