Get ready for a wild ride through television's most cringe-worthy disasters! We're counting down the absolute worst TV shows that made us question the sanity of network executives. From embarrassing sitcoms to mind-boggling dramas, these shows are so bad they're almost good.
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00:00I'm still standing, better than I ever did.
00:04Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid.
00:10Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the 30 worst TV shows of the century so far.
00:16Keep in mind, this isn't like home where everybody's like us, so remember the rules.
00:20Stick to your kind, crave the cave.
00:24Number 30, Skins.
00:26You are aware that Edith Damp Collegiate is an exclusively female private institute?
00:31Oh, I am.
00:32Oh, and you think you can just walk in here and pick off girls like flies?
00:35It's that easy.
00:36While the original Skins series garnered critical acclaim and helped launch careers,
00:40the same could not be said for its American remake.
00:43The edgy MTV teen drama faced heavy controversy as soon as it aired.
00:48Viewers and critics were uncomfortable with the amount of mature situations
00:53the young actors playing teenagers found themselves in during the series.
00:56After all that I did for you?
00:59Yep.
01:03It's embarrassing, Stanley.
01:04Outside of the controversy, some of the show's awkward and oddly paced storylines
01:09didn't really resonate with audiences.
01:11It didn't take long for the ratings to start sinking for this troubled teen drama.
01:15The failure of the MTV program showed that not every idea can translate perfectly to a new audience.
01:21That life can continue, although it may be different, and the journey of grief is complete.
01:31We imagine that the pitch for this series started with, imagine lost, but stupid.
01:36So, we don't know who or where we are, and we got two things.
01:41This Netflix show was widely disliked, being found guilty of bad writing,
01:45inconsistent themes, and a jarring use of flashbacks.
01:48You don't have to watch for long to see why this show was a flop.
01:51The dialogue is truly laughable.
01:54Enough with the moping.
01:55I'm not moping, I'm tanning.
01:57But perhaps the series' most disturbing failure was its unsuccessful attempt to make social commentary on serious issues.
02:04Overall, the island is all over the place, and failing on all fronts.
02:09If you were brave enough to finish season one, don't expect a season two.
02:13What are we even doing out here?
02:15Maybe we're dead and this is heaven.
02:18Number 28, Ironside.
02:20See, old me, I would have bounced your ass off these four walls to open your mouth to me like that.
02:25But new me, I had a lot of time to sit and think.
02:29Although detective Robert Ironside is severely injured on the job,
02:33he continues working in law enforcement while using a wheelchair.
02:36While putting the talented Blair Underwood in the lead role was great,
02:40people took issue with the fact that he can walk around without assistance in real life.
02:45That was far from the show's only problem.
02:47Ironside and a few of his officers were all committed to being as gritty as possible.
02:52When they weren't breaking pretty much every rule,
02:55they were dealing with a supervisor who mostly spoke in cop show cliches.
03:00What the hell is wrong with you?
03:01You cannot do this. Suspects have rights.
03:03We read him his rights.
03:04I'm running out of patience, Bob.
03:06Ironside's questionable casting and lack of originality ensured that four episodes were shown before it was canceled.
03:13In a television climate full of great cop dramas, this one wasn't missed.
03:18So do yourself a favor on this one and give me a break.
03:21Yeah? Who's gonna give me one?
03:25Acknowledge his efforts.
03:26Oh, you millennials. You're always asking for validation.
03:30Everybody gets a Quidditch trophy.
03:35A sitcom created by the famous comedy TV legend Chuck Lorre
03:39and starring Kathy Bates should have been a massive hit.
03:42But this Netflix series about a shop that sells products based around a certain recreational plant flopped instead.
03:49Despite having great talent behind and in front of the camera,
03:52Disjointed still relied way too heavily on cheap stereotypes to generate jokes.
03:57It also featured bizarre cutaway gags that were extremely hit or miss.
