# "Work It" (ABC sitcom) - WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702 "2011-12-29T05:27:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702/61 "2012-01-11T22:40:08Z")
I sort of watched part of it last night because I was in the room where someone left the television on that station and I was working on something too far from the TV to reach the remote so I thought it would help me work faster so I could get away from it. It did. The main reason I think this concept does not work now is because cross-dressing and transgender are too mainstream now so I don’t think those two “women” would fool anyone. Admittedly, I was far away from the TV but it also looked to me like the darker one was sporting some obvious 5 o’clock shadow. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702/62 "2012-01-13T02:52:38Z")
Only thing that could save this show is if they had guest spots by Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari. As the main characters moms. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702/63 "2012-01-13T03:39:23Z")
I decided to give it a try. I turned it off after seven minutes. But I think my watch was a little fast. As far as egregiously bad TV shows having long runs, you have **According to Jim; Yes, Dear** (a show whose own network programming head agreed that it sucked), and older shows like **The Brady Bunch** (a show whose _star_ detested it), **Matlock, The Love Boat,** and many others. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702/64 "2012-01-14T01:54:32Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I decided to give it a try. I turned it off after seven minutes. But I think my watch was a little fast. > > As far as egregiously bad TV shows having long runs, you have **According to Jim; Yes, Dear** (a show whose own network programming head agreed that it sucked), and older shows like **The Brady Bunch** (a show whose _star_ detested it), **Matlock, The Love Boat,** and many others. I liked Yes, Dear. I didn’t really discover it until syndication, but it was pretty funny. Not surprising since it was made buy the same guy who made My Name is Earl and Raising Hope, which I also like. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702/65 "2012-01-14T20:20:59Z")
Ah, _Work It_, we hardly knew thee: [ABC has cancelled the controversial cross-dressing comedy Work It after two episodes.](http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/14/work-it-cancelled/) I like how the article mentions that the Human Rights Campaign was one of the groups that took out a full page ad against the show. I’m pretty sure it was over transgender concerns, but I hope that the real reason was because the show was so bad that they deemed it a crime against humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702/66 "2012-01-15T20:00:38Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Is it me or does ABC have season after season the worst sitcoms on TV? They kept 8 Simple Rules chugging along to capitalize on Ritter’s death, they had that Jim Belushi show on forever, they had Cavemen the adaptation of the insurance commercial :rolleyes: I loathe Jim Belushi and any show or film that inflicts his ugly mug on an audience. I had no desire to watch _8 Simple Rules…_ But I protest the slur against _Cavemen_. It was subversively funny and intelligently written. I think it suffered by being bounced around the schedule and then being put on hiatus during the winter holiday specials. It’s available on video hosting sites if you want to give it a(another) try. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702/67 "2012-01-16T22:44:33Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > I loathe Jim Belushi and any show or film that inflicts his ugly mug on an audience. I had no desire to watch _8 Simple Rules…_ But I protest the slur against _Cavemen_. It was subversively funny and intelligently written. I think it suffered by being bounced around the schedule and then being put on hiatus during the winter holiday specials. It’s available on video hosting sites if you want to give it a(another) try. I never got a chance to watch the caveman show because the local station time-shifted it to 2 AM so they could air their weekly interview show with the local NFL coach. Or as some of us called it, “that other caveman show.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702/68 "2012-01-17T01:37:20Z")
It looks like [good taste and intelligence has won out.](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/01/14/entertainment/e095727S31.DTL?story) Two more episodes than it deserved, but still . . … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702.md?page=3)