The core. It was a gameshow where contestants would sit in a cage pummeled by hot water and numerous heaters or pummeled by freezing water and cold air. They would then need to answer quiz questions while trying to tough out the harsh conditions. It survived one episode before it was cancelled due to the insurance company refusing to cover them, and the likelihood of the contestants dying or having lasting injury.
Kings Of The Wild: A show that attempted to mash Survivor and a cooking show together where two people, a "top chef" and a "top hunter" would be dropped in the wilderness with just the bare survival necessities and "eat like kings" for the duration of their stay thanks to combing their hunting, foraging and culinary skills. Sounds good, right? Only problem was that both of the people playing the relevant characters were comically inept in their roles, continuously lowering the bar of what qualifies as "eating like kings". The chef ruined many a meal, the hunter was a terrible attempt at a Crocodile Dundee wannabe and the production of the show was utterly laughable, often breaking the Reality TV fourth wall through bad editing, terrible narrative and continuity errors. If it was formatted to be a comedic attempt at the theme, it might have worked, but that wasn't the case. Only 5 episodes were made.
What other show? Turn-On ABC February 5 1969. Less than 1 episode. Some affiliates stopped it after the first commercial break. I know because I was part of the production team. We celebrated opening and closing at the same party as the news came in from across the country. You got some good ones but you missed the biggest flop of all time. And it was a great George Schlatter (Laugh-In) show.
I was a big fan of the original bbc coupling - the US version was so horrible compared to it - I don't understand how you can take the same lines that were funny and make them unfunny in such a big way.
There have been many movie flops that have lost money, just like there have been successful movies that have not made a lot of money due to spending too much. Movie or TV show, money has to be spent on actors, staff, equipment, and a pilot for TV without knowing if they will get a return their investment. The only difference is that for movies, the investment is much higher.
Or you can do a one hour show like "The Pitch" which only made it through 10 episodes back in 2016. Critics claimed they loved the show, but in reality it sucked. The whole concept of the show was to prove that the only reason women don't play pro ball sports is discrimination. I think the main topic of the third episode was the difficulty of playing despite it being that time of the month. No one wanted to say the show sucked, but everybody wanted to find a reason not to see it.
They do know, but like, imagine being an actor in a wheel chair. You already don't get many roles because you're...in a wheel chaire, ya know. And then the few roles that are made for people with wheel chairs, so many of them cast people who can walk and ALWAYS cite "flashbacks" or "dreams" for the reason why. I mean, the only two (main) characters in wheel chairs that i can think of right now are the guy in this video and Artie from Glee. Both played by people who can walk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@nasni koledin true, good point. No need for the "um" cause then it seems as if you are getting "smart" when it is clearly unnecessary. I accept when i am wrong and a point has been made.
It also probably helps dodge the copyright police whenever any audio clips are used, as videos using clips with unedited video or audio tend to get flagged and taken down.
This is definitely the main thing stopping me from ever watching more than 1 video from this channel. It's horribly annoying, not to mention bad music in the first place.
Is it even a sequel to anything? Or did they just think it would be cool to put a colon and THEN abbreviate it? Edit: used the word for Colon thought it was hyphen
Bruiser Brony I'm not going to stand here and watch you roll all over that show's name. lol Besides, everybody knows that wheels and the legman started to go downhill once they brought on Papa wheelie.
(Philip Monihan) I was just making a reference from the video. It was mentioned that one of the concerns of the show was not hiring an authentic actor needing a wheel chair for the role
playboy club was doomed because they should have put it on a premium channel like showtime or something. it could have been pushed to its limits and been really interesting
Mad Men didn't have objectifying women as a main part of the show. Instead, it showed a fairly accurate depiction of workplace behavior in that era. I do have to praise The Playboy Club for one thing. It is, to my knowledge, the only on screen depiction of the Mattachine Society. If you don't know what that is, which is likely if you're very young or straight or both, google it if you're interested.
The UK version of Couplings was one of the funniest sitcoms I'd ever seen. They should have just showed the UK show in the US I think Americans would have got it.
alsuncat It aired on PBS. That was how I got into it. When the NBC version aired, it was very clear that they wanted a Friends clone so I didn't watch it.
It was cringy. They made the same mistake The Office made. They took the exact same dialog and just substituted American actors. As someone who love the original (of both shows) it was like watching Rainman doing "Who's on First." The Office quickly dropped the UK script and the writers learned to play to the strengths of the actors. Who knows, maybe Coupling could have been a great show if they had time to find their own rhythm.
@Hal Jordan Obviously lol. After 2 spine surgeries, I am now handicapped. I don't have an issue with actors portraying handicapped as long as they aren't making fun of people. Do they expect a real blind person to portray Matt Murdock? That's just dumb.
The commercials were better than the TV series. Makes sense. Sometimes a short gag does stretch very far. Like Andy Clay's trying to turn his vulgar comedy shtick into a feature film career.
They tried to turn the Geiko Cavemen into a show. I watched just the first scene, and holy shit. You can immediately tell that every joke is just gonna be a caveman version of 'it's kuz I'm BLACK!' I felt the worst for the actors. Even through heavy makeup you can see looks on their faces like 'why the fuck did I agree to this? This show is going nowhere!'
Real women: actually like male attention. "Feminists": pissed that they can't get any, so they demonize men, attractive women, and anyone who disagrees with them.
Mr. Battle male egos need to convince themselves women are all obsessed with male attention 😂. Especially in a generation where who don’t need men anymore to provide
Yeah back when people could get the joke and just have fun and laugh. People today are lost on the Joke of 2 men pretending to be Women in order to live somewhere and the hilarity of these 2 guys trying to figure how to live as Women. Today everyone went right to the LGBTQ thing which is not what it's about, That's a whole different bowl of cereal.
The reason that "remakes are all the rage nowadays," is because American TV execs are too lazy to come up with anything new. It's true for Broadway and movies as well.
