4 Worst Sitcoms Ever

In the name of all things pure and holy, how does a bad situation comedy finds its way on air? Just looking at the quality of these shows one immediately can tell it's not about art or posterity. These whack-ass sitcoms should have never made it past the pilot episode. Yeah, they served a purpose. They created jobs for talentless writers and bad actors, and in some cases, good writers and talented actors fell victim, too. Amazingly these humorless comedies liberally laced with laugh tracks and feigned audience interest appear regularly on prime time television, either in syndication or regular season.

I guess like most things bad sitcoms have their place in society. Fortunately for the "hired help" like the grips, lighting technicians, hairstylists, costume designers, production assistants, make-up artists, et. al., it makes for steady employment.

Here is my list of the 4 Worst Sitcoms Ever:

4. Reba. This whack-ass sitcom has been on the WB network for the past several years. It started n 2001 and ended last year. It stars country singer Reba McEntire as a single mom raising three kids, but keeping an eye on a son-in-law, a granddaughter, an ex-husband and an ex-husband's neurotic wife. 'Reba' began with the Hart family in the midst of a divorce as Texas soccer mom Reba watched her white-picket-fenced world collapse before her very eyes. Her dentist husband, Brock(Christopher Rich), left her after what she thought was 20 happy years of marriage for his impossibly perky and unfortunately pregnant dental hygienist, Barbra Jean (Melissa Peterman). The cherry on top of this bitter sundae was the pregnancy of Reba's then 17-year-old daughter Cheyenne (JoAnna Garcia) and her decision to marry her high school football star boyfriend, Van (Steve Howey). Rounding out the happy brood is teenage Kyra(Scarlett Pomers), who continues to greet puberty with venom, and son Jake (Mitch Holleman).

Where's the humor in that scenario? Ask the writers, cause watching an episode of Reba is like visiting the dentist office. You know it's gong to be painful, so you just grin and bear it.

3. She's the Sheriff. Starring an ageless Suzanne Sommers cast as Hildy Granger, a young wife suddenly widowed with two children to support. Her employment worries end when the Commissioner of Lakes County, Nevada (near Lake Tahoe), offers to appoint her sheriff, the job held by her husband until his untimely death. Hildy accepts the position and is immediately forced to handle the daily problems of both locals and tourists, with extra trouble created by the four deputies on her staff. In addition, Hildy has regular battles with work colleague Max Rubin, who doesn't feel Hildy should be in the job.

Okay. Once again, where's the humor? This sorry sitcom lasted 44 episodes! Thank goodness it never made its way to syndication.

2. The Ropers. Simply horrible. A spin-off from Three's Company, 'Three’s Company' landlords Stanley and Helen Roper leave the apartment complex and move into a new one. Still the same Roper dynamic, but without the Three’s Company gang. Not funny. Without the ensemble cast from 'Three's Company', this sitcom fell flat. It only lasted one season.

1. Cavemen. Enough said. This bad sitcom was derived from a series of funny commercial ads for GEICO Insurance. What started as a good commercial ended as one of the worst sitcoms ever. How interested would you be in watching the perils of cavemen as the maneuver through a modern day big city? Get real!

Tell me, which sitcom would you like to see added to the list and why?