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04:06Our attorneys have a combined 60 years experience in helping victims of dilatory food stuff syndrome
04:11get the restitution and justice they deserve.
04:14And the cast of characters ranged from forgettable to absolutely intolerable.
04:19Since all of these factors didn't mesh well together,
04:22we think Disjointed was the perfect title for this underwhelming sitcom.
04:26Jesus Christ, that's just offensive.
04:31I heard it when I said it.
04:34Fairview
04:35This comedy central adult animation series about a small American town and its mayor
04:39had a goldmine of hot-button political issues to draw from.
04:47But despite being executive produced by the late show Stephen Colbert,
04:51the show fails to provide commentary with any satirical value whatsoever.
04:55It takes the vulgarity of South Park but eliminates the unique cultural critique.
05:04Yeah!
05:06And don't even get us started on the animation style.
05:09Seriously, who let this happen?
05:11Oh, right, Colbert.
05:12Just goes to show that even the greats still make mistakes.
05:15When you live in a town like Fairview, all you have is each other.
05:18So act like reckless dumbasses all you want, as much as you want.
05:22But let's try not to become comfortable harming ourselves or our fellow dumbasses.
05:27Number 25, The Last Templar
05:29If this plot summary sounds at all interesting,
05:32we strongly advise that you go read the book instead.
05:35I can get you one of the two.
05:36This mini-series, based on the novel of the same name by Raymond Corey,
05:40is an adventure following an archaeologist who travels the world
05:43in hopes of decoding an ancient secret code.
05:46Are exactly where Al Idrisi said it should be.
05:52Who?
05:53Al Idrisi.
05:56The great cartographer.
05:57Perhaps the greatest of all time?
05:59The show does a remarkably poor job of pacing its complicated plot,
06:03and has some heavy-handed religious implications
06:06that can be off-putting for some audiences.
06:08And the cherry on top of any bad television show?
06:11The acting here is atrocious.
06:14I'm sorry, father. This isn't what I signed up for.
06:16Number 24, Mulaney
06:18Right, I'm supposed to fill his humidifiers.
06:20He has one in the bedroom and one in the living room.
06:22And they're really deep, so you have to fill them up in the bathtub.
06:26God, we're all just gonna die one day.
06:29Do you remember the series where a comedian does stand-up in real life
06:33before we cut to fictional stories set in New York with quirky people?
06:37Unfortunately, we are not talking about Seinfeld.
06:40The Mulaney series borrowed all those recognizable elements from the legendary sitcom.
06:45Although the lead comedian had some funny jokes in his stand-up,
06:48the rest of his series fell short of expectations.
06:51What's her problem?
06:52Uh, she's just going through a breakup.
06:54Also, you're very unpleasant.
06:56Jane, you are single.
06:59Too close.
07:00Okay.
07:01The ensemble cast was full of funny actors
07:03stuck with one-note personalities in mundane situations.
07:06And since its premise was so related to Seinfeld,
07:10it couldn't escape comparisons to the much funnier show.
07:13If Mulaney had had a more original setup and given its talents better material,
07:18it might have made it past a critically panned 13-episode run.
07:221,200 views. Very impressive.
07:24And do you write all those little mean things below?
07:28No, those are my fans.
07:30Number 23, Living Biblically.
07:33Lord have mercy.
07:34This CBS sitcom is all about a man who recently lost his best friend
07:38and decides to live his life strictly by the Bible.
07:41It's like a soul cleanse.
07:43I can't explain it exactly, but I feel it.
07:45Because everyone's always saying how the only thing missing from multicam comedies is the good book.
07:51Okay, no one's saying that.
07:52And for good reason.
07:53I consider Chip Catholic in the same way I consider the Olive Garden Italian.
07:57Living Biblically is basically every other sitcom you've seen,
08:00but the twist is our protagonist has stringent self-imposed religious expectations.
