TV shows others love that make you go "huh?"

[WillParkinson]

Family Guy.

My friends love it. I just really can't get into it at all. I've seen a few episodes and they just kind of leave me nonplussed.

[DJ MEW]

1. Survivor

I know a lot of people that really like that show and I can't believe they are still making episodes of the show.

I also have a lot of family members that watch The O'Riley Factor and 700 Club and I don't understand those either, but that discussion is for a different forum.

[Chovexani]

44. I watch the 700 Club to make fun of it

It's the MSTie in me, I suppose. It was way more fun during the Clinton years though...I loved watching Pat have his daily aneurysm.

[WCGreen]

2. Ditto on the Family Guy....

There is way too much going on....

It's like watching an animated version of a joke off between Henny Youngman and Rodney Dangerfield with a dash of Don Rickles on the side...

[HEyHEY]

37. I laugh at Stuey only

The rest is just fucking laboured

[Catchawave]

3. "Desperate Housewives"

It's no "Knots Landing" :)

[Skittles]

12. ditto

I find it unwatchable

[rbnyc]

21. yup

But also, Knots Landing, Dynasty, Dallas, The OC

more...

[Angry Girl]

26. I'd would occasionally watch but then I heard that Laura Bush

loved the show and she would be appearing in an episode and I never watched the show again!

[Initech]

42. Yo!

Although my parents own the DVD now. Perhaps I'll have to borrow their copy and watch it...

[AussieDave]

4. Everybody Loves Raymond

just not funny

at all.

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[AussieDave]

6. I watched one episode and then gave myself an uppercut

for wasting half an hour of my life. Then after hearing about Patricia Heaton I gave myself another one.

I dropped Drew Carey for pretty much the same reason, though it had mildly amusing moments.

[WCGreen]

8. The thing is.... I have met both of them

Drew Carey went into a bar I worked at in his hometown, Parma....

And Patricia Heaton went to high school in the next suburb over from mine..... She sang in her choir and I sang in mine... The schools were bitter athletic rivals, so we would do a hands across the water type bull shit joint concert every year....

I met her at one of those and only cause I was interested in her father's work as a sports writer here in Cleveland....

[AussieDave]

9. And you survived to tell the tale - well done !!!!

[WCGreen]

10. Just a curiosity...... One of those sixth degree of separation thing..

[rbnyc]

22. I HATE that guy! (nt)

[GrpCaptMandrake]

7. Rita Cosby on MSNBC

It's like listening to Bullwinkle's long-lost sister. Gack! :wtf:

[samplegirl]

19. Annoying

i have to change the channel

[baldguy]

11. *Any* of the so-called "reality" shows

Throw a bunch of dim-witted extroverts into a contrived situation, and watch the "drama" of their stupidity unfold.

This is entertainment?

[Shell Beau]

13. I love Family Guy. I can't get into Survivor!

[philosophie_en_rose]

14. American Dad

I dislike Family Guy (although Stewie is hilarious), but American Dad is beyond my comprehension.

I also just can't get into any sitcom on CBS. Everybody loves Raymond, etc. I think the last time I watched a sitcom on CBS was Murphy Brown.

[Midlodemocrat]

15. Sex and the City. Allie McBeal.

I never understood the appeal of either of those shows.

[Archae]

16. The new Battlestar Galactica

Having enjoyed the original, I say the new one simply sucks.

Even the fancy-schmancy new SPFX are too dark, too jerky and too brief.

[underpants]

52. So you are the one who watches that

I figured someone had to

:evilgrin:

[Patiod]

17. Arrested Development

I've heard it's the greatest thing on TV, but I don't get it.

Honest to God I have a good sense of humor - I love the Simpsons, Futurama, Jon Stewart, DL Hughley, Ron White, Chris Rock (sometimes), Bernie Mac, Wallace & Gromit and lots of other shows and comedians. I've even come to appreciate Kids in the Hall and Monty Python (after being forced to watch hours of each).

But I didn't laugh once during "Something About Mary", and I don't laugh during Arrested Development.

[HEyHEY]

36. Something about Mary wasn't funny, that's why you didn't laugh

Predictable, bland, garbage.

[Richardo]

38. I got one laugh from the whole movie. One.

The 6-minute vs 7-minute abs debate.

[HEyHEY]

40. Yeah and it was only funny cause

It was the only scene with a professional comedian in it.

[underpants]

50. Come on you didn't laugh at the guy on the crutches?

Come on you know you did.....its okay to admit it he was faking anyway........you know you did.....he just couldn't quite reach those keys.....

