Top 10 Hit US TV Shows That Shouldn’t Be

Delighted to bring you this TV top 10 with a difference from Val Tanswell.  Val is the woman behind the excellent ‘What Valerie Thinks’ blog where you will find her witty reviews of TV, movies, books and more.  You would be well advised to Follow Val on Twitter @whatvalthinks.

So to Val’s Top 10.  She has had a look at TV shows which are undoubtedly successful but where she fails to see the reason why!

1. Mad Men – None of the characters are that likeable, so who really cares what happens to them? Having said that, the lead actor Jon Hamm is very dishy. Plus all that smoking gets on my nerves.

2. Dancing with the Stars – Dancing is cool. Dancing stars is cool and fun. But it’s the endless filler, over the top up build up and a judging panel hyped up on Red Bull I can’t stand. They need to trim a lot of fat for it to be watchable.

3. Breaking Bad – It’s just too damn stressful. I just can’t face that kind of pressure on a weekly basis.

4. Rock of Love – Great that Brett Michael’s career is on the up (thank you Donald and near death experience). But his reality show was flawed from the start because you know he could not actually find love otherwise there wouldn’t be another season. So zero credibility.

5. Two and a Half Men – Totally a guy thing. I’ve dated intelligent men who have sat giggling like Beavis & Butthead when it came on. I don’t get it at all. And let me take the opportunity to say “boo” to canned laughter.

6. Keeping up with the Kardashians – They have to generate drama for the show, so no believability. However, follow step-father Bruce Jenner around all day and I’d watch that, for sure.

7. CSI Miami – It doesn’t even touch the original in quality or style. Everything is too much and out of kilter. It’s too rock ‘n roll and I think Horatio is ridiculous, his lines are stupid and the delivery worse. Can you say “trying too hard?”

8. The Hills -  I’m not hating on reality TV (Big Brother and Survivor just two of my favs) but this isn’t reality. It’s totally fixed. They’re whiny and infinitely annoying.

9. NCIS – I’ve tried folks, I’ve tried. They don’t have the cool science of CSI and they don’t have the hustle of gritty crime solving. They’re somewhere in the middle. It’s blandly watchable but doesn’t take hold.

10. Grey’s Anatomy – Convoluted, over dramatic, self important. Has a helicopter crashed into the hospital yet, the way it did when ER had run out of decent storylines? Hot doctors or not, “McSilly” is what it is.

Many thanks to Val for a stimulating Top 10.  Let us know if you agree (or disagree) with her assessment.