[Music]
this again well just when I thought he
couldn’t possibly be a better assistant
he goes and throws on the Stars and
Stripes bandana welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten overused TV show ideas I
think does tremendously awesome be able
to choose from 20 girls for this list
we’ll be looking at TV premises that
feel overplayed we’re not saying that
shows in these genres are bad just that
we’ve seen an awful lot of them he
almost died today yeah I almost died
today number 10
paranormal serial dramas what I can do
has nothing to do with chatting with
ghosts you nitwit take an otherwise
normal group of people and a relatively
ordinary setting add in ghosts aliens
and superpowers and you have yourself a
paranormal serial drama you’re not going
back out there I’m not gonna let you go
back out there what are you talking it
has to end sometime that time is now
shows like the x-files have been able to
gain a cult following
by getting viewers obsessed with finding
answers behind the show’s mysteries with
some believing them to be a secret
fountain of real-world knowledge you
find the UFO he won’t be able to deny
the truth sometimes the answers are
satisfying other times they leave the
viewer feeling angry and underwhelmed
all you have to do is stop time before I
cut off his head and then sometimes like
in the case of Netflix’s between they
leave viewers bored of asking the same
old questions seems like we have a
problem with so many TV shows dealing
with the paranormal out there it’s
become harder and harder to come up with
a unique mythology which can make new
shows seem stale so you have
conversations with them like they’re
your pals sure all the time sometimes
you even play chess
number 9 reality singing competitions
welcome America to the code
Theater we have made it when American
Idol first aired in 2002 it was a huge
deal even though the world had already
seen Star Search and star quality a I
was able to engage viewers with its hit
or miss auditions entertaining judges
and the fun of getting to vote for your
favorite singer unfortunately idols
overwhelming success led to a lot of
copycats that were essentially the same
thing but with an added gimmicky twist
[Music]
sometimes the show’s caught on like with
the voice other shows such as superstar
USA whose twist was to find America’s
worst singer did not we lied to you I
only said you were a great save with so
many singing competitions the talent
became too dispersed leading to a
decline in quality although bad singing
beats bad dancing any day
Jeff thought you had a style of your own
and I said ah you do cuz no one else
would want it darlin
number eight courtroom dramas where are
they what are you offering a chance to
do the right thing for Melanie something
you’ve never done her entire life the
protagonist in this genre is usually an
intense and passionate lawyer fighting
for legal justice in an unjust world I
did not kill my husband you don’t have
to do this the hard way
typically the courtroom drama involves
the case of the week format with a new
batch of never seen them before
desperately trying to form an emotional
bond with the audience before the
credits roll and if you don’t know that
by now
after all this then I don’t think I
should be the one learning from you
sometimes cases instead form a
season-long arc and you can expect those
ones to deal with hot-button issues like
race sex or drugs this is America boom
not guilty fans of the legal drama may
say the shows are educational but more
often than not they are nothing at all
like a real-life court case I will not
let you turn this proceeding into a joke
with over a thousand episodes of Law &
Order and it’s four spin-offs alone you
could probably make it through law
school and start a practice of your own
before you’d catch up on the franchise
objection that meant that he might
divorce her before he died and left her
millions to McCoy stop the objection is
sustained number seven high school
dramas sucked so bad I was like a fish
flopping around on dry land it doesn’t
matter if the show is Degrassi Glee
Gossip Girl or The OC there are certain
plot points that pretty much every high
school drama has to hit okay to fight
and how to deny it and you can I can’t
do it I’m a nerd who gets bullied will
date someone out of his league another
character will struggle with their
sexuality and yes being the only out gay
kid at the school gets me down a girl
will get pregnant at 16 and have to
decide how she wants to proceed true I
don’t think I can go through with an
abortion oh and you can fully expect
every actor to look more like their xxx
than in their teens with so many cliches
and Hollywood’s obsession with making
teenagers into highschool stereotypes
rather than actual people it’s become
difficult to make any show about average
American teens stand out from the crowd
better not show her face again actually
hoping she will number six groups of
goofy friends sitcoms
what is Monica’s biggest pet peeve
animals dressed as humans that’s correct
have you ever seen that show about the
quirky good-looking friend group in
their 20s or 30s who hang out at the
same place every day and date a lot of
people is that friends or How I Met Your
Mother your Seinfeld no extraneous
comments no questions no compliments I’m
really scared yes these shows might be
hilarious but it’s hard to deny that
they can all feel similar and are light
on plot options we mean could they be
any more repetitive with a limit to
possible storylines and character
conflicts many of these series rely on
great chemistry between the actors and
strong characters like Chandler Bing
Barney Stinson and Kramer to survive I
like this in danger you should have seen
the way they talk to me but this is
easier said than done
which is why so many sitcoms feel like a
