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==What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History==
==References==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Were_They_Thinking%3F_The_100_Dumbest_Events_In_Television_History
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| name = What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History
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| author = David Hofstede
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| country = United States
| language = English
| genre = [[Television]]
| publisher = Back Stage Books
| release_date = August 1, 2004
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])
| pages = 209
| isbn = 0-8230-8441-8
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'''''What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History'''''<ref>{{cite book |last=Hofstede|first=David|date= |title=What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3i1HGbyT85MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=What+Were+They+Thinking?:+The+100+Dumbest+Events+In+Television+History&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiT0IeQrpPYAhWE7IMKHZOuD7YQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=What%20Were%20They%20Thinking%3F%3A%20The%20100%20Dumbest%20Events%20In%20Television%20History&f=false|location= |publisher=Back Stage|page= |isbn= |author-link= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/What-Were-They-Thinking-Television/dp/0823084418|title= Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History Paperback – October 1, 2004|last= |first= |date= |website=Amazon|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/What-Were-They-Thinking-Television/dp/0823084418|title=What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|last= |first= |date= |website=Goodreads|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> is a [[2004 in literature|2004]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Owen|first=Rob|date=November 24, 2004|title=Tuned In: From home-grown to world-famous, feast on TV turkeys|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv/2004/11/25/Tuned-In-From-home-grown-to-world-famous-feast-on-TV-turkeys/stories/200411250164|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|location= |access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.booklikes.com/what-were-they-thinking-the-100-dumbest-events-in-television-history-david-/book,1778018|title=What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|last= |first= |date= |website=BookLikes|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> book by David Hofstede<ref>{{cite web |url=http://comforttv.blogspot.com/p/more-about-me.html|title=Comfort TV: More About Me|last=Hofstede|first=David|date= |website=Comfort TV|publisher=Blogger|access-date= |quote=}}</ref> which as the title would imply, chronicles and examines the very<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbulletin/blog.php?b=159|title=The Best of Bad TV|last=John|first=Tommy|date=January 30, 2010|website=White Sox Interactive Forums|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> [[List of television series considered the worst|worst of television]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2004/oct/23/on-this-tv-events-list-dumb-and-dumber/?print|title=On this TV events list: dumb and dumber|last= |first= |date=October 23, 2004|website=Vindy.com|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://glaaphiabooks.blogspot.com/2014/08/ebook-free-what-were-they-thinking-100.html|title=Ebook Free What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History, by David Hofstede|last= |first= |date=August 12, 2014|website=Glaaphiabooks|publisher=Blogger|access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?553849-Television-s-worst-moments|title=Television's worst moments.....|last= |first= |date=March 21, 2003|website=Radio Discussions|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>. It could by anything ranging from [[Jumping the shark|individual plot points]] or elements, poor network decisions, or even entire shows. It should be noted that the book focuses solely on [[Television in the United States|American television]]. As a result, it does leave out some of the most infamous television events in other parts of the world. The foreword was written by [[Tom Bergeron]], hosted [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ill-fated ''FOX After Breakfast'', which is #23 on the list.

===List===
#''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=David Hofstede|title=What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=[[Back Stage Books]]|year=2004|pages=204–206|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref>
#''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'' revealing that [[Bobby Ewing]] didn't actually die at the end of [[Dallas (1978 TV series) (season 8)|Season 8]], which meant that the entire [[Dallas (1978 TV series) (season 9)|ninth season]] was just [[Retroactive continuity|a dream]] of [[Pam Ewing|Pamela's]].
#''[[The Jerry Springer Show]]'' turning from an issues-oriented and political talk show, into a [[Tabloid talk show|trashy, violent, sexually deviant filled freak show]]
#[[Jackie Gleason]]'s ill-fated game show ''[[You're in the Picture]]'',<ref>{{cite book|author=David Hofstede|title=What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=[[Back Stage Books]]|year=2004|pages=197–199|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref> which was [[List of television series canceled after one episode|cancelled after only one episode]].
#[[CNN]] trying to [[American Morning|promote]] their new journalist [[Paula Zahn]] as "sexy"
#[[1950s quiz show scandals|The 1950s quiz show scandals]]
#The inclusion of [[Scrappy-Doo]] into the [[Scooby-Doo]] franchise ([[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)|1979]]-[[Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf|88]])
#[[Geraldo Rivera]] 1986 report on [[The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults|the discovery of Al Capone's vault]] only to wind up finding nothing but debris
#''[[Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?]]''
#The [[Heidi Game]]
#''[[The Brady Bunch Hour]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2017/01/2017_is_ruined_we_missed_fake.html|title=2017 is ruined: We missed Fake Jan Day, the grand celebration of 'Brady Bunch' disaster|last=Perry|first=Douglas|date=January 3, 2017|website=Oregon Live|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://comforttv.blogspot.com/2012/12/happy-fake-jan-day.html|title=Happy Fake Jan Day|last=Hofstede|first=David|date=December 27, 2012|website=Comfort TV|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
#''[[My Mother the Car]]''
#[[List of television evangelists|Televangelist]] [[Oral Roberts]] announcing in January 1987 that God will "call him home" if he didn't receive [[United States dollar|$]]8,000,000 from his flock
#''[[The Anna Nicole Show]] ''
#How flawed the [[Primetime Emmy Award|Primetime Emmy Awards]]' system is when it comes to [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|choosing]] the [[List of Primetime Emmy Award winners|winners]]
#Rampant [[Product_placement#Movies_and_television|product placement]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-perspec-0206-things-20110206-story.html|title=10 things you might not know about TV commercials|last=Jacob, Benzkofer|first=Mark, Stephan|date=February 11, 2011|website=Chicago Tribune|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>, particularly in [[USF&G|televised sports]]<ref>Hofstede, David. ''What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History.'' New York: Back Stage Books, 2004, p. 170.</ref>
#[[William Shatner]]'s [[spoken word]] take on [[Elton John]]'s "[[Rocket Man (song)|Rocket Man]]"<ref>{{cite book|author=David Hofstede|title=What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=[[Back Stage Books]]|year=2004|pages=168–169|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref> at the [[5th Saturn Awards|1977 Saturn Awards]].
