TV Programs Which Are Good but not of the Highest Caliber
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- CreatorJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsDavid DavisStarsValerie HarperJulie KavnerLorenzo MusicIn this spin-off of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Rhoda Morgenstern leaves best pal Mary Richards and her other friends in Minneapolis, Minn., to try her luck in Manhattan.This series started out pretty funny but when Rhoda got divorced it started to get depressing, not a great feature in a sitcom...
- CreatorNeal MarlensStarsAlan ThickeJoanna KernsKirk CameronThe misadventures of a family with a home business father and a journalist mother.Moderately funny, sometimes a little corny...
- CreatorDick ClairHoward LeedsJerry MayerStarsLisa WhelchelKim FieldsMindy CohnMrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.This show may have run a little bit too long, started to get boring after awhile...
- CreatorRobert GetchellStarsLinda LavinVic TaybackBeth HowlandThe misadventures and trials of an aspiring singer and her co-workers at a greasy-spoon diner.The first two seasons are funny....
- StarsBrandi PassanteJarrod SchulzLaura DotsonThe same folks gather at the sales of storage units that have been abandoned by their renters. Having no clue what's inside, there are just enough instances where the buyers hit pay dirt to keep them, as well as the TV audience, addicted.Interesting sometimes, sometimes boring, depends on what they find.
- StarsAllen Lee HaffClinton 'Ton' JonesLaura SoaresAuction Hunters, Allen Haff and Ton Jones, travel America bidding on unclaimed storage units they think will contain the most hidden treasure - worth big cash - the better the history the higher the price.Sometimes they find some very cool stuff and those are the best episodes.
- CreatorJohn GrayStarsJennifer Love HewittDavid ConradCamryn ManheimMelinda Gordon, a newly married woman, possesses the gift of communicating with the dead. With her best friend Andrea's assistance, she helps the earthbound spirits to find peace and cross over.The writing went from pretty good to sort of dull after a few seasons..
- CreatorSherry CobenStarsSusan Saint JamesJane CurtinFrederick KoehlerTwo divorced mothers and their children share an apartment.Jane Curtin was the only thing about this show that was funny.
- CreatorChristopher GoreStarsCarlo ImperatoGene Anthony RayDebbie AllenThe stories of the students and faculty of the New York City High School for the Performing Arts.Debbie Allen was my favorite part of this show...
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsRyan O'NealTatum O'NealMadeline KahnDuring the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.Mildly entertaining...
- CreatorJames L. BrooksStarsLloyd HaynesDenise NicholasMichael ConstantineTeacher Pete Dixon tries to teach the students at Walt Whitman High to be tolerant. He's assisted by girlfriend and school counselor, Liz and student teacher (later teacher) Alice. The students love him.Sometimes the writing was good, not always...
- CreatorBruce PaltrowStarsKen HowardKevin HooksByron StewartA white former NBA professional retires from the pro game and gets a job as a basketball coach in a predominantly Black inner-city high school.Ken Howard was good in this, his supporting cast was mediocre...
- CreatorFran DrescherPrudence FraserPeter Marc JacobsonStarsFran DrescherCharles ShaughnessyDaniel DavisAfter being fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, a cosmetics saleswoman becomes the nanny to the three children of a rich English widower. As time passes, the two fall for each other.Pretty funny but a little tiresome by the end...
- CreatorRobert A. CinaderHarold Jack BloomStarsRandolph MantoothKevin TigheJulie LondonThe crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.Loved this show when I was a kid. Looks cheesy now, but back then it was cutting edge...
- CreatorAnn DonahueCarol MendelsohnAnthony E. ZuikerStarsDavid CarusoEmily ProcterAdam RodriguezAn elite unit, led by an ex-homicide cop, which is linked to the Miami-Dade Police Department, uses all possible resources and skills at their disposal to solve complex crimes in cross-cultural Miami.It became repetitive and tedious, an endless loop of itself. Maybe the writers just gave up, who knows...
- CreatorGardner FoxStarsDanny DarkCasey KasemOlan SouleThe greatest of the DC Comics superheroes work together to uphold the good with the help of some young proteges.Fun Saturday morning memory...
- CreatorWhitney BlakeNorman LearAllan ManingsStarsBonnie FranklinPat Harrington Jr.Valerie BertinelliThe misadventures of a divorced mother, her family and their building superintendent in Indianapolis.Good show, not a great one...
- CreatorWilford Lloyd BaumesStarsGavin MacLeodBernie KopellTed LangeThe romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.Watch it for the camp and the great scenery, it's not really highbrow theater...