poor imitation of Seinfeld and Friends
rather than something new and funny
that’s what they want you to think
number five reality dating shows Here I
am I’m The Bachelor I mean this is
absolutely nuts I never would have
dreamed I’d be in this position I know
like the rest of reality TV dating shows
really took off in the early part of the
2000s with the premiere of The Bachelor
in western ash
lastly I look beautiful thank you very
much how are you feeling the premise
behind the bachelor and the Bachelorette
was simple contestants could compete for
the person of their dreams
television continued to use this idea
but often added a catch for example in
Joe Millionaire all the women competing
thought the bachelor was a millionaire
but he wasn’t what I’m gonna say right
now Mike comes a shot with all the
strange twists and with the bachelors
infamous history of the couple’s
breaking up shortly after the show ends
the dating series have felt less like
reality and more like a script for a
movie you’d find on the Hallmark Channel
my parents said I want something that
lasts forever
number four reality cooking competitions
for one of you this is your last 10
minutes in this competition of all the
entries on this list none has one
distinct face or personality quite like
this one Gordon Ramsay has become the
celebrity face of the reality cooking
competition and you stop tapping okay my
mistake Oh Kim bars almost night without
Ramsay screaming and cursing at
contestants like he does on Hell’s
Kitchen it’s hard to tell any of these
cooking shows apart war chefs three
courses only one chance to win they all
feature aspiring chefs using their
culinary skills to impress judges and
win a cash prize in the end until we
have a show that ends with the food
being delivered to the viewers at home
it’s hard to get really excited about
reality cooking competitions anymore
it’s very telling how you just described
your dessert it didn’t feel like a full
dessert number three medical dramas read
less more TV while a lot of entries on
this list have become big in the last 20
years this genre which seemingly always
centers around a group of young
attractive doctors working at a hospital
has been around since the beginning of
television I’m the doctor
I sew people back together a medical
drama can be successful because the
doctors are so cool and brilliant like
on house how do you know she needs a
heart transplant I got my aura read
today
since someone close to me at a broken
heart other times it can succeed because
the life-or-death situations have
comedic elements like on mash some kind
of good luck charm or something do not
rub on my nose and sometimes like on
Grey’s Anatomy we just like watching
them hook up with each other with so
many medical dramas over the years this
genre needs a defibrillator to help jolt
some life back into it you know it’s
times like these when I get into a
reflective mood and I pause and to think
of how good morning Peter give it to me
quick
number two reality doc you follows the
duck commander getting bigger lately
I’ve decided to hire myself an assistant
this format usually just follows the
personal lives of people with the same
job but sometimes you don’t even need a
job to have a reality show this is all
wait for right here for them to issue
these little pieces of paper so we go
fishing it doesn’t matter if they’re a
group of duck hunters fishermen bounty
hunters wealthy socialites or even child
beauty pageant contestants odds are
there is some type of reality show about
them I’m Ilana I’m six and I’m a beauty
queen from Heidi Montag to honey boo boo
to the Kardashians many have accused
these programs of destroying the notion
that you have to be talented in order to
be famous oh my god are you so excited
for Vienna I’m so excited and it’s
because of these pseudo celebrities that
some are finding it increasingly hard to
take any more reality TV shows that
follow so-called
uninspired characters looking for
attention I mean I have learned so much
here uh-huh
before we get to our top pick here are
some honorable mentions 16 strangers
forced to band together carve out a new
totally accountable for their actions
they must learn to adapt when they’re
voted off it was inexcusable Peter and
still we may never be able to arrive in
the car again
turn off the windshield wipers they
don’t work they’re just making it worse
he’s not your friend why would you not
pay him for the 20 even if we’re not
talking down time he was still involved
in your business number one cop dramas
we need you to track the drugs that
can’t be emulated with over-the-counter
drugs and can only be dispensed by a
pharmacist and you need to do it quickly
four yet doesn’t stay in one place very
long to be fair
pretty much every channel on cable is
guilty of having at least one cop drama
in their lineup although no channel is
quite as guilty as the CBS network your
boss Bertram is a criminal makes sense
that you might be one too
The Mentalist Criminal Minds and CSI to
name only a few have all aired on the
station to unbelievable success but
after a while they all seem to run
together like I said I’ve wrestled her
off me but I never ever laid a hand on
her although we admit there have been
some really great ones including
critically acclaimed hits like the
shield and the wire I put the police on
is holy but with hundreds of shows
already made about cops it’s hard to see
how writers can find anything new to say
about or anything new to do with the
boys in blue ronald everett Gardocki
you’re under arrest for what the last
three years do you agree with our list
which TV show ideas do you think are the
most overused you’re gonna find the best
person out there to cut off my breasts
for more original top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com let’s watch The Brady
Bunch
[Music]
Oh
this again well just when I thought he
