The 10 Most Disappointing TV Shows Of 2011
By Matt Barone | Dec 28, 2011 | 10:10 am | Permalink
When a television program is bad, the sustained agony is incomparable. And, if you’re anything like us, it’s always inexplicably difficult to just give up and find another way to spend that 30 minutes to an hour every week, or simply change the channel. In some cases, there’s that unshakeable feeling that the respective show’s producers have something positive in store, which is how we justify hanging around for all 22 tortuous episodes of NBC’s The Event. Other times, it’s the masochistic thrill of voluntarily stomaching garbage—how else can we rationalize our having seen every unfunny half-hour of Outsourced?
Over the last 12 months, programmers have flooded the airwaves with a profusion of junk, though what’s even worse is that most of it materialized in shows that we previously loved. Suffering through newly unveiled crap is bad enough, but accepting that a once-good series has creatively shit the bed? That’s downright miserable. That’s the best way to describe The 10 Most Disappointing TV Shows Of 2011, though we’re more than happy to elaborate on all of the ineptitude.
Written by Matt Barone (@MBarone)
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London Calling December 28th, 2011 at 11:44 AM
You guys should really have a spoiler alert when posting articles on tv shows.
Joe December 28th, 2011 at 11:55 AM
This is a really bad list. Especially for Dexter.
Teej December 28th, 2011 at 08:53 PM
I respectfully disagree with 'True Blood' being #1 on this list. Although I do agree about the first subplot of Lafayette being possessed with that creole lady going on too long, it was a literary set up to explain that he can harbor spirits. Sure it can be a bit melodramatic and cliche but that's the campy beauty of 'True Blood' as a whole.
Stephen December 29th, 2011 at 12:34 AM
How is Two and a Half Men not on this list? Since the beginning of the season its stopped being a show and just been the creator's attempt at a pissing contest with Charlie Sheen.
Jean Rodriguez December 30th, 2011 at 12:57 PM
The Office and Dexter should not be on this List
Kyle January 3rd, 2012 at 05:20 AM
Jon Benjamin Has a Van was epic but you guys didn't understand it I guess. It was anti-comedy... and while it was all over the place and could be quite hit or miss with humor, so what? It just didn't belong on Comedy Central because that channel has anything but comedy. Sure, one or two South Park episodes are funny each year but it's been on forever, and that channel considers Daniel Tosh funny. The Office hasn't been funny since around season 2... or back when it was a British show now that I think about it. Dexter has sucked after the first season... he's no Patrick Bateman or even Dennis Reynolds.
Zach February 4th, 2012 at 07:16 AM
Who wrote the review for Pan AM? Hank Moody? " a series that everyone knew would suck, and, alas, sucked the big one." "The subsequent crash-and-burn, unfortunately, happened with the quickness."