- CreatorMike EvansNorman LearEric MonteStarsJa'net DuBoisRalph CarterBernNadette StanisA poor family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects.Dy-no-mite was funny for about two seasons, after the dad died, it got really awful...
- CreatorFrank LupoStarsFred DryerStepfanie KramerCharles HallahanRick Hunter is a renegade cop who bends the rules and takes justice into his own hands. Partnered with the equally stunning and rebellious Sgt. McCall, he sets out to crack down on L.A.'s slimiest criminals.Not my favorite cop show ever, but very reminiscent of the 1980s.
- CreatorDon NichollMichael RossBernard WestStarsJohn RitterJoyce DeWittSuzanne SomersThe misadventures of two women and one man living in one apartment and their neighbors.John Ritter was really funny, not as good as Dick Van Dyke but close...
- CreatorBill CosbyStarsBill CosbyGerald EdwardsLou ScheimerThe educational adventures of a group of Afro-American inner city kids.Fun cartoon, brings back good childhood memories...
- CreatorGeorge W. TrendleGeorge W. GeorgeStarsJay SilverheelsClayton MooreJohn HartThe adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.Very campy and fun to watch...
- CreatorPaul HenningStarsBuddy EbsenDonna DouglasIrene RyanA nouveau-riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways.This was sort of a goofy show, but sometimes goofy is fun...
- CreatorBernard SladeStarsShirley JonesDavid CassidySusan DeyThe humorous adventures of a family of pop musicians.C'mon get happy....
- CreatorIan BrennanBrad FalchukRyan MurphyStarsLea MicheleJane LynchMatthew MorrisonA group of ambitious misfits try to escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a glee club headed by a passionate Spanish teacher.Good singing
- CreatorCarter BaysCraig ThomasStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersA father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.I'm getting bored, how DID he meet their mother???
- CreatorPhilip DeGuere Jr.StarsJameson ParkerGerald McRaneyMary CarverTwo brothers of disparate tastes and manners run a private detective agency.This was borderline really good, but still just good...
- CreatorTammy AderWhoopi GoldbergStarsRosa BlasiJenifer LewisJosh CoxxTough female doctors treat an exclusively female clientele at the Rittenhouse Women's Clinic, tackling female-centric issues and trying to make the world a better place in a male-dominated society.I loved Janine Turner in this show, she's a good actress! The rest of the cast was okay.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsMandy PatinkinAdam ArkinHector ElizondoThe lives and trials of the staff of a major hospital in Chicago.This was a good hospital show, not great but a solid good...
- CreatorIvan GoffBen RobertsStarsKate JacksonFarrah FawcettJaclyn SmithA wealthy mystery man named Charlie runs a detective agency via a speakerphone and his personal assistant, John Bosley. His detectives are three beautiful women, who end up in a variety of difficult situations.This is good because of the campy 70s nostalgia. The stories were very predictable.
- CreatorWilliam BickleyRobert L. BoyettThomas L. MillerStarsReginald VelJohnsonJaleel WhiteDarius McCraryThe Winslow family deals with various misadventures, many of them caused by their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel.Steve Urkel was hilarious and it was a charming show...
- CreatorChris DowneyJohn RogersStarsTimothy HuttonGina BellmanChristian KaneA crew of high-tech crooks attempt to steal from wealthy criminals and corrupt businessmen.The writing could use a little more tweaking, but still good show..
- CreatorMichael JacobsApril KellyStarsBen SavageRider StrongWilliam DanielsAn adolescent with two siblings tests his various theories about life as he endures the trials of growing up alongside a good friend.Ben Savage was cute in this, but sometimes it got a little mopey, not a good thing in a sitcom.
- CreatorGabe KaplanAlan SacksPeter MeyersonStarsGabe KaplanRon PalilloJohn TravoltaA compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of trouble making kids.You got to hand it to Gabe Kaplan. One of the dumbest shows ever and he still made money. John Travolta kept it going with his popularity.
- CreatorDavid LittMichael J. WeithornStarsKevin JamesLeah ReminiJerry StillerDeliveryman Doug Heffernan has a good life: He has a pretty wife (Carrie), a big television, and friends with which to watch it. Then Carrie's goofy, annoying father Arthur moves in with them.This show started out really funny, then slowly the air began to leak out of it...
- CreatorJames DuffStarsKyra SedgwickJ.K. SimmonsCorey ReynoldsDeputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson runs the Priority Homicide Division of the LAPD with an unorthodox style. Her innate ability to read people and obtain confessions helps her and her team solve the city's toughest, most sensitive cases.The lead actress had THE most fake southern accent I have ever heard, and I can say that, I am a native of Atlanta GA.
