# 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:** 2
**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, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/21 "2016-07-15T04:59:33Z")
Jessica Simpson and her then-husband had a variety show that lasted 1 episode that I know of. I saw it on the TV listings and started to watch it just to see if it was for real. It was; I lasted maybe 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/22 "2016-07-15T05:26:21Z")
If its reputation and [this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFLEvAhSTwQ) is any indication, the early 70s Canadian sitcom “The Trouble With Tracy” has got to be in the running. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/24 "2016-07-15T06:18:03Z")
I have two. One is anything with the Kartrashians. I cannot bear any of them. The other is a misfire by Lucille Ball in 1986, Life With Lucy, where the 75 year old Ms. Ball tries yet again with her old pal Gale Gordon to make another Lucy series. I vaguely remember seeing an episode or two, but it was kind of embarrassing and really, her best days were behind her. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/25 "2016-07-15T09:00:40Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Remember it? I watched it when it aired. And I still have that edition of _ **Playboy** _. Pretty girl, but awfully flat-chested! ☹ ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/26 "2016-07-15T09:03:21Z")
\*\*\*Hunting Hitler \*\*\*on H2. The most pointless piece of absolute bullshit I have ever seen! _ **Between the Wars** _ and _ **World War II from Space** _ were only marginally better. Ditto for _ **Jungle Gold** _ on Discovery. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/27 "2016-07-15T11:21:53Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Of what I’ve seen in my lifetime, it’s hard to beat _Small Wonder_. Small Wonder is my vote as well. Truly awful dreck. ---
**Author:** ![GunnarFranz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@GunnarFranz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GunnarFranz)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/28 "2016-07-15T11:44:14Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > 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. Despite being superficial I don’t think What Not to Wear was/is _that_ bad. Worst show in terms of impact on the human condition? Keeping Up With the Kardashians Worst show in terms of production/entertainment value? Next on MTV… There are soo soo soo many bad shows. The majority of shows are bad. This topic makes me glad I watch shows on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/29 "2016-07-15T12:09:33Z")
Too many to choose really, but what truly sta nd’s out in my memory for the most despicable of all was **The Swan**. The show’s theme was “Women are worthless unless they look like Barbie.” Taking ordinary attractive enough women with self esteem issues and showing their families talking about how ugly they are, while putting the so called contestants through unnecessary plastic surgery and then a big build up to the victim’s first view of herself in the mirror. Yay! You’re a Barbie doll, just like all the others! This was peddled as uplifting. There was an older episode just like this show…on **The Twilight Zone**. That was supposed to be a horror show. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/30 "2016-07-15T12:18:04Z")
Sheldon Leonard’s _Big Eddie_. Never heard of it? There’s a reason! (Think _Who’s The Boss_ with, oh, say, Donald Trump in the Judith Light role.) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/31 "2016-07-15T12:23:40Z")
_The Lawrence Welk Show_ ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/32 "2016-07-15T12:59:03Z")
The Jerry Springer Show - the most famous of the “talk shows” that provided a stage for the poorly behaved and morally depraved. I’m not sure who was worse: the “panelists” who trashed their own reputations for 15 minutes of fame, the viewers who cheerfully gawked at these wretched people as a means of entertainment, or the producers, who profited off of the most marginalized segment of society – without even pretending to care about them as people after the filming stopped. The U.S. has never recovered its dignity. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/33 "2016-07-15T12:59:39Z")
> [@GunnarFranz](#): > > Despite being superficial I don’t think What Not to Wear was/is _that_ bad. I loved that show! My vote would be one of those Bigfoot or ghost-hunting shows with a bunch of people standing around in the dark with their equipment, saying, “_Did you hear that?_” _Two Broke Girls_ is a stinker also. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/34 "2016-07-15T13:13:51Z")
Nancy Grace. ---
**Author:** ![GunnarFranz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@GunnarFranz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GunnarFranz)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/35 "2016-07-15T13:15:28Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I loved that show! > > My vote would be one of those Bigfoot or ghost-hunting shows with a bunch of people standing around in the dark with their equipment, saying, “_Did you hear that?_” > > _Two Broke Girls_ is a stinker also. I agree wholeheartedly about the “supernatural” shows and TBG even though they are both attractive the writing seems to make the show dreadful. I think every show with e a laugh track since friends does so to cover up poor writing (see Big Bang Theory without the track, though Jim Parsons is a great actor.) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/36 "2016-07-15T13:31:05Z")
Davey and Goliath. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/37 "2016-07-15T13:32:30Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > 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. Under the Dome was horrible. I couldn’t turn away from the first season, though, I think because of the cast. I kept thinking that the potential for an uptick was there. The storylines were like Rorschach prints that never coalesced though. My nominations are Three’s Company and The Ropers. Just awful. ---
**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, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/38 "2016-07-15T13:39:07Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > Under the Dome was horrible. I couldn’t turn away from the first season, though, I think because of the cast. Me too. With a MST3K/Rifftrax commentary, it could be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/39 "2016-07-15T13:50:48Z")
M_A_S\*H ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/40 "2016-07-15T13:55:40Z")
\*Whitney \* ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-show-ever/759933/41 "2016-07-15T14:25:12Z")
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