08:05This adds no nuance or comedy to the tired plot lines,
08:08but instead adds a pointless and strange layer to them.
08:11Freeze frame high five.
08:12No.
08:13Number 22, St. George.
08:15Come on, take this mask off.
08:17What the hell is going on in here?
08:19We're watching Mexican wrestling.
08:20It's a good fight too.
08:21A lot of blood.
08:22Years after George Lopez appeared in a self-titled family sitcom,
08:25he tried his hand at a comedy aimed at a more adult audience.
08:29He starred as a man named George Lopez
08:31who attempts to jump back into the dating world after a divorce.
08:35At the same time, he's also a night school teacher
08:38who has to avoid a vice principal's inappropriate advances.
08:41I can tell there's something weighing heavy on your heart.
08:44Okay, don't think of me as the voluptuous woman down the hall
08:47who would give herself to you in a heartbeat.
08:49This weird premise has tons of mean-spirited humor and awful characters.
08:54And since the stakes are so low in the show's bland plots,
08:57it was a slog to sit through.
09:00After 10 episodes, FX chose to pull the plug on this unremarkable comedy.
09:05It easily stands as George Lopez's worst sitcom effort.
09:09You guys really think I'm that sad?
09:10Yeah.
09:11Go on, come on.
09:12Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
09:14Wait, wait, wait.
09:15Shh.
09:17Yes, even shows about aliens can be bad.
09:20We're just as upset about it as you are.
09:22This information remains classified, period.
09:26Airing on the SyFy network,
09:28this drama was an adaptation of the novel Alien Hunter by Whitley Strieber.
09:32In it, we follow Flynn Carroll of the FBI,
09:35who, upon his wife's disappearance,
09:37discovers the existence of alien terrorists and begins to track them down.
09:41You can't stop us.
09:43We're inside.
09:46Inside what?
09:47But the series' low-budget visual and special effects,
09:50its lack of exciting storytelling and over-familiar plot ideas
09:53made it fall flat on its face.
09:55And so, we have yet another one-season wonder.
09:59You don't know a damn thing about what I'm going through.
10:02Maybe not.
10:05Watching this show,
10:06it seems like the creators came up with the title first
10:09and then forgot to make it any good.
10:11Hey, all.
10:12Hey, Jeff.
10:13You're back. How you doing?
10:14Better than her.
10:15This crime series is about Jack Hale,
10:17a detective in the fictional Deviant Crimes unit
10:19of the San Francisco Police Department.
10:21What gives Hale his title-worthy killer instinct?
10:25His father was a serial killer, of course.
10:27How do you feel about Deviant Crime?
10:28I'm against it.
10:30Good.
10:31But this key character and plot point is lazily shoehorned in,
10:34not holding any real weight in the stakes of the show.
10:37Also, the crimes investigated go far beyond deviant.
10:41They are bizarrely grotesque.
10:43Get it off her.
10:44Now!
10:45In ten minutes, paralysis sets in.
10:47In about nine hours, she's dead,
10:48unless you agree to help us.
10:49What are you talking about?
10:52If there's a television genre that never seems to go out of style,
10:56it's crime drama procedurals.
10:58But that certainly does not mean they're always foolproof.
11:01Hey, detective.
11:03You gotta see this.
11:04Not to be confused with the classic Hawaii Five-0,
11:07this NBC cop show also followed a task force based in Honolulu.
11:10Is there a problem?
11:13You wanna get into this here?
11:14Yes, yeah.
11:15I'm getting too many complaints about you two.
11:17Its fatal flaw was the blatant unoriginality in both concept and execution,
11:22especially with such a close comparison to the hit CBS series.
11:26The first season of Hawaii was intended to have an eight-episode run,
11:30but only seven were released before its inevitable cancellation.
11:33You think he's gonna file a complaint?
11:35I think we're gonna lose our jobs.
11:39You're embarrassing me in front of Danny Willis!
11:43Yeah, that's what's happening here.
