Jerry Springer Show TV’s Worst Ever
Worse than “Hee Haw Honeys.” More trashy than “Celebrity Boxing.” Even more painful than the “XFL.”
TV Guide’s editors have put “The Jerry Springer Show” atop their list of the 50 worst TV shows of all time.
“Awful television shows are a storied part of our society,” TV Guide editor-in-chief Steven Reddicliffe said Friday. “Some of them actually are very successful and are great guilty pleasures. And no one has turned guilty-pleasure TV into more of an art form than Jerry Springer.”
The list is in the magazine’s July 20 issue, on newsstands Monday. It comes two months after TV Guide ranked “Seinfeld” No. 1 on a list of the best 50 shows.
Springer’s syndicated, daytime talk show has aired since 1991.
Second worst on the list was NBC’s “My Mother The Car” (1965-66), followed by NBC, UPN and TNN’s “XFL” (2001); ABC’s “The Brady Bunch Hour” (1977); and CBS’ “Hogan’s Heroes” (1965-71).
Rounding out the top 10 were “Celebrity Boxing” (Fox, 2002-present); “AfterMASH” (CBS, 1983-84); “Cop Rock” (ABC, 1990); “You’re in the Picture” (CBS, 1961); and “Hee Haw Honeys” (syndicated, 1978-79).
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