Welcome to the Television Hall of Shame. Represented above are the two most notorious inductees to the TV Hall of Shame. But, on this page we will also add some newer, more current faces to this exclusive club.
10/16/07
So after watching the baseball playoffs on TBS for the past couple weeks, I finally found something more irritating than the constant ads for the Frank Caliendo show. In fact, what I discovered was even more nauseating than the sound of Tony Gwynn’s voice for nine innings. It was a horrendous commercial for Viagra. I dare you to watch this thing without wanting to stick a sharp object in either you eyes, or your ears:
Erections aren’t the only thing dysfunctional here!
Hey, fellas, here’s an idea – if you want to get a boner, maybe you should spend less time in a stinky barn with your sweaty middle aged guy friends butchering a classic Elvis tune!
08/27/07
So I caught about ten minutes of the Bob Saget special on HBO and, well, it was downright terrible. It started bad, it got worse, then I contemplated suicide. It was that bad. Bob Saget is so unfunny it's not funny.
Is it not funny in here, or is it just me?
Why does this guy continue to work? He's gotta' be like a billionaire from his "Full House" money and his "America's Funniest Videos" work.
One of the worst comics I've ever seen. Dane Cook, you've got some competition.
08/01/07
ESPN has a new mini series that has been airing the past few weeks called "The Bronx Is Burning." The program is about the 1977 Yankees and their ups and downs with manager Billy Martin and super star player Reggie Jackson. It's actually a pretty good show and gets the TAG seal of approval.
However, the Hall of Shame award goes to Daniel Sunjata. Daniel plays Reggie Jackson on the show. He does a good enough job, so that's not why he is getting this award. Daniel gets the Hall of Shame award because he's one of these nut jobs who thinks 9/11 was an inside job!
Shit for Brains.
Look, everybody is entitled to their opinions, so Daniel is welcome to think that the United States government orchestrated the attacks on September 11, 2001 in order to justify going to war.
But that also means I am entitled to say that Daniel Sunjata is out of his mind. As far as I’m concerned, this is like the Nazis who claim the Holocaust never happened. Freakin’ whack jobs. So Daniel, you get a TVadviceguy Hall of Shame award!
07/14/07
So there I was sitting at home on a Friday at 4:15pm watching "Everybody Loves Raymond" repeats waiting for the Braves game to start, you know, earning my unemployment check, when all of a sudden Bill Engvall and the cast of the new TBS sitcom "The Bill Engvall Show" (creative title, eh?) suddenly walk into my screen. Bill proceeds to turn to the episode of "Raymond" and 'pause' the show to plug his own!
Now if there's one thing TVadviceguy hates more than anything, it's when these television networks interrupt the show I'm watching with irritating ads to plug whatever the hell it is they think needs advertising. And if there's a second thing, it's pan handlers. But, back to the issue at hand - That invasive promo for "The Bill Engvall Show" was about the tackiest thing I've seen since Bjork at the Oscars back in 2001.
Then, as if I hadn't had my Bill Engvall fill for the day, there he was "visiting" the Braves announcers during the game! As if suffering through the Atlanta Braves broadcasters wasn't bad enough (that's an entirely seperate Hall of Shame Award), I had to deal with yet another plug for what looks like a by-the-numbers-family-sitcom. I will now not even bother checking out "The Bill Engvall Show." So Eff You TBS! Welcome to the TAG Hall of Shame!!
01/30/07
It's been over a year since TAG issued anyone with a Hall of Shame honor, so for that, TVadviceguy should be inducted for being a slacker. But screw that. Instead, the honor goes to "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" The late night ABC program that isn't live anymore, it's simply live to tape like all the other late night talk shows. So, that's bullshit. But, the real Eff You to "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and ABC is their completely arbitrary schedule. One night it's all new, the next night it's a repeat. What the hell kind of programming is that?! As a fan of the program, I don't like to be 'surprised' to find a new episode! So welcome to the TAG Hall of Shame, Jimmy!
