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.

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