What is the worst TV show you've seen every episode of?

[WrigleyField 22]

How I Met Your Mother

 

I don't know if I've seen every last episode, but if we're fudging that part then Friends would be alongside it.

HIMYM definitely gets a lifetime acheivement award next to the Office of good show turned bad that I finished to the end. As far as longevity, they take the cake.

 

The good ran out of HIMYM much earlier than it did for the office, and it never came close to the high levels.

Agreed that its peak was much higher, but both had that element of stubbornness to watch to the end, even though it sucked. The Office also at least rewarded with a decent finale.

[jersey cubs fan]

both had that element of stubbornness to watch to the end, even though it sucked. The Office also at least rewarded with a decent finale.

 

I agree, although I'd say the office earned my loyalty while MRA Ted never did, I just gave it away like a whore. I hate that I watched most of that show, but I don't regret watching the office.

[UMFan83]

HIMYM definitely gets a lifetime acheivement award next to the Office of good show turned bad that I finished to the end. As far as longevity, they take the cake.

 

The good ran out of HIMYM much earlier than it did for the office, and it never came close to the high levels.

Agreed that its peak was much higher, but both had that element of stubbornness to watch to the end, even though it sucked. The Office also at least rewarded with a decent finale.

 

The Office is probably the only show that I watched religiously for 5+ seasons but then didn't have the will to finish. I did love the last episode though.

 

You are right though, HIMYM drew me in emotionally because it was the 'early-mid 20's post college' set show that I got into while I was in my early-mid 20's post college. The first 3 seasons were pretty fresh, it was funny and the storyline was interesting enough. It wasn't amazing TV or anything but it was a quality show. Starting in season 4 the quality started to dip, they started exaggerating character quirks (which many shows do but HIMYM took this to an extreme), they started adding more and more filler episodes to stretch out the main story arc. Season 4 was still ok but starting with season 5 it just plummeted badly. There was maybe 1-2 good episodes a season. Season 9 was an absolute travesty punctuated by the kick in the balls that was the finale. You can put season 9 up against the worst final seasons of TV sitcoms and it holds its own. And there are some pretty terrible final sitcom seasons.

[Sammy Sofa]

How I Met Your Mother

 

I don't know if I've seen every last episode, but if we're fudging that part then Friends would be alongside it.

HIMYM definitely gets a lifetime acheivement award next to the Office of good show turned bad that I finished to the end. As far as longevity, they take the cake.

 

The good ran out of HIMYM much earlier than it did for the office, and it never came close to the high levels.

 

It was never good. Two of the leads are bland as horsefeathers and look like siblings, I'm pretty positive the actress from Buffy and American Pie is genuinely mentally challenged, NPH was just playing the standard cliche horndog, but because he's actually gay it was inexplicably hilarious because of...reasons? All it had going for it was a clearly slumming and disengaged Jason Segel, and he was cancelled out by the laugh track and the sub-Friends-late 90's-knoockoff-level of settings and plots. The baffling love this show got and still has must be some kind of MK-ULTRA-like mass hypnosis experiment or something.

[WrigleyField 22]

both had that element of stubbornness to watch to the end, even though it sucked. The Office also at least rewarded with a decent finale.

 

I agree, although I'd say the office earned my loyalty while MRA Ted never did, I just gave it away like a whore. I hate that I watched most of that show, but I don't regret watching the office.

NPH is what kept that show chugging to a large extent. I'll at least use the excuse that starting around season 4 it was a show my now wife and I started watching together, so it just became our weekly Monday(?) tradition.

[jersey cubs fan]

It was never good. Two of the leads are bland as horsefeathers and look like siblings, I'm pretty positive the actress from Buffy and American Pie is genuinely mentally challenged, NPH was just playing the standard cliche horndog, but because he's actually gay it was inexplicably hilarious because of...reasons? All it had going for it was a clearly slumming and disengaged Jason Segel, and he was cancelled out by the laugh track and the sub-Friends-late 90's-knoockoff-level of settings and plots. The baffling love this show got and still has must be some kind of MK-ULTRA-like mass hypnosis experiment or something.

 

https://youtu.be/ZjibEkDoXQc?t=11s

[Sammy Sofa]

both had that element of stubbornness to watch to the end, even though it sucked. The Office also at least rewarded with a decent finale.

 

I agree, although I'd say the office earned my loyalty while MRA Ted never did, I just gave it away like a whore. I hate that I watched most of that show, but I don't regret watching the office.

 

Yeah, I still love The Office, but I still haven't seen anything after season 6. I usually have no problem bailing on a show once it nosedives off of a cliff. Dexter and Six Feet Under I both dropped after their third seasons and never looked back.

[biittner77]

The criteria should be what show did you watch a lot longer than you should have so that it can encompass The Walking Dead.

 

Of the shows not mentioned yet, MASH would have to be in there somewhere. Like other shows, it started out edgy and creative then devolved into an unwatchable mess the last few seasons (When Gary Burghoff left?). Yet everybody watched the series finale.

[jersey cubs fan]

both had that element of stubbornness to watch to the end, even though it sucked. The Office also at least rewarded with a decent finale.

 

I agree, although I'd say the office earned my loyalty while MRA Ted never did, I just gave it away like a whore. I hate that I watched most of that show, but I don't regret watching the office.

 

Yeah, I still love The Office, but I still haven't seen anything after season 6. I usually have no problem bailing on a show once it nosedives off of a cliff. Dexter and Six Feet Under I both dropped after their third seasons and never looked back.

six feet under nosedived? I do not recall this happening.