02/28/06
As I was watching "24" tonight, I saw a preview for the return of "Prison Break." You know, the tense, edge of your seat thrill ride that FOX yanked off the air back in Novemeber? Yeah, screw you FOX for making us wait four months for the return of "Prison Break." Don't think we forgot.
11/29/05
FOX, welcome back to TVadviceguy¹s Hall of Shame! Your programming strategy
sucks more than Paris Hilton in her homemade porn movies. For a network
that almost always has to rely entirely on the success of the "American
Idol" phenomenon (which by the way, is getting old) for any major ratings
victories, you should have been tickled pink to find genuine success in the
edge-of-your-bean-bag thriller "Prison Break." In fact, with the success of
"24" and the recent hit "House," FOX probably wouldn¹t even know what to do
with an unexpected new hit show. Which, it turns out, is precisely what
happened. The silly programming people over at FOX decided the best way to
keep the loyal "Prison Break" viewers hooked on the action packed serial,
was to yank it off the air for nearly four months! Good job, numb nuts! I
hope that move comes back to bite them in the ass. Oh, and a big Eff You
to FOX for canceling my guilty pleasure show of '05 "Reunion." A creative
murder mystery that will now likely go unsolved. Much like the mystery that
is FOX programming executives.
So I'm watching "24" last night on my Tivo, and I was totally pissed off. Why? Was it because the real-time aspect of "24" has been thrown out the window? No. Is it because I got tired of Edgar Stiles lisp and snarky attitude? No. Surprisingly. Was it because there was an ad for "Life on a Stick?" Still no!
Last night, as always with my "24" viewing, I had to rewind my Tivo to understand what someone said. And what did I find when I hit rewind? Well I can tell you it wasn't a plausible story line, it was an ADVERTISEMENT for the Nicole Kidman movie "The Interpreter!" WHAT THE FU@K!?! Right in the middle of my screen, a big stupid ad! So now when I need to rewind to an important scene, or fast forward through a douche commercial, I get an ad anyway?! Oh Helllllll No! I am going to contact Tivo to find out exactly why they think I should PAY for their service, just to be inundated with extra commercials. I suggest you do the same. So to Tivo - welcome to the T.A.G. "Hall of Shame," oh, and:
FOX's Big Fat Obnoxious Boss
FOX, Welcome to the T.A.G. Hall of Shame! We here at T.A.G. loved FOX's idea of year-round programming. Even if it did include such clunkers as "Method & Red" and "Quintuplets." At least the idea was there. But it didn't take them long to cancel some of those shows and scramble to find replacements. Then, in the fall, FOX premiered the "Apprentice" spoof, "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss" in the Monday at 9pm slot. Once home to such FOX classics as "Skin" and "Girls Club." Which both lasted the blink of an eye. So, in other words, if you hear your show is scheduled for the Monday at 9pm slot on FOX, you might as well start faxing out your resume.
Anyway, back to the subject at hand. The T.A.G. endorsed "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss" program was shelved after just 5 episodes. Finally, after a month long hiatus, FOX finally pulled the plug on "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss." Not unlike NBC yanking "Last Comic Standing III" just before the winner was announced, FOX left millions of viewers with no idea how the show would end. But, wait! They decide they'll air the final episodes on the FOX website! We can finally learn the big secret of who the "boss" is. Well it better be Tony Danza, or it aint worth it! Okay, sorry, I digress...
FOX gets awarded with a T.A.G. Hall of Shame award thanks to their lazy programming and disrespect to the audience and producers of "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss." For those of us still with dial-up because we can't afford it due to our box wine habits, and therefore will never see the last episodes. For those of us who tuned in week after week, just to see our show replaced by repeats of "Family Guy." For those of us with a bad case of the gout. We say: Shame on You Fox!!
William Peterson's Beard, welcome to the TV Hall of Shame. What I thought was just going to be an experiment for a few episodes, Peterson's character Gil Grissom has grown a creepy beard that has stayed for two seasons now. Damn, that thing is creepy.