The only reason Playboy Club didn’t last was because there was already a “retro-themed” TV show called “Mad Men” that grabbed all the potential viewers
I remember seeing the British version of Coupling and saying to myself, "this would never work in America." Boy, was I right! I watched about a half an episode before I was disgusted with the poor writing and poor premise of the episode, which apparently didn't translate well from the British show.
I was so pissed when they cancelled "Made in Jersey" as well as "The Playboy Club." Granted, I wasn't that surprised when they canned Playboy, but Jersey was right up my alley. I'm always in the mood for a new procedural.
Re Coupling: A number of successful American shows were basically reboots of British shows, like All in the Family, Sanford and Son, and Not Necessarily the News, to name three.
a game show called youre in the picture with Jackie Gleason lasted one episode. Gleason came on and apologized the next week. An ABC copy of laugh In called Turn On was cancelled by many stations after 1/2 an episode.
dragonweyr44 The announcement of the show was met with disappointment because fans wanted a film. Expectations dropped further when an image of the costume was released. Donald Glover’s Deadpool was a show that was massively hyped only to be dropped because it was “too Black”.
I thought the costume looked pretty good myself and the star, Adrianne Palicki, did appear as the mockingbird comic book character in Agents of SHIELD for 2 seasons
There are some clips of the pilot on TH-cam and from what its shown, it was a good idea they scrapped it off. The suit is awful, exact replicas of comic book suits are not a good idea. They work on paper but in reality just look too cartoonie, unrealistic and plain bad. The pilot just looked too cheesy in general, even if it had been approved it would have been canceled within a season. It might have just caused a problem for the movie in the future.
as a women I really actually loved The Playboy Club, the friendships between the women was great. The main guy was a bore but I was there for the hair, makeup and vibe of the show
I know I am late to the party...but! I feel like a show capturing what the playboy women did to get into their role as a bunny would be interesting while also exploring the history of the magazine.
I know SO many people (including myself) that don’t have cable or satellite tv anymore. Companies need to wait longer than right after airing to determine the following of a show. There’s SO many shows I have to wait to see on streaming services that get cancelled right after they don’t get huge ratings on tv. The way they determine viewers is so outdated now imo
I think with this serial killer kick everyone seems to be one right now, it would actually have a much better chance in today's market. Also I think it is a very weird fascination, just stating my opinion about the show.
I said it before and will say it again...Grey's Anatomy is the worst show ever. It cheapens and portrays the medical profession in a superficial and immature way. REAL doctors and medical staff are professional and truly dedicated to what they do. They should admit that from the start this show shouldn't be taken seriously in any way.
@@nicolajohnson1887 That's because they weren't real transexuals, they were just doing it to get a job. Ironically, if things continue the way they are men are going to have to really start doing that just to be able to get good jobs.
Yea, the British Coupling was one of my favorite shows. Most British shows are better than their American counterparts. Coupling, Broadchurch, Being Human, the I.T. Crowd, Mistresses. The office is, I think, the only American counterpart that faired extremely well.
When you first mentioned Coupling on the list I went "WTF? Wasn't that a Steven Moffat show for several seasons?". I haven't seen it, but I knew about it. Didn't know they tried dumbing it down for America. Literally you said they thought it's too complicated for them.
The US version of Coupling was beyond horrible. They literally copied the scripts from the original first season episodes and repeated them word for word. The actors they hired were not funny and what works via British humor doesn't always work via American humor. The original British version was and still is hilarious and much funnier than a lot of Friends ever was IMO.
alucard624 To add, they almost made the same exact mistake when The Office came to the US but when it diverted from that it became a really good show. The IT Crowd also tried to get on NBC as well.
And those were perhaps the most successful... Perhaps a few dozen more were also based on British shows (not only from BBC, but all iTV subsidiaries...).
Wil Hobbs - The fact that people still compare the best show on the face of the earth (The Office U.S.) to that crappy show is appalling. The Office U.K. Isn’t bad, just the Office U.S. is so much better. Prime example that everything is better in America (It’s a joke don’t take it too seriously)
There was a show called Lucky 7 about a group of people who collectively won a lottery. Was cancelled really fast, after maybe 2 episodes. I wanted it to continue--it had promise.
But then dare devil and the good doctor came out and people changed their sentiment on disabled lead characters. Good thing because those are pretty good shows
Black Magician I'm not saying I felt strongly whether the actor playing Ironside actually needed that wheelchair. I mean, Raymond Burr didn't really. I just thought the idea of the remake itself was flawed.
Drive (2007) with Nathan Fillion was cancelled after 4 episodes by Fox. It was a cross country race thriller that was not bad but would have worked better as a film or miniseries rather than a continuing series.
No mention of the worst, most notorious TV flop in history: Turn On, which was cancelled during its FIRST COMMERCiAL BREAK. It was created by George Schlatter and starred Tim Conway.
I have more posts to read, but there was an Australian show that was cancelled (and actually pulled from all stations showing it) when the owner of the network saw it and called saying "get that $#!t off the air!"
Coupling (British) is hysterical, the first 2 seasons anyway. 3 is good, 4 is bad. My hubby and I were flipping channels one night, as usual 300+ channels and nothing to watch. We stopped on Coupling, it was about 10 minutes into the show at that point. Within 15 seconds we were seriously belly-laughing, we didn't stop. We ended up buying all 4 seasons of it (DVD).
never herd of any of them, but some of them seem to have been pulled out due to more internal reasons, since getting over 5mil viewers for a first episode is normally considered a success and hardly a reason to cancel a TV series (let alone remove it of the air when all episodes are ready and the money is spent) Ex: Made in Jersey with a premiere view count of nearly 7.8mil viewers (GOT premiere episode had 2.2mil).
They should have NEVER attempted a US version of Coupling. The original British version was hilarious and had the right combination of good actors and great dialogue. The fact that the US version just copied the scripts and had the actors repeat the same lines word for word made it even worse. I was actually happy when the US version was cancelled as quickly as it was.