11:44Ken Jeong is one of the funniest men working in Hollywood,
11:48so we were very excited to hear that he was getting his own series
11:51where he played a funny doctor.
11:53But we were left sorely disappointed by the final product.
11:56Jeong's doctor character falls into many of the typical sitcom husband cliches.
12:01He can be overbearing, idiotic, and out of touch with what his family wants.
12:05Molly's growing up, and we gotta give her some freedom.
12:07Kids don't need freedom.
12:08They need...
12:09What's the opposite of freedom?
12:10Duct tape.
12:11They need to be taped down.
12:14And although the show has a unique medical premise at its core,
12:18the plots often drift into more mundane storylines
12:21that you'd be able to find in any sitcom.
12:24Dr. Ken failed to win over critics over its two-season run.
12:27Unfortunately, Jeong's charisma and actual medical experience
12:31were not enough to save this comedic series.
12:33I don't know, I guess maybe they wanted more thinking man's comedy
12:36and less desperate man's comedy.
12:39You know, more cerebral humor
12:41and less of the rubber-faced clowning that is your trademark.
12:47Over 68 million Americans leave the safety of our borders every year.
12:51If danger strikes,
12:53the FBI's international response team is called into action.
12:57On paper, using the successful criminal minds formula
13:00to create a spinoff where a team solves international cases
13:03sounds pretty incredible.
13:05It was also exciting to hear that actors like Gary Sinise,
13:08Alana De La Garza and Tyler James Williams
13:11would make up the core ensemble.
13:13But the premise and cast were overshadowed by accusations
13:16that the spinoff was extremely tone-deaf.
13:19The director personally tasked us to investigate
13:21and we're not gonna wait for a body.
13:23Good. Local police should know that we're all on the same side.
13:26It's not their job to worry about missing Americans. It's ours.
13:29Critics felt that Beyond Borders
13:31constantly made countries outside of the U.S. look violent and dangerous.
13:35As the show continued to promote harmful stereotypes,
13:38the cast failed to make the same good impression
13:40that the original Criminal Minds crew did.
13:42Even the most hardcore franchise fans
13:44didn't mourn the loss of this controversial spinoff.
13:58From the team that created the American Pie franchise comes disappointment.
14:02Having to live up to expectations is a difficult task,
14:05but Off Center fully missed the mark.
14:17Airing for two seasons on the WB network,
14:19this sitcom follows friends Mike and Ewan
14:21and their New York antics and adventures.
14:23The plot lines throughout the show are far from unique,
14:26resting on tired tropes for their stories.
14:33Which is why you thought it was necessary to lie.
14:35I should be going out with you.
14:41And taking place in 2001 as it did,
14:44there are countless sexist and homophobic jokes
14:46that simply aren't funny.
14:48Even with the magnificent John Cho in their cast,
14:51this series still doesn't land.
14:53Sit down.
14:54I'm gonna bring you the check in a minute.
14:56In a minute.
14:57I'm sorry.
14:58In a minute.
15:01This NBC sitcom is about a young boy named Tucker
15:03who must move in with his aunt, uncle and cousin
15:06after his parents' divorce.
15:07This is Buckingham Palace, you know.
15:11Though it is a bit nicer than your old house.
15:13On the surface, it seems to be your run-of-the-mill
15:15early 2000s family series.
15:17But you will quickly learn upon watching
15:19that the major obstacle that our protagonist faces
15:22is his constant preteen excitement.
15:24I couldn't help noticing you talking to Mrs. Reed just now.
15:28Seems you can't help noticing a great many things I do.
15:31Instead of tackling teen boy problems
15:33in a humorous or interesting way,
15:35Tucker comes off as weirdly sexual and underthought.
15:38I'm sorry, did I put a bad visual in your head?
15:40It's okay.
15:43Who are you?
15:44You don't look like us.
15:46We're not.
15:47We're angels.
