"and other tabloid talk programs from being shown on television during daytime hours on school holidays in response to numerous parental complaints and concerns about children's potential exposure to the salacious content (there was a short-running British version of the show made for ITV called ""The Springer Show"" that was lighter and more tongue-in-cheek). The show also topped ""TV Guide"" magazine's 2002 list of ""The Worst TV Shows Ever""; for a time, the show itself would even frequently boast about this ranking in its opening credits as a form of self-deprecation. The phrase ""Jerry Springer Nation"" began to be used"
"frequently named ""Worst of the Season"" include ""American Dad!"", """", ""House"", ""Two and a Half Men"", ""Ally McBeal"", ""Dawson's Creek"", ""Grey's Anatomy"", ""The Drew Carey Show"", ""Family Guy"", ""Friends"", ""The O.C."", ""Spin City"", ""That '70s Show"" and ""Will and Grace"". On a weekly basis, the PTC publishes reviews of what they consider to be the best and worst television programming for family viewing, authored by the various entertainment analysts at the council. Seth MacFarlane, creator of ""Family Guy"", compared the PTC's frequent negative reviews of the series to ""hate mail from Hitler"" and ""They're literally terrible human beings. I've read"
"Cincinnati TV personality Bob Braun appeared as Best Man, with Colleen Sharp and Bonnie Lou as Matrons of Honor. To this day the chicken wedding remains a significant piece of WLWT's (and Cincinnati's) television history. Late Night TV host David Letterman, who grew up in Indianapolis, cites Dixon's comedic talent as inspiration for his own antics. Dixon wrote and published two books; the first in 1968 titled ""Paul Baby: Confessions of the Mayor of Kneesville"". Two years later he published ""Letters to Paul Baby"", a compilation of Dixon's favorite fan mail. Dixon and his wife Marge had two children; Pamela"
"newscaster mentioned the city Bloomfield Hills, and ""No Pot to Pease In"", when a television show was made about the Bundy family and then was cancelled because (according to Marcy) ""some woman in Michigan didn't like it"". The conservative Parents Television Council named ""Married... with Children"" the worst show of both the 1995–96 and 1996–97 television seasons in its first two years in operation. In 1996, the organization called the show the ""crudest comedy on prime time television...peppered with lewd punch lines about sex, masturbation, the gay lifestyle, and the lead character's fondness for pornographic magazines and strip clubs."" A"
"as WMAQ's news director. Though Springer was once a two-term mayor of Cincinnati before becoming a news anchor for that city's NBC affiliate WLWT, his association with his infamous syndicated talk show (which, until 2009, was recorded at WMAQ's NBC Tower studios, and is now distributed by NBCUniversal through its syndication division) led to the belief that the newscast was being dumbed down. There were a handful of Springer supporters; nevertheless, the incident triggered a lot of negative publicity, on both the local and national levels. The station's longtime anchor team of Carol Marin and Ron Magers resigned in protest"
"Carey Show"". In addition, USA Network currently shows PTC-approved programs ""JAG"" and ""Monk"". The PTC also criticized Time Warner for many of the same reasons, also claiming that ""[a]ccording to Time Warner, classic movies are not appropriate for families. And neither is religious programming"", referring to the omission of channels such as Turner Classic Movies and The Word Network from the package. In January 2006, then-PTC president L. Brent Bozell III argued during a United States Senate hearing on indecency that Comcast and Time Warner ""have designed these family tiers to fail, because they would like nothing better than for"
"negative reviews was Ken Tucker from ""Entertainment Weekly""; he called it """"The Simpsons"" as conceived by a singularly sophomoric mind that lacks any reference point beyond other TV shows"". The Parents Television Council (PTC), a conservative non-profit watchdog, has attacked the series since its premiere and has branded various episodes as ""Worst TV Show of the Week"". In May 2000 the PTC launched a letter-writing campaign to the Fox network in an effort to persuade the network to cancel the show. The PTC has placed the show on their annual lists of ""Worst Prime-Time Shows for Family Viewing"" in 2000,"
"of the University of Connecticut, Torrington; the campus was closed in 2016. He lives with his wife, Gerry, in a ""small, old house"" (his words) on the land his parents bought in Cornwall, Connecticut, in the 1920s. ""The Quiz Show Scandal"" is a documentary that first aired on PBS January 6, 1992, as an episode of the fourth season of ""The American Experience"". Produced by Julian Krainin and Michael R. Lawrence, the one-hour program explored the corruption of the 1950s quiz show scandals, particularly that involving Van Doren and ""Twenty-One"". Van Doren spoke with the producers but eventually declined to"
