Home of the Worst: TV Shows of the 2000s

This week marks the season premieres of many television series. Some are returning for another season while others are brand new. Some of these shows may be very good. Some of them will be very disappointing. This makes me think back to other shows which were very disappointing. Shows that looked like good ideas on paper but turned out to be catastrophic flops. Today I bring you my top ten worst shows of the 2000s. That means 2000-2009. These shows may have been poorly recieved, had a promising concept but failed to get viewers, or just had a terrible concept to begin with. Here are the worst television shows from 2000 to 2009.

10. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Studio 60 makes this list because of how disappointing it was. It wasn't really a bad show, it just failed to deliver. It was a very clever concept that fell flat. With a great cast that included Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet it's hard to believe this show didn't succeed. One of the, if not the, reason why this show was cancelled is because it premiered around the same time and on the same network as "30 Rock." They both had the same basic concept but one had to go. NBC chose to cancel the less popular "Studio 60" and stick with "30 Rock." One went on to win multiple Emmys while the other is considered one of the worst shows of the 2000s. I think NBC made the right decision.


9. Meet the Browns

Can somebody please explain to me why Tyler Perry is funny? I don't get it. And why does TBS continue to pick up these terrible TV shows? I don't understand what is funny about this show at all. I don't understand why people love his movies either but that's a different subject. The combination of this show's racial stereotypes and flat jokes lands it on our list at number nine.

8. Joey

I get why this showed was made. NBC had great success with it's "Cheers" spin-off "Frasier." So why not try it again with one of the most succesful sitcoms of all time, "Friends." I get that part. The part I don't get is why they chose Joey. Of all the "Friends" cast they decided to give Matt LeBlanc the spin-off? This show did a great job of showing the world that Matt LeBlanc is not funny without Chandler, Ross, Rachel, Monica, and Phoebe.


7. The Cleveland Show

Seth MacFarlane is the Tyler Perry of cartoon shows. The only difference is that sometimes Seth Macfarlane is actually funny. "The Cleveland Show" is not one of those occasions. He had great success with "Family Guy" and I was okay with "American Dad" but this crosses a line. That line is called comedy. Which is one thing this show is not. It may try to be a comedy, but let's be serious. This show is a cartoon version of "Meet the Browns." It is not funny and they focus way to heavily on the racial stereotypes. How this show is still on the air is a mystery.

6. Brothers

Theirs only three things you need to know about this show. Michael Strahan, although a great football player, is a terrible actor. Carl Weathers is a boxer and should always be remembered for just that. Finally, no matter how much they try, a guy in a wheelchair is never funny.

5. That '80s Show

"That '70s Show" was a great television show. So one would think that a similar show based in the '80s would be just a great. One would think that, but one would be wrong. It's a good thing that Glenn Howerton found success with "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" because this show was awful.

4. Viva Laughlin

Let's base a show in a casino in Las Vegas. Sounds good so far. Let's get Hugh Jackman to star in said television show. I'm liking the sounds of this. Sounds like a good show. Now, let's have the stars of the show break out in musical numbers at random parts of the show. I'm sorry, what? That sounds like an awful idea. And it was. Sorry Hugh Jackman, maybe you should stick to playing a mediocre Wolverine.

3. Kath and Kim

NBC found a gem by remaking a British show for American audiences. This was not that show. After having success with "The Office" they decided to try the same formula again. The result was "Kath and Kim." It starred Molly Shannon, formerly of "Saturday Night Live" and Selma Blair. The show also co-starred John Michael Higgins, better known as "that guy from everything." It was a complete disaster and failed to live up to the huge expectations NBC had for it.

2. I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Of all the reality TV shows out there, this has to be the worst of them all. The premise of the show wasn't bad. Take a bunch of celebrities, dump them in a forest, and watch happens. The problem was what they considered celebrities. Here are a few of the "celebrities" they had on show: actor Lou Diamond Phillips, professional wrestler Torrie Wilson, former basketball player John Salley, Stephen and Daniel Baldwin, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, and ,my personal favorite, Patti Blagojevich. The wife of former Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich. Well done NBC. Way to put together the worst group of "celebrities" ever. That is why the show was so awful.

1. Cavemen

Turning a character from a commercial into a television show never works. Especially when they take one of the worst commercial characters ever and make an entire show about it. The caveman was and still is one of Geico's 247 commercial characters. Seriously, how many different characters are you going to have for your commercials? But that's not the point. The concept of the show was to focus on cavemen living in modern times. If I wanted to see that I would just watch the New England Patriots every Sunday. I'm pretty sure Tom Brady is a caveman. They should have just gone ahead and made a show about the Geico gecko. That's a show that I might actually watch. "Cavemen" not only goes down as one of the worst shows of the 2000s but also as one of the worst shows of all time.