That's how the US Office started out, but then they were able to actually figure out their own take on the material. It turned out pretty good. The US Coupling didn't get enough of a chance to do that (don't know if they ever would have, just pointing it out...)
Also, seems weird that 'Bosom Buddies' survived forever (and has a 89% on Rotten Tomatoes), but in the modern age, it's unacceptable. People are dumb sometimes.
Bosom Buddies had two skinny guys cross-dressing to find a place to live; the recent show (I already forget it's name) had two big guys - who looked like undercover cops - doing it to cheat two women from jobs. That mess was a cross between a dumpster fire and an exploding toilet - it was flaming crap everywhere.
Wicked City was part of a long line of ABC shows placed on the notorious 'death slot'. They had a well recieved show, US & worldwide, called Forever but after 22 episodes they chose not to make a second season.
I liked "Forever", at first. However, it seemed to wear thin the longer it progressed. It had a lot of great ideas and I loved the bit about the evil guy like him who was even older but a lot of episodes seemed kind of dull.
"Free Agents" was a British series that ran for only four episodes when they tried to remake it for a US audience. The original made it all the way to six episodes, so no idea why the adaptation didn't work out.
Hardwicke House starring Roy Kinnear and pam Ferris first aired on ITV (UK) in 1987. The Show was pulled after just 2 episodes, the remaining 5 have still never been aired. All the episodes still exists buried in some archive.
Just goes to show that the popular early 80's show, Bosom Buddies, with Tom Hanks & Peter Scolari would have surely caused a stink by the LGBT community. If it'd been aired today. It was just plain FUNNY!
Kristi Robare It was funny because Bosom Buddies had two very strong talented leads (Hanks and Scolari). If done right, it works, if done wrong, it’s a disaster waiting to happen, and that’s a fine line to walk.
@@cityhawk Yeah, but this one was also attacked by a special interest group who saw a chance to flex their power and get some free press. Even if the show had been a masterpiece they still would've made a stink and it still would've been canceled because groups like this always get their way now. I remember a time when groups like that were ignored and it was a badge of honor to piss them off. Like when "Soap" was attacked by family groups and the Catholic church and they just thumbed their noses at them and went on.
The Ironsides remake never got a fare shake to develop an audience. Blair Underwood is a pretty good actor and the need for an able bodied actor for flashbacks is a valid one.
Don't think I even heard of any of these but isn't work it basically bosom buddies with tom hanks? Never saw that either but I know I've at least heard of that.
Wicked City had a scene where the mother told her children something like, spiders are God's creatures too, gently picked up the spider on a piece of paper, took it out to the balcony, where she crushed it with satisfaction. This intrigued me. Was she a good person, or did the serial killer have a soul mate? Like cable's "Dexter," the line was blurry--too ambiguous for network TV.
How did Black Bart (the spinoff of hilarious spoof-Western movie Blazing Saddles), which only ever made and aired the pilot, not make this list? Just curious.
Yeah, that set a speed record. It was ABC's attempt at a "Laugh-In" knock-off and it was so bad, I had to wonder if they ever said the jokes out loud before taping - because then they would have known how bad they were.
It used to be accepted that actors would portray as someone they didn't share like experiences in their own lives. Now it's considered controversial to be anything other than the character portrayed on screen. Unfortunately, even with trying to fill as many roles with people whose personal lives match the specifics of their character, the quality of entertainment hasn't risen as high as the bar for equality.
68JCodeCougar Talk about projection. Nope. The reason why Tom Hanks made it work was because he’s an excellent comedic actor surrounded by a good cast and seasoned writers. Work It was held by talentless nobodies. People weren’t scared away because of the content and objection from the LGBT community, it was objected the old fashioned way, it wasn’t viewed because people knew it was terrible. If it’s good, people will watch it, but it wasn’t. In fact, I’d bet Bosom Buddies would have a longer run today than in its original two season run. Don’t give me this Free Speech Martyrdom.
@@cityhawk Thing is, in THIS case, it was bad, but even if had been the greatest show ever, they would've still complained and it would've still been canceled because every special interest group under the sun gets what they want.
The whole "Work It" show .. so similar to Bosom Buddies with Tom Hanks from the 1980's And even that lasted only two seasons (over three years). Yet some well paid persons in Hollywood thought it would be a great idea again this time just have them work instead of sharing an apartment. They never learn....
How about the show that took place at a private girls school that was canceled before airing just on the slow motion horse riding scene in the promo commercial?
It's apparently a recurring problem in Hollywood. I get the studio's reasoning (having flashbacks), but this has apparently been going on for decades. We can now have Hispanic and black actors leading shows, gay characters who aren't 90's stereotypes, and actual kids (as voice actors), but for some reason, disabled actors don't seem to get a break.
@@ScooterinAB A lot of the times they want a name actor in that lead role. In the case of this show, they were remaking a cop show that most people they were hoping to watch probably never heard of so they needed a known actor. There just aren't very many known actors who also happen to be in a wheelchair. There's that one guy now (can't think of his name) who is on NCIS New Orleans and was on the last season of "Fear the Walking Dead" but he started out being able to walk until he was in an accident in real life and I don't think he was in a wheelchair at the time or maybe he wasn't around yet. The bottom line is they have to work their way up from the bottom just like everyone else. No one is going to just hand a major starring role in movies and TV to a no-name unknown actor just because they're in a wheelchair.
I quickly learned thanks to NBC to not watch their shows because if I like them they'll cancel but if I hate it the show keeps going and going like the dang Energizer bunny. People hate Fox for them cancelling "Firefly", I hate NBC for cancelling "Constantine".
Daytime TV has different standard and the Daily Show and Samantha Bee isn't on major networks. For a major network, in prime time you have to do way better than a million to stay on, way, way better.
Out of curiosity, I decided to watch the premiere of "The Paul Reiser Show." I knew before the first commercial break that it was going to be cancelled.
The following shows had more than one season, but in my opinion they were cancelled too soon and left cliffhangers that are now forever unresolved. 1) The Riches (on FX), 2) Brotherhood (on Showtime), 3) V (on ABC).
