Talkin' 'Bout My Generation: The 10 Biggest Television Fails of the Year
4. My Generation
Television executives, you know better (don't you?) than to premiere a straight-up horrible television series with no redeeming qualities and try to pass it off as cool. From the get-go, My Generation was packed with stereotypes (holler at the rich kid with the BMW and the jock in the varsity jacket!), so much so that the characters were all introduced by stereotype title cards: the Overachiever, the Brain, the Jock, the Punk, the Beauty Queen, the Rich Kid, the Nerd, the Rock Star, the Wallflower and the Filmmaker. Deciding on marketing the series with abominable, laughable subway ads in which each generalized character posed pensively below a cartoon bubble broadcasting their inner monologue was probably a mistake, too. ("Dad, I'm done paying for your mistake," is not something you need to see on the R train.) Fortunately, ABC recognized that viewers were done paying for their mistake and canceled the series less than a month after its premiere.
5. Katy Perry's Busty Disappearing Act on Sesame Street
All she wanted was a playdate with Elmo, but Katy Perry's wardrobe choice -- a yellow caped dress with plunging neckline, which, somehow, seemed fine to producers at the time of filming -- caused mass outrage among parents of Sesame Street's young audience; the singer's segment was quickly pulled from the network. After the fallout, Elmo vowed to schedule another playdate with "Miss Katy," Jason Bateman made sure to keep his shirt buttoned during his own segment with Elmo, and Katy Perry retaliated with a bouncy Saturday Night Live sketch. (Also by enlisting a Simpsons character for oral sex.)
6. Scarlett Johansson's Episode of Saturday Night Live
This season's worst episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by the Iron Man 2 actress was not good for anyone -- not the audience, not the writers, not the cast members -- except for maybe Jane Lynch because her lackluster show was overshadowed by, as Movieline's SNL expert Mike Ryan put it, this startlingly unfunny episode. On the bright side, at least Arcade Fire made the episode watchable...for a few minutes.
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Sorry Ms Miller, but your post should have been titled "Television's One Big Fail and Nine Unremarkable Decisions A Few Of Us Didn't Like."
I consider it a 'win' anytime that hack singer Perry is pulled off the airwaves.
I don't think Lee Dewyze was the best winner ever, but his personal style of music and studio product is light years better than his "live" performing. The problem with the other contestents? Crystal is coffee shop retro, but a fine artist who will get a good, but small niche following. Casey wasn't much of a singer, and it seems the depth of his ambition is a "bar band upgrade" to a better payday where he is featured at what he is really good at - lead guitar and looking fine. I liked Didi Benami but she has a thin voice, narrow range. Michael Lynche is a 300 lb falsetto singing "soul-love" merchant and no one wants to buy.
The two best singing talents, IMO, Aaron Kelly and Siobhan Magnus were simply NOT ready when they competed. Both have remarkable voices but need polishing. Their range and power actually makes it harder to sing errorless and gloss over weaknesses than someone that sings in a narrow range.
Aaron at 16 is actually more set in his path than poor Siobhan at 20 - who is resisting being in a music niche and has film, stage, art, and graphics talent and interests. The next 4 years will find Aaron and Siobhan growing by leaps and bounds. Both have great futures as performers, IMO.
Parks and Recreations being removed from the air so Community would seem better without the comparison. Oh, and the fact that this plan.
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Well you may think that Lee Dewyze was nothing special but that did not stop the Cook fans for going on the attack. Anyone getting more ink than their guy becomes an instant and constant target.
Funny that anyone would still use those stale arguments of niche artist or bar singer. Especially when Crystal is now in line to sell more albums then Lee, obviously Lee was more of a niche artist then her seeing as he isn't able to sell more albums, and Casey James has been signed by Sony Nashville, obviously Sony see something more then a bar singer. He will most likely also sell more albums then Lee.
1. Parks and Rec was pulled off because its ratings weren't that good.
2. Parks and Rec was pulled off to make room for the atrocious Outsourced, which NBC thinks will be a hit.
3. Community is just as good as Parks and Rec.
4. Community is awesome.
I would add The Good Guys being moved to the friday night dumping ground and then canceled as a very big fail. And then fox failing to move it over to FX as an even bigger one.
How is Palin a fail when she nearly won you dumb left wing nut?
Go back in your hole you agenda pushing dolt