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TV shows which just need to stop

123 replies

Itsokaytomorrowisanewday · 21/01/2026 20:07

Which once loved tv shows do you think have now gone on too long and have become boring, repetitive, predictable and tedious and just need to stop?

I’ll start:
Bake Off
The Apprentice
Call the Midwife

OP posts:
Hellofromthesideyoudontwanttobeon · 21/01/2026 20:13

My first thought when I saw the title was strictly and the apprentice.

GCSEBiostruggles · 21/01/2026 20:16

I have never understood Strictly or BGT - it isn't ever as good as Sat night viewing in the 80's/90's - if you had told us then that a version of the school talent show and effectively ballroom dancing that was then popular in Australia only would be prime time telly you'd have been laughed out of the room.

SplendidUtterly · 21/01/2026 20:18

Strictly
Is dancing on ice still going? If so, that needs to stop.

DemonsandMosquitoes · 21/01/2026 20:19

Pointless

RedRiverShore6 · 21/01/2026 20:20

The apprentice

Arlanymor · 21/01/2026 20:22

All Saturday night TV. Full stop.

Crumbelina · 21/01/2026 20:23

Maybe The Apprentice would be ok if they retired Alan Sugar and his crew. I still love Bake Off. If the new judge is Nigella then I'd love it even more.

HomeCountyHome · 21/01/2026 20:25

Eastenders.

squashyhat · 21/01/2026 20:26

Mrs Brown's Boys

EvangelineTheNightStar · 21/01/2026 20:30

squashyhat · 21/01/2026 20:26

Mrs Brown's Boys

Absolutely!
also anything with the horrendous Ant ‘n’ Dec… any thing ‘Slebrittty..’ anything Love Island esque

Thesuperlativesistillloveyou · 21/01/2026 20:45

Anything with Ant and Dec
The cheekie chappie Geordies it's been done to death.
Annoying pair of cunts.

SingleUseTeaTowel · 21/01/2026 20:47

I think Grand Designs has had its day now

JemimaTab · 21/01/2026 20:48

Silent Witness!

Sadcafe · 21/01/2026 20:50

Definitely Strictly, BGT, I’m a Celeb, they’ve all gone on for so long and really are just dull now, though that’s just my opinion

Cornishshithead · 21/01/2026 20:53

Mrs Browns Boys. Just seeing it on the iPlayer homepage makes me feel odd

CoolShoeshine · 21/01/2026 20:56

This Morning. Only good when it was Richard and Judy.

Thesuperlativesistillloveyou · 21/01/2026 20:58

Cornishshithead · 21/01/2026 20:53

Mrs Browns Boys. Just seeing it on the iPlayer homepage makes me feel odd

Watched once ..you can see the jokes and I use that term loosely coming a mile off.

Yiayoula · 21/01/2026 21:08

EvangelineTheNightStar · 21/01/2026 20:30

Absolutely!
also anything with the horrendous Ant ‘n’ Dec… any thing ‘Slebrittty..’ anything Love Island esque

Totally agree with all the above.
Also Call the Midwife, Dancing on Ice and This Morning .
Fear I may have to add Strictly and Bake Off unless the new presenters are up to the task.

ednaclouda · 21/01/2026 21:13

squashyhat · 21/01/2026 20:26

Mrs Brown's Boys

mrs browns boys dreadful slapstick
make it stop

DeluluTaylor · 21/01/2026 21:15

Doesn’t Strictly still have really good viewing figures though?

Sid9nie · 21/01/2026 21:16

Death in Paradise the new characters are dull, and they are running out of plots.

chipsticksmammy · 21/01/2026 21:19

Daytime antique road trip junk reselling
Anything Ant n Dec
Michael Macintyre - all shows
Loose Women
Mrs Brown’s Boys is some of the worst TV I have ever seen. I don’t know how it has survived beyond an episode or two.

MrsLizzieDarcy · 21/01/2026 21:23

Strictly
Mrs Brown's Boys
Love Island
MAFS UK

bumphousebump · 21/01/2026 21:32

Grantchester ….loved it with James Norton but it’s gone so po faced.
the apprentice before it goes just too weird.

Illjustplayostrich · 21/01/2026 21:33

Greys Anatomy. Was SO good when it started, jumped the shark some years ago.

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