#''[[Dateline NBC|Dateline]]'''s 1992 [[Chevrolet_C/K#Sidesaddle_fuel_tank_controversy|report on exploding General Motors trucks]]
#The [[Big Three television networks|"Big Three" networks]] each producing their own TV movies about [[Amy Fisher]] ([[The Amy Fisher Story|ABC]] and [[Casualties of Love: The "Long Island Lolita" Story|CBS']]<ref>Hofstede, David (October 1, 2004). [https://books.google.com/books?id=3i1HGbyT85MC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=Who's+the+Boss,+Milano,+amy+fisher&source=bl&ots=WYI0CqKWWg&sig=SfzG8BJTJrfZ-N307SJnkk95sfc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFsQ6AEwDWoVChMImc7Vz63-xwIVSjc-Ch2nWAYC#v=onepage&q=Who'sthe Boss%2CMilano%2Camyfisher&f=false ''What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History'']. Back Stage Books, p. 165. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved September 17, 2015.</ref> aired on the same night)
#''[[Supertrain]]''
#''[[Life with Lucy]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=David Hofstede|title=What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=[[Back Stage Books]]|year=2004|pages=159–161|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref>
#''[[Goddess of Love (film)|The Goddess of Love]]'' starring [[Vanna White]]
#''FOX After Breakfast''
#The ''[[Lost in Space]]'' episode [[List_of_Lost_in_Space_episodes#Season_3:_1967%E2%80%9368|"The Great Vegetable Rebellion"]]
#''[[Turn-On]]''<ref name="hofstede">{{cite book|last=Hofstede|first=David |title=What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=Back Stage Books|pages=150–151|year=2004|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref>
#''[[The Magic Hour (talk show)|The Magic Hour]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=David Hofstede|title=What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=[[Back Stage Books]]|year=2004|pages=148–150|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref>
#''[[St. Elsewhere]]'''s [[St._Elsewhere#"The_Last_One"|series finale]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://comforttv.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-that-girl-didnt-marry-that-guy.html|title=Why That Girl Didn’t Marry That Guy|last=Hofstede|first=David|date=May 22, 2012|website=Comfort TV|publisher=Blogger|access-date= |quote=}}</ref> which revealed that the whole series was a figment of an [[Tommy Westphall|autistic child's]] imagination
#''[[The $1.98 Beauty Show]]''
#''[[Cop Rock]]''
#''[[Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=David Hofstede|title=What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=[[Back Stage Books]]|year=2004|pages=141–142|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref>
#The [[Black_or_White#Controversy_and_censorship|violent and sexually suggestive epilogue]] of [[Michael Jackson]]'s 1991 "[[Black or White]]" music video
#''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' re-casting [[Emma Samms]] as [[Fallon Carrington Colby|Fallon]]<ref name="Hofstede2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3i1HGbyT85MC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=emma+samms+dynasty+dynasty&source=bl&ots=WYN3GzLWVd&sig=l9h36MGA8cQMQw6-ToCAOtR4wCQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1qYSKk5PUAhVX7WMKHVAKA144ChDoAQhYMAk#v=onepage&q=emma+samms+dynasty+dynasty&f=false|title=What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History|first=David|last=Hofstede|date=2004|accessdate=May 28, 2017|publisher=Back Stage Books|via=Google Books|pages=137–139|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref> (beginning [[List_of_Dynasty_episodes#Season_5_(1984%E2%80%931985)|April 1985]]) after being originated by [[Pamela Sue Martin]] for the first four seasons
#''[[Pink Lady (TV series)|Pink Lady and Jeff]]''<ref>{{cite book|last=Hofstede|first=David |title=What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=Backbeat Books|year=2004|pages=135|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref>
#''[[Twin Peaks]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tv.avclub.com/twin-peaks-zen-or-the-skill-to-catch-a-killer-1798220554|title=A Very Special Episode: Twin Peaks, “Zen, Or The Skill To Catch A Killer”|last=Murray|first=NOal|date=May 6, 2010|website=Chicago Tribune|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thewildreed.blogspot.com/2010/06/fizzer-finale-of-lost-brings-to-mind.html|title=The Unraveling of Twin Peaks|last=Hofstede|first=David|date=June 2, 2010|website=The Wild Reed|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> [[List_of_Twin_Peaks_episodes#Season_2_(1990%E2%80%9391)|second]] [[Twin_Peaks#Season_two|season]]
#''[[Drudge (TV series)|Drudge]]''
#''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'''s [[List_of_Moonlighting_episodes#Season_3_(1986%E2%80%931987)|poor handling]] of Dave and Maddie as a couple
#[[Happy_Days#Minor/recurring|Chuck Cunningham's]] abrupt and unexplained disappearance on ''[[Happy Days]]''
#[[Colby Donaldson|Colby]] losing to [[Tina Wesson|Tina]] on ''[[Survivor: The Australian Outback]]''<ref name="Hofstede2004">{{cite book|last=Hofstede|first=David|title=What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3i1HGbyT85MC&pg=PA125|accessdate=29 May 2012|date=2004-10-01|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=9780823084418|pages=125–}}</ref>
#[[CBS News|CBS]]' many failed attempts at [[Breakfast television|morning shows]] (such as ''[[The_Early_Show#The_1950s|The Morning Show]]'', ''[[Calendar (American TV series)|Calendar]]'', ''[[The_Early_Show#The_Morning_Program|The Morning Program]]'')
#''[[The Dana Carvey Show]]'' and how [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] set it up to fail
