I took the top 4 vote getters from the previous poll and will add those other shows suggested by the PIF members.

I had couple rules, and that was it had to be a show of 1 season or less, Must be scripted, and NOT currently airing new episodes (so Cavemen and Carpoolers is not on this poll).

Question:
Now you decide which is the "Worst TV Show Ever".

Choices:
Viva Laughlin (2007)
Michael Richards show (2000)
Baby Bob (2002)
Birds of Prey (2002)
Modern Men (2006)
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979)
Public Morals (1996)
Lawless (1997)
Turn-On (1969)
Girls Club (2002)
Me And The Chimp (1972)
The Golden Palace (1992)
Drive (2007)
Supertrain (1979)
Manimal (1983)
Mr. T & Tina (1976)
Tarzan (2003)
The Rerun Show (2000)
The Fanelli Boys (1990)
My Big Fat Greek Life (2003)
Me & Mrs. C (1986)
Second Chance (1986)

 

There are some really bad shows on this second list. unfortunately, I've seen most of them.

I forgot that "Mr. T and Tina" was with Pat Morita. As a little kid back then, I didn't think it was that bad.

Supertrain was typical 1970's NBC bad. it along with Manimal was why it was a very distant 3rd, in a three way race.

Sheriff Lobo was a good KIDs show, like Dukes of Hazzard. Had a fun theme song, IIRC.

Now we're talking. THESE are some stinkers!

Speaking as someone who has a copy of the "Mr. T and Tina" pilot on tape, I'd have to be mad not to vote for it. It's piss poor. The picture quality of my copy, I mean. The show would have to improve leaps and bounds just to get up to piss poor.

(Just a quibble, but "Me and Mrs. C" and "Baby Bob" both ran 2 seasons. Why they were renewed for second ones, I have no idea. I don't even think CBS has any idea why they renewed "Baby Bob." "Sheriff Lobo" also ran for a second, albeit under a shortened title and with some major changes.)

I haven't seen most of these but Modern Men was the most worthless WB comedy ever and that's saying something because the WB only really had 3 or 4 "good" comedies. Baby Bob was imo a mindless way to spend a half hour in season one but the popularity of Bob quickly wore thin and by season two the quality was even more diluted. Just an awful show.

Second Chance - the failed sitcom Fox tried on Saturday Night and replaced with "Cops"

Great list... For Part 3, you can add Flo to the list. (Unless it was in part one and I forgot.) And Shirley's World starring Shirley MacClaine. Then there was also the Bob Urich and Faye Dunaway stinker It Had To Be You. And more recent stinker was Father of the Pride. And what about "The Brady's" that featured an alcoholic "fake" Marcia.

It's ashame I'm probably the only one to see Me & The Chimp on this board. It really would win if people had been exposed to it.

I agree with you on Modern Men. Just an atrocious show.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:
I haven't seen most of these but Modern Men was the most worthless WB comedy ever and that's saying something because the WB only really had 3 or 4 "good" comedies. Baby Bob was imo a mindless way to spend a half hour in season one but the popularity of Bob quickly wore thin and by season two the quality was even more diluted. Just an awful show.

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Originally posted by xwiseguyx:
Great list... For Part 3, you can add Flo to the list. (Unless it was in part one and I forgot.) And Shirley's World starring Shirley MacClaine. Then there was also the Bob Urich and Faye Dunaway stinker It Had To Be You. And more recent stinker was Father of the Pride. And what about "The Brady's" that featured an alcoholic "fake" Marcia.

It's ashame I'm probably the only one to see Me & The Chimp on this board. It really would win if people had been exposed to it.

I forgot all about Flo. It was bad!

It had to be you was also pretty bad. I think I saw part of one episode.

I should place every spin-off from the Brady Bunch on the next list. Can we remember them all though??

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:
It had to be you was also pretty bad. I think I saw part of one episode.

The producers of this show deserve some kind of Guinness Book award. They also did "The Trouble with Larry" that year... giving them not only the worst two comedies on the air, but also the first two cancelled.

In a show like "It Had to Be You," chemistry is everything. And Robert Urich and Faye Dunaway had none. At all. CBS' promos were awful, too. I remember this stupid line about swine flu that wasn't funny the first time you heard it, never mind the 150th. For some reason, the eye promo department thought it was a hoot, and it was run incessantly in advance TV spots.

The funniest thing that came out of that one was Urich doing an interview years later where he called Faye the most miserable actress he's ever had to work with and that the other actors had to spend several hours sitting around waiting for the make-up crew to get her blush just right. Finally, the network, studio and producers all grew so sick of her, they wished her character into the cornfield and tried to redo the series as "The Mighty Quinns."

The weird part about that show was that Marc said another comedy the WB had that year was good and they shelved it for that slop and Twins, which coincidently starred the "unintentionally" hilarious Melanie Griffith.

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Originally posted by tvfan300:
I agree with you on Modern Men. Just an atrocious show.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:
I haven't seen most of these but Modern Men was the most worthless WB comedy ever and that's saying something because the WB only really had 3 or 4 "good" comedies. Baby Bob was imo a mindless way to spend a half hour in season one but the popularity of Bob quickly wore thin and by season two the quality was even more diluted. Just an awful show.

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:
I should place every spin-off from the Brady Bunch on the next list. Can we remember them all though??

I believe there were 3:

The Brady Brides
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
The Brady's

Man, I just rattled those off- kinda scary.

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Originally posted by xwiseguyx:

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:
I should place every spin-off from the Brady Bunch on the next list. Can we remember them all though??

I believe there were 3:

The Brady Brides
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
The Brady's

Man, I just rattled those off- kinda scary.

You forgot the Brady Kids Cartoon.

Oops, yes, I was just thinking in terms of prime time series.

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:

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Originally posted by xwiseguyx:

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:
I should place every spin-off from the Brady Bunch on the next list. Can we remember them all though??

I believe there were 3:

The Brady Brides
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
The Brady's

Man, I just rattled those off- kinda scary.

You forgot the Brady Kids Cartoon.

Here's what's really freaky...I remember they had two pandas named Ping and Pong on the Brady Kids cartoon. (swear to you I didn't look that up)

cct

Looks like Viva Laughlin is going to runaway with this poll. It currently has 27.3 % of the votes cast, double what the 2nd place vot getter is getting (The Michael Richards Show).

If you have any more bad show suggestions for a Part 3 of the poll, post them here.