10 Times TV Shows Should Have Been Cancelled... But WEREN'T

[@WatchMojoUK]

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[@SFVetNeph]

Big Brother normalized bullying. The Jeremy Kyle Show normalized judgment of individuals facing hardships and dehumanising the vulnerable every step of the way. Any television program that trivialises serious issues should be cancelled.

[@SteffLoui88]

Every single reality show...should all stay cancelled. Hate hate hate them!!!!! Cough cough Love Island 🤮

[@SnowBall323]

Jo O'Meara can blame Big Brother for her disgrace all she likes, but the show didn't make her a racist.

[@MTTT19]

I still enjoy Not Going Out. The hilarious chemistry between Lee and Lucy is still there.

[@RomanMyshkin]

Agreed. I also like that they've brought in a family dynamic but it's not overpowering because the kids are hardly in it.

[@JamieHumanRights]

Misfits losing their original cast was the downfall of the show.

[@RandomRoss]

X Factor that didn't know when to end and Britain's Got Telent it's time they took that off too.

[@DynamixWarePro]

I don't mind Britain's Got Talent, but I do have one issue, that it's hardly BRITIANS talent if many of the people who go on it are from other countries.

[@Tom.Club1871]

I completely agree with you 100%​@@DynamixWarePro

[@RedPower2008]

I might’ve said this before, and I will say it again: the fact that this corrupt broadcaster, ITV, is commissioning more new series of Love Island after 3 suicides just makes me feel sickened right in my stomach. All I am hoping for is for the previous series to be the very last of this slaughterhouse of a reality TV show.

[@IMEEntertainment]

I don’t think it ever will be because Love Island is one of ITV's most popular IPs and would be bound to continuing milking it for all it’s worth.

[@sheridansay8667]

The contestants wanted attention. Some of them can't take it

[@Felipepavzin92]

ITV need to end Celebrity Big Brother, Love Island and GMB for Good, is to hard to watch.

[@British_Ar5ehole_In_Exile]

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps was basically the Mrs Brown's Boys of its day.

[@davidstrickler5362]

What about shows that should've gone another two seasons? Fawlty Towers, the Young Ones, Blackadder, Waiting for God, the Inbetweeners, Men Behaving Badly, Game On, the Good Life, Coupling (with Jeff's return), Black Books, Little Britain, the Royle Family, the Office (UK), the IT Crowd and the Mighty Boosh.

[@DynamixWarePro]

While I never liked Little Britain and don't think it should have ran on longer, I would have liked to have seen more episodes of Black Books. I think with some of the shows you mentioned, the good thing about them and part of their appeal is that they didn't have a lot of episodes that could drag out storylines, stretch plots and settings that don't work as well if drawn out over a longer amount of episodes. Especially when you throw in an aging cast and possibly changes to the cast that might be needed to keep the show continuing over a longer time.

[@karatefella]

I can't believe mrs browns boys is STILL going. I absolutely hate it !

[@solstice2149]

Ah it’s a bit of mindless ent retainment

[@karatefella]

@@solstice2149 mindless is right !

[@abegarfield7030]

I've had root-canal surgery that was funnier than MBB.

[@alantroake4737]

Completely disagree about 'Last of the Summer Wine'. It's a timeless classic.

[@davidlance5310]

Also Peter Sallis came back for the finale

[@TVMaster2023]

​@@davidlance5310He never left

[@livesteam125]

Corrie and Emmerdale worthy of this list too

[@adamaalto-mccarthy6984]

Blue Peter. Has anyone ever enjoyed this show?

[@AtheistOrphan]

When it was Val, John, and Pete, yes. (Showing my age!) 👨‍🦳

[@kitsworld]

Yes, in the days of Janet Ellis, Simon Groom, and Peter Duncan.

[@Felipepavzin92]

Yes Everyone Likes

[@adamaalto-mccarthy6984]

@@Felipepavzin92 no everyone does not

[@DynamixWarePro]

I liked it as a child watching it in the 90s.

[@nikkimae813]

Red Dwarf was never officially "cancelled" it just had a long hiatus between the series

[@Roverswelsh]

Mrs Browns boys - it’s not funny at all

[@Knufflebeest]

I agree it's rubbish, but no doubt there will be yet another Xmas Special!

