# Have you ever missed the entire run of a sitcom? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-missed-the-entire-run-of-a-sitcom/106547 "2002-04-30T20:34:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-missed-the-entire-run-of-a-sitcom/106547/41 "2002-05-02T14:03:25Z")
Anyone can name dozens of sitcoms they’ve never watched; some come and go so fast that you never even realize they’re on. I can’t say I _never_ watched a lot of the successful shows, but there are plenty I’ve never watched an entire episode of. These include: Full House Boy Meets World Home Improvement Everyone Loves Raymond (I sample this from time to time, but if I watch more than 5 minutes, I get violently ill. Probably the most offensive stereotyping currently on network TV.) ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-missed-the-entire-run-of-a-sitcom/106547/42 "2002-05-02T14:10:24Z")
The first one I missed was “Leave It To Beaver”, I don’t know for sure, but I think I was going to college at the time and back then no one I knew had a TV at school. The two that I’m proudest about missing are _The Simpsons_ and that show with the fat gal that screwed up singing _The Star Spangled Banner_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-missed-the-entire-run-of-a-sitcom/106547/43 "2002-05-02T15:40:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RickJay \* > **Gilmore Girls, Once and Again, Providence, Felicity, or any similarly insipid program with soft lighting and sensitive-but-dumb characters** I resent the inclusion of Gilmore Girls in that group. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-missed-the-entire-run-of-a-sitcom/106547/44 "2002-05-02T16:09:27Z")
Reading this thread, I realize I have a problem. I can’t think of a single show I haven’t sat through at least fifteen minutes of. I have seen at least one-half of one episode of all the shows mentioned except the recent premium cable shows (6 Ft Under, Sopranos, etc). I have also seen AKA Pablo (I think I saw the entire run. When I was a kid, I thought that Paul Rodriguez’ schtick was the funniest sh\*t. I was half right.). I have seen She’s The Sheriff. I have seen Three’s a Crowd. I have even sat through an entire episode of Small Wonder. God help me, I even saw the entire 20-some-odd episode original run of “What a Country”, Yakov Smirnoff’s syndicated sitcom from the mid-80s. Memories . . . flooding back . . . into brain . . . Oh, the pain . . . ::curls in a fetal position, whimpering to self:: ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-missed-the-entire-run-of-a-sitcom/106547/45 "2002-05-04T11:50:03Z")
Well, the OP said sitcoms but that’s been ignored, so I will chime in here with the fact that I have never seen two consecutive minutes of The X-Files. And I’m a sci-fi geek. Also: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sphinx \* > \*\*But I KNOW I’m the only red-blooded American male who’s never seen a single episode of Survivor! I feel like such a freak, but that whole premise (reality TV) just sounded stupid to me. \*\* Wrong again. I’ve never seen that or any of the other reality shows. ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-missed-the-entire-run-of-a-sitcom/106547/46 "2002-05-04T20:43:59Z")
I have never watched a reality show. I saw thirty seconds of _Survivor_ once by accident, but that was it. I have never seen ANYTHING that’s been broadcast on UPN or the WB (including _Buffy_, for which my brother’s always needling me). The only prime-time drama I have watched in the last ten years is _ER_, and I don’t watch it any more. And a few episodes of _The West Wing_, but, as a Republican, that show just irritates me. I’ve never seen _Law & Order_ or any of its relatives, _The Practice_, _Third Watch_ and much, much more (I have seen _Boston Public_, but only occasionally). I skipped the entire runs of _Home Improvement_, _Married with Children_, and _Growing Pains_. I did, however, love the shortlived sitcoms _Cafe Americain_ with Valerie Bertinelli and _Jennifer Slept Here_ with Jill…help me out here… I have seen _The Simpsons_, though not dedicately (my hubby hates it). I have reluctantly watched a number of SciFi shows (which my hubby enjoys), but I don’t like them. I just don’t care enough about TV to plan when I’m going to watch, so I miss a lot of continuity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-missed-the-entire-run-of-a-sitcom/106547.md?page=2)