Top 10 FAILED Television Shows

 

Top 10 FAILED Television Shows

welcome  the world of  television is a fickle one with so many  ideas being tossed around it's sometimes  hard to tell what will stick and what  won't in this installment  we're going to look at ten  television programs that simply did not  make the cut and fizzled out within only  the first few episodes

secret  diary of desmond Pfeiffer

number 10 secret  diary of desmond Pfeiffer at the height  of really bad ideas for a television  series there is secret diary of Desmond  Pfeifer a comedy that tried to tackle  the ever humorous topic of slavery in  America Pfeiffer aired in October of  1998 on UPN and centered around an  african-american man that was banished  from England to be sent to the United  States during the civil war there he  finds work as a bruh ham Lincoln's  Butler nothing stirs up the laughs  better than jokes about cotton pickin  and gags about important historical  figures right according to audiences  apparently not as Pfeiffer was canceled  after only four episodes

 

 

daddy's girls Dudley Moore

 

number nine  daddy's girls Dudley Moore trying to  recreate the fame received from 1981 s  Arthur turned to television the show  focused on more a father of three who  recently lost his wife and business  partner to an extramarital affair  daddy's girls was the first show to  feature a gay character played by a gay  actor beyond that there was nothing else  notable about daddy's girls unless of  course you call lasting only three  episodes before being canned as  something being notable

 

Adams of Eagle Lake police

number eight  Adams of Eagle Lake police shows are  fairly popular these days but apparently  in 1975 such shows may not have been as  popular Andy Griffith played the sheriff  of the small town of Eagle Lake and each  episode was to follow Griffiths exploits  in solving issues across the town the  main character was originally from a  1974 television movie winterkill which  was intended to be a series pilot  when the pilot failed Griffiths  character was renamed and put at the  head of Adams of Eagle Lake Griffith was  backed up by a fairly big name cast of  Abby Dalton and Nick Nolte but that did  nothing for Eagle Lake success after two  episodes Eagle Lake was given the axe 

 

Paul Reiser's show 

number 7 Paul Reiser's show Paul Reiser  is probably best known for the  successful sitcom mad about you but in  2011 the comedian tried to make a  comeback and make a name for himself  with a self-titled program the Paul  Reiser show risers self-aware comedy was  a semi autobiographical look at what his  life has been like since mad about you  went off the air the show wound up being  a two episode long mess that tried hard  to use star power to keep the ratings up  in the two episodes that aired Reiser  worked alongside survivor producer Mark  Burnett Larry David and Henry Rollins  despite the accompanied big names the  Paul Reiser show tanked and at the time  produced NBC's lowest rating for an in  season comedy premiere

 

viva la flan though

 number 6  viva la flan though this musical comedy  drama mashup featuring British  theatrical star Lloyd Owen filmed eight  episodes only two actually made it to  air in Canada and in the United States  the show also didn't fare so well in  Australia and the UK as only one episode  ever saw the light of day  viva la flan follows businessman ripley  holden on his exploits as he tries to  run a casino in the small town of  Laughlin Nevada throughout the episodes  characters broke out into contemporary  song filling in that much-needed  unnecessary musical vacancy that all  television dramas have been missing  surprisingly amongst the lackluster cast  was Hugh Jackman who was also credited  as executive producer not even the famed  Wolverine with his beautiful singing  voice could pull viva la Flynn out of  the doomed pit of despair 

 

public morals

number five public morals they say that  13 is an unlucky  and maybe four  CBS's 1996 sitcom public morals that was  just the case regardless of the  superstition behind this failed  production of the 13 episodes that Peter  garety and fellow castmates filmed only  one actually made it on the air the show  was yet another cop show and focused on  a group of detectives in a New York City  by squad the show even featured an NYPD  Blue Cross / administrative assistant  John Irving portrayed by Bill Brock  trope though Stephen braat go had a hand  in creating both NYPD Blue and public  morals morals simply didn't have the  gusto that NYPD Blue had to help it  survive after just 24 minutes on-air

 

Osborne's reloaded

number 4 Osborne's reloaded the  Osbourne's took television by storm in  their successful reality television  series cleverly titled The Osbournes the  original production that followed Ozzy  Osbourne's incredulous family lasted  four seasons and 52 episodes from 2001  to 2005 when they attempted to return to  the fame of reality TV with The  Osbournes reloaded a variety show  focused around the quirky English family  the variety show failed to carry the  same charm as The Osbournes originally  had instead placing the family in an  extremely awkward light for the entire  one episode that aired the lack of that  crass chemistry between the family  members left the Osbourne's reloaded  feeling like a flat attempt at cashing  in on prior fame

 

what's  Alan

number three what's  Alan watching this no hit wonder  featured an impressive list of  celebrities including Eddie Murphy Fran  Drescher Alex Trebek  George Carlin and Pauly Shore but not  even star power could save what's allen  watching the premise had  seventeen-year-old couch potato Allen  viewing his life and family as if they  were on a television program using his  remote to switch between different  scenes in his life the series lasted one  episode in 1989  though a review from the Los Angeles  Times praised the production for its  comedic value regardless of the  potential that could have been there the  show was canned and as anyone can see it  didn't help Eddie Murphy's career that  much

 

 

you're in the picture

number two you're in the picture on  the evening of john f kennedy's  inauguration jackie gleason at a crew  that included Johnny Olsen and Dennis  James put on you're in the picture a  game show that Gleason thought would  define his versatility to the public  what it wound up doing in the end was  forcing the former honeymooner to  apologize for an atrocious attempt at  televised entertainment the game show  had a panel of four celebrity guests  sticking their heads and a life-sized  illustration of a famous scene they  would then ask Gleason yes-or-no  questions to determine what scene they  were in it's not an entirely impossible  gimmick to pull off as the improv comedy  show whose line is it anyway pulled it  off without a hitch with their news  flash segment but Gleason and Cruz  simply couldn't get it to stick two  episodes of you're in the picture were  filmed but only one was aired

 

turn-on

number one  turn-on Edie friendly known for being  the creator of Little House on the  Prairie had at one point tried his hand  at a sketch comedy in February of 1969  the sketch comedy show  turn on aired and turned heads across  America with risque punchlines and an  overt sexuality only one episode aired  and certain parts of the country didn't  even make it through that first episode  Cleveland Ohio's W EWS TV let the  episode air for 11 minutes before  turning it off entirely the adult nature  of the show left a bad taste in the  station immediately but that's a full 11  minutes longer than other stations  stations in Portland Oregon and Seattle  Washington chose not to air the episode