# TV Shows which have almost completely dropped off the cultural radar screen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303 "2008-10-24T03:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/101 "2008-10-26T09:48:33Z")
What about Now And Again? (I loved that program. It’s a travesty it never got a 2nd series. ) ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/102 "2008-10-26T10:18:13Z")
Mary Hartman Mary Hartman and/ or Fernwood Tonight… Headline making shows in their day, and now dusty memories FML ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/103 "2008-10-26T11:15:39Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > There was an animated series called _Project GKR_ that was smart and funny and lasted about 5 episodes and was seen no more. It’s probably been ten years since I watched an episode, but I remembered the name of the show, the premise, and the two main characters, that’s how well it stuck in my mind. I don’t think it was ever released on video or DVD, but there’s a few clips on Youtube somebody got from god knows where. I remember that clearly. 3 main characters: GKR, a talking dinosaur, & a cyborg girl named Lady Mac Beth. Though everybody just called her Becky. She hated that. I wish it was out myself. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/104 "2008-10-26T11:26:46Z")
deleted by Bosda. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/105 "2008-10-26T12:29:36Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > It’s lost almost half its season 1 audience, which would seem to merit a mention in this thread. To put it another way, it’s not drawing that many more viewers than [ER](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/10/ratings-repor-1.html), which seems to be unanimously agreed upon as a good fit for this thread. (Despite TNT running repeats every day, and during the day, too; not even banished to 3am.) It has not lost almost half its season 1 audience. From your own link, the articles say that the season 1 finale of Lost received 21 million viewers while the season 4 finale received 13 million viewers. Yes, that is a drop. But the season 1 finale was also the best episode the show ever did. Everything looks like a drop when compared to the best. Also from your cite: > [@](#): > > [The season 4 finale] also marks the 13th consecutive week that an original Lost episode has won its timeslot in the [18-49 demographic]. While it may not be as popular as it was in the first season, saying it’s dropped off the cultural radar is ridiculous. Season 4 also earned the show it’s highest place ever in the overall ratings: > **[Lost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOST#Ratings)** > > Lost or LOST may refer to getting lost, or to: Just because people around here like to bitch about Lost doesn’t mean it is no longer a major part of the television landscape. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/106 "2008-10-26T12:37:19Z")
In _Living Color_. We talked about the show for days afterwards. Jamie Foxx Jennifer Lopez Damon Wayans Jim Carrey David Alan Grier …all graduates of the show. I’ll leave my response although I see that Comedy Central will begin reruns next year. Ooh - _The Smothers Brothers Show_. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/107 "2008-10-26T14:51:04Z")
Magnum P.I.? Was going to say Kolchak, but they tried to remake it, so I guess it wasn’t that forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/108 "2008-10-26T15:58:44Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > _Hogan’s Heroes_ for years it was a popular show, then suddenly everyone decided it was in poor taste to make fun of a bunch of Jewish guys who fled Nazi Germany and were spending the post-war years dressing up as Nazis for laughs. I don’t think too many of the Germans portrayed in _Hogan’s Heroes_ were Nazis. They were officers of the German army, and therefore prohibited from membership in any political party. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Violaceous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Miss\_Violaceous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Violaceous)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/109 "2008-10-26T16:37:01Z")
**St. Elsewhere.** It was on tv when I was a very small child, and despite years of religiously watching TVLand and other syndication-filled networks, I never managed to see the show (though I’ve seen a lot of the shows mentioned here, including Picket Fences, though I agree it’s obscure). For a show that had enough cultural impact to inspire [this](http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kwgow/crossovers.html), I’m shocked that it isn’t replayed. Some of this is time lag, though, because shows like **Mad About You** and \*\*Night Court \*\*are just now getting play again. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/110 "2008-10-26T17:51:09Z")
Daria, No play no DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/111 "2008-10-26T19:01:18Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Daria, No play no DVDs. Tell me about it. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/112 "2008-10-26T20:09:27Z")
Wildly popular MTV “buzz” shows like **Remote Control** and **The Real World**. The Real World is still apparently on , but has moved on from placing a bunch of “real world” demographics that resonate with kids’ peers into a house and is now solely about sequestering street/skank/emotional-problem kids to create conflict. Remote Control I just miss, and would watch reruns of. Also, Sadly, I think **Kids in the Hall** is suffering from cultural loss, it deserves immortality but it isn’t played in reruns as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/113 "2008-10-26T20:13:47Z")
> [@bbs2k](#): > > These things are “hot” then “not” all the time. > > **Beavis & Butthead**. > > **Celebrity Deathmatch**. > > And I thought \*\*The State \*\*was brilliant, far beyond **Mad TV**. I concur with your opinion of The State, which was pure comic good. Remember [Young God](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzhgQjXv9lg)? ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/114 "2008-10-26T20:57:57Z")
Remember [The Adventures of Brisco County Jr](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Brisco_County_Jr)? It had Bruce Campbell in it, and in retrospect it reminds me of Joss Whedon stuff. It kinda seems like Fox pulled a Firefly with that one about 8 years before Firefly even existed. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/115 "2008-10-26T21:01:40Z")
I remember **Dead at 21**. Did we ever find out what happened to that guy? Did I quit watching or did it die? ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/116 "2008-10-26T21:57:22Z")
> [@Khan](#): > > Remember [The Adventures of Brisco County Jr](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Brisco_County_Jr)? It had Bruce Campbell in it, and in retrospect it reminds me of Joss Whedon stuff. It kinda seems like Fox pulled a Firefly with that one about 8 years before Firefly even existed. Hah, brilliant show, now available on DVD. Sci-Fi Western, but with the emphasis on the Western rather than the sci-fi. Dixie Cousins was unbelievably hot. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/117 "2008-10-26T22:00:39Z")
I just discovered that one of the freshest & most innovative animated shows ever is on DVD–_6Teen_. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/118 "2008-10-27T00:27:54Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > While it may not be as popular as it was in the first season, saying it’s dropped off the cultural radar is ridiculous. Season 4 also earned the show it’s highest place ever in the overall ratings: Its severe nosedive in the ratings is pretty conclusive evidence that it has indeed dropped off the cultural radar. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/119 "2008-10-27T00:59:05Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Its severe nosedive in the ratings is pretty conclusive evidence that it has indeed dropped off the cultural radar. Did you miss my cite? Lost’s ratings have gone down in total viewers, but so have all broadcast shows. It’s overall ranking among all broadcast shows has actually gone up. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303/120 "2008-10-27T01:10:55Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Did you miss my cite? Lost’s ratings have gone down in total viewers, but so have all broadcast shows. It’s overall ranking among all broadcast shows has actually gone up. Yes, but that doesn’t mean it’s bigger on the cultural radar. Quite the opposite, actually; all scripted network television has dropped off in cultural impact. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-which-have-almost-completely-dropped-off-the-cultural-radar-screen/469303.md?page=7)