#Several [[List of television programs based on films|TV adaptations of films]], including a 1983 ''[[Casablanca (1983 TV series)|Casablanca]]'' adaptation with [[David Soul]] as [[Humphrey Bogart]]'s character [[Casablanca (film)|Rick Blaine]]
#[[Burger King]]'s "[[Where's Herb?]]"<ref name="hofstede3">{{cite book |last=Hofstede |first=David |title=What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History |year=2004 |publisher=Back Stage Books |location=New York |isbn=0-8230-8441-8 | pages=115}}</ref> commercials
#''[[Small Wonder (TV series)|Small Wonder]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.avclub.com/small-wonder-was-a-so-bad-it-s-good-80s-syndication-pi-1798283997 |title=Small Wonder was a so-bad-it’s-good ’80s syndication pioneer |last=Zaleski|first=Annie|date=September 7, 2015|website=AVClub|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
#''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' replacing [[Bo Duke|Bo]] and [[Luke Duke|Luke]] with [[The_Dukes_of_Hazzard#Coy|Coy]] and [[The_Dukes_of_Hazzard#Vance|Vance]] ([[List_of_The_Dukes_of_Hazzard_episodes#Season_5_(1982%E2%80%9383)|1982-83]])
#''[[Fish Police]]''
#''[[The Reagans]]''
#[[List_of_The_Brady_Bunch_characters#Cousin_Oliver|Cousin Oliver]] joins ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' for its [[List_of_The_Brady_Bunch_episodes#Season_5_(1973%E2%80%9374)|final six episodes]]
#The [[XFL]]
#The 1960s era TV rule against showing [[Navel_in_popular_culture#Television|navels]]<ref>{{cite book |author=David Hofstede |title=What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History |publisher=Back Stage Books |year=2004 |isbn=9780823084418 |page=100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3i1HGbyT85MC&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=male+navel+restrictions&source=bl&ots=WYI7EwLXWh&sig=wYXj6Rcku_wQhNOQgNBd9llaa2I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjelruq19HJAhVC4D4KHSsaDh8Q6AEINTAF#v=onepage&q=male%20navel%20restrictions&f=false}}</ref> on women (directly affecting such shows as ''[[Gidget (TV series)|Gidget]]'', ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'', and ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'')
#''[[Thicke of the Night]]''
#[[Shelley Hack]] taking over for [[Kate Jackson]] on ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' in [[Charlie's Angels (season 4)|Season 4]]
#[[61st Academy Awards|The 61st Academy Awards]] telecast (March 29, 1989)
#[[Dan Rather]] using "Courage" as his signoff on the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'' beginning on September 1, 1986
#''[[The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer]]''
#[[1983–84_United_States_network_television_schedule#NBC|NBC's]] [[1983–84 United States network television schedule|1983 Fall schedule]], which featured eight series that were canceled before their first seasons ended (including ''[[Manimal]]'', ''[[Jennifer Slept Here]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2017/10/friday-questions_27.html|title=Friday Questions|last=Levine|first=Ken|date=October 27, 2017|website=Oregon Live|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>, ''[[Bay City Blues]]'', and ''[[We Got It Made]]'').<ref>{{cite book|last=Hofstede|first=David |title=What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=Back Stage Books|year=2004 |page=87 |isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref>
#''[[The Brothers Grunt]]''
#[[NBC]] failing to allow [[David Letterman]] to use the proper names of his [[Late Night with David Letterman|NBC-era]] [[List of David Letterman sketches|segments]] on [[CBS]]' ''[[Late Show with David Letterman|Late Show]]''
#''[[New Monkees|The New Monkees]]''
#''[[Dusty's Trail]]''<ref>Hofstede David ''What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History'' p. 80</ref>
#''[[The Wilton North Report]]''<ref name=WhatWere>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3i1HGbyT85MC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Hofstede, David: "What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History"], pp. 78–80. VNU, Inc., 2004</ref>
#''[[Dark Shadows]]''' [[Dark Shadows (televised storylines)|"Leviathan" storyline]]
#''[[WWE Raw|WWF Raw's]]'' [[Mark Henry]]/[[Mae Young]] [[Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#A|storyline]]
#[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|''Land of the Lost'' (1974)'s]] [[List_of_Land_of_the_Lost_episodes#Season_three|third season]]
#[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" music video debut
#''[[Joanie Loves Chachi]]''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7GN0E_diWbAC&pg=PA77 |title=From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-25}}</ref>
#''[[Roger Ramjet]]'' and ''[[Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]'' both getting scrutinized by [[Moral panic|moral guardians]] due to allegations of glamorizing drug abuse
#''[[Days of Our Lives]]''' [[Days of Our Lives characters (1990s)|1994-95]] [[Days_of_Our_Lives#Best-remembered_stories|storyline]] involving [[Marlena Evans]] [[James_E._Reilly#Departure_from_traditional_stories|being the victim]] of a [[demonic possession]]
#The failed attempts to Americanize ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' (such as ''Chateau Snavely'', ''[[Amanda's]]'' and ''[[Payne (TV series)|Payne]]'')
#[[Wiping|The erasure of countless TV shows]]
#''[[The Chevy Chase Show]]''
#The ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "[[Spock's Brain]]"<ref>{{cite book|author=David Hofstede|title=What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=[[Back Stage Books]]|year=2004|pages=57–58|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref>
#Any shows centering on talking babies (such as ''[[Happy (1960 TV series)|Happy]]'', ''[[Baby Talk]]'', and ''[[Baby Bob]]'')
