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shows so bad they were cancelled after
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content for this list we’re ranking the
television programs that were either so
poorly received or ignored altogether
that they didn’t get another chance on
the air some of these programs might
have already had other episodes produced
and then made available after the fact
but all of them were canceled after
their respective pilots hit the small
screen entering them into the annals of
embarrassing television history number
10 the Hasselhoff’s I’ve been called a
lot of names in my
one of these the most of me now dad we
open our list with a bit of fudge as
this 2010 reality show actually aired
back-to-back episodes during its
premiere before getting the axe the
Hasselhoff’s was an attempt by A&E to
create a reality hit following former
Knight Rider star David Hasselhoff and
his family I’m just a regular dad trying
to raise two kids and I’m tearing my
hair out just like everybody else
only 718 thousand viewers tuned in to
watch the pilot however while the
subsequent episode dropped the numbers
down even further to just over 500,000
the series was canceled and David
Hasselhoff never did anything again we
are kidding obviously as the Hoff
continues to appear in just about any
aspect of pop culture that will have him
hey this is who we are I’m proud of
these girls and they’re fantastic
Glenn Frey was a part-time actor but a
full-time musician and was inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a
founding member of the Eagles
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but forget Fame shame is perhaps a
better word to describe fries 1993
series south of Sunset which only
mustered up one episode before
cancellation to be fair audiences on the
west coast didn’t even get a chance to
see much of the show as its debut was
largely preempted by news coverage of
the Malibu wildfires
this didn’t stop south of sunsets fate
however leaving the for other filmed
episodes unseen until they were
broadcast years later on vh1 number 8
lawless the NFL career of Brian Bosworth
may have been something of a bust but
that didn’t stop the former all-american
from trying his hand at acting the Boz
scored something of a cult hit with the
1991 action flick stone cold but still
couldn’t resonate with the mainstream
Wallace was an attempt at rectifying
this and featured Bosworth as a
special-forces off who solves crimes and
rides a Harley on South Beach if this
premise sounds flimsy and generic that’s
because it is and lawless only got its
pilot episode out the door before its
demise the Boz continues to act though
so don’t feel too bad for him number 7
secret talents of the stars so welcome
everyone
the secret talents of the star secret
talents of the stars was an attempt to
replicate the runaway success of the
celebrity competition show Dancing with
the Stars but ended up a disaster the
show was set up in a similar fashion to
its touchstone with celebrities
competing against each other in a talent
show of sorts each week viewers at home
would have been able to vote forward
their favorites while three judges would
add in their own commentary as to who
should stay and who should go secret
talents of the stars was the one to go
however and didn’t even get to air
another episode before getting the axe
all right America
we’re just getting warmed up number 6
Emily’s reasons why not he works in this
office actually and he is an expert in a
little martial art I like to call
Brazilian jiu-jitsu millions of dollars
reportedly went into the promotion of
Emily’s reasons why not a hopeful hit
that hinged upon its star Heather Graham
and that molded itself as ABC’s take on
HBO’s popular Sex in the City
franchise unfortunately the pilot
episode which was chock-a-block with gay
stereotypes and stale humor bombed in
the ratings department and was cancelled
you guessed it after airing just one
episode very gay behavior
Emily’s reasons why not did live on
afterwards however as all seven of the
show’s filmed episodes were eventually
aired in other countries and released on
DVD in 2012
maybe you should go number five you’re
in the picture it’s a very simple game
and as soon as I explain it to you I
know you’ll catch on immediately our
next entry proves that sometimes you
just gotta roll with the punches and
make lemonade out of some damn lemons
you’re in the picture was a disastrous
attempt at a game show hosted by the
honeymooner star Jackie Gleason which
was axed after its first episode Gleason
owned up to it though and appeared in
the following weeks time slot with a
half-hour apology complete with live
commercials I’m telling you friends that
it would make the h-bomb look like a to
win solo strangely enough the apology
received better ratings and Gleason was
allowed to replace you’re in the picture
with the Jackie Gleason show an
interview program that filled out his
contractual obligations for the network
number for the will never seen a movie
where a bunch of sleazy relatives are
competing and conspiring against one
another to win a huge inheritance ever
wanted to see that scenario in a reality
show setting no well neither do we
that’s probably why the will was such a
notorious bomb when it debuted in 2005
the show centered around a group of
people vying to inherit a Kansas ranch
from the benefactor the usual
backstabbing and drama ensued
only this time marinated in the sort of
bad taste one might expect from a
premise this stupid thankfully the will
qualified for our list though some of
its banked episodes later aired i mean
isn’t our self-respect worth more than
any inheritance number three co-ed fever
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this sitcoms concept was an all-girls
College going co-ed and was a bald-faced
attempt at replicating the big-screen
success of National Lampoon’s Animal
House for a television audience thing is
it barely had a chance to get out of the
starting gate feels so good to drop a
book and have someone in pants pick it
up and hand it back to me with his phone
number written all over the inside cover
it aired its sole episode pepperoni
passion as a special preview on February
4th 1979 but was then cancelled even
before it could start airing on its
scheduled night co-ed fever was
eventually put to good use though as its
dorm set was eventually adapted for the
facts of life
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number two turn on this one was ahead of
its time
turn on was a surreal sketch comedy show
that made history by being the only
series to be canceled partway into its
pilot episode yeah you heard right the
show was created by the folks behind
Rowan & Martin’s laugh-in but was yanked
due to its psychedelic approach wild
synthesizer music and body sexual humor
was wonderful and he fights me the big
one today it’s known as one of the
biggest critical and commercial bombs in
history although it’s blinking you
missed it existence serves as a
tantalizing example of what could have
been for fans of transgressive comedy
canceled in New York and when it got to
Ohio they shut it off after 15 minutes
before we named our number one pick here
are some honorable poor is that
dishonorable mentions I just heard this
is a record audience for channel 9 about
160 more than the room is supposed to
hold it’s a fire you’re all gonna die
she made the decision and I accepted it
so she wanted to keep me honestly
we got insulted by some teenage drinkers
those heartless taunting louses number
one heil honey I’m home hi oh honey me
file this one under what the hell were
they thinking well the intention behind
the British Heil honey I’m home was to
satirize what the creature saw as stupid
and stalked cliches of the typical
American sitcom the results however
featured Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun as a
desi and Lucy Sirte couple who lived
next door to a Jewish family the
Goldstein’s you wanted to get out that
adolf hitler insults his neighbors relax
complaints were swift with many accusing
the show of trivializing hitler in the
holocaust despite the existence of other
world war two parodies like Hogan’s
Heroes the show was immediately
cancelled although it has been reported
that other filmed episodes do exist
somewhere out in the midst of bad taste
look at my outfit I’m just one of the
boys I’m a real fun guy
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