What other shows should've made this list?
The core. It was a gameshow where contestants would sit in a cage pummeled by hot water and numerous heaters or pummeled by freezing water and cold air. They would then need to answer quiz questions while trying to tough out the harsh conditions. It survived one episode before it was cancelled due to the insurance company refusing to cover them, and the likelihood of the contestants dying or having lasting injury.
Kings Of The Wild: A show that attempted to mash Survivor and a cooking show together where two people, a "top chef" and a "top hunter" would be dropped in the wilderness with just the bare survival necessities and "eat like kings" for the duration of their stay thanks to combing their hunting, foraging and culinary skills.
Sounds good, right?
Only problem was that both of the people playing the relevant characters were comically inept in their roles, continuously lowering the bar of what qualifies as "eating like kings". The chef ruined many a meal, the hunter was a terrible attempt at a Crocodile Dundee wannabe and the production of the show was utterly laughable, often breaking the Reality TV fourth wall through bad editing, terrible narrative and continuity errors. If it was formatted to be a comedic attempt at the theme, it might have worked, but that wasn't the case. Only 5 episodes were made.
What other show?
Turn-On ABC February 5 1969. Less than 1 episode. Some affiliates stopped it after the first commercial break. I know because I was part of the production team.
We celebrated opening and closing at the same party as the news came in from across the country. You got some good ones but you missed the biggest flop of all time. And it was a great George Schlatter (Laugh-In) show.
How about Wonder Falls? Cancelled after 4 episodes. Quirky comedy, and Jewel Staite to boot.
Looper the fox show " the red band society" it was really good and I was sad when they took it off the air
Yep, never heard of a single one of them.
Right! I thought maybe I might have heard of at least one show, but nope lol. They did a good job at finding these shows.
I was a big fan of the original bbc coupling - the US version was so horrible compared to it - I don't understand how you can take the same lines that were funny and make them unfunny in such a big way.
IKR
The only one I had heard of and seen advertising for is "Ironside".
I remember seeing the trailers in a youtube rabbit hole, and liking the look of Made in New Jersey only to find out it was cancelled
i still cant believe 2 broke girls lasted more than one episode
2-3 seasons in fact...
It was pretty good if you put it on mute.
syxepop They're hot and stupid
I know every time it comes on I change the channel. It’s just boring and the jokes don’t make me laugh.
that's all i watched
You know low rating doesn't automatically mean the show is awful. Transformers films has a huge audience, does that mean they're great?
low ratings means a show gets axed regardless of quality. It also imples that the team behind it weren't up to scratch in promoting.
Yes , yes it does
There have been many movie flops that have lost money, just like there have been successful movies that have not made a lot of money due to spending too much. Movie or TV show, money has to be spent on actors, staff, equipment, and a pilot for TV without knowing if they will get a return their investment. The only difference is that for movies, the investment is much higher.
Or you can do a one hour show like "The Pitch" which only made it through 10 episodes back in 2016. Critics claimed they loved the show, but in reality it sucked. The whole concept of the show was to prove that the only reason women don't play pro ball sports is discrimination. I think the main topic of the third episode was the difficulty of playing despite it being that time of the month. No one wanted to say the show sucked, but everybody wanted to find a reason not to see it.
lmao no
Not casting a disabled person to play a disabled character, people know what acting is right?
Nope.............because that would preclude them from being outraged........and being outraged is what pays the bills!
They do know, but like, imagine being an actor in a wheel chair. You already don't get many roles because you're...in a wheel chaire, ya know. And then the few roles that are made for people with wheel chairs, so many of them cast people who can walk and ALWAYS cite "flashbacks" or "dreams" for the reason why. I mean, the only two (main) characters in wheel chairs that i can think of right now are the guy in this video and Artie from Glee. Both played by people who can walk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Reminded me of Degrassi when Drake's character was in the wheelchair. No controversy or outrage on that.
I am outraged they didn't cast real Superheroes to play in all the Marvel and DC movies!
@nasni koledin true, good point. No need for the "um" cause then it seems as if you are getting "smart" when it is clearly unnecessary. I accept when i am wrong and a point has been made.
The playboy club would’ve work on a network like hbo or showtime.
Maybe. On a network that would have let the characters SMOKE, for example. :D I still remember that.
That could be said for MANY of these cancelled shows of recent years.
I would've watched that show!
and if they showed a little nudity.
Skinamax
Yet so much other trash gets on the air and stays there.
That Kardashian/reality TV shit.
Did you mean: _Riverdale_
@E B I agree about 13RW but there's nothing wrong with GOT
E B GOT are you serious?
Bored Af How dare you mention GoT here?
Why, why, WHY do TH-camrs have such terrible repeating music playing in the background. Especially this channel and it's neverending three notes
Royalty free music?
Because if you put a video without music at all, it doesn't sound right. This is why EVERYONE does that. You need some kind of background music.
it does give these chain of youtube channels a recognizing sound, you know its a looper video even if all other audio was cut.
It also probably helps dodge the copyright police whenever any audio clips are used, as videos using clips with unedited video or audio tend to get flagged and taken down.
This is definitely the main thing stopping me from ever watching more than 1 video from this channel. It's horribly annoying, not to mention bad music in the first place.
The beautiful life was gone so fast my sister didn’t believe me that is was an actual show. It was so bad
Is that Gal Gadot in the show too? Wow, all gotta start somewhere.
Was that Gal Gadot in that?
Yep-looked it up on imdb. She starred in the show before it was axed.
Is it even a sequel to anything? Or did they just think it would be cool to put a colon and THEN abbreviate it?
Edit: used the word for Colon thought it was hyphen
That’s clearly a remake of “Wheels and the Legman”.
Bruiser Brony I'm not going to stand here and watch you roll all over that show's name. lol
Besides, everybody knows that wheels and the legman started to go downhill once they brought on Papa wheelie.