#[[Roseanne Barr]]'s awful rendition of "[[The Star Spangled Banner]]" at a [[1990 San Diego Padres season|San Diego Padres]] game in [[1990 Major League Baseball season|1990]]
#[[Nick @ Nite]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://w2.parentstv.org/blog/index.php/2015/07/22/tv-land-rebrands-to-raunchy/|title=TV Land “Rebrands” to Raunchy|last=Gildemeister|first=Christopher|date=July 22, 2015|website=Parents Television Council|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> [[List of programs broadcast by Nick at Nite|replacing classic shows]] from the 1950s-60s such as ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' and ''[[The Patty Duke Show]]'' in favor of more recent shows from the 1980s-90s.
#''[[The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island]]''
#[[Paul Lynde]] as a bachelor on ''[[The Dating Game]]''
#''[[Harold Robbins' The Survivors]]''
#[[Janet Jackson]]'s [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|Wardrobe Malfunction]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Jicha|first=Tom|date=December 26, 2004|title=So That's Why They Call Television The Idiot Box|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2004-12-26/entertainment/0412221020_1_geraldo-rivera-nielsens-magic-johnson|work=Sun Sentinel|location= |access-date= }}</ref> at [[Super Bowl XXXVIII]] in [[NRG Stadium|Houston]]
#''[[Bewitched]]'' [[List_of_Bewitched_episodes#Season_6_(1969-1970)|recycling scripts]] after [[Dick Sargent]] took over as [[Darrin Stephens]]
#''[[The Flying Nun]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://flavorwire.com/378409/the-10-dumbest-tv-shows-of-all-time/4|title=The 10 Dumbest TV Shows of All Time|last=Bailey|first=Jason|date=March 19, 2013|website=Flavorwire|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
#The ''[[Woops!]]'' episode [[Woops!#Episodes|"Say It Ain't So, Santa"]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christmastvhistory.com/2015/07/christmas-tv-party-2015-david-hofstede.html|title=Christmas TV Party 2015: David Hofstede|last=Hofstede|first=David|date=July 4, 2015|website=Christmas TV History|publisher=Blogger|access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
#''[[Battle_of_the_Network_Stars#Battle_of_the_Network_Stars_XVIII_(May_23,_1985)|Battle of the Network Stars #18]]'' (March 23, 1985)
#''[[Me and the Chimp]]''
#[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s [[Wonder Woman (1974 film)|1974 Wonder Woman TV-movie]]<ref name = Dumbest>{{cite book
| first = David
| last = Hofstede
| contribution = Forward
| contributor-first = Tom
| contributor-last = Bergeron
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3i1HGbyT85MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:0823084418&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3vYrc65PMAhVBwGMKHQyQAKIQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
| title = What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television
| publisher = Back Stage Books
| year = 2004
| pages = 31–33
| isbn = 0-8230-8441-8}}</ref> starring [[Cathy Lee Crosby]]
#[[Connie Francis]] performing poorly as a celebrity partner on ''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $10,000 Pyramid]]''
#[[Elvis Presley]] being shot only from the waist up (due to [[Broadcast Standards and Practices|Standards & Practices]] rules at the time that believing that [[The_Ed_Sullivan_Show#Elvis_Presley|Elvis']] swiveling hip dances were too risqué) on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''
#Cartoons of the 1970s that took place in space such as ''[[Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space]]'', ''[[Partridge Family 2200 AD]]'', ''[[Yogi's Space Race]]'', and ''[[Gilligan's Planet]]''
#''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'' writing Shirley ([[Cindy Williams]]) [[Laverne_%26_Shirley#Laverne_without_Shirley|out of the show]] for [[List_of_Laverne_%26_Shirley_episodes#Season_8_.281982.E2.80.9383.29|the final season (1982-83)]]
#[[QVC]] selling the Poopin' Moose
#''[[Bad Ronald]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=David Hofstede|title=What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=[[Back Stage Books]]|year=2004|pages=19–21|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.invisibleoranges.com/existence-is-horror-the-neon-demon-bad-ronald/|title=Existence is Horror: “The Neon Demon” & “Bad Ronald”|last=|first=|date=July 8, 2016|website=Invisible Oranges|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
#[[USA Network]]'s ''[[USA Up All Night|Up All Night]]''<ref name="hofstede4">{{cite book|last=Hofstede|first=David|title=What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|year=2004|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=0-8230-8441-8|page=18}}</ref>
#''[[The Aldrich Family]]'''s obscene amount of [[List of soap opera recasts|recasts]] (only [[House Jameson]] remained for all four seasons)
#''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' episode [[List_of_The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show_episodes#Season_1_.281961.E2.80.931962.29|"The Bad Old Days"]]
#''[[Three's a Crowd (game show)|3's A Crowd]]''<ref>{{cite book|last=Hofstede|first=David |title=What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=Back Stage Books|pages=13–14|year=2004|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/11/25/the-sleazy-70s-game-show-for-husbands-sleeping-with-their-secretaries/|title=The Sleazy 70s Game Show for Husbands Sleeping with their Secretaries|last=|first=|date=November 25, 2015|website=Messy Nessy|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
#The overabundance of [[Westerns on television|westerns]] by the [[1959–60 United States network television schedule|late 1950s]] (with approximately 30 in total).
