Don't you think "Friends" was/is VASTLY overrated- possibly the most overrated sitcom ever?

Question

At least nowadays the sitcoms that suck, which are about 99% of them, do not have followings that pretend they are great.

I want to be clear though- my objections are aesthetic- not moral. I'm not Dan Quayle or anything.

Answer 1

Yeah I agree. I had only watched about one or two episodes and I thought the show was bad. Then I broke my leg and was on bed rest. My friend came by and we watched the fifth session.....the WHOLE thing! It was dreadful. I guess it was one of those shows people watched for dumb reasons like, "What will Jeniffer Aniston's hair be this session?" Also, it was light fluff.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I agree, it didn't help that there were constant repeats of the show either..Got fed up after series 3, saw a later 1 and thought it was crap.
I think the problem with most sitcoms, is all the characters loose their reality and turn into cliche's . Friends was a prime example of this.

Answer 4

Friends and Seinfeld are two of the most overrated shows ever. My old college roommate watched Friends reruns almost every day, and I tried to get into them. I couldn't. No laughs from me at all. Then we both tried Seinfeld and just looked at each other in a confused manner. It took Kramer's racist meltdown for us to start laughing at Seinfeld.

Answer 5

Absolutely overrated in every sense of the word! Friends was sadly disappointing but they chalked up the ratings because people with nothing better to do watched that show every week. I only tuned in and saw some of the re-runs and was appalled that this show could even win an award - it was NOT funny! It was sad that these 6 people, who were all so appropriately different - hmmmm, can we say boring and predictable?? - could even stand to hang around each other.

Answer 6

You know what, all my friends always RAVED about friends when we were growing up. (It went off the air when I wasa 14, just to give you a timeline.) Even now people have friends marathons. And I don't get it. Yeah it was funny and interesting at times, but I thought the series was dragged out and the overall plotline was too twisted by the end for me to believe it.

I would much rather watch Sienfeld, or Scrubs anyday.

Answer 7

I thought it was pretty shallow. As picky and self-centered as what the characters were, though, it was no wonder that the the ones who got married got married after they were 30. The best of the worst was Monica and Chandler. Chandler didn't even want to talk to her when they first met since she was overweight and not very socially polished. Ha. They constantly made fun of fat people and "ugly" people (Yeah. Like the bone thin women were "pretty"?) However, I did like the episode in which Brad Pitt appeared. He was a classmate of Monica's and Rachael's and Rachael didn't like him becuase he was a geek and not very "good looking". Now, she thinks he looks good and wants to date him, or at least sleep with him. He sees through her and tells her where to go. As a former class geek turned not so geeky, I've been there and reacted the same way as Mr. Pitt's character. That was fun.

They also glamourized single motherhood. However, I guess if I had an executive position with a designer (acheived by screwing somebody), I would be able to easily take care of my child financially, too. Seriously. How did Rachael go from being a coffee shop waitress to an executive at a designer's office? Without so much as an associate degree? Oh, wait. It's TV.

Nope. Not impressed.

Answer 8

I disagree. I think friends is actually one of the best sitcoms ever. Too bad it ended so soon. The storyline was always interesting and the actors really played their characters well. Hilarious show, I love it.

Answer 9

I think that it is the only sitcom that i liked to watch. And the only one that you understand everything about it even if you watch the episodes rarely. It's like that because the ideas aren't the subjects just the way they change the lines. Absolutely humoristic!!!

Answer 10

Friends was terrible. I tried watching it once or twice in its heyday and I couldn't even finish an entire episode. I never understood the appeal. The characters were so obnoxious and annoying, and they thought they were better than everyone else. Ugh. Most overrated sitcom ever created.