I hope "wheels" is played by a real crippled person or other words that show would get pulled too
(Philip Monihan) I was just making a reference from the video. It was mentioned that one of the concerns of the show was not hiring an authentic actor needing a wheel chair for the role
Bruiser Brony I only know of wheels and the legman from american dad but its class
😂😂😂😂
playboy club was doomed because they should have put it on a premium channel like showtime or something. it could have been pushed to its limits and been really interesting
What's weird is 'The Bunny Club' didn't make it, but 'Mad Men' lasted forever.
Mad Men didn't have objectifying women as a main part of the show. Instead, it showed a fairly accurate depiction of workplace behavior in that era. I do have to praise The Playboy Club for one thing. It is, to my knowledge, the only on screen depiction of the Mattachine Society. If you don't know what that is, which is likely if you're very young or straight or both, google it if you're interested.
NBC vs amc
@@jwb52z9 Thanks for the tip, that was a fascinating read.
The UK version of Couplings was one of the funniest sitcoms I'd ever seen. They should have just showed the UK show in the US I think Americans would have got it.
alsuncat It aired on PBS. That was how I got into it. When the NBC version aired, it was very clear that they wanted a Friends clone so I didn't watch it.
It was cringy. They made the same mistake The Office made. They took the exact same dialog and just substituted American actors. As someone who love the original (of both shows) it was like watching Rainman doing "Who's on First." The Office quickly dropped the UK script and the writers learned to play to the strengths of the actors. Who knows, maybe Coupling could have been a great show if they had time to find their own rhythm.
On the same night Coupling US premiered on NBC (Thursday), BBC America aired Coupling UK. Same time too. I thought that was smart and shrewd.
Truth. UK Coupling is literally one of the funniest tv shows I have ever seen. I can actually tear up from laughter, even from repeated viewings.
Jeff himself is enough reason to love Coupling UK.
People: “I’ve never heard of any of these shows.”
Me: *”Exactly.”*
People were outraged because a non handicapped actor play a handicapped character? Tell that to Charlie Cox who made a bad ass Daredevil!
@Hal Jordan Obviously lol. After 2 spine surgeries, I am now handicapped. I don't have an issue with actors portraying handicapped as long as they aren't making fun of people.
Do they expect a real blind person to portray Matt Murdock? That's just dumb.
@@jasonjuneau No one had trouble with James Franciscus playing Longstreet either.
What about the show based on the cavemen from the commercials?
Robert Esensee ooo! It was so bad lol
Robert Esensee I totally thought that wasn't real and it was a dream
It lasted 8 episodes
it lasted to the midseason, it was bad but I somehow really enjoyed it.
The commercials were better than the TV series. Makes sense. Sometimes a short gag does stretch very far. Like Andy Clay's trying to turn his vulgar comedy shtick into a feature film career.
They tried to turn the Geiko Cavemen into a show. I watched just the first scene, and holy shit. You can immediately tell that every joke is just gonna be a caveman version of 'it's kuz I'm BLACK!' I felt the worst for the actors. Even through heavy makeup you can see looks on their faces like 'why the fuck did I agree to this? This show is going nowhere!'
"Women doing Playboy is empowering!" Men show interest. "Women doing Playboy is degrading!"
First Wave Feminists never really liked anything that objectified women.
Real women: actually like male attention.
"Feminists": pissed that they can't get any, so they demonize men, attractive women, and anyone who disagrees with them.
Mr. Battle real feminists support other women in whatever they elect do with their lives. We are autonomous beings, after all.
Mr. Battle this comment is so stupid & victimy
Mr. Battle male egos need to convince themselves women are all obsessed with male attention 😂. Especially in a generation where who don’t need men anymore to provide
It's bad enough to be cancelled so soon but to be replaced by reruns or undercover boss is a real slap in the face
Work It = Remake of Bosom Buddies (1980 - 82 Starring Tom Hanks & Peter Scolari). Anybody remember that?
But neither Hanks or Scolari were big guys like the two in "Work It." They belonged in a cop show. Besides, Bad TV Ideas do NOT get better with age.
Yeah back when people could get the joke and just have fun and laugh. People today are lost on the Joke of 2 men pretending to be Women in order to live somewhere and the hilarity of these 2 guys trying to figure how to live as Women. Today everyone went right to the LGBTQ thing which is not what it's about, That's a whole different bowl of cereal.
Do you think Tom Hanks will get cancelled for an obscure TV show from 40 years ago?
Eddie Cibrian is a show killer. So many shows hes either stared in or joined the cast have gotten canceled lol.
AkiraSlayer same with Michael Ealy or whatever his name is
AkiraSlayer I thought I was the only one to have noticed.
AkiraSlayer plot twist: hes hired only to break it to the cast and crew that they're fired.
haha not good news indeed!
Was Third Watch the only one that survived his curse?
I have to laugh.....these absolutely gorgeous women can't keep an acting job but Honey Boo Boo and her Mama June are as popular as ever! LMAO!!!!!!!!!
Not really, i haven't even heard there names in the last like 2 years
Who?
In my country (Czech republic) every week there are 2-3 overhyped new criminal shows than no one watches so they’re
often cancelled really quickly
Xpoison CZ It’s the same everywhere, so many awful crime and medical dramas, they all suck and I’ll never watch any of them
I felt like The Playboy Club would have worked on HBO/ SHOWTIME.
Stop doing remakes! Work it was also a remake, it was in the 80's and called Bosom Buddies
Hollywood is out of ideas. All they can make are remakes.
A.L.F.
I'm British never watched either show and thought of Bosom Buddies as soon as I saw it.
crocketgsxr6: That's the show. I couldn't remember the title of it. All I could remember was that Tom Hanks was in it.
Bosom Buddies was hilarious and Work It looked kinda funny too.
The reason that "remakes are all the rage nowadays," is because American TV execs are too lazy to come up with anything new. It's true for Broadway and movies as well.
Netflix would have green lit them all for a full 14 episodes
Hopefully The Proposal on fox gets axed
Snorlaxation - that show is insane, something that crazy is definitely gonna get millions of curious viewers.
