The 10 Least "Must See" NBC Thursday Night TV Sitcoms
By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (42)
Since the mid-1980s, NBC has always had at least two sitcom footholds during their Must See Thursday offerings, with shows like: “The Cosby Show,” “Family Ties” “Different Strokes,” “Mad About You,” “Night Court,” “Cheers,” “Taxi,” “Seinfeld,” “Frasier,” “Friends,” and — for the last few years — “The Office” and “30 Rock.” But the network has often struggled to fill in those gaps. launching a number of mediocre to putrid sitcoms in those holes. Yet, up until “Friends” left the air, and before the prevalence of DVRs, NBC had such a stronghold on on the night, that many of those sitcoms managed top ten ratings. Few probably remember the Christina Applegate sitcom, Jesse,” for instance, but it ran for two years. In its first year, it was the sixth-highest rated show of 1998 -1999, receiving about two-and-a-half times more viewers than “The Office” does today (or five times the viewers of “Community.”) However, it was cancelled after the second year for falling to number 14 overall, with twice the viewers that “The Office” now receives. Viewers would watch anything to keep them occupied before “Hill Street Blues,” “L.A. Law,” and then “E.R.”
This list takes a look back at the NBC stopgaps over the last 25 years, ranking the ten worst. Note that the list doesn’t even include many of the subpar sitcoms that managed to survive several years, thanks only to its timeslot, like “Veronica’s Closet,” “The Single Guy,” “Caroline and the City,” and “Just Shoot Me.” It also says a lot about the quality of these sitcoms that “Outsourced” is not among them.
10. Suddenly Susan (1996 - 2000). Starring Brooke Shields. Series Ratings Peak: #3
9. Stark Raving Mad (1999 - 2000). Starring Neil Patrick Harris and Tony Shalhoub. Series Ratings Peak: #15.
8. Good Morning Miami. (2002 - 2004) Starring Mark Fuerstein and Tiffani Thiessen. Ratings Peak: #15.
7. The Naked Truth (1995 - 1998). Starring Tea Leoni and Holland Taylor. Ratings Peak: #4.
6. Boston Common (1996 - 1997). Starring Anthony Clark. Ratings Peak: #8.
5. The Weber Show/Cursed (2000 - 2001) Starring Steven Weber and Chris Elliot.
4. Inside Schwartz (2001 - 2002) Starring Brekin Meyer. Ratings Peak #17.
3. Perfect Couples (2010 - 2011). Starring Olivia Munn. Ratings: Lowest rated scripted series on NBC.
2. Union Square (1997 - 1998). Starring Constance Marie. Ratings Peak: #7.
1. Coupling (2003). Starring Lindsay Price. Ratings Peak: #19.
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Comments
Posted by: Fredo at April 12, 2011 12:03 PM
I remember "Boston Common". I actually liked that show -- don't ask me why.
And...is that the Bunk in his PJs eating cereal next to Webber??? WTF????!!