Where have all the good tv shows gone?

Question

Where have all the good tv shows gone? Look at tv today and you see shows getting canceled left and right. Yet you look at the shows that have gone on to tv greatness like the cosby's, roseanne, everybody loves raymond, king of queens and numerous others that have succeded yet fox and everyone else don't get it. They put out dumb *** shows that do not have the same plots as these good shows have. When will they start putting out shows that are good?

Answer 1

You have a definite point if you are referring to sitcoms; since the demise of "Friends," good comedies are hard to come by (I personally would suggest the NBC comedies "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office", and though it may be starting to peter out, the CBS comedy "Two and a half men.")

That said, there are several good dramas on TV right now. The two greatest are "Lost" on ABC and "24" on Fox. I'm not the biggest fan of the following shows, but "Deseperate Housewives" on ABC and "Grey's Anatomy," also on ABC, are continual critical favorites.

Another show I can personally vouch for is "House," on Fox, which boasts not only some of the finest writers but also some of the finest actors of any current show on TV (for those interested in TV history, "House" is kind of like "St. Elsewhere", only much meaner - in a good way, of course).

Answer 2

Yeah I agree. I can only take so much realitity tv and all the CSI Law and Order type rehashes.

I do admit there are a few good shows on. I typically watch the Monday night CBS lineup King of Queens, How I Met Your Mother, and 2 And A Half Men.

I watch The Simpsons on FOX all week.

House on tuesdays on FOX which I feel is a great original show. I bought the season 1 DVD and I'm buying Season 2 when it comes out.

The rest of the week scrounging for something interesting on until Sun.

Then I watch the FOX sunday night lineup King of THe Hill, The Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy, and The War at Home.

On Late Night I watch FOX for Becker and Fraiser and then Craig Ferguson on CBS during the weekdays and on the late night weekends I watch Stargate SG1 on CBS

Other than that weekly routine I don't watch tv except the occasional sporting event.

Answer 3

It's all about profit nowadays. If a network can put a show on that draws in ad money, they don't care whether it's good or not. Personally, I think another reason is people don't have the attention span to dictate what is good and what isn't. I believe a couple years ago, the average person watched MTV for 27 seconds before changing the channel.

Answer 4

When will they start putting out shows that are good? When the networks fire the top execs who are too tanked up on alcohol and drugs ( which evidently impairs their ability to make decisions ) and replace them with execs who want back the "formula" for good TV once again.

Answer 5

Because our society has grow to be a colossal vagina. I don't forget looking cow and fowl stoned off my ***. You cant exhibit children a slithery gay satan with a sticking out glossy *** anymore. Everything demands to be dumbed-down, have little that means, and FFS Don't Offend Anyone!!!

Answer 6

Try watching Psych. It's about the only funny thing I've seen in years.

Answer 7

i think that good shows are being overlooked by networks in loo of this crap called reality TV. give me a good old comedy any day.

Answer 8

You know that you are watching crap on tv when you look forward to reruns of Seinfeld.

Answer 9

all the good t.v shows are on DVD. that way you can relieve the glory days of good t.v. instead of the crap thats on now

Answer 10

Where have they gone? T.V. Land, where else could they go.