If I'm going by how I interpreted the title, this IMO some of the most popular TV shows in US History. (not my favorites list) Simpsons Friends Seinfeld X-Files Cosby Show Full House Cheers
Deceptive title->topic reminds me of Millennial driven click-bait articles that either follows the bait and switch or has title ending with a question mark which almost always with an answer of no.
The Simpsons - I liked it 20 years or so ago, but nobody I know even watches it. It has been horrible when I've tried to watch it. Game of Thrones - I'm watching the whole thing, finally on season 3, but way too many storylines (often awful ones). Reality TV - I watched last few episodes of the first Survivor, and some of the 2nd one, but I've hated pretty much any other reality series I've ever watched. Aqua Teen Hunger Force/Annoying Orange - Awful shows, though they don't really count as very popular. Law & Order (and spin-offs/similar crime dramas) - I don't hate every episode, but I just can't get into those shows. They don't make me want to watch the next episode because it will have nothing to do with the previous ones, so I've got no hook to keep watching.
Didn't care for: Lost Game of Thrones Justified Breaking Bad Sons of Anarchy Family Guy Boardwalk Empire It's always Sunny in Philadelphia Did I miss any?
Seinfield (not that i disliked it, I just didn't think it was much better than many other sitcoms) Entouage Lost 30 Rock Reality TV Basically every procedural except Bones, which I like for some reason.
You said that as if the show was so obviously bad. _______ Due to other obligations, I haven't watched many shows over the last 10 years Sopranos Lost Reality shows Sunny Philly etc The only show I can say I really hated was FULL HOUSE Bob Saget is a puss, Jesse saying "have mercy", the constant "ahhhhh" when the Olsen twins appeared. The entire show was b-made. I was almost forced to watch that crap back in the day.
This x 1,000,000. Garbage show. Will never get over its wild popularity. As atrocious as the writing was, the acting was comically worse.
Seinfeld was about boomer and Jewish guilt about lacking the hardships, decisiveness, productivity or principles their parents had; and remaining selfish and isolated in New York despite it's relative safety and prosperity since the '70s. Curbed was more broadly about grown adults being petty and bitter despite their immense wealth, enjoyable jobs, relative popularity and free time in a comfortable and laid back city.
For some reason I very closely associate that show with trips to Disney World, and the Beach Boys. But Lori Loughlin was hot, in the same way that Lynn girl from Alf was.
Tim Allen had been a headlining comic for two or three years or so before Home Improvement premiered, so between MTV's Half Hour Comedy Hour, One Night Stand and Gary Kroeger's Comic Strip Live I'd seen enough of "men are pigs" and that idiotic grunting to not want to watch the show. This was at a time when I considered Step by Step and Coach appointment viewing. Ironically enough I can't get enough of Last Man Standing.
There were times when Friends felt like a grown up version of Saved by the Bell, especially with some of the dreadful studio audience reactions. The writing and character development did improve as other networks tried to copy the show, and then as sitcoms were almost completely abandoned in the early '00s. It did also indirectly lay the groundwork for Will & Grace and a broader mainstreaming of LGBT characters and parts on television. It was still impressive that the cast willingly stuck together and aligned their monetary interests, while the network didn't sabotage Aniston's film career like they almost did Pierce Brosnan's.
