# What is the worst TV show decay you've seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002 "2016-02-02T23:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/221 "2016-02-15T16:54:18Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > His newer show “Restaurant Impossible” is also starting to get stale. I really think they are running out of restaurants to save and then we find out that most of the places saved close within a year anyways. I think that’s what finished “Kitchen Nightmares” too – both versions. I always preferred the U.K. version of the show; there was much less shouting, and a greater focus on what was really wrong with the restaurant. Many of the owners on the U.S. version of the show weren’t even likable. > [@terentii](#): > > _ **Hell’s Kitchen.** _ Same old crap, year after year. I can’t believe it’s still on! What gets me is that it’s basically the same people every year: the bimbo, the bitchy lady, the sexist pig, the guy with severe anger management issues, the morbidly obese person, the person who departs early due to injury/medical issues, the person counting on winning the show to turn their life around (almost always departs early in the competition, complete with teary interview), etc. I swear some of them have to be planted. And in case you’re wondering why I still bother with the show…I inevitably have to hear about or see the latest season, since my mother watches it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/222 "2016-02-15T18:08:59Z")
Nightline Where are all the good stories? Seems all we get anymore are rehashing of previously aired stories with only the final 8 1/2 minutes dealing with new developments. And how many times can an ep recap the already said stuff even in a new-ish story? Gotta drag out that whole two hours, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/223 "2016-02-15T18:21:32Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > WALKING DEAD is beginning to get very repetitive which is a sign that decay is spreading from the walkers to the series. Every season seems to be “we found a place where finally we can be safe and have hope again/oops, overrun by evil people and zombies/lose a black male and blonde female regular/hit the road again/ maybe this place will be safe and we can start to rebuild again/oops!” > I think we’re past the end of the beginning. Robert Kirkman flat admitted that his formula for writing the comic was to get the characters to a hopeful spot… spend an issue or two building relationships… then kill a few people and screw the cast, and explore the horror for a while. Lather, rinse, repeat. The show has followed this formula, but I dare say they’ve done it more skillfully. There’s life left in the old zombie yet. I do feel that ever since the cast of Big Bang signed that three-year contract making them among the highest paid people on TV… the quality of the show has slid… and Sheldon’s character has gone from “high functioning autistic” to “plain ole jerk.” It’s nowhere near as much fun as it was. Kind of hoping that when that contract expires, they let the show die. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/224 "2016-02-15T20:07:42Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > What gets me is that it’s basically the same people every year: the bimbo, the bitchy lady, the sexist pig, the guy with severe anger management issues, the morbidly obese person, the person who departs early due to injury/medical issues, the person counting on winning the show to turn their life around (almost always departs early in the competition, complete with teary interview), etc. I swear some of them have to be planted. They’re \*\*all \*\*planted; everyone has to go through a selection procedure where they inevitably choose everyone who’s expendable (and will be eliminated in as dramatic a fashion as possible). They know in advance who the finalists will be, since the others don’t stand a chance of surviving in a culinary environment. ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/225 "2016-02-16T13:44:57Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > **All in the Family** anyone? Became less than mediocre after Mike & Gloria moved west and the kid and the Teresa moved in. > > (I am including the morph into Archie Bunker’s Place). > mmm This is what I came in here to say. IMO, It went from maybe the best sitcom (or even tv show) ever to maybe the worst–no exaggeration. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/226 "2016-02-16T14:29:34Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Erin Gray [swam well](http://cdn.yourepeat.com/media/gif/001/361/811/96bde2506710c54e175fb00a9d8b8112.gif), though. I KNEW it would be Battle of the Network Stars! Or, as SNL called it, Battle of the Network T’s and A’s. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002/227 "2016-02-16T18:02:49Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Seriously, did you WATCH the show? Every episode. Every season. > [@](#): > > Hiro, the time-traveler, was incredibly overpowered. He could fix ANYTHING. He was essentially superman, or a minor god. Yes, which was awesome. It just sucks that the writers sucked and couldn’t make it work as well as it could have. > [@Sampiro](#): > > Hmm. That does sound better. Is the Winchesters younger half-brother is free? According to Lucifer he was put in a different cage. So apparently he is still there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-tv-show-decay-youve-seen/745002.md?page=11)