Dwight K. Shrute Assistant To the Regional Manager
Unfortunately, you're probably right
Betcha none of them even make it to the alter!! Have we learned NOTHING from Who Wants To Marry A Multi-Millionare?!
The Proposal is on ABC!
I’m curious... did the show get canceled?
Legs and the Wheelman was an actual thing?
Mr. Otaku 😂😂😂😂 it’s funnier because you got the names wrong
bennihaha87 oops. I didn’t even notice 😆
Mr. Otaku yea...40 years earlier
They should do a live action American fad
Now I have Steve and Roger “singing” their theme song 😂 lmao
The only reason Playboy Club didn’t last was because there was already a “retro-themed” TV show called “Mad Men” that grabbed all the potential viewers
Coupling (British Version) was awesome.
I remember seeing the British version of Coupling and saying to myself, "this would never work in America." Boy, was I right! I watched about a half an episode before I was disgusted with the poor writing and poor premise of the episode, which apparently didn't translate well from the British show.
I was so pissed when they cancelled "Made in Jersey" as well as "The Playboy Club." Granted, I wasn't that surprised when they canned Playboy, but Jersey was right up my alley. I'm always in the mood for a new procedural.
Re Coupling: A number of successful American shows were basically reboots of British shows, like All in the Family, Sanford and Son, and Not Necessarily the News, to name three.
a game show called youre in the picture with Jackie Gleason lasted one episode. Gleason came on and apologized the next week. An ABC copy of laugh In called Turn On was cancelled by many stations after 1/2 an episode.
I imagine "Bosom Buddies" wouldn't fly in today's world and Tom Hanks would be working in a factory somewhere.😁
I came to post this same thing. It was actually a pretty funny show, but yeah, probably wouldn’t fly today.
Yep, I bet the transgender people will want Tom Hanks to apologize for that classic 80's show.
I was just about to say this as well.
It probably wouldn’t fly.
Klinger from MASH would be a problem today as well.
What about tv series that were anticipated but never made it even to the pilot such as the proposed 2011 tv series for Wonder Woman
dragonweyr44 The announcement of the show was met with disappointment because fans wanted a film. Expectations dropped further when an image of the costume was released. Donald Glover’s Deadpool was a show that was massively hyped only to be dropped because it was “too Black”.
dragonweyr44 tremors looked like it would be good
The Tremors tv series actually lasted 13 episodes back in 2003
I thought the costume looked pretty good myself and the star, Adrianne Palicki, did appear as the mockingbird comic book character in Agents of SHIELD for 2 seasons
There are some clips of the pilot on TH-cam and from what its shown, it was a good idea they scrapped it off. The suit is awful, exact replicas of comic book suits are not a good idea. They work on paper but in reality just look too cartoonie, unrealistic and plain bad. The pilot just looked too cheesy in general, even if it had been approved it would have been canceled within a season. It might have just caused a problem for the movie in the future.
as a women I really actually loved The Playboy Club, the friendships between the women was great. The main guy was a bore but I was there for the hair, makeup and vibe of the show
A good show they abc cancelled was forever and I'm still heartbroken
you can watch it on the cw app
Zena me too! It was so good!
YESSSSS. It was so good and deserved a second season
I know I am late to the party...but! I feel like a show capturing what the playboy women did to get into their role as a bunny would be interesting while also exploring the history of the magazine.
Work it. ~ Really?? You guys had no clue that it was a blatant re-make of the Tom Hanks starring TV show "Bosom Buddies." No clue? Okay.
I was thinking about that too :-/
And they never heard of movie called 'Some Like it Hot'
I know SO many people (including myself) that don’t have cable or satellite tv anymore. Companies need to wait longer than right after airing to determine the following of a show. There’s SO many shows I have to wait to see on streaming services that get cancelled right after they don’t get huge ratings on tv. The way they determine viewers is so outdated now imo
Wicked City was aight
It would of probably been better for Netflix or something
Carlos Sorrentino Yeah! I actually ended up binge watching it on Hulu after it was off the air.
I think with this serial killer kick everyone seems to be one right now, it would actually have a much better chance in today's market. Also I think it is a very weird fascination, just stating my opinion about the show.
I said it before and will say it again...Grey's Anatomy is the worst show ever. It cheapens and portrays the medical profession in a superficial and immature way. REAL doctors and medical staff are professional and truly dedicated to what they do. They should admit that from the start this show shouldn't be taken seriously in any way.
I swear "work it" sounds like a reboot of "bosom buddies" and that was tom hanks in his early days
And Peter Scolari... and Wendy Jo Sperber... and Donna Dixon...
It looked awful, that's not what transsexual women look like anyway.
I was thinking the same thing. Guess that settles the debate I have had with myself about if that show could be made today.
@@nicolajohnson1887 That's because they weren't real transexuals, they were just doing it to get a job. Ironically, if things continue the way they are men are going to have to really start doing that just to be able to get good jobs.
And was hysterical.
This video is proof there are WAY to many folks that get upset over a TV show.
Yea, the British Coupling was one of my favorite shows. Most British shows are better than their American counterparts. Coupling, Broadchurch, Being Human, the I.T. Crowd, Mistresses. The office is, I think, the only American counterpart that faired extremely well.
Didn't the original Coupling found its audience in America anyways? It just jumped the shark after one of its actors left before the 4th season.
When you first mentioned Coupling on the list I went "WTF? Wasn't that a Steven Moffat show for several seasons?". I haven't seen it, but I knew about it. Didn't know they tried dumbing it down for America. Literally you said they thought it's too complicated for them.
The US version of Coupling was beyond horrible. They literally copied the scripts from the original first season episodes and repeated them word for word. The actors they hired were not funny and what works via British humor doesn't always work via American humor. The original British version was and still is hilarious and much funnier than a lot of Friends ever was IMO.
alucard624 To add, they almost made the same exact mistake when The Office came to the US but when it diverted from that it became a really good show. The IT Crowd also tried to get on NBC as well.
