# TV Shows You Once Loved But Now Think Are Awful **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037 "2014-03-06T19:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/101 "2014-03-11T02:09:04Z")
If we are including cartoons, then I am adding the low-budget older cartoons Hercules and Rocket Robin Hood. I can’t believe I ever \* liked \* these shows. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/102 "2014-03-11T13:37:20Z")
> [@steveroo](#): > > I think you may be correct. The only other likely candidate I could think of is _Gomer Pyle_, since his spinoff series ran concurrently with _Andy Griffith_. However, according to my [admittedly superficial] research, Gomer did not appear on _Andy Griffith_ while he was in the Marines tormenting Sgt. Carter. There’s also Green Acres and Petticoat Junction. The remarkable thing about Oscar Goldman, is it was a character on two different networks. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/103 "2014-03-11T13:46:33Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > There’s also Green Acres and Petticoat Junction. The remarkable thing about Oscar Goldman, is it was a character on two different networks. Yes, _ **The Bionic Woman** _ went from ABC to NBC for its third and final season. **ADDITION:** Dr Rudy Wells was a semi-regular character in both series too. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/104 "2014-03-11T16:15:39Z")
Surprisingly Quantum Leap held up for me. I remember loving it as a kid, then it was unheard of until my local ION network started playing it, and I watched it from beginning to end and I thought it held up very well. It really started coming into its own towards the middle of the second season there. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/105 "2014-03-11T17:06:35Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Surprisingly Quantum Leap held up for me. > > I remember loving it as a kid, then it was unheard of until my local ION network started playing it, and I watched it from beginning to end and I thought it held up very well. > > It really started coming into its own towards the middle of the second season there. The end is a ballbreaker ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/106 "2014-03-11T17:14:20Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > The end is a ballbreaker Definitely. It deserved better. ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/107 "2014-03-12T14:45:22Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > **Knots Landing** - I bought my SO the DVD set for this and I tried to watch them with her. I gave up after Season 2. This show just plodded along and really went nowhere. I had forgotten this when I saw it when it first aired. It failed miserably with me too. I got the #1 release a couple of years ago, and I gave up not even halfway through that. It’s now one of the worst shows I’ve ever seen. And to think I thought it was so good when I saw it on SoapNet! ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/108 "2014-03-15T05:44:22Z")
The Carol Burnett Show In the 70s, I watched it at 10 PM every Saturday night along with Mary Tyler Moore at 9 PM and Bob Newhart at 930 PM, followed by either Monty Python or news then Saturday Night Live. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/109 "2014-03-15T09:55:40Z")
Well, I did think Family Guy was funny once. > [@Hampshire](#): > > I think it’s an obvious one but **Lost** is the one I can’t bring myself to watch ever again. > I remember during it’s run thinking how brilliant it was and how once it was all over I would rewatch the whole thing to see all the oh-so-important puzzle pieces all fit together. > I just can’t do it. I felt so burned by it that if I’m channel surfing and there’s an episode playing I’ll watch 5 minutes just so I can remind myself “Oh, I remember that mysterious clue they wagged in front of me and made a big deal about. Pretty much it means nothing and the writers knew it meant nothing.” This. Not that I’ve seen it for a long time, but I expect the first season is still quite interesting, if you can forget the “answers” (or lack of them) we get later. I wonder if it’s even possible to create mysteries like that without slightly disappointing answers. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/110 "2014-03-15T13:37:49Z")
Flipper F-Troop Mothers-In-Law Its About Time As a kid in the 1960s, these are the staples I anticipated and loved watching. All horrible drek now, if you can find them. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/111 "2014-03-15T23:20:33Z")
I was obsessed with Dukes of Hazzard reruns when I was in high school. When it turned up again on CMT several years ago, I was excited to see it again. And then I realized it wasn’t as awesome as I thought it was way back when. Same thing happened when I tried to watch Smokey and The Bandit as an adult. It was really, really stupid. I also used to be a huge fan of Seinfeld when it was brand new- now I only catch it every now and then. It still makes me laugh, but now it really stands out to me how amoral, childish, and self centered all the characters are. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/112 "2014-03-15T23:47:47Z")
> [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](#): > > I also used to be a huge fan of Seinfeld when it was brand new- now I only catch it every now and then. It still makes me laugh, but now it really stands out to me how amoral, childish, and self centered all the characters are. Which is a very big part of why the show is funny, really brought home in the finale. I’m one in the seeming minority that thinks it was an excellent ending. Most, if not all of the funniest scenes involve their personal failings and foibles. I know people who won’t watch _Curb Your Enthusiasm_ because Larry David’s character is amoral, childish and self centered, but I find the show hilarious for those very reasons. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/113 "2014-03-16T01:33:41Z")
> [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](#): > > I also used to be a huge fan of Seinfeld when it was brand new- now I only catch it every now and then. It still makes me laugh, but now it really stands out to me how amoral, childish, and self centered all the characters are. One the greatest weaknesses of _ **Seinfeld** _, IME, is the fact that the shows in which George Constanza plays only a minor role are often the least funny. While he was the most self-centered and amoral of the group, his being this way was actually AMUSING. The rest of the main cast (especially the star) where annoying to the point of being unwatchable. Try watching the series excluding the shows were George’s follies are either not the focus of attention or a significant subplot. It’s like watching a bunch of people trying way too hard to be hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/114 "2014-03-17T16:31:31Z")
I think there’s a big difference between shows you used to love and now HATE as compared to shows you used to love and don’t necessarily want to re-watch. Saved by the Bell is a good choice, I think I saw every episode of the first few seasons but it really is embarrassingly awful. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/115 "2014-03-18T05:26:09Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > I think there’s a big difference between shows you used to love and now HATE as compared to shows you used to love and don’t necessarily want to re-watch. > > Saved by the Bell is a good choice, I think I saw every episode of the first few seasons but it really is embarrassingly awful. My taste buds haven’t changed that much over the years to go from love to hate. I never liked many shows such as Saved By The Bell. However, I did like the Brady Bunch, Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley but don’t care to watch them again. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/116 "2014-03-18T07:51:09Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > I think there’s a big difference between shows you used to love and now HATE as compared to shows you used to love and don’t necessarily want to re-watch. If I could re-experience watching Lost for the first time without knowing what would happen, I might enjoy it again. Better yet, somehow warn myself that “Sundown” should be considered the series finale and don’t watch anything after that. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/117 "2014-03-18T23:15:09Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > If I could re-experience watching Lost for the first time without knowing what would happen, I might enjoy it again. Better yet, somehow warn myself that “Sundown” should be considered the series finale and don’t watch anything after that. I could finish Lost if they someone would put it in the right order. ---
**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/118 "2014-03-20T02:11:14Z")
I adored the Monkees as a kid- who didn’t 😉 - saw it again as an adult and couldn’t get through ten minutes. I think except for Scooby Doo that goes for most of the teen shows I watched bac in the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/119 "2014-03-20T11:27:34Z")
I also find it difficult to watch _The Monkees_ TV show. But I have found that their music remains very listenable. ---
**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037/120 "2014-03-20T11:56:39Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I also find it difficult to watch _The Monkees_ TV show. But I have found that their music remains very listenable. Yes, I still listen to their music, it’s very feel good and tends to cheer me up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-once-loved-but-now-think-are-awful/683037.md?page=7)