[@adamaalto-mccarthy6984]

@@Roverswelsh Strangely big in Finland

[@WinstonSmith19847]

My father liked it I have spent a few uncomfortable evenings having to watch it.

[@ecentral7512]

EastEnders Corrie Emmerdale Hollyoaks Should've been on this list

[@davidstrickler5362]

Are these all wooded elements in the countryside?

[@JamieBoy-ij2ri]

Forgotten fact: the 2009 Christmas special was going to be the last episode of Not Going Out but the BBC revived it last minute

[@michaelsinclair2731]

Yes and the BBC actually cancelled it in 2008 I think and it was only when repeats were shown that they realised how popular it was. Now its gone on for far too long.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Once you notice that Holly Willoughby’s right eye is lower than her left you can never unsee it.

[@hayleydouglas]

The shows that need to go for good are Love Island, Big Brother, Britain's Got Talent, I'm A Celebrity, Mrs Brown's Boys and Homes Under The Hammer

[@turnercraig9953]

As a massive heartbeat fan... I feel that should have been cancelled after Bill Maynard left the show.

[@just_kos99]

Re: Red Dwarf, the "beloved Back to Earth"?! Have you asked real Red Dwarf fans what they think of Back to Earth? Many of us would like to pretend it doesn't exist, kinda like the fifth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "Trilogy", "Mostly Harmless." Both are awful.

[@TVMaster2023]

Finally! Last of the Summer Wine is mentioned in a Watchmojo UK video!

[@ultgamercw6759]

Casualty has gone on for too long. In the past it had drama but it also had interesting characters and some comedy to back it up with characters like Mac and Noel. These days it's mostly just a show where everyone shouts at one another constantly. It was never high art but the characters all feel so 1 dimensional now. The show really started going down hill when Stevie got introduced. She came in as a violent force who embodied just being a shouty angry character and then slowly over time seems to have effected the rest of the cast and writing. I barely watch the show anymore because it's just miserable now. It feels like I'm just watching a bunch of depressed people who don't get along at all.

[@abegarfield7030]

I'm amazed it was on Telly at all. It was really graphic in the '80s, a time when people would get hysterical over violence in films but no one seemed to mind it happening on Casualty, before the watershed too. It wasn't just medical stuff, it would show really horrific accidents.

[@Knufflebeest]

Strictly needs cancelling, it should have been canned when Bruce Forsyth passed away.

[@callumsannachan7135]

Doi should be cancelled

[@Knufflebeest]

@@callumsannachan7135 It was but then they brought it back and it's still crap

[@kitsworld]

Should have been cancelled when they sacked Arlene Phillips.

[@IMEEntertainment]

Of course they wouldn’t as the Strictly/Dancing With the Stars franchise makes that money, sweet money for the BBC.

[@katemissfilanpurrmcdevitt]

Bruce was great and a real legend but he was a bit much after a while he told the same kind of jokes that were funny back in his prime and the early years of his career don’t get me wrong I loved him dearly he was a natural treasure but he was a bit OTT sometimes Xx

[@EssexResident2000]

Surprised I'm a celebrity and Mrs Brown's Boys don't appear here

[@mylsyl]

Heartbeat. How did it last 18 years set in 1960s when that decade lasted 10 years

[@nickcopland5186]

That's a bit like the US sitcom MASH, that was about 10 years while the Korean War only lasted 3 years and a bit.

[@MrRailjunkie]

I like Heartbeat but it went downhill after Bill Maynard aka Claud Greengrass left as he was one of the best British T.V drama characters ever in my opinion!

[@QwertyScream]

Saturday Kitchen should’ve been scrapped when James Martin left

[@marylynch948]

I really did love watching Red Dwarf. It it is my favorite series, although I have to admit that season 7 was one of the weakest from the series, and it was sad to see Rimmer left the show, until he was back in Season 8. Kristine Kochanski, who was introduced as Rimmer's replacement in Season 7, is an incredibly annoying character who sucks the fun out of any scene she's in. Fortunately, aside from a brief cameo in Back to Earth, the Dave episodes have completely ignored the character, and Doug Naylor has said she probably won't ever return. Love the show, but Season 7 was the weakest, although two episodes were the best from that season, Stoke Me a Clipper and Blue.