"3 ""Play Dates Are Banned!"" Episode 4 ""Trapped in Manhattan"" Episode 5 ""Dancing with Danger"" Episode 6 ""Zen & Now"" Episode 7 ""Family Secrets"" Episode 8 ""High Anxiety"" Episode 9 ""The Iron Dome Home"" Episode 10 ""Desperate for Date Night"" Episode 11 ""Welcome to the Nut House"" Episode 12 ""Rules Overboard"" Episode 13 ""Girls' Night In"" World's Worst Mom World's Worst Mom is a Cineflix produced series that aired on Slice TV and syndicated by TLC International. Based in Toronto, the show features extremely over-protective parents and their families. Lenore Skenazy, columnist and advocate for the Free Range Kids movement"
"the Clinton Administration had sought to have military uniforms banned from the White House, which has been repeatedly proven false. DeLay was a participant on the ninth season of ""Dancing with the Stars"", a reality-TV dance competition show in which celebrities such as DeLay are paired with professional dancers. DeLay's dance partner-instructor was Cheryl Burke, a two-time champion on the highly watched ABC television show. DeLay is the second former politician to compete on the show, following the former mayor of Cincinnati (1977–78), season three's Jerry Springer, better known as host of the tabloid television talk show ""The Jerry Springer"
"Cincinnati where Springer was a news anchor, refused to carry the episode ""I Married A Horse"", which led to it being pulled before airing. In 1999, the show was parodied in the film """", with Dr. Evil and his son Scott discussing being evil. Along with Jerry, Steve Wilkos and Todd Schultz played themselves in the movie. In 2000, Springer was given a five-year, $30 million contract extension paying him $6 million per year. The same year, a married couple, Ralf and Eleanor Panitz, were guests on an episode of the show entitled ""Secret Mistresses Confronted"" with Mr. Panitz's ex-wife,"
"Harvey (2014) and (2017). ""Feud"" ranked number 3 on Game Show Network (GSN)'s 2006 list of the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time, and also on ""TV Guide""s 2013 list of the 60 greatest game shows ever. Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting, founders of the website Television Without Pity, wrote that they hated the 1999 syndicated version, saying ""Give us classic ""Feud"" every time"", citing both Dawson and Combs as hosts. Additionally, they called Anderson an ""alleged sexual harasser and full-time sphere"". It was reported that the public responded negatively to several videos posted on the official ""Family"
"was nationally syndicated from 1993 until its end in 2018. According to the MSNBC website, McGuirk is married with two children and resides in Long Beach, New York. On Wednesday April 1, 2015, during the ""Imus in the Morning"" show on Fox Business, McGuirk called Apple CEO Tim Cook a ""bigot hypocrite"" for ""running his mouth"" about the subject of the religious freedom Indiana law passed the month prior. McGuirk: There is a lot of hypocrisy. First of all, Governor Cuomo tells all his state employees don't go to Indiana but he's going to Cuba where gay marriage is illegal"
"stating ""There are a lot of elements that make ""The Cleveland Show"" seem like it should work better than it does, but as a whole, it hasn’t quite managed to stand up and differentiate itself enough from its parent show to be taken as its own thing"". The Parents Television Council, a conservative media watchdog group and frequent critic of MacFarlane-produced programs, named the series' premiere episode its ""Worst TV Show of the Week"" for the week ending October 2, 2009, due to sexually explicit humor. The authors cited a number of scenes, including the send-off scene where Lois Griffin"
"The Uncle Al Show The Uncle Al Show was a children's television program originating in Cincinnati. The show was hosted by Cleveland native Al Lewis (1924–2009) (not to be confused with the actor who played Grandpa on ""The Munsters""), and later was co-hosted by his wife, Wanda. The show enjoyed a remarkable 35-year run (1950–1985) on WCPO-TV, making it one of the longest-running local children's shows in American TV history. (""Sesame Street"" holds the national record, as it is now approaching its 50th consecutive year on the air.) ""Uncle Al"" holds the unofficial record for the longest-running regularly-scheduled series with"
"low passenger count and the fact that only 1 in 10 passengers buy their tickets at the window. The low passenger count was blamed on the relocated boarding area. Outside of Cincinnati, Union Terminal is mostly known for its appearances on television. In the 1970s animated series ""Super Friends"", the imposing headquarters of the Justice League, the Hall of Justice, was modeled after Union Terminal. The show's producer, Hanna-Barbera, was at the time owned by Cincinnati-based Taft Broadcasting. In 2016, a four-night crossover event, ""Invasion!"", which linked The CW network's four DC Comics-related live-action TV series - ""Supergirl"", ""The Flash"","
