# Sitcoms You Hate But Everyone Else Seems To Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134 "2006-05-25T04:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/1 "2006-05-25T04:44:34Z")
For me, it’s **Night Court** , and **Home Improvement**. Just couldn’t stand either one of them. I still can’t even stand to look at Tim Allen because of that show. IMO, both of them were incredibly lame with no humor in them at all. But I knew/know a LOT of people that watched them regularly and thought they were hilarious. What popular sitcoms do you find so unfunny it hurts? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/2 "2006-05-25T04:46:37Z")
**Everybody Love Raymond** makes me want to claw my eyes out. I can’t stand it - I’ve never made it through more than about 3 or 4 minutes and I have to turn it off. And it was on for like 8 seasons or some shit. God people are demented. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/3 "2006-05-25T04:48:46Z")
**Will & Grace.** Never elicited even a chuckle from me. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/4 "2006-05-25T04:52:11Z")
_Everybody Loves Raymond, Will & Grace, Dharma & Greg_, and _Scrubs_ spring to mind for me. I know the first three have their legions of detractors (of which I’m gladly a member!), but _Scrubs_ just falls flat for me… I really don’t think it’s funny, and find the characters to be irritating. ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/5 "2006-05-25T04:52:26Z")
Friends. My lord do I hate this show. So unfunny, so predictable, so cheesy, so everything bad. And people not only enjoyed it, they thought it was some sort of cultural touchstone and example of great humour. IT SUCKS! Whew. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/6 "2006-05-25T05:12:33Z")
Seinfeld. This is the one show that ever actually made me want to get rid of my TV altogether. To this day, I can’t understand how anyone could have liked this putrid slop. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/7 "2006-05-25T05:31:06Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > Seinfeld. This is the one show that ever actually made me want to get rid of my TV altogether. To this day, I can’t understand how anyone could have liked this putrid slop. Amen to that. Also add in Friends and Mad About You, with a sprinkling of Everybody Loves Raymond for flavour. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/8 "2006-05-25T10:12:03Z")
I’ll second _Seinfeld_ and _Friends_, especially _Seinfeld_. I’m afraid I’m just not amused by obnoxious, self-important New Yorkers. On the other hand, the last sitcom I loved was _Sports Night_ and I can’t wait for Adam Sorkin’s next one. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/9 "2006-05-25T10:49:30Z")
Pretty much everything mentioned so far. Ill kick in pretty much every sitcom I have ever seen. I dont know why, I find lots of stuff funny, but I just cant find sitcoms funny, everything is so forced. Maybe it is the laugh tracks and stupid situations? I dont seem to have the same problems with movies for the most part [except garbage like southpark and beevis and butthead type crap ☹] I will admit that I found ALF hysterical dubbed in german, mainly because I had seen that particular episode in english and it was just one of those things. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/10 "2006-05-25T11:15:25Z")
I’d just like to point out that the ads under the mention of ALF are all for cat products! Can anyone explain why Yes, Dear and Raymond were on for so freakin’ long?!?! And count me in with never getting Friends. For all the reasons already mentioned, along with the burdon of knowing Davis Schwimmer’s face. ERg. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/11 "2006-05-25T11:38:53Z")
Seinfeld Everybody loves Raymond (except Khadaji) Will and Grace There are plenty of others that I didn’t enjoy, but these I hated. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/12 "2006-05-25T11:43:45Z")
Add another vote for Seinfeld. Everyone on that that show was so mean and unlikeable, I don’t understand why it was so popular. > [@trublmakr](#): > > For me, it’s **Night Court** , and **Home Improvement**. Just couldn’t stand either one of them. I still can’t even stand to look at Tim Allen because of that show. IMO, both of them were incredibly lame with no humor in them at all. But I knew/know a LOT of people that watched them regularly and thought they were hilarious. Home Improvement was a huge hit in the Midwest. It was probably as popular around here as Seinfeld was in New York. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/13 "2006-05-25T11:48:46Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Everybody loves Raymond (except Khadaji) Forgot to add: I think Wierd Al Yankovic had it right when he referred to this show as “Everybody Tolerates Raymond.” I don’t know anyone who will admit to being a fan of this show. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/14 "2006-05-25T12:11:20Z")
> [@Siege](#): > > …and I can’t wait for Adam Sorkin’s next one. In case you somehow hadn’t heard, [Aaron (not Adam) Sorkin’s next one](http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/05/05/nbc-picks-up-aaron-sorkins-new-show/). The description makes me think “_Sports Night_ on the set of _Saturday Night Live_.” But oh what a cast! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/15 "2006-05-25T12:41:08Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Forgot to add: I think Wierd Al Yankovic had it right when he referred to this show as “Everybody Tolerates Raymond.” I don’t know anyone who will admit to being a fan of this show. I’ll admit it; I thought it was hillarious. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/16 "2006-05-25T13:11:10Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > In case you somehow hadn’t heard, [Aaron (not Adam) Sorkin’s next one](http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/05/05/nbc-picks-up-aaron-sorkins-new-show/). The description makes me think “_Sports Night_ on the set of _Saturday Night Live_.” But oh what a cast! I’m looking forward to this one - I hope it lives up to the potential. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/17 "2006-05-25T13:32:16Z")
The classic shows I hate that everyone else reveres: _I Love Lucy Green Acres The Beverly Hillbillies Gilligan’s Island_ ---
**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 25, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/18 "2006-05-25T13:40:10Z")
Most of mine have already been mentioned: **Seinfield** – mean and unlikeable, I can deal with. Stupid, I cannot. It doesn’t help that it has Jason Alexander, the black hole of comedy: not only does he suck, but he suckitude affects anyone within his event horizon. **Everybody Loves Raymond** – How could anyone love a jerk like him? **Home Improvement** – reads like the blueprint for a third rate comedy that once appeared in Mad Magazine. **Will & Grace** – Why this didn’t set gay rights back a half-century, I don’t know. **According to Jim** – The clearest proof that the wrong brother died of an overdose. Jim is a first-class jerk who treats his wife like crap, and she takes it because the script says he is, by definition, wacky and loveable. I don’t really hate **Friends** , though I am unimpressed by it. Still, the cast is very good outside of the show (except for Matt Leblanc). ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/19 "2006-05-25T14:17:45Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > The classic shows I hate that everyone else reveres: > _I Love Lucy_ Gotta admit, I agree with this one. I just found Lucy’s character so damn annoying if I were married to her I’d be divorcing her or slapping her or sleeping with one of the Cubano chorus girls at the club to avoid being home. Yes, I acknowledge how groundbreaking it was. That’s fine. That doesn’t make it funny to me. ---
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