[@ANNSHEARD]

Coronation Street

[@simplywonderful1]

Sad but true. They should start re-running them from 1960

[@Felipepavzin92]

Good Morning Britain has be downhill since 2021

[@WinstonSmith19847]

The humour in Last of the Summer Wine was antiquated long before Bill Owen passed away but I guess there was still an audience for it, I stopped watching it years before that it was very old hat humour. I watched the first Big Brother because I thought it was an interesting experiment that was enough for me why people were still watching it years later is beyond me I couldn't have seen it would last that long.

[@Felipepavzin92]

Good Morning Britian Need to be Axe for Good This show is Hard to Watch

[@SophieCrane-o7v]

The Crystal Maze, The Krypton Factor & Bullseye should have ended in 1993 (with the departure of Richard O'Brien in the 1st & the other 2 just ran out of steam) but all 3 gameshows ended their original runs in 1995, Gladiators should have ended in 1996 following Jet's departure but came to an end in 2000, Robot Wars should have ended after Series 6 but ended in 2004 following the controversial 7th Wars, Catchphrase should have ended in 1999 following Roy Walker's exit but ended in 2002 with Nick Weir & Mark Curry's reigns as host, London's Burning Should have Also ended in 1996 Following Sean Blowers (Sub Officer John Hallam) departure but didn't end until it was cancelled in 2002 because of falling ratings.

[@oliverstemp9132]

Not Going Out is still good.

[@coecludd]

Doctor Who! The last series was terrible. Give it a rest for 15 years and then bring it back with a new team. (it worked before).

[@just_kos99]

I'm both a trekker and a Whovian, and I think both franchises should be allowed to RIP.

[@coecludd]

@@just_kos99 Me too. Star Trek: Picard was excellent and SNW is quite good. The rest of new Trek is meh. Dr Who really lost it after Stephen Moffat left at the end of Capaldi’s era

[@97channel]

Red Dwarf - Should have ended with the cliff hanger after series 6. Thing is, I've recently been watching some of the cast interviews talking about the later BBC series' and the revivals on Dave, and they spun such positive angles that I began questioning if I was the one who wasn't appreciating the genius of them. But no, I want to love all of Red Dwarf but I just don't. Series 7 was so flat and disappointing, after the mega series 6 and a long gap between. Rimmer leaving was a huge blow, but even the episodes with him were dull. Series 8 kind of pepped it up and gave it a renewed energy, but it just didn't feel like Red Dwarf. It felt like an American sitcom. The Dave revivals, I haven't watched much of. I lost interest. Back to Earth I enjoyed, but it wasn't really a sitcom. Beyond that, I just feel that it has jumped the shark and doesn't feel like a natural continuation of the golden BBC Two years. It's just painting by numbers and creating no masterpieces. Big Brother - Oh, man. Where to even start. I loved that show in the early years. It was a very simple format, it was about people. Just watching people. Somehow, the stories naturally came together and made a gripping soap opera out of unscripted material. And although it was raw and edgy at times, it was always fun. Then series 4 got a lot of negative reviews. The footage wasn't rolling in, it was boring. But what is always overlooked, is the fact that it was a ratings smash success. It matched the average ratings of the first two series'. The following series did need pepping up a bit though, it was clear that there needed to be an injection of producer influence to ensure that things actually happened. But... oh dear. This was where the show began to derail. They went for the cheapest stunts possible. They went all out for as much arguing and aggression possible. Which kind of worked in the short term, I have to be honest. But it culminated with the inevitable scandal of CBB5, and that was the end of Big Brother. Everything after has just been zombie Big Brother. It's so plastic and trashy. I have never been so polarized in my opinions of a show. I loved the early years, but hate what it has become.

[@stuartibbertson2009]

i think the chase need to end

[@RobTheEnby]

Casualty needs cancelling. It's weird now and has definitely run it's course!

[@sarahblunden4372]

Masterchef

[@stuartibbertson2009]

i think good morning Brittan needs to end

[@robspereall8203]

Mrs Brown's Boys. Had a good start with the first two series but after that it became very samey. Goodness knows why it's still going on today even after O'Carroll was caught up in the Panama Papers scandal.

[@CashelOConnolly]

Get rid of Eastenders‼️

[@jamesletts2209]

Erm…no!