#''[[Quark (TV series)|Quark]]''
#[[Farrah Fawcett]]'s awkward [[List_of_The_Late_Show_with_David_Letterman_episodes#1997|1997 interview]] (where she appeared to be disoriented and incoherent) on ''[[The Late Show with David Letterman]]''
#The addition of [[Dawn Summers|Dawn]] on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and [[Connor (Angel)|Connor]]<ref name=thinking>{{cite book|last= Hofstede |first=David |title=What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=[[Backstage (magazine)|Back Stage Books]]|year=2004|isbn= 0-8230-8441-8}}</ref> on ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]'' respectively
#[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pazdziernik.blogspot.com/2006/10/grunge-tv.html|title=Grunge TV|last=Pazdziernik|first= |date=October 22, 2006|website=pazdziernik.blogspot|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> beginning to incorporate commercial breaks
#''[[The Price Is Right]]'''s [[List_of_The_Price_Is_Right_pricing_games#P_2|Professor Price]] game

===Honorary mentions===
#''[[Saturday Night Live]]'''s [[Saturday Night Live (season 6)|sixth season]]<ref>{{cite book|author=David Hofstede|title=What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History|publisher=[[Back Stage Books]]|year=2004|pages=207–209|isbn=0-8230-8441-8}}</ref> (1980-81)
#[[Fred Silverman]]'s tumultuous [[Fred_Silverman#Move_to_NBC|tenure at NBC]] ([[1978–79 United States network television schedule|1978]]-[[1980–81 United States network television schedule|81]])
#''[[Boohbah]]''
#''[[Are You Hot?|Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People]]''
#''[[The Tortellis]]''
#''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' often relegating [[Barbara_Gordon_in_other_media#Batman|Batgirl]] to a [[damsel in distress]]
#''[[The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast]]'' of [[Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]]
#[[Blood Circus (film)|Santo Gold]] [[Infomercial|infomercials]]
#''[[Jabberjaw]]''
#''[[The Morton Downey Jr. Show]]''
#Made for TV sequels from the 1990s such as ''[[Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation|Revenge of the Nerds III]]'' and ''[[Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love|IV]]'', and ''[[Problem Child 3: Junior in Love|Problem Child III]]''
#''[[Playing It Straight]]''
#''[[It's About Time (TV series)|It's About Time]]''
#''[[Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]''
#[[MTV]]'s (as well as [[MTV2]]) dramatic [[MTV#Decline_in_music_videos_(1995%E2%80%932008)|decline]] in [[MTV#Influence_and_controversies|quality]]
#''[[The New Leave It to Beaver]]''
#[[CBS]] bleeping [[Janet Jackson]] saying [[Jesus H. Christ|"Jesus"]] on ''[[The Late Show with David Letterman]]''
#''[[USA_Today#USA_Today:_The_Television_Show|USA Today: The Television Show]]''
#[[James Stockdale]]'s [[James_Stockdale#Vice-Presidential_candidacy|performance]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1992|1992 vice presidential]] [[Ross_Perot_presidential_campaign,_1992#Debates|debate]]
#[[Frank Zappa]] hosting ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' ([[Saturday Night Live (season 4)|October 21, 1978]])
#''[[List_of_The_Love_Boat_episodes#Season_5:_1981%E2%80%9382|The Love Boat Follies]]''
#''[[Playboy#Post-2000|Playboy's 50th-Anniversary Celebration]]''
#''[[Baywatch Nights]]''
#''[[She's the Sheriff]]''
#''[[AfterMASH]]''
#[[Legends_Cup_(LFL)#Lingerie_Bowl_(2004)|The Lingerie Bowl]]

===References===
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===Sources===
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===External links===
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*[https://medium.com/the-culture-point/looking-back-at-the-star-wars-holiday-special-2c6625c9a266 Looking Back at the Star Wars Holiday Special]
*[http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/feature/a786920/10-of-the-worst-tv-shows-of-all-time-a-scientific-meta-analysis/ 10 of the worst TV shows of all time - a scientific* meta-analysis]
*[https://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/12/24/happy-wookiee-life-day-from-luke-leia-han-and-uh-bea-arthur-i-guess Happy Wookiee Life Day from Luke, Leia, Han, and... uh... Bea Arthur, I Guess.]
