What is the worst TV show ever created?

20Wheel · 28-10-2022 2:24pm

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Yep.

Annoyance × series repetitions × season duration.

SAMTALK · 28-10-2022 2:30pm

Bridget and Eamon

Floppybits · 28-10-2022 2:43pm

Those reality shows like love island and don't get me started on the crap like the kardashians.

ancapailldorcha · 28-10-2022 3:28pm

Any reality TV to be honest. People on it all seem to be horrible, narcissistic and desperate to build some sort of lucrative profile for themselves despite having no talent. Just never got it.

its_steve116 · 28-10-2022 3:36pm

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Up there, for me.

o1s1n · 28-10-2022 3:40pm

One of the worst pieces of filmed TV is a pilot that thankfully was so bad, it was never given the green light.

I present to you, the pilot for a US version of Peep Show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yredc3ayOE&t=1131s

blackbox · 28-10-2022 3:46pm

There are probably worse shows than Mrs Brown's Boys, but I can't think of any right now.

silliussoddius · 28-10-2022 3:52pm

Hot Milk and Pepper, Dodge the question.

Speedsie · 28-10-2022 3:54pm

The Cassidys (or any RTE sitcom...)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cassidys_%28TV_series%29

DJIMI TRARORE · 28-10-2022 3:56pm

Can I nominate,Give my head peace,a nordy comedy which must be going 15-20 years,one of the worst programmes ever,even my nordy mates haven't a clue where the comedy/entertainment is in it

Edit: it actually finished in 08,after 11 years of pure shyte

Strumms · 28-10-2022 4:02pm

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Is that still going ? Actually 24 years wiki says but I think they had a few years off… Jesus… had a few funny moments but all a bit of a rehash.

RikkFlair · 28-10-2022 4:08pm

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Got very repetitive around the 4th season I think

ancapailldorcha · 28-10-2022 4:09pm

Post Season 9 or so of The Simpsons.

OrangeLavender · 28-10-2022 4:10pm

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This is definitely a contender. I remember sitting down expecting it to be amazing because people were saying it would be the Irish That 70's Show or Friends.. 🤐

silliussoddius · 28-10-2022 4:18pm

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Hmm, the name rings a bell.

sprucemoose · 28-10-2022 4:20pm

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ed byrne being in it should have been a sign

Strumms · 28-10-2022 4:23pm

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started in 1989

so 33 years. 732 episodes I’m reading…

Matt Groening I think is determined to keep making them.

a VERY significant cash cow for all involved… network, studio, animators, voice actors, producers…… probably thought best to keep an average product on the go, making millions…

groening himself is believed to be worth north of 500 million. Don’t forget Futurama was and is a majorly successful cash cow plus his other lesser known endeavours.

ancapailldorcha · 28-10-2022 4:30pm

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Futurama was amazing. Some of the later episodes may not have been as good but it wasn't a cash cow. It also got a proper ending.

The Simpsons literally became what it was supposed to be parodying.

nigeldaniel · 28-10-2022 4:37pm

Reality TV shows are one thing I can not stand in the least. almost every single person on those shows acts and reads scripts which go completely against what reality is meant to be. Dance Moms stateside is one and the less I say about '100 first dates' the better.

Formosa · 28-10-2022 4:38pm

Any of the dreadful shows hosted by Gerry Ryan...Ryantown, Ryan Confidential...

Pherekydes · 28-10-2022 4:49pm

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I wouldn't count it as a show, per se, but it is a holy show, though.

I'll get me coat...

TheRiverman · 28-10-2022 4:51pm

There are many, but Talk About presented by Alan Hughes on RTE back in the 1990's was particularly bad.

Ger Roe · 28-10-2022 4:51pm

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I would have to agree here... At his best on Radio, Ryan was really good, but he could never get TV right. He just didn't look comfortable and confident on camera. I am sure that his several TV outings were negotiated contract aspects that allowed him to try it out, but despite the format formula used, it never worked. Even 'School around the corner' flopped and that should have been a mine of good material, if performed correctly.

TheRiverman · 28-10-2022 4:57pm

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Some good Radio people should never be let near TV. Gerry Ryan was one of those.

Brussels Sprout · 28-10-2022 5:01pm

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Wow. I remember watching some of that. Never heard about that person's death though.

28-10-2022 6:00pm

Some of the agricultural shows like ear to the ground and bbc countryfile these days are absolutely rubbish compared to what they could or used to be

but love island is the winner by some margin for me anyway

walshb · 28-10-2022 6:08pm

Surely Mr. Browns Boys?

Madeoface · 28-10-2022 6:48pm

Anything with Brendan O'Carroll in it, plus Leave it to Mrs o,Brien. My parents used to threaten us kids with it..

Collie D · 28-10-2022 6:59pm

I’ve already mentioned Deal or no Deal but I’m gonna throw in Tipping Point too. Any “quiz” or game show where the participants are rewarded for no skill. I’ve actually seen an episode where they asked what the capital of France was ffs.

