PunditLisa:
The worst for this has to be Teletubbies, though. At least Barney, the Wiggles, and the others actually speak in real, human English. The Teletubbies speak some sort of moronic baby language that has probably retarded the verbal skills of any kid who grew up watching a significant amount of that show.
I will never mock Cop Rock. I still remember the song from the cop’s funeral: My only regret is I haven’t told you yet how much I love you….
Also I feel obliged to defend The Dukes of Hazzard. It’s pure, goofy fun.
I’ll nominate Love Boat; its landlubber clone Hotel; the execrable Dallas; the even more execrable Dynasty; and, in a tie for the fifth spot, Melrose Place and Beverly Hills 90210. Charmed escapes this list only because the non-Rose McGowan leads were so freaking hot.
I’m kind of surprised no one has mentioned “Queen for a Day”, which often shows up on all-time-worst lists. Contestants were women who described their horrible lives; the audience would vote on the winner, who would then receive prizes.
Skald I don’t care what they ever say about you , you’ll be aces in my book. Og love you , man. 
I’m glad somebody mentioned Cop Rock, as I was inspired to YouTube it and just finished listening to that song. I did not recall that the cop singing it was Captain Fancy from NYPD Blue (which by the way is the greatest show of all time).
Wow - three people who liked Cop Rock (including me). How many others are hiding in the closet?
Clearly you’ve never encountered the Boohbahs. The Teletubbies are positively staid compared to the drug trip that is the Boohbahs. If it’s not the LSD-inspired psychedelia of the Boohbahs themselves, it’s the bong-hit of the humans in Storyland (“Mr Man” and “Mrs Lady”, to name two). If you don’t want to risk actual exposure, a description will suffice.
Out of memory error. Went off in 1960 and has not, mercifully, been rerun.
Yes, James McDaniel, a fine actor and a fine ass dude. We have good taste.
Holy shit - does nobody remember Mama’s Family? Even worse than Small Wonder, if only because it was ostensibly a sitcom for “adults”. And am I the only one who saw She’s The Sherriff with Suzanne Somers? Man, those direct-to-syndication shows in the '80s were uniformly awful. It’s A Living is another that comes to mind.
For network sitcoms (I never watched enough drama to compile an authoritative list of “the worst”), Alf was particularly crappy, especially because it had a decent premise that it completely squandered.
People seem to have the ability to blank out the REALLY worst shows they’ve ever seen.
The Dumplings Two actors who were way too good for the material (James Coco and Geraldine Brooks) prove that fat people can be lovable.
In the Beginning One of McLean Stevenson’s post-MAS*H disasters. He played a conservative priest locking horns with a hip, streetwise nun.
Mary How could a variety show starring Mary Tyler Moore and with an ensemble featuring, among others, Dick Shawn, David Letterman, Swoosie Kurtz and Michael Keaton NOT be entertaining???
The Bay City Blues Take the gritty, depressing darkness we often saw in Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere and put it on a minor league baseball team – eliminating any of the inspriation we might have gotten from seeing cops and docs struggle with and sometimes triumph over impossible odds.
Til Death It was just like Married Without Children except without children and without the really sharp acting of Ed O’Neill, Chirstina Applegate and the others.
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
In addition to
Dukes Of Hazzard and
Testees
I would like to nominate:
F Troop
Go Go Gophers
Animated 60’s Spider-Man
Man five isn’t enough! Yet more!
That show with Gary Coleman
Clutch Cargo
and since people are talking about children’s shows:
Barney
Gyrate:
Holy crap on a popsicle stick, that Wikipedia entry’s got to have been vandalized or something. “The chosen ones will be able to evolve into Boohbahs if they so choose?” That’s no drug trip, that’s the freaking Heaven’s Gate Hale-Bopp comet cult.
“The Trouble With Tracy”. I’m guessing many, many Canadian dopers will back me up on this.
And I’ll also step in to defend the Dana Carvey show. At times, it was awesome.
thwartme
I don’t know. At the time, I thought it was a pale immitation of Soap. Recently, I saw a clip and got a full dose of suckitude. It was an episode where they introduced a wacky new character. The guy was just not funny. I’d be surprised if he’s ever allowed to be on TV again. I think his name was Gerry Sign Field.
Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
Charmed
I don’t watch a lot of bad TV, but these two make me cringe.
Darn you. Just when I thought I had recovered the neurons, and now…
*…decided to come back,
As a car.
She’s my very own - guiding star.
A 1928 Porter.
That’s my mother dear…*
Regards,
Shodan
The news.
ETA: Oh wait, that’s four short.
The news on five different channels.
NOpe, sorry. If you are going to add kid’s shows, then you need to consider
Boohbah - http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html
and