Poll: Do you watch bad shows

[Crazy Zaul]

If a TV show/movie is a bit boring or slow paced I just speed it up by 10-40% to make it shorter/better. I only stop watching it if its really shit.

e.g. I watched all of Alcatraz hoping it would actually reveal something at the end but apart from a very vague idea of who's behind it, we got nothing.

 

[dagens24]

There are way too many good shows to watch; why spend time watching shit?

 

[Canadamus Prime]

No. I will occasionally watch bad movies, but we're talking movies on the scale of 'they're so bad they're funny.'

 

[Queen Michael]

No, I don't watch TV. But I do read a lot of manga that I don't like just because I want to learn about manga and because hey, it's better than not reading manga.

 

[namhorFnodroG]

TV? What's that? I spend all my time on the computer, so i rarely even watch TV nowadays.

 

[Serge A. Storms]

I've watched Family Guy while inebriated on a number of occasions and some of the new ones are just about as bad as television gets without getting to be daytime soap operas or new Cartoon Network.

 

[Ragsnstitches]

I watch bad shows, like CSI and NCIS. They aren't bad because of low production values or bad acting. They are bad because their premises for each episode are batshit insane and their grasp on modern life is completely alien as if written by someone with the practicality of an adult but the experience of a new born baby. However those 2 reasons make the show a larf. It's good in it's surreality.

I don't watch reality TV... at least not with the ones typically associated with Reality TV. I watch the occasional Dragons Den and I've developed an interest in Cowboy Builders and a few of the Discovery channels dangerous job shows. I can't stand most of what reality TV has to offer though.

Even with those shows I mentioned, I watch TV rarely. I'm not running to the couch when any of these shows are on, but if I'm lounging around I will watch them.

 

[Yopaz]

I don't really have TV, I watch DVDs so I'm not wasting money on crappy shows. I watch good stuff. although I guess that "good" is more of a taste thing that a fact.

 

[Goofguy]

I'm watching Blue Bloods these days. At least with the first season, it was something I was watching when I had some downtime while deployed overseas. I know I don't really like the show, it's too hokey and procedural for me. However, I can't stop watching a show mid-season so I'll see this through and then avoid the next season.

 

[urahara75]

I'd have to ask the quasi-subjective, pseudo-intellectual question "What constitutes a 'bad' tv program?".

Speaking from my own personal tastes, I'd say dramas that initially tout that their show's settings/character(s)/plotline(s) are "relatable", but then have those things devolve into absolutely aggravating messes due to the executive creative inputs pushing for broader/deeper demographical appeal really "burn me biscuits". What really troubles me is that these very same programs are some of the more tolerable shows being broadcast today *nihilistic chuckle*. ):<

Exhibits A & B: [a href="http://nursejackie.wikia.com/wiki/Nurse_Jackie_Wiki"]Nurse Jackie[/a] and [a href="http://thegoodwife.wikia.com/wiki/The_Good_Wife_Wiki"]The Good Wife[/a]. Both (originally) were pushed as fresh, intellectually, and sympathetically challenging dramas with lead characters that could very well be from "real life". What viewers gradually got (from both of them) were a**hole main characters that repeatedly "move the goalposts" of their respective social, emotional, and economic needs and goals (usually on logically flimsy whims, mind you), and expect the supporting characters to play patsey while they show no regard for the needs and goals of those same surrounding them.

 

[The_Waspman]

I'd have to ask the quasi-subjective, pseudo-intellectual question "What constitutes a 'bad' tv program?".

Speaking from my own personal tastes, I'd say dramas that initially tout that their show's settings/character(s)/plotline(s) are "relatable", but then have those things devolve into absolutely aggravating messes due to the executive creative inputs pushing for broader/deeper demographical appeal really "burn me biscuits". What really troubles me is that these very same programs are some of the more tolerable shows being broadcast today *nihilistic chuckle*. ):<

Exhibits A & B: [a href="http://nursejackie.wikia.com/wiki/Nurse_Jackie_Wiki"]Nurse Jackie[/a] and [a href="http://thegoodwife.wikia.com/wiki/The_Good_Wife_Wiki"]The Good Wife[/a]. Both (originally) were pushed as fresh, intellectually, and sympathetically challenging dramas with lead characters that could very well be from "real life". What viewers gradually got (from both of them) were a**hole main characters that repeatedly "move the goalposts" of their respective social, emotional, and economic needs and goals (usually on logically flimsy whims, mind you), and expect the supporting characters to play patsey while they show no regard for the needs and goals of those same surrounding them.

