# What's the worst long-running TV show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614 "2006-06-13T21:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [June 14, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/41 "2006-06-14T03:01:24Z")
[QUOTE=Snooooopy] [Dramatically takes off sunglasses] It just wrapped up its fourth season. [Dramatically puts sunglasses back on] It does, therefore, qualify. [Dramatically takes off sunglasses again] [/QUOTE] You forgot to speak in a cold, calculated, yet soft, manner. Caruso is the biggest problem with that show. Get rid of him, and all that’s wrong is the inane plots and stilted writing. So…, that show ranks high in non worth for me, I guess. I got so sick of **Alias**. When it first started, I would try to catch new eps as they aired. By the middle of season 2, I had pretty much lost interest, but still watched whenever I happened to catch an episode. More often than not, I just didn’t care about watching it, and gradually stopped. A couple of my friends were big time fans of it, so I tried again with that last season. Gag, what a bunch of crap. What really bothered me was that I couldn’t put my finger on what I didn’t like about it. It’s just like that one restaurant everybody else loves but you find going there a chore. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/42 "2006-06-14T03:09:01Z")
**Snoopy** , ya forgot to have Horatio put his hands on his hips and stare off screen quizzically. I think that is how he stares. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/43 "2006-06-14T03:13:10Z")
[QUOTE=Clockwork And Candy] **Home Improvement**. Why, oh, _why_ was this show so popular. There are no redeemable qualities here. Zip, zilch, nada. [/QUOTE] No redeeming qualities? Two words: Debbe Dunning ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/44 "2006-06-14T03:15:49Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] I’d like to nominate **According to Jim** as worst long-running sitcom. Eccch. [/QUOTE] It’s actually pretty good if you turn the volume all the way down. Oh, and if you concentrate solely on the two female leads. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/45 "2006-06-14T03:24:24Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] It’s actually pretty good if you turn the volume all the way down. Oh, and if you concentrate solely on the two female leads. [/QUOTE] Wait..are you saying that there are people other than Courtney Thorne-Smith & the girl from _Father of the Bride_ on ATJ? I hadn’t noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/46 "2006-06-14T03:38:51Z")
Does _ST: Enterprise_ qualify? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/47 "2006-06-14T03:49:33Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Does _ST: Enterprise_ qualify? [/QUOTE] Four seasons! So, yes. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/48 "2006-06-14T03:50:55Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Does _ST: Enterprise_ qualify? [/QUOTE] Well, it had four full seasons, so it’s certainly ELIGIBLE. But the last two were pretty good; they were just finding their voice and well into the process of reducing the suckiness (unlike Voyager, who started out good & got worse with each season). I wouldn’t count it myself, but YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/49 "2006-06-14T03:54:53Z")
I’ve never understood all the Seinfeld hate on this board. While it’s not on my top ten sitcoms, I do find it quite entertaining. Mama’s Family is the clear winner. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/50 "2006-06-14T03:57:46Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] It’s actually pretty good if you turn the volume all the way down. Oh, and if you concentrate solely on the two female leads. [/QUOTE] Well, that might work if I were a lesbian. As it is, I can concentrate on the very unappealing Jim Belushi mugging, rolling his eyes, waggling his belly-flab, and… oolp… I gotta stop imagining this stuff, I’m getting nauseated… ---
**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:** [June 14, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/51 "2006-06-14T03:57:47Z")
[QUOTE=pulykamell] I’ve never understood all the Seinfeld hate on this board. While it’s not on my top ten sitcoms, I do find it quite entertaining. Mama’s Family is the clear winner. [/QUOTE] Damn it–now I have to use the amnesia ray on myself AGAIN! Twice in one night! ---
**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:** [June 14, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/52 "2006-06-14T04:04:03Z")
For some shows, it not really a hate of the show, as much as it is a complete utter lack of like for it. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/53 "2006-06-14T04:07:24Z")
I think Mama’s Family loses a few points because it was syndicated. Somehow a syndicated show that’s doing nothign other than filling up a slot that would otherwise spawn yet one more infomercial. Given the choice of an episode of Mama’s Family and that jackass with the ponytail yelling about crunches, I’ll take Mama’s Family any day. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/54 "2006-06-14T04:07:27Z")
I can’t remember having seen more than two or three episodes of _Mama’s Family_, but from what I can remember, it doesn’t beat _Full House_ on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/55 "2006-06-14T05:01:54Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] You forgot to speak in a cold, calculated, yet soft, manner. Caruso is the biggest problem with that show. Get rid of him, and all that’s wrong is the inane plots and stilted writing. So…, that show ranks high in non worth for me, I guess. [/QUOTE] I would love to see Caruso leave … as long as he took Procter and Togo with him. ---
**Author:** ![kurahee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@kurahee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurahee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/56 "2006-06-14T05:20:15Z")
\*\*NOTHING \*\* beats **Full House**. Not even “Mama’s Family” I have so much hatred for the PTB that kept creating the dreck that was \*\* Fulll House\*\*. The cast sucked, the writing was bad, the characters wooden. Who watched this shit? Who was the target audience? I’ve never met anyone that would admit to liking **Full House** , yet it was on for what, 8 years? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/57 "2006-06-14T06:04:43Z")
Yeah, I have to throw my vote behind **Full House** , followed by **Family Matters**. **Mama’s Family** was bad, but it doesn’t approach either of those two. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/58 "2006-06-14T06:22:01Z")
So many bad show to choose from… I nominate _Malcolm in the Middle_; it is the worst among sitcoms (well…it’s an alleged sitcom) I have seen, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/59 "2006-06-14T06:39:51Z")
As long as there’s been mention of Australian shows, there’s , there’s **Home and Away**. 18 years and counting, and indescribably bad. You can [see](http://www.five.tv/programmes/homeandaway/clips/?index=4&bandWidth=hi) some clips for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614/60 "2006-06-14T11:42:31Z")
[QUOTE=pulykamell] I’ve never understood all the Seinfeld hate on this board. While it’s not on my top ten sitcoms, I do find it quite entertaining. Mama’s Family is the clear winner. [/QUOTE] I wasn’t going to post an answer because there are several shows that I just cannot stand watching… so I don’t have a worst show. But as for Seinfeld, that show is on that list of shows that I will not watch, while Mama’s Family never was. I cannot see wanting to watch a show where the most entertaining thing about it is imagining the most painful way for the cast members to die. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-long-running-tv-show/360614.md?page=4)