Franks and beans franks and beans

[underpants]

53. You need to develop a more informed TV palate

AD is a fantastic show. From the premise to the execution it is probably one of the all time top 25 comedies. Easily.

Work on that and get back to us.

[graywarrior]

18. I couldn't live without reality shows last year. This year? Not.

Only tv I watch is LOST, Boston Legal and sometimes Cold Case.

[Angry Girl]

28. I've not been impressed so far....

Amazing Race is for sh*t this season. I mean, where did they find such churchy, boring families? Watched one episode and never again!

Mothra Stewart's Apprentice is dull because she's trying so hard to be a polite Miss Manners that she comes off boring and fake. Everyone knows she's an abusive woman: Let's SEE it, already!!!!

The Apprentice hasn't been so good yet either. I believe it's because this time Trump had more of a hand in picking the candidates so he could get better business backgrounds. The producers, however, care less about business acumen than about a conflicting personalities and I think they are right.

America's Top Model is pretty much the same, though: Three or four obvious bets and the rest are just filler girls they scooped off the street.

[graywarrior]

39. Yeah, I can't look at Trump for another season, I don't care

about Martha, Survivor is all cookie cutter beauty queens and the rest of the realities are just not interesting. More interesting is watching the Bush administration spin the lies.

[Angry Girl]

46. I stopped watching Survivor after Rob and Amba "won"

Can't STAND those two twits!

As for the Bush Admin being more interesting, perhaps, but it's such a rigged game!

[Jokerman]

20. All of them. n/t

[LSdemocrat]

23. Seinfeld

The jokes are just too obvious to be funny.

[CBGLuthier]

24. Friends

But to be honest I never watched a second of it.

Just didn't see the attraction.

I don't watch any reality programming except I do get sucked into VH1's surreal life but there is nothing real about the reality there.

That and Being Bonaduce but I am using it to help reinforce my own struggles with addiction.

[Angry Girl]

25. YAY! I absolutely LOATHE Family Guy! & American Dad! And Reba!

I think it's symptomatic of the mediocrity and right-wing propaganda of today.

And this latest Great Race with those boooooring families.

Some of the churchiest shows I've ever seen. eeeeew!

[Ediacara]

31. I don't think F-Guy is conservative at all

But, I agree, it's oftentimes unwatchable. Unlike some other posters, I find Stewie's character reprehansible and a boor, at least in earlier seasons. As for American Dad... wow, talk about worst show on TV!

[Angry Girl]

35. You're probably right - couldn't bear to watch more than 2 minutes

After that I just want to hurl things at the screen!

Boor is a good word. Boorish humor, yeah. Sort of like all those crap Benny Hill shows and the worst of Brit humor they insist on importing here.

It freaks me out that so many people like the show, though.

[Chovexani]

45. TAR Family really is sucking ass

I've been watching religiously for several seasons now but after ep 1 I was done.

In its defense, though, the producers were dead set against doing a family edition...this season is pure network interference at its worst. CBS forced them to. :(

[Patiod]

55. Too damned many people

Why I am not surprised that the woman who thinks Jesus cares who wins The Amazing Race also DOESN'T KNOW THAT PENNSYLVANIA IS A STATE

[Chovexani]

59. That cracked my shit up.

Seriously. :rofl:

And yeah, too many people. Three would have been stretching it but maybe still workable...but four? Logistical nightmare. And you can't really get to know anyone.

Race started with 40 fucking people. 40! :wtf:

[terrya]

27. "The Apprentice"

Fuck, both the Martha Stewart and Donald Trump versions.

Why anyone would enjoy seeing people beg and grovel to work for those two is utterly beyond me.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

29. "Scrubs"

Believe me I've tried! (And I was suprised to like "Garden State")

Also "Frasier" and "Will and Grace" both leave me cold.

[Angry Girl]

47. I agree with you, except I admit that I like Frasier...

even though Kelsey Grammar or whatever his name is sucks big time! I think Niles is a scream.

Will and Grace. Will's OK and there's that funny girl but Grace is just...just...just such an annoying little white girl! I can't stand that woman!

[Fox Mulder]

30. Arrested Development.

Seriously. The humor in that show is so off the wall that when I watch it, all that is going through my head is ":wtf:".

So I quit watching it.

[underpants]

54. See post #53

:wtf: indeed

[Fox Mulder]

63. Sorry.

AD is a crappy show and I'll never see it as "good" like others do. Its "humor" sucks, plain and simple.

To each his/her own, I guess.