*[http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a26636/star-wars-holiday-special/ The Man You Can Blame for the Star Wars Holiday Special]
*[http://www.tvparty.com/70starwars.html Star Wars Holiday Special / Star Wars on TV - Classic TV / TVparty!]
*[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/donald-liebenson/yes-virginia-there-is-a-s_b_144308.html Yes Virginia, There is a Star Wars Holiday Special | HuffPost]
*[https://www.metv.com/lists/do-you-remember-the-star-wars-holiday-special Do you remember the Star Wars Holiday Special? - MeTV]
*[http://www.redvdit.net/rifftrax-star-wars-holiday-special/ Rifftrax: Star Wars Holiday Special – VOD Review]
*[http://www.sleuthsayers.org/2012/12/christmas-stories-good-bad-and-ugly_18.html SleuthSayers: Christmas Stories: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly]
*[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/swholiday.html The Star Wars Holiday Special: Welcome to the Dark Side - WrestleCrap]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/WhatWereTheyThinkingThe100DumbestEventsInTelevisionHistory What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events In ... - TV Tropes]
*[http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/16/entertainment/ca-starwars16 May the farce be with you]
*[https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/to-boldly-go To Boldly Go - The New Atlantis]
*[https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2016/0804/807004-star-wars/ A new hope as US network eyes Star Wars TV series]
*[https://www.ocregister.com/2013/11/27/our-5-worst-christmas-tv-shows-plus-one/ Our 5 worst Christmas TV shows (plus one) – Orange County Register]
*[https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/jppgzd/a-star-wars-holiday-special-you-were-not-supposed-to-see-this In Praise of The Ominous Star Wars Holiday Special]
*[http://prp.fm/bad-movie-time-halloween-meets-christmas-space/ BAD MOVIE TIME: HALLOWEEN MEETS CHRISTMAS IN SPACE]
*[https://www.micahhanks.com/uncategorized/christmas-memories-the-bizarre-1978-star-wars-holiday-special-that-george-lucas-wants-you-to-forget/ Christmas Memories: The Bizarre 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special That George Lucas Wants You to Forget]
*[http://andstillipersist.com/2007/09/the-star-wars-holiday-special-the-condensed-version/ The Star Wars Holiday Special, the condensed version]
*[https://thegavoice.com/melissa-carter-3/ Melissa Carter: The rightfully forgotten Star Wars Special]
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What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History

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What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History
File:What Were They Thinking, The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History cover.jpeg
AuthorDavid Hofstede
LanguageEnglish
GenreTelevision
PublisherBack Stage Books
Publication date
August 1, 2004
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages209
ISBN0-8230-8441-8

What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History[1][2][3] is a 2004[4][5] book by David Hofstede[6] which as the title would imply, chronicles and examines the very[7] worst of television[8][9][10]. It could by anything ranging from individual plot points or elements, poor network decisions, or even entire shows. It should be noted that the book focuses solely on American television. As a result, it does leave out some of the most infamous television events in other parts of the world. The foreword was written by Tom Bergeron, hosted Fox's ill-fated FOX After Breakfast, which is #23 on the list.

List

  1. The Star Wars Holiday Special[11]
  2. Dallas revealing that Bobby Ewing didn't actually die at the end of Season 8, which meant that the entire ninth season was just a dream of Pamela's.
  3. The Jerry Springer Show turning from an issues-oriented and political talk show, into a trashy, violent, sexually deviant filled freak show
  4. Jackie Gleason's ill-fated game show You're in the Picture,[12] which was cancelled after only one episode.
  5. CNN trying to promote their new journalist Paula Zahn as "sexy"
  6. The 1950s quiz show scandals
  7. The inclusion of Scrappy-Doo into the Scooby-Doo franchise (1979-88)
  8. Geraldo Rivera 1986 report on the discovery of Al Capone's vault only to wind up finding nothing but debris
  9. Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?
  10. The Heidi Game
  11. The Brady Bunch Hour[13][14]
  12. My Mother the Car
  13. Televangelist Oral Roberts announcing in January 1987 that God will "call him home" if he didn't receive $8,000,000 from his flock
