RollingStones 50 Worst Decisions in TV History

[SilverSamurai]

The Westworld Season 2 hate is so corny

We gonna act like it was wack from start to finish even though it had fire episodes and moments?

 

[Grifter]

Sopranos on network tv I remember the failure of Dexter in syndication on CBS.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

The only time I ever really heard Judy Winslow’s departure mentioned is when the actress got into porn. She was a minor character with minimal storylines. The bigger problem with the show is that it turned into the Steve Urkel Sci-Fi Special.

That might be why Judy leaving was a bad decision. As the show went on, it became less grounded in reality and didn't reflect the working-class Cosby Show it was supposed to be. Judy disappearing was the first domino to fall. Soon after that, Estelle became less important, Rachel left, and the show's focus turned to Urkel 100%.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Fox had a history of pushing the envelope to the absolute edges but even that wouldn't have made The Sopranos work on there. At least not as we know it. Also lets not forget that every network channel spent years trying to find a Sopranos-type show and most never aired. 24 became a hit for Fox in 2001 and they stuck to action shows and comedies. Network tv spent way too much time conditioning audiences to want to see shows about cops and detectives to get away with a successful mob show IMO. Part of the reason that golden era of television worked was because it was a bunch of cable shows that were deliberately trying to differentiate themselves from what you could do on network television. The Sopranos, The Shield, The Wire...none of that would work on Fox/NBC/ABC/CBS.

 

[MenacingMonk]

edit wrong thread

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Didn’t read but the “lost” ending should be number one

 

[Sauce Dab]

The Seinfeld story is really crazy in hindsight. There was no reason for NBC to want to keep it, but somebody really wanted it to succeed. That almost never happens, especially back then. Seinfeld went from being just another forgotten sitcom that would have been the subject of a YouTube video to one of the most beloved sitcoms of all-time.

These networks know what they're doing. If they want a show to make it, they'll do whatever they can. When Friends was months away from airing, Jennifer Aniston wasn't cast as Rachel because she was in another sitcom. Had that show lasted, somebody else would have gotten the part. The CBS and NBC executives struck a deal to air a movie of the week at the same time Jennifer's sitcom was airing, knowing those movies were popular and would steal ratings. They literally sabotaged an entire sitcom just so Jennifer could play Rachel, because they knew Friends had potential to be a big hit.

NBC got lucky with the office too. They were about to cancel that after the first season but gave it another season because one of the executives kids liked the show so they greenlit another season

 

[Mike the Executioner]

NBC got lucky with the office too. They were about to cancel that after the first season but gave it another season because one of the executives kids liked the show so they greenlit another season

I saw something about that on a CNN special about the 2000s. In the second season, there was a Christmas episode that advertised the iPod. Then during the mid-season break, people ended up downloading Office episodes on their iPods and the next episode had higher ratings. That's where the show really started to become popular.

 

[the cac mamba]

Trump at #2 screams "a liberal came up with this." Trump becoming a star off the Apprentice is NOT why he eventually became President. If anything, him being butthurt over Obama and not being allowed to buy the Bills became more of the impetus for him to run for President.

idk, breh. it gave him the celebrity factor, plus got enough dumbasses saying "we need a businessman to run the country"

 

[Erratic415]

I saw something about that on a CNN special about the 2000s. In the second season, there was a Christmas episode that advertised the iPod. Then during the mid-season break, people ended up downloading Office episodes on their iPods and the next episode had higher ratings. That's where the show really started to become popular.

There was also some good timing, as The 40 Year Old Virgin came out between season 1 and 2.

 

[NOSaintsFan02]

Trump at #2 screams "a liberal came up with this." Trump becoming a star off the Apprentice is NOT why he eventually became President. If anything, him being butthurt over Obama and not being allowed to buy the Bills became more of the impetus for him to run for President.

Came in here to say that.

It's revisonist AF to blame NBC for "making Trump popular". Trump was already popular. Are we gonna blame Fresh Prince and Home Alone too lmao. And how would NBC know rednecks all over America would vote the MF'er as President a decade later? Lmao. Feels like the writer just went to business for himself with that personal rant.

 

[Erratic415]

Came in here to say that.

It's revisonist AF to blame NBC for "making Trump popular". Trump was already popular. Are we gonna blame Fresh Prince and Home Alone too lmao. And how would NBC know rednecks all over America would vote the MF'er as President a decade later? Lmao. Feels like the writer just went to business for himself with that personal rant.

Exactly. Trump has always been a well-known public figure since the 80s. He loved the camera and would try to expand to sports, like being involved in the USFL and boxing (particularly Tyson-Spinks). I think I learned who he was when I was a kid watching In Living Color.

Gremlins 2, Home Alone 2, The King of New York, Fresh Prince, Back to the Future 2, SNL, Oprah, Quantum Leap, etc….all either parodied him, had him appear in it, or his property was part of the story. Rappers would always mention him.

Trump had ran for President in 2000 as part of the Reform Party. Blaming it on ‘The Apprentice’ is nonsense.

We had 8 years of Obama in office, and it’s become rare for 3 straight terms of either a Democrat or Republican (1980-92 being an exception). It usually shifts.

 

[Sauce Dab]

There was also some good timing, as The 40 Year Old Virgin came out between season 1 and 2.

Same thing happened with Andy. He blew up from the Hangover movie so they gave him Steve Carell spot when he decided to leave the show