Mind of Mencia
Thanks to Carlos Mencia's inimitable brand of racially and ethnically charged sketch comedy, we no longer see color anymore. Because we stabbed our eyeballs into mint jelly four minutes into the series opener.
Growing Up Gotti
If Italian-Americans were offended by The Sopranos, they must have been rolling in their pizza boxes over this reality show, which evidently examined how homosexuals have taken over the Mob.
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Our nation's terror policy was once compelling and suspenseful, too. But when it started focusing more on John Ashcroft's love relationship with Condoleezza Rice instead of the plot by his brother, Ayman al-Zawahiri (who didn't see that coming?), to nuclear-bomb Del Amo mall, we lost interest in the war on terror, too.
MTV's Next
Find the one-date format of shows like Elimidate and Change of Heart too high-minded? Then you'll love watching the same person go on five dates. Not stupid enough? MTV shrewdly anticipated this, throwing all the potential suitors in a bus and driving them around aimlessly until somebody gets chlamydia.
Deal or No Deal
If you've ever quietly seethed while your girlfriend waffled for hours between two dozen wallpaper patterns at Home Depot, you've beheld the skill required to win up to 20 years' salary on DND. Wanna liven up this TV version of millionaire whack-a-mole for Wheel of Fortune rejects? Put a hungry wolverine in one of the briefcases.