I was inspired to do this by the UO thread for TV shows at TWOP.

Like here, there is a separate one at TWOP for soaps as well, but I had no idea if there was one on this board for the rest of TV (game shows, sitcoms, reality shows, news, etc.), so I thought I'd start one here. Granted, TWOP is a site completely dedicated to all types of television, so I don't know if picking out UOs here would be as easy, but I think it's worth a shot.

Everything's on the table. Past or present, channels or shows of every genre (except the daytime soaps, obviously).

The UO thread on soaps has only a little bit on primetime soaps, so I guess you can include them here, too. Your call.

Edited April 15, 201213 yr by MissLlanviewPA

Moesha UO:

I wish Kim hadn't been written off after the gang graduated from high school. Granted Countess Vaughn got to star in a show and it jump-started Mo'Nique's career, but I thought that Kim was far better utilized as a part of/had far better chemistry with the original gang (Moesha, Hakeem, Niecy) over the duds that

The Parkers

put together. It also didn't help matters that they dumbed Kim's character all the way down on the spinoff - something that I can help but think that they wouldn't have done if Kim had stuck around for Moesha's college years.

Another unpopular opinion of mine is that the show jumped the shark when Countess left. I call this a UO because folks always blame Ray J for killing the show, even though the lack of Kim, IMO, left a hole in what was a decent cast that had great chemistry.

Edited April 26, 201213 yr by VirginiaHamilton

And there's another one of my UOs. The Parkers was a fabulous sitcom and I still LOL at it when it comes on.

I actually like the final season opening of Happy Days. And I like both theme songs ("Rock Around the Clock" and "Happy Days") equally.

Edited May 17, 201213 yr by MissLlanviewPA

I hate it when fans of low rated shows complain that a network didn't let the showrunners give the show a proper ending and/or act like their show is entittled to one. Considering that said show should have been cancelled sooner, be grateful for what you got.

I hate it when fans of low rated shows complain that a network didn't let the showrunners give the show a proper ending and/or act like their show is entittled to one. Considering that said show should have been cancelled sooner, be grateful for what you got.

I tend to like cliffhanger endings better than the ones where everythnig gets wrapped up neatly and everyone is happy because cliffhanger endings keep you talknig and guessing

I'm not sure if this is a UO, but I found more entertainment and laughter in the line up that included My Wife and Kids and the George Lopez show on ABC, than any other sitcoms produced with a laugh track within the past 5-6 years. I found My Wife and Kids a quality that rivaled many classic family sitcoms.

Something I've discovered thanks to Me-TV: The Bob Newhart Show >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mary Tyler Moore. At least the later seasons of MTM.

Something I've discovered thanks to Me-TV: The Bob Newhart Show >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mary Tyler Moore. At least the later seasons of MTM.

I've always been confused by that damn symbol. Is it better or worse than MTM? I'm thinking better?

Edited May 23, 201213 yr by Bright Eyes

I've always been confused by that damn symbol. Is it better or worse than MTM? I'm thinking better?

The alligator's mouth is opened to the better of the two because he's hungry

The alligator's mouth is opened to the better of the two because he's hungry

Alligator? I'm used to referencing him as Pac Man myself, but thanks for the math lesson!

My own UO: I despise The Sopranos. I don't think I hate a scripted show more.

Edited May 23, 201213 yr by Bright Eyes

I don't watch American Idol, think its fake but I tuned in for the finale to watch the old guys perform...lol

Aerosmith was awesome! To me that's hard rock and roll not that pretty stuff you hear on AI.

Just because it's coming up soon:

Give me the Indy 500 over NASCAR ANYDAY.

Family Guy

Not even close to being funny. It's crude and annoying. I will never understand why this show is so popular.

I think it has its moments, but I've never seen a solidly "good" episode of it. Every episode is on/off and I do tend to find it more off than on. Also unlike South Park which, while admittedly inspired by The Simpsons, was extremely original in its own right and charted a unique course for itself, Family Guy is just TOO damn derivative of The Simpsons. If you go back and watch the early seasons of The Simpsons it's disgusting how Family Guy blatantly plagiarized it in except in a less funny/intelligent way and with crappier animation.

I do think Family Guy is massively overrated.

I agree with this, although I do not believe this to be an unpopular opinion.

Actually, even with Barker at the helm, TPIR in the 2000s was inferior to what it was in the 70s and 80s. Do you remember the God-awful "Hollywood Mural" turntable (in 2002-03)? What about all those rotating models? (There were no longer permenant beauties because of all the lawsuits against Barker.) During the last couple of years, I also saw way too many senior moments on Bob's part, especially when he would get very impatient with contestants. (I seem to recall him occasionally forgetting some rules to pricing games as well.)

See I disagree with this. To me the show kept its quality, and yes I noticed Bob getting snippy with the contestants but it was part of the fun IMO. Sometimes they were really stupid and took too long and Bob was the voice of those of us watching from home.

Edited May 26, 201213 yr by juppiter

I guess I have the most unpopular opinion of all on this site, if the number of replies in a given topic is a barometer of popularity: all reality TV sucks, each time a person watches it he probably loses a fraction of an IQ point. This doesn't apply to contest reality like The Voice or American Idol. There the only thing in danger is your taste if you listen to their judges when they lie and try to tell you the people singing on the show are actually any good. American Idol hasn't had a truly worthwhile winner probably since Carrie Underwood.

Chat shows are a waste of time. Once there was Phil Donahue and he would bring on a variety of guests from the entertainment and political worlds. Oprah one upped him and removed the intellect and instead made it about empathy and emotion. Ok, still good. Today 4 billion talk shows air all covering the same ground. There is nothing Katie Couric has to say that I need to know and that Anderson Cooper probably didn't say yesterday when he covered the same topic. The ladies of the View and that gaggle of gabbers on the CBS imitation are not qualified to offer their opinions on anything. When a host of a TV show says straight up she does not know if the world is round, then that is someone who has no business hosting a TV show. What she says can infect impressionable children. Passing gas on camera as you claim torturing dogs is a cultural thing should get you fired, not an extension of your contract.