26. Life With Lucy
After NBC’s return with The Cosby Show proved to be successful, the network attempted to recreate the same success with Lucille Ball, who was 75 years old at the time. However, in spite of its best efforts, it was never able to beat out the opposition in the ratings when it was competing with The Facts of Life. After a total of eight broadcasts, ABC decided to cancel the show.
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Since its was the sole Lucille Ball sitcom that was not shown on CBS, perhaps the network’s decision was to blame for the show’s failure. On the other hand, it’s unlikely that a “CBS curse” was the cause of this one’s demise. Rather than that, it was most likely the low numbers and since everyone, from reviewers to average viewers, disliked it from the very beginning.
25. One Of The Boys
When one sees the cast, which includes Mickey Rooney, Dana Carvey, Meg Ryan, and Nathan Lane, one would wonder why the series was not a commercial success. This ought to have been a goldmine for comedic potential, right? The idea that a grandpa would move in with his university student grandson and the roommate that the grandson keeps may have been a bit too much for some people to handle.
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Thankfully, the careers of the amazing performers who took part in this terrible series were not derailed as a direct result of their involvement in it. Its terribleness does not merely pertain to a single decade, as is the case with a number of the other television shows in this series. One of the Boys was ranked as the 24th worst show in the history of television by TV Guide in the year 2002.