"and ""FOX-y Lady"" contained scenes which were like nothing seen on television before. The Parents Television Council (a frequent critic of ""Family Guy"") branded ""Family Gay"", ""Three Kings"" ""420"", and ""Stew-roids"" as the ""worst show of the week,"" a title frequently given the series by the group. In response to its group's criticism, executive producer David Goodman claimed that ""Family Guy"" is ""absolutely for adults"" and he does not allow his own children to watch the show. MacFarlane also responded to the PTC's decrees against the show in an interview with ""The Advocate"": ""For an organization that prides itself on"
"Media in Cincinnati The Cincinnati metropolitan area is a medium-sized, three-state media market centered on Cincinnati, Ohio, slightly overlapping the Dayton media market to the north. The Cincinnati market is served by one daily newspaper, ""The Cincinnati Enquirer"", and a variety of weekly and monthly print publications. The area is home to 12 television stations and numerous radio stations. The E. W. Scripps Company was founded in Cincinnati as a newspaper chain and remains there as a national television and radio broadcaster. The term ""soap opera"" originally referred to Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble, which created some of the first programs"
"in song, drew protests from several AIDS service organizations. According to the DVD commentary, the song was meant to show how Peter would deliver bad news in the ""best way possible"". Also according to the DVD commentary, the commentators say that the song is meant to be tasteless, because that is the joke. The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire ""The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire"" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series ""Family Guy"". This episode marks the final appearance of Loretta, until the season 7 episode, ""Love, Blactually"". In the episode, Cleveland's wife Loretta cheats on him with"
"was ""Geraldo"", which was oriented toward controversial guests and theatricality. As an example, one of the early show topics was titled ""Men in Lace Panties and the Women Who Love Them"". One 1988 episode featuring racist skinheads ended in a brawl that left host Geraldo Rivera with a broken nose. This incident led to ""Newsweek""s characterization of his show as ""Trash TV"". The term was subsequently applied to tabloid talk shows at their most extreme; some hosts, such as Jerry Springer, have proudly accepted the label, while Jenny Jones resent it. One of the most extreme tabloid talk show hosts"
"Nothing"". The Parents Television Council, a conservative media watchdog group that are frequent critics of ""American Dad"", as well as all other television programs produced by Seth MacFarlane - including ""Family Guy"" and ""The Cleveland Show"" - named ""Pulling Double Booty"" the ""Worst TV Show of the Week"" for the week of November 22, 2008. In a negative review for the episode, the group criticized the episode for ""sexually explicit dialogue and a nauseating incestuous plot"", and went on to write, ""So far, nothing has been more disturbing than the repugnant plot of the November 16th [...] episode of ""American"
"slow increase, and by the final episode viewership had reached over 3 million; more than some episodes of ""Deadwood"". One day after the season finale aired, HBO canceled the show. John from Cincinnati John from Cincinnati is an American television drama, set against the surfing community of Imperial Beach, California, that aired on HBO from June 10, 2007, to August 12, 2007. ""John from Cincinnati"" is the result of a collaborative effort between writer/producer David Milch and author Kem Nunn, whose novels have been termed ""surf noir"". The program deals with a strange young man of mysterious origin and the"
"other unsuccessful sitcoms under his belt since leaving ""M*A*S*H""—""The McLean Stevenson Show"", which also aired on NBC, in 1976–77, and ""In the Beginning"", which aired in 1978. Stevenson appeared in three more series that later failed with him in a regular role: ""Match Game"" in its 1981–82 season, ""Condo"" in 1983, and ""Dirty Dancing"" in 1988. ""TV Guide"" ranked the series No. 12 on their ""50 Worst Shows of All Time"" list in 2002. The show has often been used as shorthand for badness. In one example, Arianna Huffington said that ""John McCain's return to the Senate will be the"
"as a contributing factor to the perceived sense of ""entitlement"" seen in the Generation Y who grew up watching the show as children. One specific criticism is: The creator and performer of the San Diego Chicken mascot, Ted Giannoulas, called Barney a ""ubiquitous and insipid creature"" in a 1999 court case. ""Barney & Friends"" ranked #50 on ""TV Guide"" 2002 list of the 50 worst TV shows of all time. The show has also been parodied in many forms. (see Anti-Barney humor) In a 1993 newspaper article, Jerry Franklin, the head of Connecticut Public Television, which co-produced ""Barney"" at the"
"John from Cincinnati John from Cincinnati is an American television drama, set against the surfing community of Imperial Beach, California, that aired on HBO from June 10, 2007, to August 12, 2007. ""John from Cincinnati"" is the result of a collaborative effort between writer/producer David Milch and author Kem Nunn, whose novels have been termed ""surf noir"". The program deals with a strange young man of mysterious origin and the effect he has on a dysfunctional family of professional surfers and their community. The series includes surfing sequences by well-respected surfers such as Brock Little, Keala Kennelly, Dan Malloy, John-John"
