7. Ferris Bueller—Blossom

I know there’s a perfect joke here, a joke that sums up the 1990s, irony, Generation X, slackers, and feminism. But all I’ve got is one about Charlie Schlatter, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and Jennifer Aniston that’s so painfully unfunny that it’s not even worth it. Instead, with apologies to Drew Magary’s Jamboroo, here’s a Gratuitous Simpsons Quote: “And she looks like Blossom!”

8. Hudson Street—3rd Rock from the Sun

It’s amazing that a show starring Tony Danza and Lori “Aunt Becky” Loughlin about a divorced detective living in Hoboken didn’t become a huge hit. What replaced it, though, did. Thanks to winning performances by John Lithgow and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 3rd Rock ran for 139 episodes and won eight Emmys. Danza’s career would continue to spiral until he found the part he was born to play: a garbage picking, field goal kicking Philadelphia phenomenon in The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon.

9. The Sketch Show—American Dad!

What a lineup Fox had in 2003-2004: King of the Hill, Malcolm in the Middle (again, it was good, but no Futurama), The Simpsons, Family Guy, and The Sketch Show. Well, maybe not that last one so much. Based on a British show, the Kelsey Grammer-produced Sketch Show was like Whose Line Is It Anyway? without any of the jokes, and lasted just six episodes, only four of which aired. When the show was put out of its misery, it was replaced by the far superior American Dad! Then again, even Jake and the Fatman was far superior than anything produced by Grammer, i.e. In-Laws, Girlfriends, Back to You, Hank, etc.

10. To Rome with Love—All in the Family

The only reason All in the Family made it to the air in the first place was due to the “rural purge,” where American networks in the early 1970s canceled rural-themed shows, like Petticoat Junction and Green Acres. They were about five years too late, but oh well. Corny pilots were still being greenlit, though, and there are very few shows cornier than To Rome with Love, about a recently widowed college professor who takes his three daughters from Iowa to Rome with him. Hilarity did not ensue, and the show was bumped to another night (and soon canceled) in favor of Archie Bunker’s casual racism [The best kind of racism! – Ed.].