- CreatorMark EllisStephanie MorgensternStarsHugh DillonAmy Jo JohnsonDavid PaetkauThe missions and trials of a Toronto police tactical unit.Canadian show about some cops who get in a lot of dangerous situations.
- CreatorHugh WilsonStarsGary SandyGordon JumpLoni AndersonThe misadventures of the staff of a struggling Top 40 rock radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.Pretty funny for at least two seasons, then ok...
- CreatorMichael EliasRich EustisStarsWilliam G. SchillingJeannetta ArnetteDan FrischmanA laidback teacher provides needed guidance about life for a special class of exceptional students.This show was sometimes good, mostly so-so. It was fun when they went to Russia.
- CreatorNorman LearStarsBea ArthurBill MacyConrad Bain"All In The Family" spin-off centered around Edith's cousin, Maude Findlay, a liberal, independent woman living in Tuckahoe, New York.A show that had good one liners from Bea Arthur, and yet the subject matter was way too depressing for a sitcom.
- CreatorJames KomackStarsJack AlbertsonScatman CrothersFreddie PrinzeThe relationship between a cranky old mechanic and a twentysomething Chicano.Freddie Prinze was pretty funny....
- CreatorRick HuskyStarsWilliam ShatnerHeather LocklearAdrian ZmedThe weekly adventures of tough-as-nails veteran police officer Sgt. T.J. Hooker, who rides the beat with his rookie partner Vince Romano.Heather Locklear was what, 17? William Shatner, gotta hand it to the guy. He turned a marginal talent into a great living.
- StarsChuck ConnorsJohnny CrawfordPaul FixThe adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.Fun to watch for the fancy shooting...
- CreatorA.I. BezzeridesLouis F. EdelmanStarsRichard LongPeter BreckLee MajorsThe Wild West adventures of the Barkley family in California's San Joaquin Valley.Western I watched as a kid. Kinda cheesy...
- CreatorJeff FranklinStarsBob SagetJohn StamosDave CoulierA widowed sportscaster raises his three daughters with assistance from his rock and roll brother-in-law and madcap best friend.Cute show, my kids liked it...
- CreatorMark McCorkleBob SchooleyStarsChristy Carlson RomanoWill FriedleNancy CartwrightA high school cheerleader and her clumsy best friend balance their duties as global crime-fighters with the typical challenges of adolescence.Disney show that my kids were crazy about, many happy hours spent watching...
- CreatorRon LeavittMichael G. MoyeStarsEd O'NeillChristina ApplegateKatey SagalAl is the quintessential working class dad. Peggy, his wife, always wants more from him. With their children, they go through the highs and lows of ordinary life.At least half the time it was pretty hilarious...
- CreatorDan HarmonStarsJoel McHaleDanny PudiDonald GloverA suspended lawyer is forced to enroll in a community college with an eccentric staff and student body.Joel McHale is funny...
- CreatorMartin CohanBlake HunterStarsTony DanzaJudith LightAlyssa MilanoTony Micelli, a retired baseball player, becomes the housekeeper of Angela Bower, an advertising executive in New York. Together they raise their kids, Samantha Micelli and Jonathan Bower, with help from Mona Robinson, Angela's man-crazy mother.Cute family show...
- CreatorJeff DavisStarsKirsten VangsnessMatthew Gray GublerA.J. CookA group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) using behavioral analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and find the suspect known as the unsub.A show based on closed case files from the FBI. VERY disturbing when you realize there were actually people like this walking around free. I hope they are all still locked up.
- CreatorAdam ReedStarsH. Jon BenjaminJudy GreerAmber NashCovert black ops and espionage take a back seat to zany personalities and relationships between secret agents and drones.Really raunchy, half the time it's pretty funny, the other half is just too filthy to repeat.
- CreatorRichard AppelMike HenrySeth MacFarlaneStarsMike HenrySanaa LathanKevin Michael RichardsonCleveland Brown moves back to his hometown in Virginia, where he finds his high school sweetheart and her two troublemaking kids.This one did well for a couple of seasons, but then it just went downhill. It deserved to be cancelled.
- CreatorElwood ReidBjörn SteinMeredith StiehmStarsDemián BichirDiane KrugerThomas M. WrightTwo detectives work together to take down a serial killer operating on both sides of the Texas-Chihuahua border.This one is interesting for the mystery, but also has a very dark depressing feel, more so than most cop shows. Very graphic.
- CreatorBlanche HanalisStarsMelissa GilbertMichael LandonKaren GrassleThe life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.This show was good, never great, and the end was a little tedious.