  14. The Anna Nicole Show
  15. How flawed the Primetime Emmy Awards' system is when it comes to choosing the winners
  16. Rampant product placement[15], particularly in televised sports[16]
  17. William Shatner's spoken word take on Elton John's "Rocket Man"[17] at the 1977 Saturn Awards.
  18. Dateline's 1992 report on exploding General Motors trucks
  19. The "Big Three" networks each producing their own TV movies about Amy Fisher (ABC and CBS'[18] aired on the same night)
  20. Supertrain
  21. Life with Lucy[19]
  22. The Goddess of Love starring Vanna White
  23. FOX After Breakfast
  24. The Lost in Space episode "The Great Vegetable Rebellion"
  25. Turn-On[20]
  26. The Magic Hour[21]
  27. St. Elsewhere's series finale[22] which revealed that the whole series was a figment of an autistic child's imagination
  28. The $1.98 Beauty Show
  29. Cop Rock
  30. Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell[23]
  31. The violent and sexually suggestive epilogue of Michael Jackson's 1991 "Black or White" music video
  32. Dynasty re-casting Emma Samms as Fallon[24] (beginning April 1985) after being originated by Pamela Sue Martin for the first four seasons
  33. Pink Lady and Jeff[25]
  34. Twin Peaks'[26][27] second season
  35. Drudge
  36. Moonlighting's poor handling of Dave and Maddie as a couple
  37. Chuck Cunningham's abrupt and unexplained disappearance on Happy Days
  38. Colby losing to Tina on Survivor: The Australian Outback[28]
  39. CBS' many failed attempts at morning shows (such as The Morning Show, Calendar, The Morning Program)
  40. The Dana Carvey Show and how ABC set it up to fail
  41. Several TV adaptations of films, including a 1983 Casablanca adaptation with David Soul as Humphrey Bogart's character Rick Blaine
  42. Burger King's "Where's Herb?"[29] commercials
  43. Small Wonder[30]
  44. The Dukes of Hazzard replacing Bo and Luke with Coy and Vance (1982-83)
  45. Fish Police
  46. The Reagans
  47. Cousin Oliver joins The Brady Bunch for its final six episodes
  48. The XFL
  49. The 1960s era TV rule against showing navels[31] on women (directly affecting such shows as Gidget, Gilligan's Island, and I Dream of Jeannie)
  50. Thicke of the Night
  51. Shelley Hack taking over for Kate Jackson on Charlie's Angels in Season 4
  52. The 61st Academy Awards telecast (March 29, 1989)
  53. Dan Rather using "Courage" as his signoff on the CBS Evening News beginning on September 1, 1986
  54. The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
  55. NBC's 1983 Fall schedule, which featured eight series that were canceled before their first seasons ended (including Manimal, Jennifer Slept Here'[32], Bay City Blues, and We Got It Made).[33]
  56. The Brothers Grunt
  57. NBC failing to allow David Letterman to use the proper names of his NBC-era segments on CBS' Late Show
  58. The New Monkees
  59. Dusty's Trail[34]
  60. The Wilton North Report[35]
  61. Dark Shadows' "Leviathan" storyline
  62. WWF Raw's Mark Henry/Mae Young storyline
  63. Land of the Lost (1974)'s third season
  64. Madonna's "Like a Prayer" music video debut
  65. Joanie Loves Chachi[36]
  66. Roger Ramjet and Underdog both getting scrutinized by moral guardians due to allegations of glamorizing drug abuse
  67. Days of Our Lives' 1994-95 storyline involving Marlena Evans being the victim of a demonic possession
  68. The failed attempts to Americanize Fawlty Towers (such as Chateau Snavely, Amanda's and Payne)
  69. The erasure of countless TV shows
  70. The Chevy Chase Show
  71. The Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Spock's Brain"[37]
  72. Any shows centering on talking babies (such as Happy, Baby Talk, and Baby Bob)
  73. Roseanne Barr's awful rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" at a San Diego Padres game in 1990
  74. Nick @ Nite[38] replacing classic shows from the 1950s-60s such as I Love Lucy and The Patty Duke Show in favor of more recent shows from the 1980s-90s.
  75. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
  76. Paul Lynde as a bachelor on The Dating Game
  77. Harold Robbins' The Survivors
  78. Janet Jackson's Wardrobe Malfunction[39] at Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston
  79. Bewitched recycling scripts after Dick Sargent took over as Darrin Stephens
  80. The Flying Nun[40]
  81. The Woops! episode "Say It Ain't So, Santa"[41]
  82. Battle of the Network Stars #18 (March 23, 1985)
  83. Me and the Chimp
  84. ABC's 1974 Wonder Woman TV-movie[42] starring Cathy Lee Crosby
  85. Connie Francis performing poorly as a celebrity partner on The $10,000 Pyramid
  86. Elvis Presley being shot only from the waist up (due to Standards & Practices rules at the time that believing that Elvis' swiveling hip dances were too risqué) on The Ed Sullivan Show
  87. Cartoons of the 1970s that took place in space such as Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space, Partridge Family 2200 AD, Yogi's Space Race, and Gilligan's Planet
  88. Laverne & Shirley writing Shirley (Cindy Williams) out of the show for the final season (1982-83)
  89. QVC selling the Poopin' Moose
  90. Bad Ronald[43][44]
  91. USA Network's Up All Night[45]
  92. The Aldrich Family's obscene amount of recasts (only House Jameson remained for all four seasons)
  93. The Dick Van Dyke Show episode "The Bad Old Days"
  94. 3's A Crowd[46][47]
  95. The overabundance of westerns by the late 1950s (with approximately 30 in total).
  96. Quark
  97. Farrah Fawcett's awkward 1997 interview (where she appeared to be disoriented and incoherent) on The Late Show with David Letterman
  98. The addition of Dawn on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Connor[48] on Angel respectively
  99. AMC[49] beginning to incorporate commercial breaks
  100. The Price Is Right's Professor Price game

Honorary mentions

  1. Saturday Night Live's sixth season[50] (1980-81)
  2. Fred Silverman's tumultuous tenure at NBC (1978-81)
  3. Boohbah
  4. Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People
  5. The Tortellis
  6. Batman often relegating Batgirl to a damsel in distress
  7. The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast of Peter Marshall
  8. Santo Gold infomercials
  9. Jabberjaw
  10. The Morton Downey Jr. Show
  11. Made for TV sequels from the 1990s such as Revenge of the Nerds III and IV, and Problem Child III
  12. Playing It Straight
  13. It's About Time
  14. Rudolph's Shiny New Year
  15. MTV's (as well as MTV2) dramatic decline in quality
  16. The New Leave It to Beaver
  17. CBS bleeping Janet Jackson saying "Jesus" on The Late Show with David Letterman
  18. USA Today: The Television Show
  19. James Stockdale's performance in the 1992 vice presidential debate
  20. Frank Zappa hosting Saturday Night Live (October 21, 1978)
  21. The Love Boat Follies
  22. Playboy's 50th-Anniversary Celebration
  23. Baywatch Nights
  24. She's the Sheriff
  25. AfterMASH
  26. The Lingerie Bowl

References

  1. ^ Hofstede, David. What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History. Back Stage.