There you have it folks. My list of worst TV shows of the 2000s. Feel free to comment. Do you agree? What shows did I miss? What are your worst shows of the 2000s? Also, don't forget to follow. Until next time. Goodbye.

An Anthem for All Awful TV Shows:

"Can't Get It Right Today" by Joe Purdy

Home of the Media: Part II

Last week I wrote about an assignment I had in one of my classes. The assignment was to document every time I used any kind of media. It has been a week and I have completed the assignment. Today I decided to follow up on last week's post. These are my observations from that assignment.

The media controls my life. That might be the truest thing I have ever said. The media runs all aspects of my life. There is very little that I do that doesn’t involve the media. I often wonder what it must have been like to live in the time before radio, television and movies. After doing this assignment I can state for a fact that I can no longer even begin to imagine what that must have been like.

Music is a great passion of mine. Although I cannot play any instruments nor do I have any great musical abilities, I still listen to music all the time. I listen to music in my car, in my room, at dinner, at bars, all over the place. I find it hard to imagine what life would be like without music. The great benefit of music is that it can change my mood like the flick of a light. When I’m feeling bad I listen to music and I instantly feel good. When I’m stressed I put on my “Cat Stevens” record and am relaxed right away. Music does what nothing else can and that’s why I love it.

Although I love music, I can’t seem to keep my eyes off the television. It’s as if my eyes are amazed by the bright colors and the technologies swirling around on the screen. I use television as source of great entertainment. Television had the most minutes of any other media for me. Keep in mind that this was a week before some of my favorite shows come back on. I can imagine that if I were to do this same thing next week that the minutes would be much higher.

The internet is by far the greatest invention of my life time. The internet just makes life easier. I use it as a source of entertainment as well as education. I learn things just by reading articles online. I will say that if it weren’t for the internet I probably still wouldn’t know what I wanted to major in. The internet provided me with the tools to write a blog which then sparked my interest in writing which then made me want to major in journalism. Thanks internet.

Music, television, and the internet are great, but the film industry blows them out of the water. Movies are the greatest thing ever. They tell stories like nothing else can. Movies evoke all different kinds of emotions. They can make you laugh, cry, or jump out of your seat. Nothing can do what movies can do. Movies ranked second in minutes but they are my number one joy in media. I cannot even begin to think of life without movies. I think it would just be boring.

In conclusion, media is my life. I hardly go anywhere or do anything that doesn’t involve the media. Some people may be ashamed or surprised by the amount of time they spend using the media, but not me. It’s 2011, the media is such a big part of today’s culture and I am going to use it all the time.

Thank you for reading. I'll be back next week with more. You can follow this blog to keep up to date with my updates. Have a good weekend. Goodbye.


What I'm Listening To:

"American Eyes" by Wildlife

Home of the Media

It has been a while since my last post, but I can assure you that I am back and better than ever. Here are some quick updates on me; I am no longer training for the marathon(that didn't last long honestly), I am still a Cubs fan although they have given me many reasons not to be, and I am going back to school. I decided to go back to get my life going in a direction that hopefully leads me far, far away from the Quad Cities. My major is journalism, appropriately. I decided that if I'm going to school for journalism that I should probably start writing again. So I am back in the "Land of the Steve" for what I hope to be a long and glorious stay.

The journalism class that I am taking is Intro to Mass Communication. In this class we have been learning mainly about media and how it works. I have learned that Rupert Murdoch is a terrible person but at the same time a genius. If you don't know who he is I would highly suggest that you look him up and read a little about him. He is just an overall awful human being.

Our latest assignment has been to document every time we use media. That includes television, movies, music, internet, books, magazines, radio, etc. Every time I participate in one of those mediums I have to write it down. I have to write down what show I watched, what band I listened to, what sites I visited, and so on. Today is day one of the one week assignment. Already I can not believe how much I use media. Almost everything I have done today has involved some kind of media. I listen to music in my car, I come home and start watching tv. Then I move to my computer and start surfing the web at the same time I'm listening to music. So I'm partaking in two different types of media at the same time. In just half a day I have already realized what an incredible effect media has on my everyday life. I'm not sure that it would be possible for me to go an entire day without using some sort of media.

The part I find to be sort of crazy is that I am writing right now. So let me try to make sense of this as best I can. I am writing in a blog, which is considered media. When I finish this entry I will read it back to myself, so therefore I will be participating in media. So technically I am the media that I am partaking in. Does that mean I should write this down in my notebook? This is almost as confusing as my post on writer's block.

I am going to end there before it gets even more confusing. Thank's for stopping by. Go ahead and follow this blog if you would like, if not then you are a loser. That is all. Goodbye.


What I'm Listening To:

"Up Up Up" by Givers