Saturday, August 21, 2004

Crappiest TV Networks

Top 6 Crappiest TV Networks

I’ll admit, I watch a good deal of TV, and yet I’m so repulsed by the networks. They fill their lineups with such shit, I can’t believe how some people watch it. Just the other day, I was watching The Olympics on NBC while switching to the Ravens/Eagles game on CBS. In between, on ABC was some generic sitcom family show with a few hot blondes and a stupid storyline. It was the dumbest thing I ever wasted 25 seconds watching (of which I watched, only because Jenny McCarthy was on). One of the castmembers was Jefferson from Married With Children. It’s a travesty that they’d ruin such a classic character on such a crappy show. Well here’s the list.

6.) - Some may interperet the fact that CBS is the least crappiest network on my list as it being a good channel. Don’t be fooled, it’s just less shitty than the others. Why is it less shitty? Well, they have 1 good show (CSI), of which they have coppied (CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Without A Trace, Missing Link, etc etc etc…) incessantly. The bastard versions of the show aren’t as good, but the original is basically the best on TV. A notch below good are their average shows like Everybody Loves Raymond and King of Queens. They also do a decent job with sports broadcasts, like the Superbowl and AFC football. Dave Letterman is still funny, even though he’s loosing his material and guest-power, but who gives a shit about guests plugging their movies anyways.

5.) - Back in its heyday, NBC was the cadillac of network crap. They had some solid television, in Seinfeld (great show), Frasier (pretty good), ER (great show) and Friends (filler that teenagers like). Now, all those shows are gone except ER, which is total shit, due in part that all the good characters are gone. ER focuses on the personal issues of the doctors more than the actual trauma unit. I don’t give a shit about the medical student’s graduation problems, okay? Well, due to the drop off, NBC has reloaded its roster with crap, such as Fear Factor. Fear Factor is an abomination to human kind. They have some really desperate people who eat god knows what and connive around to get 25,000 bucks. Just get a job instead. NBC got lucky with The Apprentice, which I’m not personally obsessed about, but people seem to like it. However, with every Apprentice, NBC has churned out shows like “The Restaurant” and “Marry My Father” and “For Love or Money.” Give me a fucking break, these are the worst ideas ever. On a side note, Jay Leno is extremely annoying and should be replaced by Conan.Their new fall lineup, which they incessantly plug on The Olympics (thanks for showing the coverage after everyone tells me who wins, I’ll take it out on you), looks like shit. Hawaii? Medical Investigation? LAX? Give Me A Break. It’s all shit.

P.S. the new Joey show looks like total shit. Fair Warning to those who will watch it.

4.) - close call for ABC. Back in the day, ABC was pretty decent. Monday Night Football, Millionaire, Jeopardy; not bad. However, they have filled their days with shitty ass generic sitcoms. Where do they come up with this shit? I hate how they have the mandatory “ethnic” sitcoms like George Lopez and My Wife And Kids. What is with that shit, why can’t their diversity be natural, instead of absolutely forced. Hope & Faith was that show I was talking about in the intro. Pure shit. The Drew Carey Show shoulda been cancelled about 6 years ago. Extreme Makeover is a fucking joke. I don’t want to see some self-deprecating bitch get a new face just so people can findout that she has an awful personality. I wish they showed the show 6 months after her boyfriend fucks her and leaves her, citing the fact that she is a self-fufilling slut porphecy. For latenight, I think Nightline is good, but not as good as Charlie Rose. Also, Jimmy Kimmel is funny, but his guests and skits are sometimes B- level (tonight’s guest was Tony Danza…this isn’t 1987). Their new fall lineup, which they plugged incessantly during the NBA finals looks like shit. LOST needs to get lost and Wifeswap was trumped by Fox’s version. Wamp wamp.

3.) UPN- Under Payed Nobodies, is the most PC way to describe this network. Kudos to it for putting out a lot of ethnically diverse shows, but it still needs to realize that 98% of its programming is pure shit. Girlfriends, All of Us, Half and Half, Eve, The Parkers. Laugh. What more do I need to say? More sadly, their foray into reality television, such as “Amish in the City” and “America’s Top Model” is almost as crappy as “WWE Smackdown.” UPN caters to a lesser intelligent watcher.

2.) - Surprised that it isn’t the shittiest? So am I, especially from a network that has shows like Bewitched and Charmed. Shivers. Although it has its really shitty shows like Reba, 7th Heaven, Steve Harvey’s Big Time and Summertime, it has some decent programing in Smallville and Everwood. I’m just being nice by not calling it the shittiest.

1.) - You guessed it, the Old News Cord company FOX has outdone themselves again. Shit doesn’t begin to describe how bad Fox is. Without The Simpsons, I don’t know why anyone would watch this fucking channel, especially after they axed Family Guy and Futurama. The Simple life is a travesty to man kind. Whoever made this show needs to hang themselves. Also, their soap-opera OC show is just a joke. Fox has no intellectually stimulating material, save The Simpsons and Arrested Development (its two good shows). Bernie Mac and That 70s show are pretty funny, but they’re mired by all the reality bullshit shows that Fox churns out (Celebrity Boxing, Marry A Millionaire, Cops, North Shore, Tru Calling etc etc etc etc). It has no shame, purely awful.
P.S., American Idol is awful. The fact that 65 million people vote for that shit and only 100 million vote for our president is the most disturbing thing that I can think of in my mind.

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