  2. ^ "Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History Paperback – October 1, 2004". Amazon.
  3. ^ "What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History". Goodreads.
  4. ^ Owen, Rob (November 24, 2004). "Tuned In: From home-grown to world-famous, feast on TV turkeys". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  5. ^ "What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History". BookLikes.
  6. ^ Hofstede, David. "Comfort TV: More About Me". Comfort TV. Blogger.
  7. ^ John, Tommy (January 30, 2010). "The Best of Bad TV". White Sox Interactive Forums.
  8. ^ "On this TV events list: dumb and dumber". Vindy.com. October 23, 2004.
  9. ^ "Ebook Free What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History, by David Hofstede". Glaaphiabooks. Blogger. August 12, 2014.
  10. ^ "Television's worst moments..." Radio Discussions. March 21, 2003.
  11. ^ David Hofstede (2004). What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. pp. 204–206. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
  12. ^ David Hofstede (2004). What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. pp. 197–199. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
  13. ^ Perry, Douglas (January 3, 2017). "2017 is ruined: We missed Fake Jan Day, the grand celebration of 'Brady Bunch' disaster". Oregon Live.
  14. ^ Hofstede, David (December 27, 2012). "Happy Fake Jan Day". Comfort TV.
  15. ^ Jacob, Benzkofer, Mark, Stephan (February 11, 2011). "10 things you might not know about TV commercials". Chicago Tribune.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Hofstede, David. What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. New York: Back Stage Books, 2004, p. 170.
  17. ^ David Hofstede (2004). What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. pp. 168–169. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
  18. ^ Hofstede, David (October 1, 2004). Boss%2CMilano%2Camyfisher&f=false What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History. Back Stage Books, p. 165. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  19. ^ David Hofstede (2004). What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. pp. 159–161. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
  20. ^ Hofstede, David (2004). What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. pp. 150–151. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
  21. ^ David Hofstede (2004). What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. pp. 148–150. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
  22. ^ Hofstede, David (May 22, 2012). "Why That Girl Didn't Marry That Guy". Comfort TV. Blogger.
  23. ^ David Hofstede (2004). What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. pp. 141–142. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
  24. ^ Hofstede, David (2004). What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History. Back Stage Books. pp. 137–139. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Google Books.
  25. ^ Hofstede, David (2004). What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Backbeat Books. p. 135. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
  26. ^ Murray, NOal (May 6, 2010). "A Very Special Episode: Twin Peaks, "Zen, Or The Skill To Catch A Killer"". Chicago Tribune.
  27. ^ Hofstede, David (June 2, 2010). "The Unraveling of Twin Peaks". The Wild Reed.
  28. ^ Hofstede, David (2004-10-01). What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Random House Digital, Inc. pp. 125–. ISBN 9780823084418. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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  30. ^ Zaleski, Annie (September 7, 2015). "Small Wonder was a so-bad-it's-good '80s syndication pioneer". AVClub.
  31. ^ David Hofstede (2004). What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History. Back Stage Books. p. 100. ISBN 9780823084418.
  32. ^ Levine, Ken (October 27, 2017). "Friday Questions". Oregon Live.
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  34. ^ Hofstede David What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events In Television History p. 80
  35. ^ Hofstede, David: "What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History", pp. 78–80. VNU, Inc., 2004
  36. ^ From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
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  38. ^ Gildemeister, Christopher (July 22, 2015). "TV Land "Rebrands" to Raunchy". Parents Television Council.
  39. ^ Jicha, Tom (December 26, 2004). "So That's Why They Call Television The Idiot Box". Sun Sentinel.
  40. ^ Bailey, Jason (March 19, 2013). "The 10 Dumbest TV Shows of All Time". Flavorwire.
  41. ^ Hofstede, David (July 4, 2015). "Christmas TV Party 2015: David Hofstede". Christmas TV History. Blogger.
  42. ^ Bergeron, Tom (2004). "Forward". What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television. By Hofstede, David. Back Stage Books. pp. 31–33. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
  43. ^ David Hofstede (2004). What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. pp. 19–21. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
  44. ^ "Existence is Horror: "The Neon Demon" & "Bad Ronald"". Invisible Oranges. July 8, 2016.
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  46. ^ Hofstede, David (2004). What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. pp. 13–14. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
  47. ^ "The Sleazy 70s Game Show for Husbands Sleeping with their Secretaries". Messy Nessy. November 25, 2015.
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  49. ^ Pazdziernik (October 22, 2006). "Grunge TV". pazdziernik.blogspot.
  50. ^ David Hofstede (2004). What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. pp. 207–209. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.

Sources

  • Hofstede, David (2004). What Were They Thinking: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. Back Stage Books. ISBN 0-8230-8441-8.
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