[StopTheMorans]

32. The Tony Danza show

everyone at work won't stop talking about it, and, every time I go to the grocery store, a restaurant, wherever, everyone is talking about it. I, frankly, don't understand what all the buzz is about; i guess i'm just not hip anymore :cry:

[dolo amber]

33. Exactly *how* long have you been dead inside?

:cry:

[StopTheMorans]

34. i've been dead inside since the day i was conceived

:cry:

[Chovexani]

41. I see your Family Guy and raise you a Veronica Mars

Yes, I appreciate the fact that it's not an hour of boob and fart jokes, and is a smart show but...seriously I don't get the rabid craziness it inspires in people. It's Nancy Drew.

And the show's creator is a total dick, too.

[China_cat]

43. All of the above.

[asthmaticeog]

48. "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jepoardy"

How the hell are you supposed to figure out phrases from just a few letters? And this buying vowels thing goes right over my head. And don't even get me started on "Jepoardy" just giving you the answers right up front! DUH, it's a GAME SHOW, we're supposed to FIGURE OUT the answers, stupids!

[underpants]

60. Funny

Seriously, want to hear a funny story?

A few weeks ago my wife and I were watching "The Wheel" (I toy with her and let her win from time to time) and I swear they had it rigged.

Now this is a conspiracy theory.

They had on a one younger woman, a middle aged straight out of RW wife central casting complete with big FREINDS hair cardboard cutout human type, and a younger black guy.

Every other spin the young girl and the young guy hit Lose a Turn - not bankrupt mind you- so they always had money sitting in front of them. It didn't seem to matter that the woman in the middle couldn't figure out h_m s_andwich she kept getting to spin. I laughed and created a conspiracy theory that this was a pay off to some big donor or vote fixer (forget where she was from). His "old lady" wanted to win on the Wheel and they let her.

The final clue was impossible so she didn't get that but she was the biggest winner that day.

True story.

[Zomby Woof]

49. Family Guy sucks

Don't feel bad. It's a warmed-over Simpsons clone. It's regrettable that the Simpsons sucks these days too, but at least it was once brilliant and unparalleled. The Family Guy was neither at any time.

They rely on shock value and easy laughs. No subtlety at all, which was what prime-era Simpsons had in abundance.

But even 14 year olds need entertainment too. :D

[underpants]

eh, I like some of it but the last two I have seen have gotten weird

it has been a while but there was one that ended with the kid thinking about dating his mother or something like that. I haven't watch it since not out of principal mind you ( ;-) ) I just haven't watched it.

[Chovexani]

51. Seth MacFarlane's problem

He tries too goddamn hard. Every scene of that show is him flailing his arms and screaming, "LOOK HOW CLEVER AND EDGY I AM! I AM THE CREATOR OF THE NEXT CULT FANBOY SHOW!"

Sadly, he was right on the latter point.

[Zomby Woof]

56. EXACTLY

I find some of it funny from time to time, and that is fine and well - but it is so self-consciously "hip" and "edgy", to the point that it detracts from the truly funny parts. Now those parts are nearly non-existent.

I gave it a chance. People I like and respect enjoy the show tremendously, which made me giving it a shot worth some effort. But not anymore.

Precise analysis, btw.

[Chovexani]

57. I'm in the same boat

Family Guy is very popular in the circles I run in, so I gave it a few chances. I found myself rolling my eyes more than laughing.

[Fox Mulder]

62. Family Guy is funnier than The Simpsons could ever dream of being.

But, to each his/her own, I guess.

[jojog]

58. Curb Your Enthusiasm

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

65. Heathen!!! You must burn!!

(Well if I was in charge that would be the rule!)

[m_welby]

61. just about everything other people watch

I despise reality shows. They are social darwinist propaganda. Couldn't ever stand them and still can't.

South park - sorry, just don't get it, seems like its perfect for 10 year old boys, but I find it stupid.

every sitcom - I can't think of a single one that I care to watch anymore. I guess they are funny sometimes, but its hard to wade through all the crap for a single funny joke. especially will & grace and joey, and friends, and all the rest. It's all the same formulaic (obvious) jokes and cardboard stereotype characterss that have been around forever. I think the last 'original' sitcom was dick van dyke.

as for family guy, not especially funny, but I will occasionally watch it for the 'in' jokes about RI that no one outside the biggest little would ever get.

Oh, saturday night live - when was the last time that was funny?

don't even get me started on movies that everyone seemed to love that I thought were just horrendous (titanic, something about mary).

[DanCa]

64. Raymond, cant stand it can't stand cant stand it.