Anything with one or more of the following words in the title: Brady, Partridge, Scooby, or Extreme.
Actually, I quite like Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (aka MXC)
Another horrible show (though I never dared watch it) was…
Pink Lady and Jeff. The promos for this late-70s variety-show nightmare (Pink Lady were two japanese girls who not speak English) were sickening.
I forgot The Chevy Chase Show.
Of course, I’m glad I did. And now I am sad that I’ve remembered it.
Saved by the Bell
Charles in Charge
Walker: Texas Ranger
Hey, without Walker: Texas Ranger, we wouldn’t have the Walker: Texas Ranger level on Conan. 
Cop Rock
LIMOZEEN “but they’re in space!”
So bad it was canceled during the pilot and only aired once.
But it still can’t be worse then Heil Honey I’m home! which I’ve never seen but it looks pretty horrible.
I actually watched Turn On. It was as awful as the stories said.
You’re in the Picture was so bad that Jackie Gleason, its host, spent the entire second episode apologizing to the American public.
Those involved with Full House would have to take years to apologize.
Reality Chuck
Did you see my posting #4 ?
Three words:
My
Mother
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ok. Four.
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[li]Big Brother–At least “Survivor” has people trying to live by their wits and using actual survival skills; WTF is the point of this piece of dreck except to show how supposed adults can act like spoiled children?[/li][li]The Real World–see above.[/li][li]The Dukes of Hazzard, BJ and the Bear, Sheriff Lobo et al–Well, at least no one will ever make a movie out of these…huh?..OH DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN!!![/li][li]She’s the Sheriff–Suzanne Somers is bad enough dressed as a girl![/li][li]Fear Factor–This actually started out with an interesting premise’ people facing their fears. Now it’s just a gross-out fest. [/li][/ul]
That horrible Fox(?) show Superstar, where they picked the worst of the worst singers and put them on stage, convincing them they were the next American Idol.
Then, to keep the audience from booing them off the stage, they told the audience the singers were cancer survivors.
Talk about manipulation and cruelty from the word go.
What? Are you sure? I just thought they let the audience in on it and told them to scream their hearts out.
It could be. I only saw part of one show, but what I read about it in the papers and online led me to believe they told the audience the singers had had cancer.
What a dog.
And in an ironic twist, Tammy Grimes had originally been picked to star in a new TV show, “Bewitched”, but gave it up for this one. And the actor, who played her twin brother, had also been picked to star in “Bewitched”, but cancelled to do this show, which lasted all of 4 episodes. He was Dick Sargent, and he had been slotted to play Darrin. Which he eventually did.
Ah, that’s just an update on the classic The Gong Show.
Now, how have we gotten this far without mention of Petticoat Junction and Green Acres? And I’m going to have to throw down on Alice and All In The Family, too. There was no one in either of those shows who wasn’t as grating as fingernails on the chalkboard.
Family Feud was pretty damn awful (Richard Dawson was such a scumbag), and any show that features Bea Arthur in any way, shape, or form should be irrevocably erased from the collective consciousness for the good of future generations.
But the worse, bar none, of American television: Hee-Haw. I defy anyone to find a show more utterly awful in every respect. I shudder just at the thought of it. And somehow, every time we went over to my maternal grandparent’s house, it was always playing, which no doubt contributes to my lack of enthusiasm for that side of the family.
Hee-ha…oh, no, please. Make it stop!
Stranger
OK, normally I just sigh inwardly and let these go, but…you didn’t even read past the first seven posts? :dubious:
I’m stuck. “The Star Wars Holiday Special” or “The Return of the King” from 1980. I’d have to say the later took a slightly larger dump on Tolkein’s legacy then the former took on Lucas’ legacy.
That’s it–this thread has officially jumped the shark.
Maybe because Green Acres was astoundingly and absurdly brilliant!
“Kiss my grits…” “…you meathead, you!” I loved both of those shows!
Oh my gosh, with this addition, you have now included every good television memory of my youth in your list of “Worst TV Shows Ever.”
Hey, Golden Girls was pretty funny.
Nitpick with thread title: There can only be one “Worst.”
And that of course is Full House.
Happy