What shows have you grown out of, or has society grown out of? Were they popular in their time? Were they not so much? Why do you feel like they’ve aged? I’ll leave mine below
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Pretty much any cop shows.
Monk, NCIS, whatever. They’ve got so many narratives that are basically: it’s ok for cops to ignore laws so they can get the bad guy. Somebody else in the thread mentioned Frasier for the misogyny, and that reminded me there’s also an episode where the dad talks about being proud of lying on the stand to put someone in jail.
A typical cop show has this abuse of authority and rights in the service of justice, to serve and protect. There’s usually a clear cut good vs bad, and the “good guy” is ok to act badly because I guess “the ends justifies the means”.
In real life there is rarely a clear cut good vs bad, and we read all too many news articles about abuses of authority and excessive violence that are just not in the service of justice, not to serve and protect, and make us suspect those bad apples of being the real bad guys.
In real life, checks and balances are everything. In real life, the best chance of fairness, of justice, is when everyone follows the rules, everyone is provided due process, no one is above the law
You ever noticed who the real bad guys in cop shows are? It’s not drug dealers it’s not serial killers it’s not violent gangs, no it’s usually the internal affairs guy or some fictional prosecutor or other politician who has it out for “good” cops.
You might enjoy “The Wire”.
My girlfriend is rewatching the Big Bang theory. Not a fan of the laugh tracks, but even beyond that the humor seems quite dated and offensive due to using a lot of negative stereotypes: ableism, sexism, racism, etc
I found the show offensive when it started because I don’t care for how they made fun of the neurodivergent. It grew on me but I never became a big fan. Betting it didn’t age well
My brother in law loves that show but I’ve always thought it was pandering at best and outright stupid most of the time.
My parents tried to get me to watch it because “you would love this show!”
Worst fucking garbage I’ve ever seen. Unwatchable trash.
Some friends of mine told me I would like it because I would be able to relate to Sheldon. I watched one episode, and now I wonder if those friends don’t like me and were intending to insult me.
Anything by Graham Linehan. He put out some excellent tv, then when he got a social media audience reveals he’s a gigantic TERF.
Going back, you can start to see it in his work.
Seinfeld and Friends. Products of their time, and they need to stay there.
seinfeld is sure a product of its time but it also suffers from everybody copying it to a point where if youve watched a lot of shows post seinfeld and then watch seinfeld for the first time it seems seinfeld isnt anything too special
I don’t watch much bad television, but two shows come to mind.
The first is Walker, Texas Ranger. It’s basically “Excessive Force: The Show”. To be fair I got into the show as a kid in the last 4 seasons so they define the show to me, and I saw the first few episodes of the show with my family earlier this year and they’re not as bad as the later episodes. But still, it’s just…awful. Running around kicking bad guys without probably cause, beating up people when peaceful means are necessary, and bad guys resorting straight to violence without running away or trying to lie their way out of a situation, it’s all very cartoonish. Not to mention replaying every one of Chuck Norris’ roundhouse kicks three times.
The second is The Carmichael Show. It’s actually excellent, and probably my favorite modern multicam sitcom. On a sidenote, if there’s any modern spiritual successor to All in the Family, it’s this show. Anyways, it’s based on Jerrod Carmichael’s life and family (if loosely), and a key catalyst for the start of the show is that Jerrod has a girlfriend who has just moved in with him. It feels a bit off since he’s come out as gay.
Over the last few years I did some stretches of a lot of 90’s and early 2000’s sitcoms.
In regards to the ones I now cant stand: Home Improvement, Everybody Loves Raymond and King of Queens tops my list. I adored those shows growing up, now I wouldnt watch bored flicking through the channels.
Was very surprised how much I ended up loving some I hated growing up. Seinfield, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and Frasier, just to name a few.
I feel like everybody loves Raymond was bordering on aged when it premiered.
a lot of ’90s* and early 2000s* sitcoms