Mostly this. I don't watch TV, merely DVDs, so I only invest in shows that I either know are good (maybe caught an episode somehow out of the Aether) or have read enough about to suspect that I'll enjoy them.

But as urahara says, all shows decline. They live on waaaay past their recommended lifespan. And it hurts me sometimes. To see such initially good (or at least interesting) shows like Heroes, House, Lost, Bones (dear God what happened to this!? I quit the show as soon as Stewie showed up) amongst others go rapidly down the toilet isn't fun.

What I also don't like is going back to 'older' shows that I used to love, and finding out they're total and utter wank. Yes Firefly, I'm looking at you.

 

[Stryc9]

Since for the most part what makes up a good or bad TV show is a matter of taste then the only three viable answers in this poll should be either no, only for my own amusement or I try not to. Unless we have some people here who like to watch what they consider to be bad TV just to have something to complain about.

 

[Strain42]

Sorta depends. For example, there's a show called Gary Unmarried (or was, got cancelled) and well...put simply, it wasn't very good. It was a pretty basic sitcom. You had your left wing daughter, semi-loserish son, nagging (ex)-wife who served to be a shrill comic foil, and your supposed to be cool dad.

It's really hard to say this was a good show. Because it wasn't. However, I did enjoy watching it. I even had the first season on DVD for a while. It had a few good lines and even a few good episodes.

That's the only example I can think of off the top of my head. Usually if I think a show is bad, I stop watching.

 

[esperandote]

I used to watch The flavor of love

 

[shrekfan246]

I voted "Other" because it's very rare that "Bad" is a completely objective thing when it comes to entertainment.

For instance, I've never met another person in my local area or any place that I've traveled who likes Scrubs. I, however, love Scrubs with such furor that I own all eight seasons and viciously deny the existence of a ninth.

Many people on this website also seem to have an irrational hatred of The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, which are both shows that make me laugh.

I do not watch shows that I consider to be bad, though, which is the majority of MTV, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Fox, ABC, etc. etc. ... I don't watch television very often anymore.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I have every episode of the O.C. is that a bad show?

 

[Woodsey]

The only programs I watch are the greatest ones which ever have been, or ever will be.

 

[Launcelot111]

I have every episode of the O.C. is that a bad show?

If you ignore Season 3, I think the OC is a lot of fun and miles from bad. Despite how stupid Season 4 is, Taylor Townshend made up for that big time.

Back on topic: I've watched many many episodes of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which is just a worthless show. No redeeming value at all outside of the massive potential for making fun of it. My old roommates and I made a drinking game where you drank every time they talk about sex. You don't need any more rules to run the risk of alcohol poisoning

Here is a video made by someone else that had the same idea as us. Note that this is all from one episode


"God knows I have sex too, and my dad is still alive, so sex and death- two things that aren't connected." What?

I also watch One Tree Hill and Switched at Birth on a semi-regular basis. Each is of dubious value, so that could count as bad to the right observer

 

[aba1]

Since for the most part what makes up a good or bad TV show is a matter of taste then the only three viable answers in this poll should be either no, only for my own amusement or I try not to. Unless we have some people here who like to watch what they consider to be bad TV just to have something to complain about.

Well if what we are talking about is what you like than yes it is up to the person and there taste, but there are clear differences in quality in terms of production which is what I think the OP was getting at. I think it is good you bring the point you made forward however.

 

[aba1]

I have every episode of the O.C. is that a bad show?

If you ignore Season 3, I think the OC is a lot of fun and miles from bad. Despite how stupid Season 4 is, Taylor Townshend made up for that big time.

Back on topic: I've watched many many episodes of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which is just a worthless show. No redeeming value at all outside of the massive potential for making fun of it. My old roommates and I made a drinking game where you drank every time they talk about sex. You don't need any more rules to run the risk of alcohol poisoning

Here is a video made by someone else that had the same idea as us. Note that this is all from one episode


"God knows I have sex too, and my dad is still alive, so sex and death- two things that aren't connected." What?

I also watch One Tree Hill and Switched at Birth on a semi-regular basis. Each is of dubious value, so that could count as bad to the right observer

Holy shit that was all one episode I thought it was a season or something... SERIOUSLY ONE EPISODE WTF