Members frequentsoapfan Posted January 12, 2013 Members Share Posted January 12, 2013 I grew up watching Family Matters more than Fully House but now I hate Family Matters and enjoy Full House more. Urkel is so annoying. Hate that show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted January 12, 2013 Members Share Posted January 12, 2013 I was a kid when Full House originally ran and even we the target audience made fun of it in school. Now when I watch shows like Leave it to Beaver I wonder if the kids back then clowned the sitcoms of their era too, instead of assuming that's how people really lived back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted January 12, 2013 Members Share Posted January 12, 2013 Perhaps, I need to step outside my love of it to watch it again because I've never gotten the impression that the show was taking itself too seriously. This isn't the first time that I've heard this critique of SATC so I may just be missing something here. Another SATC UO: Perhaps it's because she was my favorite of the foursome, but I thought that Miranda underwent the most character growth throughout the series and loved her ending. I call this a UO because many viewers complained that she'd gone from being a powerful lawyer to a domesticated homebody, which I disagree with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 12, 2013 Members Share Posted January 12, 2013 I thought the Miranda arc was a good one, overall - I thought it was true to her character and she and Steve were a good couple. For me the show changed when it became less about Carrie being quirky and screwed up in a fun way and more about how damaged she was and how this was despair (this started around the time of the arc with boring Aiden). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juppiter Posted January 13, 2013 Members Share Posted January 13, 2013 I don't think any Full House fan would dispute this. Full House is way over the top with that corny music that would play towards the end of the episode when the "lesson" was taught. But Full House with its overly cheesy overly-PC atmosphere really defines the 90s well and they just don't make TV like that anymore. The "Stephanie is bullied by the girls who smoke in the bathroom" episode was robbed of the emmy that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juppiter Posted January 13, 2013 Members Share Posted January 13, 2013 My unpopular opinion: I love the Simpsons episode "The Principal and the Pauper" (where Skinner is revealed to be an imposter, often considered the "worst episode ever.") I think it's a brilliant commentary on how resistant people are to even the most minor change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members psychofan Posted January 13, 2013 Members Share Posted January 13, 2013 Considering I've seen strong criticisms of both of these shows on this board, I'd consider this unpopular. I believe that Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy are two of the best shows of the last ten years and certainly this decade's Dallas/Dynasty or Melrose Place/90210. Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted January 13, 2013 Members Share Posted January 13, 2013 I agree, they are two of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juppiter Posted January 13, 2013 Members Share Posted January 13, 2013 And I think it's pathetic that Desperate Housewives is all we had to continue that legacy in the past decade. Never watched a second of Grey's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juppiter Posted January 13, 2013 Members Share Posted January 13, 2013 IMO the only show of the past decade that showed promise to carry on the primetime soap legacy was The OC, and it fizzled out SO quickly after *such* a promising start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 13, 2013 Members Share Posted January 13, 2013 I was always surprised that ABC paired the show with Roseanne for a lot of its end-run on Tuesday nights, talk about a weird trip with two very different takes on the family-oriented sitcom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted January 13, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 13, 2013 It is weird. People think it spent its entire run on Friday nights, but it moved to Tuesday during its fourth season, airing with shows like Roseanne, Coach, The Wonder Years, and eventually Grace Under Fire. Even more bizarrely, NYPD Blue finished the lineup during its last two seasons. Fast Friends (the one where Stephanie is pressured to smoke) is actually one of my favorites. I have to confess that I actually got Jodie Sweetin's autobiography for Christmas one year *hides* . Possible Coach UO: I liked Stuart and Kelly (until he cheated on her, of course, and ditched her), and enjoy their episodes almost as much as the ones after they left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 13, 2013 Members Share Posted January 13, 2013 Oops double post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 13, 2013 Members Share Posted January 13, 2013 As I mentioned Roseanne, Laurie Metcalf = the best supporting actress ever in a 90s sitcom (well technically late 80s, I suppose). If only for this alone: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZPFyHMC8xbI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted January 13, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 13, 2013 Oh yes, defintely. Did that get her the second Emmy? Roseanne won hers for this episode. Laurie's first Emmy was for the episode where Jackie slept with Arnie. After she won, she was shown at the end of the Dark Ages episode polishing off her Emmy before Roseanne and John Goodman start chasing her. It's always cut in syndication, but I think the DVDs have it (and it's on YouTube, too). ETA: There were two Roseanne marathons on yesterday--one on WE, the other on TV Land. Not that I'm complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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