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top-list Worst sitcom ever?
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I would say that you can easily tell how bad a sitcom is by how often they have to use a laugh track, and how loud it is. If a show is funny, it doesn't need to prompt the audience to laugh. That said,
2 and a half men
Family Matters
Small Wonder
Two Broke girls
WKRP in Cincinatti
Mork and Mindy (Robin Williams was great, but the show was mediocre)
but the worst sitcoms of all time, the ones I dreaded being trapped into watching more than any others
Mad about you
Wings
Dinosaurs
Joey
8 is enough
2 and a half men
Family Matters
Small Wonder
Two Broke girls
WKRP in Cincinatti
Mork and Mindy (Robin Williams was great, but the show was mediocre)
but the worst sitcoms of all time, the ones I dreaded being trapped into watching more than any others
Mad about you
Wings
Dinosaurs
Joey
8 is enough
Felt a little on the nose. I just thought that one was a given, lol.Can we just put Friends on the list please!
you know, it's debatable if it was even a sitcom or not. It wasn't formulaic in the way all these others are. I would say that it's theme song alone elevated it out of the garbage category. Also the ridiculous look of the actor/costume combination went a long time towards making it memorable. It was a show you could laugh at simply because it managed to exist in the first place, similar to Automan.Was The Greatest American Hero bad, or awesome? Have to revisit.
I guess the reason I would question it's sitcom credentials is because it didn't follow the basic sitcom rule, 1 primary location with a few repeating aux locations. Family home interior, kitchen, driveway, front door, couch, neighbor's house. That's the usual template. Seinfeld has the diner instead, but the core formula is always there. News radio had the main room, jimmy's office, the hall outside with the elevator, and occasionally the security check in at the building entrance. GAH was free roaming, but then so was Gilligan's island and I dream of Jeanie. Sitcoms are all about budget. Build 3 sets and then milk them for all they're worth. Usually the neighbors house or friends apartment was just the same room with the furniture rearranged.
Maybe so. I only have remaining memories of him flying in a cape and standing in outdoor areas. I haven't seen it in quite some time. There's a lot of shows that old that I have "enhanced memories" of, then I go back and watch them sometimes, and the memory far outshines the reality in many cases. I have a completely distorted memory of Manimal for example. It seemed exciting when I was an infant, but upon review it makes murder she wrote look like star wars in terms of action, scale, and quality.
it was bad, but far from the worst I've seen. That's the thing, there are sitcoms so bad that we never even saw them. The Goode family. Tripping the Rift, etc.
Not a sitcom, but The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson is incredibly hard to watch and cringy at times. And not sure why he was hailed as the king, even his comedic timing is questionable.
Oh yeah, forgot about that one. Terrible.
It doesn't belong in the terrible sitcom category, but since it's the big news this week, has anyone watched the new season of King of the Hill that just came out? One of the classic animated sitcoms. I haven't watched all the new episodes, but it's surprisingly intact for such a long hiatus.
Honestly I guess my verdict on sitcoms as a whole was delivered a long time back. With a few exceptions, rare exceptions, I haven't bothered to watch a sitcom in a decade. 30 rock and Brooklyn 99 were passable, and news radio before that, but otherwise the entire genre's been a total loss.