I remember the US version of The IT Crowd. It was even worse than Coupling.
I thought the US version of "Coupling" was trying to be another "Friends" and failed.
Dale Henderson It was in the US. The original British version is hilarious and funnier than Friends quite often. It's worth checking out.
"Work it" sounds like a modern "Bosom Buddies" with Tom Hanks
The Office is not the model example of a British show being copied by Hollywood.
There was this little show called Threes Company.
All in the Family was based on a British sitcom called Till Death Us Do Part.
Also Sanford and Son from Steptoe and Son.
No way! Didn't know all of those were British shows!
And those were perhaps the most successful... Perhaps a few dozen more were also based on British shows (not only from BBC, but all iTV subsidiaries...).
Wil Hobbs - The fact that people still compare the best show on the face of the earth (The Office U.S.) to that crappy show is appalling.
The Office U.K. Isn’t bad, just the Office U.S. is so much better. Prime example that everything is better in America
(It’s a joke don’t take it too seriously)
Wasn’t Coupling (UK) just a rip-off of Friends?
“Lauren Jones at 5. She’s coming.”
*She came before I did.*
There was a show called Lucky 7 about a group of people who collectively won a lottery. Was cancelled really fast, after maybe 2 episodes. I wanted it to continue--it had promise.
I saw commercials for the new Ironside. Didn't think it would work.
Philip Monihan , I saw that commercial, too.
I had the same sentiments.
Ms Temptation I did think at the time it was a shame Tony Shalhoub's show didn't make it.
But then dare devil and the good doctor came out and people changed their sentiment on disabled lead characters. Good thing because those are pretty good shows
Black Magician I'm not saying I felt strongly whether the actor playing Ironside actually needed that wheelchair. I mean, Raymond Burr didn't really. I just thought the idea of the remake itself was flawed.
Philip Monihan
Yeah, it just didn't have legs.
Drive (2007) with Nathan Fillion was cancelled after 4 episodes by Fox. It was a cross country race thriller that was not bad but would have worked better as a film or miniseries rather than a continuing series.
I was one of the few who loved the Playboy Club
No mention of the worst, most notorious TV flop in history: Turn On, which was cancelled during its FIRST COMMERCiAL BREAK. It was created by George Schlatter and starred Tim Conway.
I have more posts to read, but there was an Australian show that was cancelled (and actually pulled from all stations showing it) when the owner of the network saw it and called saying "get that $#!t off the air!"
Thank god I've seen or heard of any of these shows.
RAE10182504 same over here
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You're so happy you've seen it? lol
God is a producer? Wonder what the casting couch is like...
Coupling (British) is hysterical, the first 2 seasons anyway. 3 is good, 4 is bad. My hubby and I were flipping channels one night, as usual 300+ channels and nothing to watch. We stopped on Coupling, it was about 10 minutes into the show at that point. Within 15 seconds we were seriously belly-laughing, we didn't stop. We ended up buying all 4 seasons of it (DVD).
Coupling was cute tbh. "The laughter cycle" and the "having 1 too many legs to enter heaven" jokes stayed with me.
You'd think that 75% of FOX shows would be listed.
never herd of any of them, but some of them seem to have been pulled out due to more internal reasons, since getting over 5mil viewers for a first episode is normally considered a success and hardly a reason to cancel a TV series (let alone remove it of the air when all episodes are ready and the money is spent) Ex: Made in Jersey with a premiere view count of nearly 7.8mil viewers (GOT premiere episode had 2.2mil).
Wicked city would have worked better on Netflix
They should have NEVER attempted a US version of Coupling. The original British version was hilarious and had the right combination of good actors and great dialogue. The fact that the US version just copied the scripts and had the actors repeat the same lines word for word made it even worse. I was actually happy when the US version was cancelled as quickly as it was.
That's how the US Office started out, but then they were able to actually figure out their own take on the material. It turned out pretty good. The US Coupling didn't get enough of a chance to do that (don't know if they ever would have, just pointing it out...)
I'm guessing 2007's "Drive" wasn't consider because it was actually a GOOD show that didnt last 5 episodes.
what about that show that had the cavemen from the Geico commercials? i thought that one failed after the first episode
i was sad about the playboy club. it was a good show imo and it didn't deserve to be cancelled so fast
Also, seems weird that 'Bosom Buddies' survived forever (and has a 89% on Rotten Tomatoes), but in the modern age, it's unacceptable. People are dumb sometimes.
Bosom Buddies had two skinny guys cross-dressing to find a place to live; the recent show (I already forget it's name) had two big guys - who looked like undercover cops - doing it to cheat two women from jobs. That mess was a cross between a dumpster fire and an exploding toilet - it was flaming crap everywhere.
@@jimodonnelly7762 So it's all optics now, not premise.
Wicked City was part of a long line of ABC shows placed on the notorious 'death slot'. They had a well recieved show, US & worldwide, called Forever but after 22 episodes they chose not to make a second season.
I liked "Forever", at first. However, it seemed to wear thin the longer it progressed. It had a lot of great ideas and I loved the bit about the evil guy like him who was even older but a lot of episodes seemed kind of dull.
"Free Agents" was a British series that ran for only four episodes when they tried to remake it for a US audience. The original made it all the way to six episodes, so no idea why the adaptation didn't work out.
What about that attempted NBC reboot of the Munsters? It only aired the pilot then just disappeared
Honestly, I rather enjoyed, "Munsters Today", but the remake couldn't touch the original😀.
"Work It" was just a re-hash of "bosom Buddies". It was basically the same premise.
The US tried to do an American version of Coupling? but Coupling was an English version of Friends.
I can see why it didn't land
Hardwicke House starring Roy Kinnear and pam Ferris first aired on ITV (UK) in 1987. The Show was pulled after just 2 episodes, the remaining 5 have still never been aired. All the episodes still exists buried in some archive.
Just goes to show that the popular early 80's show, Bosom Buddies, with Tom Hanks & Peter Scolari would have surely caused a stink by the LGBT community. If it'd been aired today. It was just plain FUNNY!
