Some of you have written to ask why I devote Fridays in this space to asking for nominations for the worst TV all week instead of the best. Well, aside from the fact that it’s my job to help steer you away from the lousy, I also think you should have a forum to sound off on what you–not what just I–found annnoying. Plus, EW.com already does a dandy job of rounding up the best TV moments every week, as video, here.
So, what’s the worst thing you watched all week? Here, I’ll get you started:
I cannot abide those non-stop Fox commercials for next week’s American Idol audition episodes. How clearly can I say this to the producers? WE GET IT: LOTS OF AMERICANS CAN’T SING. SHOWING US 10,000 MORE EXAMPLES OF THIS IS BORING.
Now then: What drove you up a wall? Was it a network show, a reality-TV fiasco, a cable-news annoyance, a commercial? Comments, please!
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True Beauty. Awful, awful stuff.
I totally agree with you Ken about the AI commercials. The one I hate the most starts out “It happens one time a year….” Yeah one time a year for 5 months! The show is on twice a week til May! Ugggh. I hate American Idol season…
I’ll also put a vote for The People’s Choice Awards. Yesterday, Whitney hit the mark with her blog.
The “people’s choice” awards… or as I now like to call them, The “Give the trophy to any celebrity that shows up and is promoting a current project” awards.
I only watched a half hour…. but it was boring as hell.
An invitation to discuss tv crap. How irresistable!
You actually picked a good week for this discussion because there was lost of dreck on tv these past 5 days. And, you started with a series of commercials for one of the most popular shows on tv – commercials that I agree are annoying. But a lot of promos on tv these days are grating to the nerves.
Worst tv this week? People’s Choice Awards, Multiple Repeats of New Shows During the Same Week (Scrubs, Law & Order), Any New Reality Show.
“lots”…..not “lost”. Perhaps I was thinking that most shows are the opposite of Lost. Perhaps…
The worst thing I saw this week was a schlocky/fake show on Animal Planet called “Lost Tapes”. This show is so bad and so far beneath what Animal Planet is usually capable of.
I have never, nor will I ever, watch “American Idol.” It’s sadistic twaddle, pandering to the lowest common demoninator among brain-dead teenaged viewers who wouldn’t know good taste if it bit them on their bums.
Toss up between Superstars of Dance and the People’s Choice Awards. Thankfully I only watched abut 20 minutes of each of them and had PopWatch to hilariously fill me in on the garbage that I missed.
After reading EW’s article last week about the Secret Life of the American Teenager, I decided to give it a whirl. I only lasted 8 minutes before being suffocated by the earnestness.
90210, god help me. When the kid started singing Amazing Grace I think I came close to vomiting.
People’s Choice Awards – Rascal Flatts singing “Life is a Highway”…AGAIN..
seriously…didn’t that song come out, like, 3 years ago?? PICK A NEW SONG!
did they do a good job? sure…it’s just ANCIENT
The “You showed up so you win” awards are the winner by a mile of worst tv I saw this week. however, True Beauty- I was totally on board with the concept of awarding the person with the best inner beauty, but then they did that stupid “fake science” exam… wtf? Who gave that guy a medical degree if THAT was what he was going to do with it?
The return of the horribly written, poorly acted, completely rediculous, devoid of reality Secret Life of The American Teenager. Seriously people, teenagers don’t act like that!!
I completely agree with kingofcities, this week’s 90210 was laughably bad. My vomit moment came during the moment where they were like, yay you don’t have aids but you are preggo…
The producers of the Biggest Losers sending home half of their contestants on week 1. After making a huge deal of having the “biggest” contestants ever who needed the most help, they send half of them back home immediately. Just hated it.
I’m really hoping there is a fabulous twist and those people are out training somewhere with Kim!
Hands down – 90210. There is not on redeeming quality on that show. It is beyond horrible.
Hands down – 90210. There is not on redeeming quality on that show. It is beyond horrible.
I’d say the Superstars of Dance takes the prize. It reminds me of this late 70’s variety show from Monte Carlo that ran of WWOR New York (or did I just dream this?). It has a strange vibe. All that is missing is the showgirls and ventriloquists. A quick trip to IMDB confirms it’s existence: “The Monte Carlo Show”, 1980. Hosted by Patrick Wayne.
Secret Life of an American Teenager contains some of the WORST acting on television. How did this show get renewed for another year?
When I watched True Beauty, my soul died just a little bit. They cancelled Eli Stone and Pushing Daisies for dreck like that?!
Rock of Love Bus. And yet, sadly, I will tune in next week to watch the train wreck (bus wreck?). Otherwise, I have my DVR fairly finely tuned to “the good stuff.”
Some of those women on the Bachelor were apalling. I have no respect for the women who get drunk at the rose ceremonies and later tell the press they “didn’t mean to have one too many”. You are there to meet a man that has a son to prove you could be apart of their family, not get drunk and make an a** out of yourself! Also the “vision board” lady creeped me out.
My not be the worst but the trashy is Rock of Love Bus. I just love watching these train wreaks. Plus I need something mind numbing to watch before Monday.
Not sure if it’s actually aired yet or if it’s just being promoted through commercials, but my vote goes toward the Tool Academy on VH1. Seriously.
The worst thing I saw this week was the sick, creepy, nightmarich trailer for “The Unborn” at 8:40 p.m. during last night’s college football championship game that my husband and I were watching with OUR KIDS. Why oh why did Fox think that’s an appropriate commercial to run before 9 p.m. and during a college sporting event??? I grabbed the remote before my kids could be scarred for life (or at least up all night with nightmares). Yeesh!!
I accidently saw a part of that homeland security crap show on ABC before scrubs.
I personally just find it ridiculous that you would send anyone home at anytime before the finale of The Biggest Loser. Seriously, you say they need help then you send them home upset so they can eat themselves into oblivion, that’s awesome.
I’m not a Rock of Love fan, but my gf watches it, and before I at least had some eye candy, but what were they thinking this season?! It’s like they walked into the waiting room for the plastic surgeon and just picked the first girls they saw, and they’re hideous! That show has no redeeming qualities to me now, so I pick this as the worst moment on TV.
The Bachelor was ridiculous. The ladies made me so crazed, I started my own blog: http://bachelorlove.blogspot.com
Ughhh. I sure wish this show would go away and people would stop watching this horrible excuse for a show.
Bromance gets my for worst show on the air right now. Someone needs to give Brody Jenner a wake up call.