 

I watched about half the lithgow season of dexter and felt satisfied.

[jersey cubs fan]

The criteria should be what show did you watch a lot longer than you should have so that it can encompass The Walking Dead.

 

Of the shows not mentioned yet, MASH would have to be in there somewhere. Like other shows, it started out edgy and creative then devolved into an unwatchable mess the last few seasons (When Gary Burghoff left?). Yet everybody watched the series finale.

 

 

The Chicago Bears

[Sammy Sofa]

 

I agree, although I'd say the office earned my loyalty while MRA Ted never did, I just gave it away like a whore. I hate that I watched most of that show, but I don't regret watching the office.

 

Yeah, I still love The Office, but I still haven't seen anything after season 6. I usually have no problem bailing on a show once it nosedives off of a cliff. Dexter and Six Feet Under I both dropped after their third seasons and never looked back.

six feet under nosedived? I do not recall this happening.

 

Looking at the episode listings, I actually watched into the 4th season and dropped it after the monumentally stupid "David gets kidnapped" episode, which made me retroactively realize how much pretty much all of season 3 stunk. I like to think of it now as this amazing 2 season series that was unjustly cancelled and left us all hanging on Nate's surgery, because everything after...WOOF.

 

I finally watched the finale after people went nuts for it, and it was garbage. A cloying, Hallmark Channel movie that people lost their minds over because we find out out how everyone dies, which is really, really important and not cheaply manipulative and lazy at all.

[Derwood]

I never made it to the end of Fringe, but man, that was a good idea that went off the deep end

[jersey cubs fan]

Looking at the episode listings, I actually watched into the 4th season and dropped it after the monumentally stupid "David gets kidnapped" episode, which made me retroactively realize how much pretty much all of season 3 stunk. I like to think of it now as this amazing 2 season series that was unjustly cancelled and left us all hanging on Nate's surgery, because everything after...WOOF.

 

I finally watched the finale after people went nuts for it, and it was garbage. A cloying, Hallmark Channel movie that people lost their minds over because we find out out how everyone dies, which is really, really important and not cheaply manipulative and lazy at all.

 

Yeah, I just really don't recall much of the show at all. Maybe I didn't watch the whole thing.

 

The finale was manipulative but I thought it was apropos given the nature of the show itself.

[Sammy Sofa]

The criteria should be what show did you watch a lot longer than you should have so that it can encompass The Walking Dead.

 

Of the shows not mentioned yet, MASH would have to be in there somewhere. Like other shows, it started out edgy and creative then devolved into an unwatchable mess the last few seasons (When Gary Burghoff left?). Yet everybody watched the series finale.

 

Yeah, but MASH was at least great at some point, so you can justify having watched it.

 

I'll say Carnivale qualifies; loved the look and the setting of the show, and Clancy Brown being terrifying, but man, that show was bad.

 

OH. Boardwalk Empire! Same type of situation; mostly good to great cast, awesome setting, some real standout creepy characters, but man, talk about a show not living up to expectations at all. I love Steve Buscemi, but he was all wrong for that role, and it was otherwise all downhill from there in terms of it being a genuinely good show. Super entertaining (when not bogged down with Nucky's forever interminable drama at home) pulpy trash anchored by a snazzy setting, nice production values (well, minus the boardwalk itself turning basically all CGI by the end) and some great supporting actors. But, yeah, not a good show, and I watched every damn second.

[cl smooth]

i love boardwalk empire, warts and all. one of my top 5 favorite shows.

 

i want to add the original macgyver to this list. seen every episode and it hasn't aged well but hot damn it was fun to watch.

[Sammy Sofa]

i want to add the original macgyver to this list. seen every episode and it hasn't aged well but hot damn it was fun to watch.

 

It had everything!

 

[Andy]

Big Bang Theory for sure. I've never watched it on purpose, but my wife has it on all the time and it's always the same episodes (or they're all the same, either way)

My wife really likes BBT, so this is also my answer.

 

If we're only counting shows that were my idea, HIMYM and Friends, depending which you think is worse. Maybe ABC's Muppets reboot show that aired this past season.

[Banedon]

I watched about half the lithgow season of dexter and felt satisfied.

 

Season 4, the Lithgow season, was the best season that show did. After that, it fell off a cliff.

[jehr]

i love boardwalk empire, warts and all. one of my top 5 favorite shows.

 

i want to add the original macgyver to this list. seen every episode and it hasn't aged well but hot damn it was fun to watch.

Dukes of Hazzard would have to fall into that category then.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

A lot of other shows I've actually seen every episode of that weren't really good shows, also weren't bad shows, IMO, but got canceled after pretty short runs. (Better Off Ted, Jericho, Pushing Daisies). They werent shows destined for greatness, but didnt last long enough to decline and lose my interest/viewership the same way other run of the mill shows that somehow keep lasting.

 

Hey now, Better off Ted was legitimately amazing.

[Thurman Merman]

Mine is probably Bones. Fringe was a step up from that show. I guess I could also say One Tree Hill, but no way, that show was the bees knees.

[Tim]

I would answer HIMYM, but I gave up after season 8. I'll go with Heroes. Season 1 was amazing and original, but man did it get bad. However, I enjoyed season 1 so much I even subjected myself to the half season they aired in 2016.

[jersey cubs fan]

the mandy patinkin years of criminal minds

[sneakypower]

number one with a bullet: dexter.

same

[sneakypower]

number one with a bullet: dexter.

same

actually, i might have watched all of The OC too