After NBC had finally come up with a Thursday comedy lineup where all the shows were either great or at least capable of occasional greatness, in came this cheap, hacky sitcom that wouldn’t have felt out of place airing after “Friends” or “Seinfeld” in the late ’90s, and one that leaned so heavily on Indian stereotypes that it almost singlehandedly undermined the great progress the network had made in casting South Asian actors in well-rounded roles elsewhere on the schedule. “Outsourced” (NBC): There are objectively worse shows on this list, but “Outsourced” was perhaps the most disappointing. So of course NBC is bringing it back for another season. But wow was it insufferable: a bunch of wealthy celebrities getting together to make fun of ordinary people with exaggerated problems, contemptuously laughing like hyenas at each other’s lame jokes about the common folk. “The Marriage Ref” (NBC): Where Schaeffer had a track record that (mostly) prepared me for the badness of “Gravity,” “The Marriage Ref” was Jerry Seinfeld’s first TV show since “Seinfeld,” and its lineup of celebrity guests featured a lot of other genuinely funny people like Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Larry David and Ricky Gervais. This comedy about a support group for failed suicides represents the nadir of the Schaeffer oeuvre, not just because it was stifling and spectacularly unfunny, but because Schaeffer kept distractingly inserting himself into the story as a cop obsessed with one of the group members. “Gravity” (Starz): Eric Schaeffer has carved a strange little career as writer/director/producer/star of a strain of uncomfortable movies (“If Lucy Fell”) and TV shows (“Starved”) that try to get laughs out of severe emotional problems. These are just the 10 worst things I actually watched, in some descending order of terrible-ness (and you can find Fienberg’s own worst-of picks here): I haven’t seen a second of “Bridalplasty,” “Skating with the Stars” or the “Kate Plus 8 Minus Jon Multiplied By Rampant Narcissism” specials. Because of the demands of my job, I often wind up just skipping over shows I suspect have no chance of being good. I can’t say that these 10 shows were the actual 10 worst to air in 2010. But with so many channels producing so much original programming year-round, the best stuff still represents a very thin slice of the pie – and if you cut into other sections, it was still easy to find plenty of things that were rotten. Posting unmarked spoilers will result in removal and warning, and posting spoilers with malicious intent will result in a ban.In many ways, this was a great year in television, one in which I struggled to make room for all my favorite shows in my Top 10 lists, even when splitting them into multiple lists. Please report posts containing spoilers unless they are hidden using the following method or are inside a thread clearly labeled as containing spoilers. If you want to promote without participating in the community, purchase an ad. For more information, see the self-promotion on reddit FAQ. Some promotional submitting (posting your own projects, articles, etc.) is permitted, but it must be balanced out by a much greater level of non-promotion participation in reddit - the rule of thumb is no more than 10% of your submissions may be promotional. Promotion must be kept within acceptable limits.Follow all specific content restrictions.No off-topic or low-effort content or comments.No personal attacks, witch hunts, bigotry, or inflammatory language.No content primarily for humor or entertainment.Questions likely to generate discussion.Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew Mimimi Games Want to schedule an AMA with us? Read our guidelines for more information! To see previous AMAs, click here. New to reddit? Click here! Subreddit Calendar Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just with the goal of entertaining viewers.įor examples of quality discussion posts we'd like to see in our subreddit, please review this page.įor an in-depth explanation of our rules, please review our rules page. The goal of /r/Games is to provide a place for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions. If you're looking for "lighter" gaming-related entertainment, try /r/gaming! Please look over our rules and FAQ before posting. r/Games is for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions.
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