# Worst TV show ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933 "2016-07-14T22:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hbk4894](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/1 "2016-07-14T22:33:10Z")
Made in Chelsea for me ---
**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:** [July 14, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/2 "2016-07-14T22:40:50Z")
_Turn-on_ sets a very high bar for bad TV. I watched every minute of it, and it’s hard to imagine anything more awful. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/3 "2016-07-14T22:41:03Z")
That **Munsters** re-boot a couple years back. Appalling. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/4 "2016-07-14T22:50:48Z")
[Married By America](http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2003/04/the_ring_cycle.html) made me doubt the future of our nation. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/5 "2016-07-14T23:20:57Z")
I forget which, but it was one of those celebrity gossip shows. Entertainment Tonight? ETalk? Regardless, I found it less compelling than the commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/6 "2016-07-14T23:30:57Z")
“Firefly” ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/7 "2016-07-14T23:49:43Z")
“Cop Rock” ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/8 "2016-07-14T23:53:43Z")
The View ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/9 "2016-07-14T23:56:31Z")
Hardly the worst show ever, but I still can’t believe that, for a show to have had Sofia Vergara, Gail O’Grady and Nicole Sullivan, that _Hot Properties_ was as bad as it was. Barely a laugh in thirteen episodes. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/10 "2016-07-14T23:59:24Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > “Firefly” Never watched it, but that sure sounds like stirring the pot. Of what I’ve seen in my lifetime, it’s hard to beat _Small Wonder_. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/11 "2016-07-15T00:00:38Z")
The recent (within the past 5 years or so) TLC lineup probably wins for worst network ever, and I’d bet they take at least 5 or 6 of the top 10 worst shows of all time. Here’s a few gems to choose from. 19 Kids and Counting Say Yes to the Dress Sister Wives Long Island Medium Hoarding: Buried Alive Kate Plus 8 My 600-lb Life What Not to Wear Here Comes Honey Boo Boo Trading Spaces I Found the Gown Sex Sent Me to the ER Toddlers & Tiaras Sarah Palin’s Alaska My Strange Addiction My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding There are literally dozens more just like this. Almost nothing redeemable on the entire network. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/12 "2016-07-15T00:54:26Z")
According to a previous thread on the subject (or maybe it was a Cracked article?), the show would most likely be: [Heil Honey, I’m Home!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heil_Honey_I%27m_Home!) ETA: Just imagine the other things I could have filled my long-term memory with. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/13 "2016-07-15T02:26:48Z")
TMZ is running strong for the title. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/14 "2016-07-15T02:38:57Z")
Flavor of Love might be one of them. Jerry Springer’s show is another. Scripted shows? I’ve seen nothing worse than Under the Dome, but I don’t watch any show that I expect to be bad. Under the Dome was horrible, though. I stuck with it one whole season. I’m not sure why. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/15 "2016-07-15T02:47:14Z")
Some feel that “[Helll Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Town_(TV_series))” could have been the worst. It starred Robert Blake as an ex-convict turned priest, helping out residents in his parish - “Hell Town”. (East LA) Here’s the “[Hell Town theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQYFCrpZX1o)” (sung by Sammy Davis Jr.) That “You Tube” video is pretty bad because it starts with a local advertisement for the local news. But be patient and soon you’ll see that “God is working overtime in Hell Town.” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/16 "2016-07-15T03:04:40Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > “Cop Rock” I loved Cop Rock. My choice is Jersey Shore. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/17 "2016-07-15T03:05:30Z")
Does anyone remember [Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Marry_a_Multi-Millionaire%3F)? I didn’t think so. Here’s the premise. Fifty women compete for the attention of a multi-millionaire, who chooses one and then they get married. All in one two hour episode. Except the groom turned out to not really be a multi - or even a uni - millionaire (he was a standup comic turned motivational speaker), plus had a restraining order by his ex-girlfriend. The bride came back from the honeymoon saying she was morally offended by the whole thing, had never consummated the marriage and filed for an annulment. Then she posed nude for Playboy. There were supposed to be followups and other multi-millionaires. Instead, Fox called the whole thing off. I suppose you can’t call the XFL the worst series ever, because it was a football league, but an XFL game on NBC set the record for being [the lowest-rated non-news prime time program ever broadcast on a major network.](http://articles.philly.com/2001-05-11/sports/25300064_1_vince-mcmahon-xfl-birmingham-thunderbolts) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/18 "2016-07-15T03:08:58Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Does anyone remember [Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Marry_a_Multi-Millionaire%3F)? I didn’t think so. Remember it? I watched it when it aired. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/19 "2016-07-15T03:11:50Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > _Turn-on_ sets a very high bar for bad TV. I watched every minute of it, and it’s hard to imagine anything more awful. How old were you at the time? I wonder when someone will finally, at long last, put that on You Tube. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/20 "2016-07-15T04:25:36Z")
RealityChuck, you say that “I watched every minute of it.” Did you watch the entire half-hour, or were you watching one of the stations which quit showing it after the first commercial? That would mean you saw 11 minutes of it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933.md?page=2)