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Kameruka · 2011-03-04, 08:50

Regardless how much I hated South Park, it never popular in my country.

One more annoying show that I forgot to put in OP: American Idol. I have no idea why it still running while pretty much every seasons of it(except perhaps first one) were bombed.

IronHeart762 · 2011-03-04, 14:51

Lost is probably the wost one for me. i have pretty much stopped watching "regular" TV shows because they just seem pointless to me.

Ithekro · 2011-03-04, 15:12

I stopped watching television for the most part a decade or so ago, and have pretty much stopped completely since around the time UPN fell, since the last show I was watching was Enterprise.

I'll watch the Discovery Channel and the like if I'm someplace without a computer (Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters mostly), but otherwise I just don't care what is on TV. If I happen to come across something I'll probably watch it on Youtube (like say Justice League because I was working when it came out and didn't even know about it.)

SenjuQueen · 2011-03-04, 17:35

Agreed with the first post on Glee, I just find it corny and lame, but it's very popular. Also most reality television.

thakandu · 2011-03-06, 10:00

I don't like Chuck, maybe not my type.

MrTerrorist · 2011-03-06, 10:21

I hate... no HATE Laguna Beach, The Hills, The City and their spin-off descendants.

I will never understand why my sisters and their friends like watching these "fake shows". I hate all the main leads of these shows since they all act all righteous and innocent but are hypocrites and will do the same things they accuse others doing off. (eg. Cheating, Lying to friends.)

~~Tsuyoshi~~ · 2011-03-07, 05:37

Now that I think about it, there's one show I would like to specify here. It's strangely quite popular in Italy (or maybe it's not actually strange). It's a show called "The Bold and The Beautiful." I'm sure some of you have heard about this, and I absolutely detest it with a f***ing passion. The main reason is because the show's older than me. It's been running for over 20 f***ing years and the same old dudes are still going at it like there's no tmo. The main idea of the story goes like this. Let's say you have four characters: A, B, C and D. A gets married to B and C gets married to D. However, weeks after one marriage or the other (doesn't matter which one), A has an affair with C (or perhaps they've been having one before the marriages). A and C divorce from their respective spouses, and B and D eventually marry. Here's where E comes in, and seduces C in one night and have a child. C conveniently pretends it's A's child. HOWEVER, years after the event, we find out D is actually the child's parent. The story goes on from there as more characters are introduced. That's pretty much what it is.

MrTerrorist · 2011-03-07, 08:18

I watched The Bold and The Beautiful before. The soap is about two top Fashion families and their lives. I forgotten about it until you mention it.

~~Tsuyoshi~~ · 2011-03-07, 08:28

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Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

I watched The Bold and The Beautiful before. The soap is about two top Fashion families and their lives. I forgotten about it until you mention it.

Yeah but honestly, that doesn't even matter cuz they hardly do any actual work in the first place

And when they do, there's a lot of drama involved.

Vexx · 2011-03-07, 13:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kameruka

Regardless how much I hated South Park, it never popular in my country.

One more annoying show that I forgot to put in OP: American Idol. I have no idea why it still running while pretty much every seasons of it(except perhaps first one) were bombed.

To a large degree, South Park only makes sense to American viewers (or someone with a vast knowledge of American cultural trivia). It is kind of like watching Pani Poni Dash... unless you have extensive understanding of Japanese culture or a big guide book - half the gags will fly under your radar. It makes little sense to export to general audiences.

I've found the series incisive at times in its skewering of subjects, but also filled with insipidness, infantile potty humor, and moments of fail. They just fire broadsides of material - some of it sticks and some doesn't. It is just hard to be funny for that long. If iTunes offered South Park, Simpsons, or Family Guy - I'd probably buy a handful of each that I thought nailed their targets, but the greater amount I'd skip.