- CreatorSheldon LeonardAaron RubenDanny ThomasStarsAndy GriffithRon HowardDon KnottsWidower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.Homespun country humor with the slapstick stylings of the great Don Knotts. The lady who played Aunt Bee won an Emmy, nice!
- CreatorPaul HenningStarsEdgar BuchananLinda HenningBea BenaderetThe misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville.This show had too much corny humor to be great. I think a lot of men watched it because there were a lot of hot young girls in the cast.
- CreatorLoren BouchardJim DauteriveStarsH. Jon BenjaminDan MintzEugene MirmanBob Belcher runs a struggling burger shop with his wife and three children.This is kinda funny, not rolling on the floor funny...
- CreatorLee AronsohnChuck LorreStarsJon CryerAshton KutcherAngus T. JonesA hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.This show started out funny, now it's just tedious.
- CreatorElizabeth MeriwetherStarsZooey DeschanelJake JohnsonMax GreenfieldAfter a bad break-up, Jess, an offbeat young woman, moves into an apartment loft with three single men. Although they find her behavior very unusual, the men support her - most of the time.Not the funniest show I ever saw, but Zoe Deschanel is interesting enough that I keep watching.
- DirectorTom PatchettStarsMax WrightAnne SchedeenAndrea ElsonAlien life form Gordon Shumway crash lands into the garage of the Tanner family. The Tanners call him "ALF" decide to keep his presence a secret so that the U.S. Government will not take away the space being and subject him to experiments.ALF was the only funny character, but he was pretty funny!
- CreatorMort LachmanSy RosenStarsNell CarterLara Jill MillerKari MichaelsenNell agrees to look after the Kanisky's home, as a special favor to her dying friend, and takes on the role of housekeeper to widowed police chief Carl and a parental figure to his three teenage daughters, and eventually a foster son.The parts where Nell Carter sang or told any jokes were really great, the rest was just good.
- CreatorJeff EastinStarsDaniel SunjataAaron TveitVanessa FerlitoA rookie FBI agent is sent to a house for undercover agents in Southern California, where he is trained by a former legend FBI agent.The subject matter is a little dark and depressing for me. If you like dark and depressing stories, the acting is good enough that you would love it.
- CreatorBrian CookeJohnnie MortimerStarsRichard O'SullivanPaula WilcoxSally ThomsettSitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.Oddly enough, this show was the show Three's Company was a spinoff from. Three's Company was much better, but with John Ritter, how could it fail?
- CreatorStephen J. CannellStarsWilliam KattConnie SelleccaRobert CulpA teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control.If this show had better writers I feel it could have been renewed for more seasons. Enjoyed what little there was.
- CreatorFrederick KohnerStarsSally FieldDon PorterLynette WinterGidget is a bright, winsome fifteen-and-a-half year old California teenager.Based on a book written by a Hollywood screenwriter about his fun loving teenage daughter. Sally Field was very cute in this, her first TV leading role.
- CreatorSam DenoffBill PerskyStarsJoby BakerRonnie SchellJulie ParrishFollows David and Larry. Dave is happily married, while Larry thinks of himself as a ladies' man.A one season wonder. A cute show about two guys who do a radio show together.
- CreatorGene LevittStarsRicardo MontalbanHervé VillechaizeWendy SchaalThe mysterious Mr. Roarke runs a unique resort island in the Pacific Ocean that can fulfill any fantasy, but they rarely turn out as expected.Part of the appeal of this show was the never ending parade of glamourous guest stars. Ricardo Montalban wasn't bad either.
- CreatorFred BarronMarco PennetteDottie Dartland ZicklinStarsLea ThompsonMalcolm GetsAmy PietzCaroline Duffy is a successful cartoonist in Manhattan, whose eclectic friends are sometimes the subjects of her comic strip.Adorable show starring the very likeable Lea Thompson. Did very well but still cancelled after four seasons.
- CreatorRichard C. OkieEarl PomerantzJohn G. StephensStarsGerald McRaneyShanna ReedNicole DubucA hard-nosed, conservative Marine impulsively proposes to the liberal reporter doing a story on him and agrees to help her raise her three daughters.
- CreatorBruce HelfordKevin JamesRock ReubenStarsKevin JamesTaylor SpreitlerRyan CartwrightA retired police officer is on a fresh career path as he rises to the challenge of being a newly single dad. His kids are grateful to him for making sure they're okay, but decide it's time for him to get out of the house, so they turn to Vanessa (Leah Remini), his former police partner, for help.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimPhil KlemmerStarsCaity LotzAmy Louise PembertonDominic PurcellTime-traveling rogue Rip Hunter must recruit a ragtag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time.