", due to what the PTC claimed were ""strong advertiser resistance and low ratings"". ""Family Guy"" made the PTC's 2000, 2005, and 2006 lists of ""worst prime-time shows for family viewing"", with over forty ""Family Guy"" episodes listed as ""Worst TV Show[s] of the Week"". This was due to profanity, animated nudity, and violence. The series was also named the worst show of the 2006–2007 season by the PTC. In addition, a live-action special hosted by series creator Seth MacFarlane and fellow voice actress Alex Borstein titled """" also was named ""Worst TV Show of the Week"" by the PTC"
"was reported that Miller was leaving the show, effective immediately. The program was renamed ""The D'Marco Farr Show"" with guest hosts replacing Miller. Miller was a weekend sports anchor for the CBS Corporation-owned duopoly of KCBS and KCAL in Los Angeles until January 2017. In August 2017, Miller joined Cincinnati's local CBS station WKRC as weeknight sports anchor. Miller is married and is the father of two. In 1997, Miller was arrested for public indecency at a nightclub in Cleveland, where he covered that year's American League Championship Series. Police confiscated what was described as ""drug paraphernalia"" and said Miller"
"Up America"", being called ""TV's lowest life-form"" and Springer himself being ranked at 32 and labeled an ""American Pioneer"". Goldberg also claimed that Springer was knowingly capitalizing on the disadvantages of his guests and the stupidity of his audience, also citing the controversial episode revolving around the man who married his horse. In January 2006, the show was renewed for its sixteenth season, ending speculation that Springer would leave his talk show to run for elected office in Ohio, where he is the former mayor of Cincinnati. By this time, the show began to poke fun at itself by using"
"CBS's high-quality legal drama ""The Defenders"", NBC's medical drama ""Dr. Kildare"", CBS's ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"", and ABC's medical drama ""Ben Casey"" as bright spots in the new TV schedule. Despite the praise for these four series, the authors also highlight several less worthy series which debuted during the 1961–62 season: ""Room for One More"", ""Window on Main Street"", ""Hazel"" (""possibly the dumbest family in TV history""), and the truly terrible ""The Hathaways"" (""possibly the worst series ever to air on network TV""). NBC lured Disney's popular anthology series from ABC; ""Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color"" premiered on"
"Courtis Fuller Courtis John Fuller (born 26 January 1957) is a news broadcaster in Cincinnati, Ohio, who is active in politics and in local community affairs. Fuller is an on-air personality at WLWT-TV. He was named ""Cincinnati's Favorite TV Personality"" by the Broadcast Hall of Fame. In 2001, Fuller, a lifelong Democrat, ran as a Charterite candidate for the office of mayor of Cincinnati. The incumbent mayor was Charlie Luken, a former colleague of Fuller's in the WLWT newsroom. In the non-partisan primary election, Fuller managed a surprise first-place finish. However, in the general election, he received 45 percent of"
"series, but also has filed complaints with the Federal Communications Commission. Since 2005, the PTC has deemed ""Family Guy"" the ""Worst TV Show of the Week"" on at least 40 occasions, with at least 42 episodes so designated; many of the awards came following original broadcasts, while the others were based on repeat airings. In addition to criticizing the show's perceived controversial or offensive content, critics have also targeted the show's reliance on cutaway gags. The show's cutaway gags are mostly criticized for being dragged out too long, having little to no relevance to the episode, or for being highly"
"conclusion that the man is pretty much a complete idiot."" The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, an LGBT media watchdog organization, released a statement about the episode, noting that ""GLAAD shares the serious concerns being voiced from members of the community and GLAAD’s Entertainment Media Team is addressing these with Fox."" In February 2010, the episode ""Extra Large Medium,"" aired in which Ellen, a female character with Down syndrome, mentions that her mother is a former governor of Alaska. Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, criticised the show for mocking her brother Trig, who has Down"
"World's Worst Mom World's Worst Mom is a Cineflix produced series that aired on Slice TV and syndicated by TLC International. Based in Toronto, the show features extremely over-protective parents and their families. Lenore Skenazy, columnist and advocate for the Free Range Kids movement works with parents to help them step outside their boundaries and conquer their fears. In the long run, host Lenore teaches parents how to loosen the reins and give their kids the freedom they need to grow up with independence while still keeping safety as a main priority. ""World's Worst Mom"" was originally known by the"