MrTerrorist and Tsuyoshi are describing what I think are basically "soap operas" (so named because their original purpose was to keep 1950s housewives glued to the tv and the sponsors could sell their laundry detergent and household cleaners during commercial breaks). And yes, they're uniformly ridiculous or absurd whether they are the daytime cheap budget variety or the high budget night time prime drama.

I heartily loathe the Law&Order:SUV series, which is sad because I like some of the actors... but the series is loathsome with its ham-handed scenarios, soccer-mom moralities, absolutely *terrible* sound-bite dialog -- its like some terrible nightmare version of after-school "educational" dribble.

BUMP: my wife is near me trying to watch "The Event" .... its terrible. Terrible acting, terrible dialog, absurd plot... just a load of garbage. Even my wife (who is pretty lenient on plots) is MST3King it to death. It is liable to end up with some MST3K classics in lousy film making.

Sheba · 2011-03-08, 05:23

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Originally Posted by Vexx

I heartily loathe the Law&Order:SUV series, which is sad because I like some of the actors... but the series is loathsome with its ham-handed scenarios, soccer-mom moralities, absolutely *terrible* sound-bite dialog -- its like some terrible nightmare version of after-school "educational" dribble.

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I have to second this. I watched some episodes of this show and at times it struck me as incredibly sexist or misandrist. Its one merit is to make the CSI franchise watchable by comparison.

David Watts · 2011-03-08, 18:28

I really dont like family guy and I hate the fact that its on 3 different networks usually at the same exact time
oh i absolutely hate law and order its just so boring and that dialogue geez..

RoseJuston · 2011-03-08, 20:51

Not really into Glee or anything like that.

wigglypuff · 2011-03-09, 08:53

CSI and True Blood
the shows do not interest me..

Lost Cause · 2011-03-18, 23:43

I hate reality shows!! As a matter of fact I rarely watch regular TV unless it's the Discovery Channel (Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, Deadliest Catch) or TLC.
Matter of fact I damn near burned up one DVD player watching anime, or the recently brought back to DVD, 70s and 80s action shows like Starsky & Hutch, Miami Vice, The A-Team, and Magnum P.I.
Also there's my beloved treasure trove of SciFi like Star Trek, Babylon 5, Lost in Space (the TV series) and The Twlight Zone.

Leo Keichi · 2011-03-19, 09:34

There's the Brazilian version of Big Brother every year, which I really hate. Seeing a bunch of people competing in a house, and then they have to get along with each other, the core idea itself is contradictory already. And I swear the producers of the program must give some general directions of how the participants should behave. So it's like watching a weird soap opera.

Chiibi · 2011-03-19, 20:33

Two and a Half Men is so stupid and immoral. I can't believe it's the highest rated show on TV!

That's America for you!
Yes, I'm making fun of my own country.

Americans in general really love stupid and racy entertainment.....(or at least the media THINKS we do because that's all they've been making!) And I speak for myself as well. But sometimes it's just too much! Of course the fact of Charlie Sheen going batshit insane contributes to those ratings....

The only reality TV show I'll watch is Cake Boss. Because sometimes those cakes he does are REALLY amazing.

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Ithekro Gamilas Falls Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Republic of California Age: 46	I stopped watching television for the most part a decade or so ago, and have pretty much stopped completely since around the time UPN fell, since the last show I was watching was Enterprise. I'll watch the Discovery Channel and the like if I'm someplace without a computer (Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters mostly), but otherwise I just don't care what is on TV. If I happen to come across something I'll probably watch it on Youtube (like say Justice League because I was working when it came out and didn't even know about it.) __________________

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thakandu Silver Soul Join Date: Nov 2006	I don't like Chuck, maybe not my type. __________________

2011-03-06, 10:21	Link #46
MrTerrorist Takao Tsundere Cruiser Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Classified	I hate... no HATE Laguna Beach, The Hills, The City and their spin-off descendants. I will never understand why my sisters and their friends like watching these "fake shows". I hate all the main leads of these shows since they all act all righteous and innocent but are hypocrites and will do the same things they accuse others doing off. (eg. Cheating, Lying to friends.) __________________

