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What was the worst TV show of 2016?
What was the worst TV show of 2016?
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FTA-TV Worst TV show of 2016
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Exe Gesis
Kylo was here
- Sep 6, 2005
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Westworld
BlakeyNoFlakey
Brownlow Medallist
The Briefcase
Zumbo's Just Desserts
You're back in the Room
Zumbo's Just Desserts
You're back in the Room
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I see wat you did there.
There are some renovation shows on 94 that make the acting on Home and Way look good.
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- Sep 27, 2014
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- Essendon
Something Seven, Nine or Ten made that I didn't watch.
- Oct 5, 2004
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- Collingwood
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- Rochester FC, Waroona FC, Pacers
That "Doctor, Doctor" horseshit over on Channel 9.
- Sep 27, 2014
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- Essendon
I watched one episode of this
Exe Gesis
Kylo was here
- Sep 6, 2005
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- Tasmania
One too many
- Dec 17, 2006
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- Collingwood
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- South Fremantle, Sturt
This year, I don't recall any spectacular flops among the Australian shows in any genre.
In 2015, Channel 7 launched an infamous and expensive reality show flop - Restaurant Revolution; while Channel 9's expensive and heavily promoted Gallipoli TV Miniseries to commemorate the 100th Anzac anniversary sank without trace, but I don't recall any like that this year. Did any new Australian shows fail badly upon debut this year?
In 2015, Channel 7 launched an infamous and expensive reality show flop - Restaurant Revolution; while Channel 9's expensive and heavily promoted Gallipoli TV Miniseries to commemorate the 100th Anzac anniversary sank without trace, but I don't recall any like that this year. Did any new Australian shows fail badly upon debut this year?
BlakeyNoFlakey
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Let's not forget: "Brock" - this has to be the worst mini-series of the year. God damn awful shite it was. The only thing I liked about it was reading everyone tear it apart on twitter.
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From the trailer, we could go back to back with 'Hoges'
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This was shite...
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Nien News Melb was full of its usual Hitch mistakes, but this was wtf moment of the year...
- Mar 17, 2014
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- Collingwood
Anyone seen Haters Back Off on Netflix.... oh my god... how did this get on air. Horrific
- Apr 19, 2008
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- Essendon
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- Stars, Mets, USC, Southport Sharks
Kevin Can Wait. I'm usually up for a mindless half hour of comedy, but Kevin James has just lost it. Woeful.
Marlowe
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- Mar 12, 2012
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The Walking Dead, without a doubt. From the Negan cliffhanger to whatever that Tara episode was, it has sunken to new lows.
Stevi_Tigers
TheBrownDog
- Mar 2, 2013
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- Manchester United
that show with zumbo absolute shit. also 7 hyped the turd for months
- Sep 27, 2014
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- Aug 21, 2016
- 16,549
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- Geelong
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- Oldham
Marlowe
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- Mar 12, 2012
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Yeah, well... why didn't you warn the rest of us?!
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Don't watch commercial television so that wipes out 80% of nominees but 'Pacific Heat' is as funny as cot death. Considering it's the Working Dog people it's very disappointing.
Anything with Charlie Pickering and that bald guy who now has his own quiz show because of Pickering too.
Anything with Charlie Pickering and that bald guy who now has his own quiz show because of Pickering too.
- Sep 27, 2014
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The most disappointing TV show of 2016 was Showtime's Billions. Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis playing the lead characters in a premium cable drama sounded ****ing fantastic. It really wasn't.
The tone was often Downton Abbey with swearing by which I mean the drama was perpetually undermined by quips, jokes, needy humour. Nearly every scene had something 'funny' in it. And I don't mean to say dramas can't be funny - most of the great ones have humour in them - but it works when it occurs naturally as part of the story unfolding, not because there's an executive directive to put something 'funny' in every 2 minutes so dumb campaigners don't get bored.
There was also an office romance plot that was garbage. It was a damn shame because it was otherwise pretty well made but overall, presumably in search of a bigger and less thoughtful audience, they served up something that could've been on NBC/CBS minus the swearing and occasional nudity.
And the best part was when people in the show's BigFooty thread got shitty at me because I didn't think it was the best thing since sliced bread
The tone was often Downton Abbey with swearing by which I mean the drama was perpetually undermined by quips, jokes, needy humour. Nearly every scene had something 'funny' in it. And I don't mean to say dramas can't be funny - most of the great ones have humour in them - but it works when it occurs naturally as part of the story unfolding, not because there's an executive directive to put something 'funny' in every 2 minutes so dumb campaigners don't get bored.
There was also an office romance plot that was garbage. It was a damn shame because it was otherwise pretty well made but overall, presumably in search of a bigger and less thoughtful audience, they served up something that could've been on NBC/CBS minus the swearing and occasional nudity.
And the best part was when people in the show's BigFooty thread got shitty at me because I didn't think it was the best thing since sliced bread
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