couldn’t possibly be a better assistant
he goes and throws on the Stars and
Stripes bandana welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten overused TV show ideas I
think does tremendously awesome be able
to choose from 20 girls for this list
we’ll be looking at TV premises that
feel overplayed we’re not saying that
shows in these genres are bad just that
we’ve seen an awful lot of them he
almost died today yeah I almost died
today number 10
paranormal serial dramas what I can do
has nothing to do with chatting with
ghosts you nitwit take an otherwise
normal group of people and a relatively
ordinary setting add in ghosts aliens
and superpowers and you have yourself a
paranormal serial drama you’re not going
back out there I’m not gonna let you go
back out there what are you talking it
has to end sometime that time is now
shows like the x-files have been able to
gain a cult following
by getting viewers obsessed with finding
answers behind the show’s mysteries with
some believing them to be a secret
fountain of real-world knowledge you
find the UFO he won’t be able to deny
the truth sometimes the answers are
satisfying other times they leave the
viewer feeling angry and underwhelmed
all you have to do is stop time before I
cut off his head and then sometimes like
in the case of Netflix’s between they
leave viewers bored of asking the same
old questions seems like we have a
problem with so many TV shows dealing
with the paranormal out there it’s
become harder and harder to come up with
a unique mythology which can make new
shows seem stale so you have
conversations with them like they’re
your pals sure all the time sometimes
you even play chess
number 9 reality singing competitions
welcome America to the code
Theater we have made it when American
Idol first aired in 2002 it was a huge
deal even though the world had already
seen Star Search and star quality a I
was able to engage viewers with its hit
or miss auditions entertaining judges
and the fun of getting to vote for your
favorite singer unfortunately idols
overwhelming success led to a lot of
copycats that were essentially the same
thing but with an added gimmicky twist
[Music]
sometimes the show’s caught on like with
the voice other shows such as superstar
USA whose twist was to find America’s
worst singer did not we lied to you I
only said you were a great save with so
many singing competitions the talent
became too dispersed leading to a
decline in quality although bad singing
beats bad dancing any day
Jeff thought you had a style of your own
and I said ah you do cuz no one else
would want it darlin
number eight courtroom dramas where are
they what are you offering a chance to
do the right thing for Melanie something
you’ve never done her entire life the
protagonist in this genre is usually an
intense and passionate lawyer fighting
for legal justice in an unjust world I
did not kill my husband you don’t have
to do this the hard way
typically the courtroom drama involves
the case of the week format with a new
batch of never seen them before
desperately trying to form an emotional
bond with the audience before the
credits roll and if you don’t know that
by now
after all this then I don’t think I
should be the one learning from you
sometimes cases instead form a
season-long arc and you can expect those
ones to deal with hot-button issues like
race sex or drugs this is America boom
not guilty fans of the legal drama may
say the shows are educational but more
often than not they are nothing at all
like a real-life court case I will not
let you turn this proceeding into a joke
with over a thousand episodes of Law &
Order and it’s four spin-offs alone you
could probably make it through law
school and start a practice of your own
before you’d catch up on the franchise
objection that meant that he might
divorce her before he died and left her
millions to McCoy stop the objection is
sustained number seven high school
dramas sucked so bad I was like a fish
flopping around on dry land it doesn’t
matter if the show is Degrassi Glee
Gossip Girl or The OC there are certain
plot points that pretty much every high
school drama has to hit okay to fight
and how to deny it and you can I can’t
do it I’m a nerd who gets bullied will
date someone out of his league another
character will struggle with their
sexuality and yes being the only out gay
kid at the school gets me down a girl
will get pregnant at 16 and have to
decide how she wants to proceed true I
don’t think I can go through with an
abortion oh and you can fully expect
every actor to look more like their xxx
than in their teens with so many cliches
and Hollywood’s obsession with making
teenagers into highschool stereotypes
rather than actual people it’s become
difficult to make any show about average
American teens stand out from the crowd
better not show her face again actually
hoping she will number six groups of
goofy friends sitcoms
what is Monica’s biggest pet peeve
animals dressed as humans that’s correct
have you ever seen that show about the
quirky good-looking friend group in
their 20s or 30s who hang out at the
same place every day and date a lot of
people is that friends or How I Met Your
Mother your Seinfeld no extraneous
comments no questions no compliments I’m
really scared yes these shows might be
hilarious but it’s hard to deny that
they can all feel similar and are light
on plot options we mean could they be
any more repetitive with a limit to
possible storylines and character
conflicts many of these series rely on
great chemistry between the actors and
strong characters like Chandler Bing
Barney Stinson and Kramer to survive I
like this in danger you should have seen
the way they talk to me but this is
easier said than done
which is why so many sitcoms feel like a
poor imitation of Seinfeld and Friends