15:48The original Charlie's Angel series
15:50was a fun romp where three women worked undercover
15:53to solve crimes while starring in over-the-top set pieces.
15:56When ABC rebooted the show,
15:58they decided to take the premise a lot more seriously.
16:01But the grounded tone didn't work for the new angels.
16:04Although actresses like Rachel Taylor and Minka Kelly
16:07are great in other thrilling series,
16:09their characters felt underdeveloped here.
16:12Is that what you're doing right now?
16:14I know you're upset because Gloria came to me instead of you,
16:17but the fact that your feelings are hurt isn't my problem.
16:20Ding, ding.
16:22Love a catfight, but ladies, please, back to your corners.
16:25And if all that wasn't bad enough,
16:27the action scenes failed to impress
16:29due to their headache-inducing editing and lack of creativity.
16:32Neither viewers nor the network stuck behind this reboot for long.
16:35Its cancellation was announced halfway through the season.
16:38About tonight, I'm sorry.
16:40Too late, you're benched.
16:42Number 13.
16:43My Dad Says.
16:44I was hoping you and I can get some one-on-one time.
16:46Why?
16:47Want to braid each other's hair and talk about boys?
16:50Executives at CBS decided to take a Twitter feed
16:53where Justin Halpern wrote down wild comments his dad made
16:56and turn it into a sitcom.
16:58Unfortunately, this gamble did not pay off.
17:01Although William Shatner can pull off comedy,
17:03his delivery and dialogue weren't the best during the show's run.
17:08I thought you were one of those jackasses
17:10who show up on my front door looking for a handout.
17:12Right, the elections are coming up.
17:14What about the Girl Scouts?
17:16Viewership for the fledgling sitcom yo-yoed back and forth
17:19as everyone struggled to decide whether the show was worth investing in.
17:23After it got a mixed reception,
17:25Halpern revealed that the original scripts
17:27were significantly toned down for network TV.
17:30If the show had been as edgy as its title,
17:32it might not have gone down as an obscure social media adaptation.
17:36I got laid off, and Dad doesn't know.
17:39Dad doesn't know what?
17:40How hungry I am.
17:42Dad doesn't care.
17:43Number 12. Dads.
17:45Yes, feel it.
17:49Feel the dad.
17:51Early advertisements for Dads promised to give us a comedy
17:54where a duo played by Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi
17:57have to deal with their terrible fathers.
17:59But some viewers may have found the sons to be much more problematic.
18:03During the show's short-lived run,
18:05the two main characters came off as unrelatable and bad people.
18:09What kind of person does that to their own father?
18:11Me. I would have enjoyed it.
18:14In fact, I'm gonna randomly text my dad the word no right now.
18:17No, don't do that.
18:18All caps and send.
18:19They're so out of touch and self-absorbed
18:22that it's hard to root for them.
18:24The series also went out of its way to place actress Brenda Song
18:27in the center of gags that ranged from uncomfortable to horrifically offensive.
18:32Oh, and did we mention that the dads were not fun to watch either?
18:36There were simply no good reasons to watch this show full of bad characters.
18:40Yeah, things are going great now, but...
18:42Dad.
18:43What? I was just gonna say someday they won't be.
18:48Some great ideas are best left alone.
18:51In 2003, Nia Vardalos, the star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding,
18:55adapted the film into a sitcom for CBS.
18:58Some details between the movie and the TV series changed,
19:01most notably the actor playing Vardalos' husband.
19:04You know something? You look different.
19:09He does look different.
19:11But aside from the casting switch,
19:13the show failed to deliver the same wit and nuance
19:15that the source material had.
19:17The characters became flat caricatures,
19:19resting on Greek stereotypes for laughs.
19:21I would love a house.
19:22Shut up.
19:23You shut up.
19:24Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
19:25Our advice?
19:26If you're a fan of the movie,
19:27skip this spinoff before it ruins the original for you.
