Horrible yet uncanceled - Shows that Just. Don't. Stop.

[frozenrunner]

The Walking Dead's continued existence actually angers me. There have been a lot of bad episodes over the years, but continuing the show with the main character dying is unforgivable. That's the final proof that there's no balance there, behind the scenes, between art and business. They have no story to tell, just a popular IP they intend to milk until people stop watching. (Which is, honestly, probably the deal with the comics as well.)

Compare that to Breaking Bad, where Vince Gilligan and company had a story to tell and told it, leaving long before wearing out their welcome.

 

[Stab You in the Back]

They have no story to tell, just a popular IP they intend to tard cum until people stop watching. (Which is, honestly, probably the deal with the comics as well.)

You have to think of The Walking Dead like a soap opera. There is no overarching story. There are no consistent themes. Its just a series of small dramas the characters go through over time as they gradually age and get replaced by younger and hotter actors. No one watches The Young and the Restless wondering what its all building towards, and you shouldn't watch The Walking Dead that way either.

 

[frozenrunner]

You have to think of The Walking Dead like a soap opera. There is no overarching story. There are no consistent themes. Its just a series of small dramas the characters go through over time as they gradually age and get replaced by younger and hotter actors. No one watches The Young and the Restless wondering what its all building towards, and you shouldn't watch The Walking Dead that way either.

I had read that quote from Kirkman calling TWD (the comics) a soap opera, and I should have taken him at his word. There are definitely consistent themes, though. I wouldn't have watched for years if there weren't. It's just that the writers don't have any idea where the story is going, so they're stuck doing this treadmill writing which, like you said, has no goal in mind.

But TWD ain't gonna stick around like The Young and the Restless. Ratings are tanking and they're only going to get worse after Lincoln leaves. Gimple reportedly ruined Fear the Walking Dead last season too, so the franchise itself might be in hot water.

I expect them to try a new spinoff pretty soon (within the next two years) as a last ditch effort to attract wayward fans. AMC, as terribly as they treat their shows, still thinks TWD is a long-term meal ticket for them and a pop culture phenomenon on the level of Star Wars. They're not ready to give up.

 

[Ruin]

The Walking Dead's continued existence actually angers me. There have been a lot of bad episodes over the years, but continuing the show with the main character dying is unforgivable. That's the final proof that there's no balance there, behind the scenes, between art and business. They have no story to tell, just a popular IP they intend to tard cum until people stop watching. (Which is, honestly, probably the deal with the comics as well.)

Compare that to Breaking Bad, where Vince Gilligan and company had a story to tell and told it, leaving long before wearing out their welcome.

I sort of agree and sort of disagree Rick has been a whiny ineffectual emo for multiple seasons now. I'd probably watch the Norman Reedus murders hundreds of zombies and raiders show if it was done competently but it won't be because the writers are speds.

 

[Stock Image Photographer]

Big Brother is somehow still going, which I don't understand. I stopped watching with genuine interest years ago, and I stopped watching to see how far the network would go to keep it on the air two (?) years ago when an retarded cuban won because everyone hated the other guy so much. My Dad still likes it and I have no idea why; even he can't explain it to me.

 

[User names must be unique]

Big Brother is somehow still going, which I don't understand. I stopped watching with genuine interest years ago, and I stopped watching to see how far the network would go to keep it on the air two (?) years ago when an exceptional cuban won because everyone hated the other guy so much. My Dad still likes it and I have no idea why; even he can't explain it to me.

The problem with Big Brother is the selection process, the people they choose are duller than toast sandwich. I'd pay to see it if they had some serious lolcows on.

 

[Disgruntled Pupper]

The problem with Big Brother is the selection process, the people they choose are duller than toast sandwich. I'd pay to see it if they had some serious lolcows on.

While most of the cast is boring toast people, they actually have had some pretty weird and crazy people on, but they're so focused on the competition and alliances portion of it, building a narrative, and are so afraid of controversy they never show anything actually good. You have to shell out $20 for the live feeds for any of the juicy bits, or even to get a feeling about who these people actually are, and even that they've cracked down on the past 2-3 seasons.