Kristi Robare It was funny because Bosom Buddies had two very strong talented leads (Hanks and Scolari). If done right, it works, if done wrong, it’s a disaster waiting to happen, and that’s a fine line to walk.
@@cityhawk Yeah, but this one was also attacked by a special interest group who saw a chance to flex their power and get some free press. Even if the show had been a masterpiece they still would've made a stink and it still would've been canceled because groups like this always get their way now.
I remember a time when groups like that were ignored and it was a badge of honor to piss them off. Like when "Soap" was attacked by family groups and the Catholic church and they just thumbed their noses at them and went on.
What about the ABC reboot of Charlie's Angels that aired on 2011? It only had 8 episodes and one of them wasn't even aired.
I was actually sad when Wicked City was canceled. I'm definitely going to watch the rest of the episodes on Hulu now though, thanks Looper.
The Ironsides remake never got a fare shake to develop an audience. Blair Underwood is a pretty good actor and the need for an able bodied actor for flashbacks is a valid one.
Don't think I even heard of any of these but isn't work it basically bosom buddies with tom hanks? Never saw that either but I know I've at least heard of that.
Wicked City had a scene where the mother told her children something like, spiders are God's creatures too, gently picked up the spider on a piece of paper, took it out to the balcony, where she crushed it with satisfaction. This intrigued me. Was she a good person, or did the serial killer have a soul mate? Like cable's "Dexter," the line was blurry--too ambiguous for network TV.
Bette Midler's hyped sit com was a flop.
What's the music playing in the background?
Dang, that is why Ironside was axed? I loved the few episodes we got. Does the older series of Ironside still hold up?
By far the original series is better. Raymond Burr WAS Ironside as he was Perry Mason😊.
How did Black Bart (the spinoff of hilarious spoof-Western movie Blazing Saddles), which only ever made and aired the pilot, not make this list? Just curious.
"Turn-on" - cancelled ten minutes into the first show (back in the 70s.)
Yeah, that set a speed record. It was ABC's attempt at a "Laugh-In" knock-off and it was so bad, I had to wonder if they ever said the jokes out loud before taping - because then they would have known how bad they were.
It used to be accepted that actors would portray as someone they didn't share like experiences in their own lives. Now it's considered controversial to be anything other than the character portrayed on screen. Unfortunately, even with trying to fill as many roles with people whose personal lives match the specifics of their character, the quality of entertainment hasn't risen as high as the bar for equality.
Just think if Bosom Buddies had come out at the same time... sheesh. Tom Hanks would have never been famous.
68JCodeCougar Talk about projection. Nope. The reason why Tom Hanks made it work was because he’s an excellent comedic actor surrounded by a good cast and seasoned writers. Work It was held by talentless nobodies. People weren’t scared away because of the content and objection from the LGBT community, it was objected the old fashioned way, it wasn’t viewed because people knew it was terrible. If it’s good, people will watch it, but it wasn’t. In fact, I’d bet Bosom Buddies would have a longer run today than in its original two season run. Don’t give me this Free Speech Martyrdom.
@@cityhawk Thing is, in THIS case, it was bad, but even if had been the greatest show ever, they would've still complained and it would've still been canceled because every special interest group under the sun gets what they want.
The whole "Work It" show .. so similar to Bosom Buddies with Tom Hanks from the 1980's And even that lasted only two seasons (over three years). Yet some well paid persons in Hollywood thought it would be a great idea again this time just have them work instead of sharing an apartment. They never learn....
I liked Wicked City, I wish it had gotten more episodes.
How about the show that took place at a private girls school that was canceled before airing just on the slow motion horse riding scene in the promo commercial?
Who else is confused by (some) disabled people complaining about casting able bodied people in disabled roles, when they love Patric Stewart?
It's apparently a recurring problem in Hollywood. I get the studio's reasoning (having flashbacks), but this has apparently been going on for decades. We can now have Hispanic and black actors leading shows, gay characters who aren't 90's stereotypes, and actual kids (as voice actors), but for some reason, disabled actors don't seem to get a break.
@@ScooterinAB because there are not many roles for them and generally they lack experience.
They're probably not the same people. Also, this outrage culture didn't start until the last few years.
@@ScooterinAB A lot of the times they want a name actor in that lead role. In the case of this show, they were remaking a cop show that most people they were hoping to watch probably never heard of so they needed a known actor. There just aren't very many known actors who also happen to be in a wheelchair. There's that one guy now (can't think of his name) who is on NCIS New Orleans and was on the last season of "Fear the Walking Dead" but he started out being able to walk until he was in an accident in real life and I don't think he was in a wheelchair at the time or maybe he wasn't around yet.
The bottom line is they have to work their way up from the bottom just like everyone else. No one is going to just hand a major starring role in movies and TV to a no-name unknown actor just because they're in a wheelchair.
what happened to stalker that was great but no series 2 in uk yet
You know you're doomed when you can't even top "2 Broke Girls." 6:55.
I quickly learned thanks to NBC to not watch their shows because if I like them they'll cancel but if I hate it the show keeps going and going like the dang Energizer bunny. People hate Fox for them cancelling "Firefly", I hate NBC for cancelling "Constantine".
But The View stays on air with less than a million, same for Daily show and Samantha Bee?
Daytime TV has different standard and the Daily Show and Samantha Bee isn't on major networks. For a major network, in prime time you have to do way better than a million to stay on, way, way better.
07:35 ask Tom Hanks what he thinks about the premise.
By chance American dad did a full episode as reference of the serie ironside.
joyadeceren they've done a couple of those episodes. Wheels and the legman.
Out of curiosity, I decided to watch the premiere of "The Paul Reiser Show." I knew before the first commercial break that it was going to be cancelled.
The original, British version of Coupling was great!
The following shows had more than one season, but in my opinion they were cancelled too soon and left cliffhangers that are now forever unresolved. 1) The Riches (on FX), 2) Brotherhood (on Showtime), 3) V (on ABC).