19:30But what if you want to cook a lamb tonight?
19:34You do realize even among Greeks, you're not normal.
19:38We do nothing.
19:39We wait.
19:41We do nothing.
19:44Brother, that's your strategy for everything.
19:47There are some Marvel fans who consider Iron Fist
19:50to be the most lackluster live-action show
19:52the company offered this century.
19:54However, the most awful adaptation they offered
19:57was unquestionably Inhumans.
19:59The show centered around a deeply unlikable group
20:02of super-powered royals
20:04who ruled over a strict class system on the moon.
20:07After the big bad Maximus stages a coup against them,
20:10the so-called heroes wander around Hawaii.
20:13The fish-out-of-water premise leads to
20:15lots of lame jokes and boring side stories.
20:18I have no choice.
20:21I have to wait here until they send someone to bring me back.
20:24Back where?
20:28The moon.
20:29And when we do get action scenes,
20:31they're usually incredibly brief
20:33or ruined by lackluster special effects.
20:35These problems and more made Inhumans
20:38one of the worst superhero shows of modern times.
20:41And throw him from the highest wall in the city.
20:45We are not defeated.
20:47Not ever.
20:50Yeah, I've got some bad news myself.
20:53Kids,
20:54Mother and I split up.
20:57That happened two years ago.
20:59During the run of the beloved That's 70 show,
21:01Fox executives decided to see if they could get another hit
21:04by following a new cast of characters in a different decade.
21:07Future television superstars like Kyler Lee and Glenn Howerton
21:11were cast to lead the comedy.
21:12Fortunately, their careers weren't completely derailed
21:15by this lackluster sitcom.
21:16Hi, Dad. Would it be okay if I quit?
21:18Sure, son, sure.
21:21We're gonna fire you anyway.
21:25That 80s show just didn't have the charm
21:27of its more successful predecessor.
21:29The ensemble felt like lesser copies of the original characters,
21:32and the setting wasn't that retro when the series aired.
21:35Although that 80s show tried to forge its own identity,
21:38it never gave fans a compelling reason to leave the 70s.
21:41If you had a chance to go back and do it all again,
21:44would you do it any differently?
21:45I wouldn't change a thing.
21:46Because even if I'd made it,
21:48I still would have been unhappy.
21:52I thought it was the worst moment of my life.
21:54But looking back, it was one of the best.
21:56Because it brought me to the man who put me on the path
21:58to becoming the most famous beauty queen in the country.
22:01After spending years being made fun of for her weight,
22:04Patti Bladdell has a violent encounter with a homeless person.
22:07She receives a jaw injury
22:09that requires her to go on a liquid diet
22:11that transforms her body.
22:13Patti eventually decides to use her looks and wits
22:16to get revenge on people who mistreated her.
22:18Yeah, I want revenge against anyone
22:21who has ever been mean to me.
22:23I get a taste of victory, but it's not enough.
22:25I want more.
22:26This problematic premise made people call out the show
22:29for confusing messages about body image
22:32and for putting Debbie Ryan in a fat suit.
22:34Outside of that,
22:35one of the show's many cringy subplots
22:38involves a mother falsely accusing someone of heinous crimes.
22:41While some viewers tuned in to the offensive plot lines and humor,
22:45over 200,000 people asked Netflix to cancel it.
22:48The latter group got the cancellation they wanted.
22:51And that's not exactly a message I want to be sending
22:54to you, your honor.
22:59Get your Brooklyn ass in there, man.
23:01I can't believe how warm this water is.
23:03What's up?
23:05It's hard to explain what this failed drama was even about.
23:08At the beginning of the premiere,
23:10Vincent and Matt leave their lives in Brooklyn behind
23:12and journey to Miami,
23:13that just so happens to be the place
23:15where Matt's ex-girlfriend Ariel is working on a modeling career.
23:18Although this sounds like a romantic drama,
23:21the show quickly throws criminals and guns into the mix.
