But it's more than a little bit sad that shows like Celebrity Wife Swap and The Bachelors, etc. can get continually renewed but they couldn't find a way for Arrested Development to get the necessary ratings to keep it on the air.
Banzai - it was a british show that spoofed japanese game shows. viewers had to guess/bet on bizarre scenarios. for example, there was a recurring character named Mr Shakey Hands man who was filmed awkwardly shaking hands with celebrities on red carpets making conversation in japenglish, but did not release his grip...you had to be the over/under on how long the handshake would last before the celebrity pulled away from the handshake (e.g. over/under 30 seconds).
Banzai - it was a british show that spoofed japanese game shows. viewers had to guess/bet on bizarre scenarios. for example, there was a recurring character named Mr Shakey Hands man who was filmed awkwardly shaking hands with celebrities on red carpets making conversation in japenglish, but did not release his grip...you had to be the over/under on how long the handshake would last before the celebrity pulled away from the handshake (e.g. over/under 30 seconds).
I remember watching Banzai. It was entertaining at first, but got old in a hurry.
But apparently virtually no one watched it, so it was canceled after two seasons.
I liked the Bridge too, but more what it became than what it started out as. The first few episodes were really weird and that probably lost some people.
Kind of like Justified, but Justified recovered. the first few episodes of Justified were almost law and order ish where each episode had a total story. they fixed that quickly but Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins were compelling enough to keep the audience.
Critically Panned:
Can't think of one. There have been some terrible TV shows but usually the viewing public unite and they don't make it past season one.
should have been the best show on TV. FX really dropped the ball on that one. Their idea to attract viewers was to make the topic of the show secretive by only showing dogs, or dogs on ski's. It was weird.
Nonetheless, nobody tuned in. Critics loved it, viewers loved it,. FX Execs loved it and even tried a last minute promo while the show aired to attract people by sending the actors out onto all types of talk shows. It was too late. Show cancalled.
Lights Out & The Bridge I also liked a lot. Deadwood and Rome should have been longer. Copper on BBC was great. There are some others that I cannot think of right now.
Another I really liked, which didn't make it at all, was Sons & Daughters. It was a family comedy, drew some comparisons to Arrested Development (or criticisms as a copy of AD). It was a lot less silly than AD (and not as good either), but I thought it was really funny, and genuinely sweet at times. I apparently had little company in those thoughts, though it got pretty decent reviews.
I guess one I like a lot that gets very mixed reviews is
Low viewership:
Chris Carter's Milennium (Lance Henriksen was excellent); Kinghts of Prosperity with Donal Logue (and a yet-to-go-supernova Sofia Vergara), and a sci-fi like of mine from 1982, The Phoenix. Also loved The Critic, and on that note, enjoyed The Tick (the live action version as well as the animated series).
Men of a certain age and The Americans also
Rubicon on AMC and and from the past:
Nichols with James Garner as Nichols a Western television from71 to 72. Set in the fictional town of Nichols, Arizona, in 1914, Nichols differed from traditional Western series of the era. The main character, a sheriff, rode on a motorcycle and in an automobile rather than on the traditional horse.
are actually good (some very good) to decent shows that just didn't catch on. Panned is something different. It took me a minute to think of one for me but I'm going with The Tom Green Show. It was panned, and it was bad. But there was something about the obnoxiousness of it that I just liked.
but Friday Night Lights had to struggle to stay on the air-- including a pre-air deal with DirecTV.
So many good shows with good reviews that have inexplicably low ratings. Like Chuck. Sometimes they manage to stay for 3 or 4 seasons. Like Chuck. But because the writers believe they are going to be cancelled, they try to tidy up the storylines too quickly, and then have to scramble when they realize that they've been renewed. Like Chuck.
So it wasn't panned, but on one really watched it.
Low viewership: Homicide: Life on The Streets
But it's more than a little bit sad that shows like Celebrity Wife Swap and The Bachelors, etc. can get continually renewed but they couldn't find a way for Arrested Development to get the necessary ratings to keep it on the air.
Swamp Thing - Early nineties adaptation of the Comic Book.
I remember watching Banzai. It was entertaining at first, but got old in a hurry.
I liked the Bridge too, but more what it became than what it started out as. The first few episodes were really weird and that probably lost some people.
Kind of like Justified, but Justified recovered. the first few episodes of Justified were almost law and order ish where each episode had a total story. they fixed that quickly but Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins were compelling enough to keep the audience.
both shows are great in their own way
The Critic
Critically Panned:
Can't think of one. There have been some terrible TV shows but usually the viewing public unite and they don't make it past season one.
Nonetheless, nobody tuned in. Critics loved it, viewers loved it,. FX Execs loved it and even tried a last minute promo while the show aired to attract people by sending the actors out onto all types of talk shows. It was too late. Show cancalled.
Lights Out & The Bridge I also liked a lot. Deadwood and Rome should have been longer. Copper on BBC was great. There are some others that I cannot think of right now.
"Do you realize that I have to try to get a nun to crack under cross examination tomorrow?"
Better Off Ted
Swamp Thing - Early nineties adaptation of the Comic Book.
Wasn't MontrealMan a co-creator of "When Things Were Rotten"?
I wasn't comparing the quality of the shows, just how they both started out differently than they wound up.
Chris Carter's Milennium (Lance Henriksen was excellent); Kinghts of Prosperity with Donal Logue (and a yet-to-go-supernova Sofia Vergara), and a sci-fi like of mine from 1982, The Phoenix. Also loved The Critic, and on that note, enjoyed The Tick (the live action version as well as the animated series).
Rubicon on AMC and and from the past:
Nichols with James Garner as Nichols a Western television from71 to 72. Set in the fictional town of Nichols, Arizona, in 1914, Nichols differed from traditional Western series of the era. The main character, a sheriff, rode on a motorcycle and in an automobile rather than on the traditional horse.
I love The Americans
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Since their ratings are terrible despite the fact that the show is fantastic.
I love The Americans
Ditto - and season 4 should be pretty good
HBO's "How To Make It In America"
I was very disappointed it wasn't renewed
I loved it too. Still mad it wasn't continued.
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When things were rotten - Mel Brooks' Robin Hood satire.
Swamp Thing - Early nineties adaptation of the Comic Book.
Wasn't MontrealMan a co-creator of "When Things Were Rotten"?
I don't know about co-creator but I knew he was one of the writers
Loved firefly. Hoped they would bring it back, but that hope died long ago. :-(
So many good shows with good reviews that have inexplicably low ratings. Like Chuck. Sometimes they manage to stay for 3 or 4 seasons. Like Chuck. But because the writers believe they are going to be cancelled, they try to tidy up the storylines too quickly, and then have to scramble when they realize that they've been renewed. Like Chuck.
5 seasons! I know season 2 was a let down, but don't just pretend it never existed :)