[@CashelOConnolly]

@@jamesletts2209 ok 🤷

[@Whoeverwhateverwhenever]

Big bang theory

[@EssexResident2000]

That has ended and all episodes that are now shown are repeats

[@WinstonSmith19847]

I stopped watching that because when they showed it on TV the new episodes were swallowed by the repeats and I lost track of where I was with the show then after a while I couldn't be bothered to play catch up.

[@davidstrickler5362]

Typical British sitcom: 41 years "on the air." Only 24 episodes made.

[@DynamixWarePro]

It is terrible that Love Island is still on the air after what has happened. It need to end along with Celebrity Big Brother and they have to stop making shows like those. I disagree with Last of the Summer Wine being on the list. I consider it a timeless classic and I still watch episodes of it today. While I preferred the show when Compo, Clegg and Foggy were the main 3, I still liked the others who took over as the old men characters, just not as much with some of them like Russ Abbotts character. I would also disagree with Red Dwarf, sort of. While it is one of my favourite British shows and I did like Kochanski when she took over from Rimmer but I did prefer having Rimmer in the show. I wasn't struck on the last episode "Red Dwarf: The Promised Land" but I do wish they would give us a proper ending to the show instead of keeping it going too much longer as I read there is going to be 3 new episodes in 2025.

[@Felipepavzin92]

GMB HAS ASTRONOMIC RUBBISH AND HARD TO WATCH

[@BlueEmulsion]

1:30 Wallace

[@sheridansay8667]

Yeah, Not Going out 2-7 series were great. After that, poor.

[@abegarfield7030]

Shouldn't it be Dragon's lair? What's a Dragon's den? That's not a thing. It's like saying Rabbit house instead of Rabbit Warren.

[@abegarfield7030]

...and Love Island ? That's 2 flat out lies.

[@RRADOMAL]

Red Dwarf is TOP TIER

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

Doctor Who enough said

[@davidcarrol110]

The entire BBC network needs cancelling. Too many genuine scandal and family members being employed as researchers, archivists. Nepotism is rife.

[@poke125]

You can beg, plead and wish all you want but the BBC is never going to disappear

[@charlespeterwatson9051]

Shouldn't Ofcom have a say in the end of the hated shows?

[@Brown87]

I was Caroline's personal trainer ❤️

[@wotingbudong]

WatchMojoUK

[@kitsworld]

Haha! Agreed. I hate this fcuking channel. I watch because I'm a moron! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mkirkby1967]

Yet another pile of self indulgent "I'm better than you" crap. Maybe watch Mojo should be on the list 🤔😁😂

[@MrPointedRovers]

Good Morning Britain is another example ever since Piers Morgan's Shocking Exit.

[@Felipepavzin92]

Yes also because of Piers not believing in Meghan Suicide Thoughts.

[@Felipepavzin92]

GMB Needs to be AXE IS HARD TO WATCH, NOBODY WAS TO SEE THIS ANYMORE

[@Masterchief0181]

Top Gear was Legendary Right up to the part Chris Evans was taking over Then it all went downhill

[@jonathanc7674]

I think it had jumped the shark long before that because they were eventually clearly starting to play up to their personas and they weren't as funny when they were being told what to do and a lot of the humour was getting rather forced. Chris Evans would have been tolerable if he could have dialled it down a bit.

[@maltesephil]

Dr. Who Should have ended with Matt Smith. Everything that came after has been utter crap

[@just_kos99]

Well, I think Clara was utter crap in most regards, but Capaldi has quite a few keepers for episodes. After him, though? Yeah.

[@ravens-crypt]

I disagree it should of end with Peter Capaldi and taken a long brake

[@michaelsinclair2731]

More Clickbait. Nothing said about Chris Evans or Matt Le Blanc.

[@joshuagarbett]

Somebody can’t handle the truth

[@IrishScribbler]

Top Gear started a long time before 2002. It’s been going since at least 1988 and it was just as shit back then. Cars are mind numbingly boring.

[@IrishScribbler]

Not Going Out is still going strong and Hugh Dennis is just as good as Tim Vine was. It’s only the pesky kids who ruin it as they’re just not funny.

[@joshuagarbett]

Have fun with all your F.R.I.E.N.D.S