2011-03-07, 08:18	Link #48
MrTerrorist Takao Tsundere Cruiser Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Classified	I watched The Bold and The Beautiful before. The soap is about two top Fashion families and their lives. I forgotten about it until you mention it. __________________

2011-03-04, 08:50	Link #41
Kameruka Hen-Tie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hen-Tie pen	Regardless how much I hated South Park, it never popular in my country. One more annoying show that I forgot to put in OP: American Idol. I have no idea why it still running while pretty much every seasons of it(except perhaps first one) were bombed.

2011-03-04, 17:35	Link #44
SenjuQueen Banned Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Miami	Agreed with the first post on Glee, I just find it corny and lame, but it's very popular. Also most reality television.

2011-03-07, 05:37	Link #47
~~Tsuyoshi~~ Disabled By Request Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Great Justice	Now that I think about it, there's one show I would like to specify here. It's strangely quite popular in Italy (or maybe it's not actually strange). It's a show called "The Bold and The Beautiful." I'm sure some of you have heard about this, and I absolutely detest it with a f*ing passion. The main reason is because the show's older than me. It's been running for over 20 f*ing years and the same old dudes are still going at it like there's no tmo. The main idea of the story goes like this. Let's say you have four characters: A, B, C and D. A gets married to B and C gets married to D. However, weeks after one marriage or the other (doesn't matter which one), A has an affair with C (or perhaps they've been having one before the marriages). A and C divorce from their respective spouses, and B and D eventually marry. Here's where E comes in, and seduces C in one night and have a child. C conveniently pretends it's A's child. HOWEVER, years after the event, we find out D is actually the child's parent. The story goes on from there as more characters are introduced. That's pretty much what it is.

2011-03-08, 18:28	Link #52
David Watts Stay Free Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Texas Age: 33	I really dont like family guy and I hate the fact that its on 3 different networks usually at the same exact time oh i absolutely hate law and order its just so boring and that dialogue geez.. __________________ But go easy... Step lightly... Stay free...

2011-03-08, 20:51	Link #53
RoseJuston Banned Join Date: Mar 2011	Not really into Glee or anything like that.

2011-03-09, 08:53	Link #54
wigglypuff Banned Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: earth	CSI and True Blood the shows do not interest me..

2011-03-18, 23:43	Link #55
Lost Cause Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Virginia Age: 47	I hate reality shows!! As a matter of fact I rarely watch regular TV unless it's the Discovery Channel (Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, Deadliest Catch) or TLC. Matter of fact I damn near burned up one DVD player watching anime, or the recently brought back to DVD, 70s and 80s action shows like Starsky & Hutch, Miami Vice, The A-Team, and Magnum P.I. Also there's my beloved treasure trove of SciFi like Star Trek, Babylon 5, Lost in Space (the TV series) and The Twlight Zone. __________________ Ride, Boldly Ride!

2011-03-19, 09:34	Link #56
Leo Keichi Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Gaijinland	There's the Brazilian version of Big Brother every year, which I really hate. Seeing a bunch of people competing in a house, and then they have to get along with each other, the core idea itself is contradictory already. And I swear the producers of the program must give some general directions of how the participants should behave. So it's like watching a weird soap opera.

2011-03-19, 20:33	Link #57
Chiibi Vanitas owns you >:3 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: in a boring place you will not want to go to	Two and a Half Men is so stupid and immoral. I can't believe it's the highest rated show on TV! That's America for you! Yes, I'm making fun of my own country. Americans in general really love stupid and racy entertainment.....(or at least the media THINKS we do because that's all they've been making!) And I speak for myself as well. But sometimes it's just too much! Of course the fact of Charlie Sheen going batshit insane contributes to those ratings.... The only reality TV show I'll watch is Cake Boss. Because sometimes those cakes he does are REALLY amazing. __________________