For me if I had to pick a good contender it would be the UK version of The Office.
I know many tend to debate how Ricky Gervais really fell off and how he repugnantly acts like a whiny centrist edgelord but me personally IMO I actually don’t think he was ever funny not even a little.
His big break through television was just so painful to sit through it’s so charismatically boring the characters are completely generic at best (notably Tim) or straight up insufferably unlikable at worst (especially the protagonist David FUCKING Brent) and most importantly the humour is just embarrassing.
Always seemed like The Thick Of It but without the nuisance tongue in cheek and charming satire.
Big Bang Theory
Blackface for nerds
Yeah I hate fake nerds on TV. Big Bang Theory being the absolute worst.
Obligatory Portlandia Nerd PSA (invidious link)
I grew up with actual nerds in the 89s and 90s. No one was like Big Bang Theory. We were not cool.
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I remember it was once described as “a show about smart people for stupid people”. Arrested Development being it’s antithesis in that regard, I guess.
The worst part is how it’s fans seem to think it’s a love letter to “nerd culture” (whatever the fuck that is) and endlessly bring it up if you dare mention any interest in comics, roleplaying games or anything in that vein. “Oh you’ll love this show, it’s all about that nerdy stuff.”
Was out with a girlfriend’s family and one of her mom’s friends once and my girlfriend mentioned she had been playing D&D with a group of people from her college. Her mom’s friend immediately started cackling and was like “It’s just like the big bang theory!”. No other context about what happened in her games or who she was playing with or anything. Just the simple fact that she was playing it at all was apparently hilarious.