Bring back The Krypton Factor…a show where there was a good chance you’d be leaving with a broken limb.

silliussoddius · 28-10-2022 7:10pm

I'll give you a clue, you live there

Strumms · 28-10-2022 7:11pm

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I agree, loved and still love Futurama but I think that got canned because of arguments and scheduling rows if my memory is correct.

the Simpsons has really put a slight tarnish on what it’s overall legacy was and is….know when enough is enough.

iamstop · 28-10-2022 7:26pm

Any of those scripted 'reality' shows. Especially ones with the word 'Love' in the title.

pgj2015 · 29-10-2022 2:01am

London. 👵

lumphammer2 · 29-10-2022 2:16am

A toss between Mrs Brown's Boys ..... or Big Brother ..... or Love Island ..... the fact they are beyond awful is one thing but their genuine popularity with some is far more scary ...

eggy81 · 29-10-2022 2:17am

Raw, pure mule and bachelors walk.

That **** chef in raw. What a prick.

katherine lynch wonder women. Ruined mohill

lumphammer2 · 29-10-2022 2:27am

The Mrs Brown spinoff All Round to Mrs Brown's too ... not that it is really that different to Mrs Brown's Boys ... these 2 shows were the only TV shows I ever fell out with a friend over .... some people genuinely love Mrs Brown ... which is fine if they feel that way ... but expect everyone else to feel the same/watch it with them ... which is not fine !!

ShamNNspace · 29-10-2022 5:37am

For me (and yes I know of Charlie birds terrible health difficulties but I have to be honest) the travel shows featuring Charlie especially the one following Tom Creans footsteps have to be up there, the shows became about the host where the ego was allowed to take over and the travel aspect was lost... What a waste

+that eegit Hector buck leppin around the place and gurning at the camera with his oul lookatmeimmightycraic stich in his travel offerings has to get an honourable mention for the same reasons, he has a new one out now... Again what a waste

Grandeeod · 30-10-2022 8:22pm

The Airport up in Knock. Google it. Treat yourself to a pointless TV series full of absolute utter scutter.

ancapailldorcha · 30-10-2022 8:46pm

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As awful as it is, I do like Mrs. Brown's Boys. I found the All Round show unwatchable though.

Glencarraig · 30-10-2022 9:16pm

Anything to do with the Kardashians

Cosmo Kramer · 30-10-2022 9:22pm

The Lyrics Board.

Had a serious dislike for that show back in the 90s.

donegal_man · 30-10-2022 9:28pm

Agree with everyone who has mentioned any of the "reality" rubbish and would add the various shows where people pretend to be undergoing selection for the Rangers, SAS, Seals etc. If you want to be a member of a Special Forces unit, join the military and give it a go.

Fr Tod Umptious · 30-10-2022 9:34pm

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Became an international hit, sold to about a dozen countries from Sweden to Vietnam.

Fr Tod Umptious · 30-10-2022 9:43pm

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+that eegit Hector buck leppin around the place.

I loved those shows.

He went places and meet normal but also interesting people.

His one about American went from coast to coast from Georgia to California through the south and west, places Irish TV shows about America rarely go, and unlike other Irish US road trip shows he didn't go to a single Irish-American center, or Irish dancing school or meet a single Irish-American person.

The only thing remotely Irish related was his chat with the Alabama Blind Boys about their appreciation for Foster and Allen.

Gusser09 · 30-10-2022 9:46pm

Nevermind the buzzcocks

Mock the week.

Any of those panel type comedies that let on they are aimed at the common man.

pgj2015 · 30-10-2022 9:48pm

I honestly thought Mrs browns boys would be the first reply.

Strumms · 30-10-2022 9:57pm

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Everything the guy did in front of the camera tanked…. What you have said, plus that Gerry Ryan tonight show he did…didn’t have the nouse or the correct vehicle for his talent , who knows..

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119807083#Comment_119807083

Hector seems like a nice fella but I’m just glad TVs were given mute buttons. Sweet sufferin…..

kowloon · 30-10-2022 10:07pm

I find most reality tv shows, particularly the US ones, to be unpleasant to be around. I hate the "coming up after this ad-break" segments followed by post-ad-break "what you've just seen" segments that they use to pad out the running time. I hate when they use that emotional piano music which is the equivalent to a laugh track for sad parts.

Luckily I don't have to be around it beyond the odd bit in a waiting room somewhere.

j2 · 30-10-2022 10:15pm

Gogglebox would have to be up there surely? A tv show about fat, stupid people watching other basically unwatchable tv shows is probably about as bad as it can get.

the_pen_turner · 30-10-2022 10:33pm

jeramy kyle, springer, dr phil etc . prayiong on the weak and exploiting stupidity .

What is the worst TV show ever created?

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