23:24You were gonna hit the hotel without telling me?
23:27If I can't control my own people, who can I control?
23:30While we appreciate seeing the legendary Giancarlo Esposito
23:33as a crime boss,
23:34his character and all the other darker subplots
23:37feel like they belong on a different show.
23:39It doesn't help that Matt and Vincent
23:41don't really have distinct personalities.
23:43Fortunately, most of the actors and all of the audience
23:47moved on from South Beach's identity crisis
23:49and unremarkable characters.
23:51There's so much competition.
23:54And it could all be over just as fast as it started.
23:59Rob and Maggie just tied the knot.
24:01We're gonna go to my parents' house
24:02and tell them we got married.
24:03I sent my parents a text.
24:05Admittedly, Rob Schneider's real Rob
24:07is far from a flawless sitcom.
24:09However, he starred in an objectively worse comedy
24:12before that Netflix show.
24:14Rob centered around a man with obsessive-compulsive disorder
24:17who married a woman of Mexican descent
24:19before her family found out.
24:20He then must try to win them over
24:22while trying to avoid awkward situations.
24:24Trust me, it's bad.
24:26You know, Maggie has this idea we need to redecorate.
24:28You know, she came home with this thing.
24:30It looks like SpongeBob took a crap on my couch.
24:33Throughout the show, Rob's OCD and tired stereotypes
24:36about Mexican culture are often used as punchlines.
24:39And it's hard to feel bad for the title character
24:41because he has few redeeming qualities.
24:43Ultimately, Rob is an unfunny and lazy sitcom starring Schneider
24:48that is best left forgotten.
24:50Ah, don't worry.
24:51There will be wine, women,
24:54images that haunt you until your death.
24:57It works.
25:00How do we put it out?
25:01We do not.
25:02We have to wait for it to burn out.
25:03Hit the chances of Mike and I surviving the rising temperature.
25:06I want it 997,000.
25:09That is so not good.
25:11Watching a talking kit instantly change its shape
25:14like it's a transformer
25:16should have been the most ridiculous part of the Knight Rider pilot.
25:18But this reboot constantly surprised us
25:21with one outrageous turn after the other.
25:23After the pilot throws us in the midst of an undercover mission
25:26with no explanation,
25:27the show's events quickly devolve
25:29into a mix of campy action and fan service.
25:32The first episode also has the unconvincing fake-out death
25:35of main character Mike
25:36and sets up an amnesia plot.
25:38It is possible something traumatic happened
25:40and you are repressing your memories
25:42or you have dissociative identity disorder,
25:44also known as multiple personality disorder.
25:47Someone doesn't want me to remember.
25:48All of these hokey story turns
25:50guaranteed that the show stalled right out of the gate.
25:53Unfortunately,
25:54every attempt to course-correct Knight Rider
25:57failed before this awful remake crashed and burned.
26:00I am sorry, Michael.
26:01I do not have that information.
26:03It does not seem logical to be upset about the situation.
26:09You just gotta get out there and meet some of them.
26:11That's true, but keep in mind,
26:12this isn't like home where everybody's like us.
26:14So remember the rules.
26:16Stick to your kind.
26:17Crave the cave.
26:18If you think giving a mascot from a Geico commercial
26:21their own show would be a bad idea,
26:23congratulations!
26:24You officially have more foresight
26:26than whoever decided to greenlight this series.
26:28The show was marketed as a unique and hilarious look
26:31at what it's like for three cavemen
26:33to live in modern times.
26:35But the main trio were unfunny versions of characters
26:38you could find in literally any other adult sitcom.
26:41And more than a few viewers and critics
26:43felt like the show was using situations with cavemen
26:46to make light of actual racial prejudice.
26:49I'm just gonna go.
26:50I'm not passing judgment, Nick.
26:52I'm Joel.
26:53Nuh-uh.
26:54Oh, my God.
