Perhaps I'm a bit behind by a few months, but a recap on canceled shows of 2007-08.
1 vs 100, NBC 10/13/06 -2/22/08. Well, Saget certainly didn't last as long as the ever-annoying and staged America's Funniest Home Videos. This game show had a few amusing moments, which included a young and crazy bearded "bad clown" contestant and a Dave Chappelle reference, which unfortunately did not get a reference to Saget's cameo in "Half Baked", one of the funniest cameos in the history of time. This game show was frustrating, because it never got to the point of 1 vs 1, and even if they did get to the highest money amount and there was still people left, they'd keep rolling it over. This show was at least a little more interesting than the tapdancing crapola of Deal or No Deal, where Howie Mandel frantically continues his quest of not touching anything dirty.
Back to You, FOX 9/19/07 -5/14/08. Wow, this was a real shocker, eh? This show was deemed "the last hope for the multi-camera sitcom". Well, it's dead. If a show that was basically a Murphy Brown rip-off, with two stars from two former powerhouse sitcoms and Fred Willard can't gain an audience, well then, I don't know what would. I find it hilarious that Patrica Heaton said on Rachael Ray that she felt "this show is gonna be on for a long, long time". No. Sitcom-lite was all this ever was.
Girlfriends, CW 9/11/00 - 2/11/08. A long running show that I never even once watched. Another multi-camera sitcom that dies.
Judge Maria Lopez. Syndication 9/11/06- 2/13/08. Again, a show that I never even once watched. "Look Judge Lopez, I don't know how many cartons of cigarettes a day you smoke, but you're not a judge, you're just a small claims arbitrator. Now I'm "getting outta your courtroom". I don't know how many hours of commercials worth I saw of this woman on my WCIU station, but my vocal impression of her sounds like an angry Bozo the Clown.
Kid Nation, CBS 9/19/07 -12/12/07. Man, who were the ad wizards who came up with this one?? I heard something that the show ended when after they had resorted to cannibalism, the final child died after he couldn't eat anymore of himself.
The Montel Williams Show, Syndication 9/30/91 - 5/16/08. Wow, this show was on for a LONG time. I don't think my voice had even cracked yet when this debuted! One of my favorite moments of this show is when they had some young couple on, and he got annoyed and he retorted "Oh quit your crying, girl!" Tho unfortunately, he has been reduced in late night sketch comedy as nothing more than a pro-marijuana activist dopehead.
............................................................. That's a bunched up list of 2007-08 shows that kicked the bucket in deemed the worst cla$$ of shows ever.
What I learned and stopped watching:
Bones. This show is ridiculous. "Alright people, throw that pile of bones prop back on the table again and we'll come up with another crazy story behind it!"
How I Met Your Mother. Britney Spears = Jumping the Shark. Never again and the show's writing took a turn for the worse.
My Name is Earl. Paris Hilton = Jumping the Shark. I know I wrote about this last year, even I get tired of the tough luck / happy endings and the List.
Hell's Kitchen. Worst. Season. Ever. I'll spare you all the details of an overly long, piss-poor talent that some kid won. But this season really sucked. It had the worst kind of drama, completely inferior cooks and tired and predictable redundancy.
House. I stopped watching during the strike because that show too has become ridiculous. I'll start watching again come the Fall, but I heard at least that awful Amber died on the show! Yay!