rather than something new and funny
that’s what they want you to think
number five reality dating shows Here I
am I’m The Bachelor I mean this is
absolutely nuts I never would have
dreamed I’d be in this position I know
like the rest of reality TV dating shows
really took off in the early part of the
2000s with the premiere of The Bachelor
in western ash
lastly I look beautiful thank you very
much how are you feeling the premise
behind the bachelor and the Bachelorette
was simple contestants could compete for
the person of their dreams
television continued to use this idea
but often added a catch for example in
Joe Millionaire all the women competing
thought the bachelor was a millionaire
but he wasn’t what I’m gonna say right
now Mike comes a shot with all the
strange twists and with the bachelors
infamous history of the couple’s
breaking up shortly after the show ends
the dating series have felt less like
reality and more like a script for a
movie you’d find on the Hallmark Channel
my parents said I want something that
lasts forever
number four reality cooking competitions
for one of you this is your last 10
minutes in this competition of all the
entries on this list none has one
distinct face or personality quite like
this one Gordon Ramsay has become the
celebrity face of the reality cooking
competition and you stop tapping okay my
mistake Oh Kim bars almost night without
Ramsay screaming and cursing at
contestants like he does on Hell’s
Kitchen it’s hard to tell any of these
cooking shows apart war chefs three
courses only one chance to win they all
feature aspiring chefs using their
culinary skills to impress judges and
win a cash prize in the end until we
have a show that ends with the food
being delivered to the viewers at home
it’s hard to get really excited about
reality cooking competitions anymore
it’s very telling how you just described
your dessert it didn’t feel like a full
dessert number three medical dramas read
less more TV while a lot of entries on
this list have become big in the last 20
years this genre which seemingly always
centers around a group of young
attractive doctors working at a hospital
has been around since the beginning of
television I’m the doctor
I sew people back together a medical
drama can be successful because the
doctors are so cool and brilliant like
on house how do you know she needs a
heart transplant I got my aura read
today
since someone close to me at a broken
heart other times it can succeed because
the life-or-death situations have
comedic elements like on mash some kind
of good luck charm or something do not
rub on my nose and sometimes like on
Grey’s Anatomy we just like watching
them hook up with each other with so
many medical dramas over the years this
genre needs a defibrillator to help jolt
some life back into it you know it’s
times like these when I get into a
reflective mood and I pause and to think
of how good morning Peter give it to me
quick
number two reality doc you follows the
duck commander getting bigger lately
I’ve decided to hire myself an assistant
this format usually just follows the
personal lives of people with the same
job but sometimes you don’t even need a
job to have a reality show this is all
wait for right here for them to issue
these little pieces of paper so we go
fishing it doesn’t matter if they’re a
group of duck hunters fishermen bounty
hunters wealthy socialites or even child
beauty pageant contestants odds are
there is some type of reality show about
them I’m Ilana I’m six and I’m a beauty
queen from Heidi Montag to honey boo boo
to the Kardashians many have accused
these programs of destroying the notion
that you have to be talented in order to
be famous oh my god are you so excited
for Vienna I’m so excited and it’s
because of these pseudo celebrities that
some are finding it increasingly hard to
take any more reality TV shows that
follow so-called
uninspired characters looking for
attention I mean I have learned so much
here uh-huh
before we get to our top pick here are
some honorable mentions 16 strangers
forced to band together carve out a new
totally accountable for their actions
they must learn to adapt when they’re
voted off it was inexcusable Peter and
still we may never be able to arrive in
the car again
turn off the windshield wipers they
don’t work they’re just making it worse
he’s not your friend why would you not
pay him for the 20 even if we’re not
talking down time he was still involved
in your business number one cop dramas
we need you to track the drugs that
can’t be emulated with over-the-counter
drugs and can only be dispensed by a
pharmacist and you need to do it quickly
four yet doesn’t stay in one place very
long to be fair
pretty much every channel on cable is
guilty of having at least one cop drama
in their lineup although no channel is
quite as guilty as the CBS network your
boss Bertram is a criminal makes sense
that you might be one too
The Mentalist Criminal Minds and CSI to
name only a few have all aired on the
station to unbelievable success but
after a while they all seem to run
together like I said I’ve wrestled her
off me but I never ever laid a hand on
her although we admit there have been
some really great ones including
critically acclaimed hits like the
shield and the wire I put the police on
is holy but with hundreds of shows
already made about cops it’s hard to see
how writers can find anything new to say
about or anything new to do with the
boys in blue ronald everett Gardocki
you’re under arrest for what the last
three years do you agree with our list
which TV show ideas do you think are the
most overused you’re gonna find the best
person out there to cut off my breasts
for more original top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com let’s watch The Brady
Bunch
[Music]
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