[Artemis Webb]

Three’s Company came out in 1977.
Nothing could be worse than that.

[EdnaMode]

Yeah that show was pretty terrible.

[Obadiah]

Laverne and Shirley?

[kosciusko51]

“My Mother, the Car” was bad as well.

[NorthMountain]

Three’s Company was an atrocity ... but never fear: they have only begun to be atrocious. Atrocity is a bottomless pit.

[Dr. Sivana]

Three’s Company came out in 1977. Nothing could be worse than that.

There were a couple of shows at least as bad starring old Happy Days cast members. "Mr T and Tina" starring Pat Morita as an inventor. "The Ugily Family" starring Al Molinaro as patriarch of an ugly family. Honarable mention goes to "Baby I'm Back" with Demond Wilson showing he had no acting talent and was carried by Redd Foxx and LaWanda Page in Sanford and Son. Oh, and "Mason", about a wiseacre dwarfish eightyear old who commwnts on his parent's tush within the first minute of the first episode. "Three's Company" differed as it was a success, and had some great actors (Ritter, Knotts).

[wbill]

Yep. We tend to remember the great shows, but it's important to remember that 90% or more of what's ever been on TV was complete dreck.

I grew up on "NBC must see TV Thursday nights". Great comedies like Night Court and Cheers. Can't tell you what else was on NBC in the 80's, but I'm certain that it wasn't the same caliber.

[DuncanWaring]

“Will and Grace” was far worse.

[SamAdams76]

I grew up during the mid to late 1970s and many of those sitcoms were awful. Even for the standards of those times. "What's Happening", "Welcome Back Kotter", "Mork & Mindy", "Laverne & Shirley" - just to add a few more. Then you had the "Love Boat", "Fantasy Island" and "Supertrain."

Even if you set out to make bad shows on purpose, I don't think you could have done any worse.

[mass55th]

I’m surprised they haven’t decided to do a remake of that...yet.

[posterchild]

LOL... That was the show that led me to dispense with all sitcoms while in high school. I hadn’t watched another sitcom until the final episode of seinfeld sometime over a decade and a half later. As a young male teen I also felt that ‘Soap’ was an insult to the sense of humor of young male teens.

[Political Junkie Too]

Three’s Company came out in 1977. Nothing could be worse than that.

It's spinoff, The Ropers?

-PJ

[dhs12345]

Liked the shows where Chrissy and Janet are in their PJs. :)

[x]

People have forgotten how bad TV was in the old days.

We didn't know any better or expect anything more back then.

In the last few years, there's been some great stuff to watch, a lot of it on premium cable, and it only makes this year's broadcast network fare look worse (not that it isn't bad all by itself).

[Hardastarboard]

Three’s Company. Talk about playing the trump card of lousy stupid TV shows. I think Hollywood is completely out of ideas. It had to happen eventually.

[SMGFan]

I liked SOAP back in 1977. It began September 13th.

[Rebelbase]

"Three’s Company came out in 1977. Nothing could be worse than that."

I was a teen back then and found it very appealing.