# TV hits that suck(ed) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566 "2003-03-15T08:15:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mr.Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr.Mook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Mook)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566/61 "2003-03-17T07:16:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cat Fight \* > \*\*Everybody Loves Raymond is definitely one of the worst shows on television, and so overrated I can only assume that Ray Romano is mobbed up. \*\* Oh yeah. I frickin’ hate this show. It’s the same plot every week. He’s an idiot ansd she’s a bitch.😛 ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566/62 "2003-03-17T08:27:20Z")
I could come up with hundreds of shows that sucked, but I’m only including a few whose popularity I find particularly inexplicable: I Love Lucy 3’s Company Gilligan’s Island The Brady Bunch Mad About You Friends ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566/63 "2003-03-17T13:32:19Z")
Mad About You, I forgot about that one. What about Who’s the Boss? The only reason I watched that show is because at the time I was still living with my mother and she liked to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr.Mook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Mook)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566/64 "2003-03-17T16:08:47Z")
Gotta say I liked Cheers a lot. It brought back the lovable drunk. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566/65 "2003-03-17T23:33:15Z")
[possibly the worst of all time](http://www.spudtv.com/features/sitcommania/mymotherthecar.html) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566/66 "2003-03-18T00:38:17Z")
And to think, they haven’t come out with a DVD anthology of _My Mother, The Car_ yet. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566/67 "2003-03-18T00:57:48Z")
**My Mother the Car** … the very concept of that show just boggles the mind. I mean, it’s just beyond comprehension. It’s like the black hole of black holes of crappy TV… AND they actually made 30+ episodes of it? Wow. Anyway, **I Love Lucy** rocked, regardless of what anybody thinks. TV hits that sucked - **The Real World** , I’m sure it was a hit at one point, at least on cable TV - **Ally McBeal** , it just got weird ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566/68 "2003-03-19T00:07:15Z")
But it’s a **talking car!** And it’s that guy’s **mother!** What could possibly go wrong with such a premise? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr.Mook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Mook)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566/69 "2003-03-19T03:22:59Z")
And guess what? THEY’RE BRINGING IT BACK! ---
**Author:** ![dogchow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@dogchow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogchow)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566/70 "2003-03-19T06:57:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joel \* > \*\*Come to think of it, a lot of mystery and detective shows were pretty bad. Murder She Wrote, everywhere Jessica went, all the cops and detectives were inept. \*\* How can you diss Murder, She Wrote? That was my grandma’s favorite show!😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566/71 "2003-03-19T23:47:12Z")
Along with Matlock, right? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-hits-that-suck-ed/161566.md?page=3)