Film/TV May 14, 2013 at 1:56 pm

Which Fox TV Series Looks Worse?

Paul Constant
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Paul you done broked ya own survey
The CHZA on May 14, 2013 at 2:01 PM Report this
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You may be cooking the poll a bit, what with only one option being presented.
Warren Terra on May 14, 2013 at 2:02 PM Report this
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Now that I've watched the trailers: Sleepy Hollow looks like a bad, dumb show. There are lots of those. Dads looks like it makes me regret the human species.
Warren Terra on May 14, 2013 at 2:08 PM Report this
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They're both crap, but Sleepy Hollow is good-natured crap. And at least it's funny.
Prettybetsy on May 14, 2013 at 2:08 PM Report this
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Dads... just.... and.... like... you guys don't even know... it's regressive on all fronts, even video games.
Fenrox on May 14, 2013 at 2:10 PM Report this
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This is even better with only one button. But seriously, it's Dads.
Machete on May 14, 2013 at 2:11 PM Report this
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Sleepy Hollow almost has a TV movie quality to it especially with the casting. Seriously, its a who's who of B and C level actors.

Dad's is dumb because on top of everything else they work at a game dev.
No Excuses on May 14, 2013 at 2:13 PM Report this
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All I need to see is the name Seth MacFarlane to know that Dads is the worse show. Dads will be worse than Whitney, which was hideously, mind-numbingly awful and not-funny.
genevieve on May 14, 2013 at 2:13 PM Report this
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both shows look amazing
Nostradamus Jr. on May 14, 2013 at 2:23 PM Report this
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I think "Husbands" should get a shot at prime time.

Check it out on You Tube!!! GO TEAM CHEEKS!!!!
Last of the Time Lords on May 14, 2013 at 2:37 PM Report this
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What the hell are you doing Seth Green?!
algorhythm99 on May 14, 2013 at 2:42 PM Report this
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Where was the racism?

And @8 Whitney was not that bad, just your average sitcom not great. Same numbers as Community just not as rabid of fanbase.
Seattle14 on May 14, 2013 at 2:49 PM Report this
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Sleepy Hollow : http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken… :: Dads : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz4VT9zHL…
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on May 14, 2013 at 2:50 PM Report this
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I am astounded (and yet, somehow not surprised at the same time) that after watching Sleepy Hollow, Dads makes it look Shakespearean by comparison.
Knat on May 14, 2013 at 2:57 PM Report this
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@13 - Ratings are a poor measure of the quality of a show, they only reflect the network's ability to sell it, which depends on far more than whether it's any good.

And really? Where was the racism? Did you watch the trailers?
MacCrocodile on May 14, 2013 at 2:58 PM Report this
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Anything Seth MacFarlane touches is about as appealing to me as eye cancer. Which is also racist and sexist, somehow. Racist cancer. A tumor in your eye socket that chimp-hoots at women of color on the street. That is what I think of Seth MacFarlane's work.
balderdash on May 14, 2013 at 3:01 PM Report this
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I haven't watched a sitcom in at least 12 years...it's a dead format.
very bad homo on May 14, 2013 at 3:02 PM Report this
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Times like this I am so glad I don't own a TV any more.

Sleepy Hollow looks lame, but my god, Dads looks truly horrifying. Chinese schoolgirl jokes? Really? Ugh.
Reverse Polarity on May 14, 2013 at 3:14 PM Report this
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Didn't watch either trailer, didn't need to before voting. Sometimes all the evidence you need is...

Seth MacFarlane-produced white-dudes-behaving-badly sitcom
Zebes on May 14, 2013 at 3:22 PM Report this
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Dads. Oh. My.
Will in Seattle on May 14, 2013 at 3:23 PM Report this
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Video game company (a TV first) and Seth Green? Feh. No contest, that one gets too many extra awesome points.
K on May 14, 2013 at 3:29 PM Report this
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"Dads" looks like possibly the worst thing ever made ever by anyone anywhere. And he really sucks at naming things, too.
g on May 14, 2013 at 3:30 PM Report this
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Both are bad. End of discussion for me.
Simone on May 14, 2013 at 3:55 PM Report this
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Seth already created three of best things that have ever been on television. Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show. Besides South Park who else is brave enough to do jokes about drunk Indians, Asian drivers, and AIDS. Everything he touches is gold.
Thank You Susanswerphone on May 14, 2013 at 4:08 PM Report this
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I've never fucking understood laugh tracks. How they were ever thought to be even a decent idea on any level, let alone survived for as long as they have. I read a great slate.com review of one of those awful modern day "spoof" movies ('Scary Movie' or one of those utterly forgettable, interchangeable cash cows) and one of the DVD specific "special features" was a version of the movie with an overdubbed laugh track. The reviewer honestly figured that this was due to the jokes being so awful that there might be confusion as to when people were supposed to be feeling entertained.
mikethehammer on May 14, 2013 at 4:08 PM Report this
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@25, you forgot repeat projectile vomiting at the very thought of anything transgender. Which is, in retrospect, a Crying Game joke, but not really very funny.
g on May 14, 2013 at 4:33 PM Report this
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How does dads take such a good cast and waste them with such horrible dialogue? That show should be used in some kind of hollywood writing scared-straight program.
bitwise on May 14, 2013 at 5:34 PM Report this
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I couldn't even finish watching the Dads trailer is was so horrible
eastcoastreader on May 14, 2013 at 6:34 PM Report this
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I found Dads, to be hilarious, I think America will too. I'll add it to my current list of comedies, Big Bang Theory, Community, Arrested Development, and Modern Family.
Seattle14 on May 14, 2013 at 9:21 PM Report this
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@ 16 I did cmon a Chinese schoolgirl joke is not racism unless one is super sensitive like many people here seem to be. The left is right on a lot of things but needs to lighten up at time.
Seattle14 on May 14, 2013 at 9:24 PM Report this
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@ 16 I agree ratings aren't perfect but that how TV shows are measured right now.
Seattle14 on May 14, 2013 at 9:25 PM Report this
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I love all those Dads actors but my god that is the most unfunny thing I've seen in a long time.
alanw on May 15, 2013 at 2:03 AM Report this
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I have to assume that Green and Ribisi are appearing in Dads in lieu of serving time.

"So what will it be, either 5 years at Lompoc or 8-episodes of a MacFarlane sitcom?"
"Todd?"
"No, Seth."
"Shit."
dirge on May 15, 2013 at 6:42 AM Report this
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Mind you, I love McFarland, and I'm planning on being a regular at his ice water bar in Hell when we get there...but I think "Dads" was a result of a bet McFarland & Green made to see just how low they could go and still get greenlit and air time based on just their names.

And as for Sleepy Hollow? Depp did it better.
Merlin D. Bear on May 15, 2013 at 10:05 PM Report this

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