The blatant rigging really needs to be toned down as well. They're so convinced they know who and what America will love, but they don't, and even when it's in favor of a popular contestant it's pretty annoying.

Also, Grodner needs to stop bringing back people who personally make her panties wet. Actually, a lot of these problems would be resolved they just fired Grodner.

 

[Stock Image Photographer]

While most of the cast is boring toast people, they actually have had some pretty weird and crazy people on, but they're so focused on the competition and alliances portion of it, building a narrative, and are so afraid of controversy they never show anything actually good. You have to shell out $20 for the live feeds for any of the juicy bits, or even to get a feeling about who these people actually are, and even that they've cracked down on the past 2-3 seasons.

The blatant rigging really needs to be toned down as well. They're so convinced they know who and what America will love, but they don't, and even when it's in favor of a popular contestant it's pretty annoying.

Also, Grodner needs to stop bringing back people who personally make her panties wet. Actually, a lot of these problems would be resolved they just fired Grodner.

Her fascination with Paul straight up ruined an entire season. That's actually what got me to quit watching entirely.

 

[Disgruntled Pupper]

Her fascination with Paul straight up ruined an entire season. That's actually what got me to quit watching entirely.

The Paul thing was so awful, and turned so many people away from the show. The only good thing that came out of it was his shock and then dead-eyed staring when he lost the second time. I used to have two really good .gifs of it, but I can't find them now.

 

[Stock Image Photographer]

The Paul thing was so awful, and turned so many people away from the show. The only good thing that came out of it was his shock and then dead-eyed staring when he lost the second time. I used to have two really good .gifs of it, but I can't find them now.

It was a bittersweet moment for me. On the one hand, you got Paul's incredible disappointment, which I enjoyed after seeing him act like King Douche for three months. On the other hand, I was annoyed that a mongoloid that played one of the worst games I've seen ended up winning the grand prize.

Also, it's been a while since I've really paid attention to this so my timeline is probably wrong, but I remember BB looking pretty desperate for ratings. I don't know what else can explain the terrible Z-list celebrity winter season.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

Hey the latest season of big brother had some serious lolcows at least. They had a "mystical" girl with "supernatural powers" (Like the producers telling her things).

Then there was Rockstar. Yes, her name was rockstar, and she was the trainwreck you'd expect from a name like that.

The cop who lied and pretended (really poorly) that he was a mechanic (for some reason) was pretty hilarious to watch bungle whatever stupid plan he had and get kicked out immediately. He couldn't stop talking about random cop stuff out of the blue, it was really funny that he was apparently an undercover cop, I don't know how he survived that...

 

[Commander X]

 

[Ruin]

Is that a real screencap?

 

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

Is that a real screencap?

It is from a preview of Andrew Lincoln's final episode, but the text is fake.

 

[Commander X]

Almost every good TV show and more than a few mediocre but popular TV shows go bad the longer they run. The writers run out of original plot ideas around Season 2 or Season 3 and try to cover for it by pivoting to relationship drama.

It seems that so many modern TV shows have excellent first (or second) seasons and then devolve into “people arguing for idiotic reasons and sometimes relevant plot happenings” because the TV format negates good plot structure in favor of stretching out runtime over more seasons.

 

[Burning Fanatic]

I have no doubt that somebody previously mentioned Spongebob. It's easy to tell when it became bad, but something people didn't really consider was how it became bad. As autistic as this long video about SpongeBob may be, I can't deny that EmpLemon continues to put out some very well researched and well made content:

 

[Dolphin Lundgren]

Fuller House. We could have gotten Freaks and Geeks as a reboot but we got this shit instead.

 

[ILSH]

Teen Titans Go

 

[Martys_not_smarty]

I'd say Shark Tank/Dragon's Den/whatever the respective country calls investors because it's usually just some smarmy douchefag going on there not really caring about succeeding but just to plug their shit on national TV.

 

[Ruin]

Criminal Minds all the good cast members have left and Mr Scratch isn't as good of a reoccurring villain as The Boston Reaper.