26:56I'm sorry.
26:57Maybe one of you guys should tie
26:59like a piece of colored ribbon in your hair.
27:01The show bombed so hard
27:03that American audiences didn't see the entire first season.
27:06To add insult to injury,
27:07Geico made fun of the show in one of their commercials.
27:10A TV show...
27:12about us.
27:15What was the deal with that makeup?
27:17Exactly!
27:18Why not just use real cavemen?
27:23Hey, guys!
27:24Good thing you're here.
27:25Tell me what you think.
27:26This shirt
27:27or
27:28this one?
27:30Yeah, you're right.
27:31This one's terrible.
27:32We thought it was bad enough
27:34that the obnoxious and high-pitched Internet character
27:36known as Fred starred in two television movies.
27:39Unfortunately,
27:40he also got his own TV series in 2012.
27:43Fred's misadventures
27:44were somehow more annoying
27:46in these 11-minute segments
27:48than they had ever been before.
27:50Basically,
27:51every episode saw the titular character complain,
27:53try to solve his issue in an absurd way,
27:55and then whine some more
27:57before the story mercifully ended.
27:59We're saved!
28:00I did it!
28:01You're telling me
28:02this entire time,
28:04the door wasn't even locked.
28:06You could've just opened it.
28:08Yeah.
28:09But it wasn't like there was anyone
28:10in the unpleasant supporting cast
28:12that we liked either.
28:13Viewership dropped pretty quickly
28:15for the show during its first and only season.
28:17Even Lucas Cruikshank acknowledged
28:19Fred's program had issues
28:20after he starred as the character.
28:22I don't know why that show got canceled.
28:24Like, why wouldn't parents want their kids
28:27to watch some lanky-ass boy
28:29in really obnoxiously tight skinny jeans
28:32hallucinate?
28:34It's me.
28:37Lee.
28:38Lee?
28:39Yeah.
28:40This is what I had to do to get a job.
28:42Okay, my eyes are up here.
28:43When two men have trouble finding work,
28:45they decide to dress up as women
28:47and apply to work at an office
28:48with a mostly female-identifying staff.
28:50We can't decide if it's more shocking
28:52that their plan worked
28:53or that anyone on Earth
28:54thought this show was worth putting on TV.
28:56Work It spends most of its runtime
28:58peddling lazy gender stereotypes
29:00and cringeworthy jokes.
29:02Well, I really should be getting home,
29:03you know, single mom and all.
29:06Hello!
29:07Have I gotten drunk
29:08and slept with a random guy yet?
29:10No one is going home until we dance.
29:12And it doesn't help that the leads
29:14are detestable and insensitive men
29:16who constantly lie to their families
29:18and coworkers.
29:19While we're still surprised
29:21ABC let Work It air at all,
29:23at least the network put this horrendous show
29:25out of its misery in the U.S.
29:27two weeks after the premiere.
29:28Oh, I don't want to say that I'd given up hope,
29:30but yeah, I kind of had.
29:31Yeah, well, me too.
29:32My brave face was getting so tired.
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29:53A show that tried to combine
29:55a mysterious death,
29:56casino drama,
29:57and random musical numbers
29:59is considered to be one of the worst
30:01television shows in recent memory.
30:03Thieva Laughlin was meant to be
30:04an American take on the relatively
30:06well-received British series Blackpool,
30:08but the U.S. interpretation
30:10could not balance its melodramatic scenes
30:12with its silly musical interludes.
30:24Every time an actor tried to deliver
30:26a serious line,
30:27audiences were likely to burst out laughing.
30:29Not even Hugh Jackman's presence
30:31could improve this doomed show.
30:40While it was canceled after two episodes
30:42in the United States,
30:43Australia gave up after the first airing.
30:46Thieva Laughlin's silly premise,
30:48rough dialogue,
30:49and hilariously bad execution
30:51made it a legendary 21st century TV flop.
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