10 Step Foolproof Guide To Making An Awful TV Show

7. Base Your Entire Show On A Gimmick

Gimmicks usually involve stunt casting, for which the thought process presumably is something like, 'Hey, everyone liked that actor when he or she was doing that hit series! Let's build an entire show out of them doing something less interesting!' Poorly thought out spinoffs are normally subject to this, such as the ill-fated Friends follow-up Joey and the notorious That 80s Show. There have also been a huge number of cynical attempts to cash in on a C-list celebrity's fame, which has resulted in some of the most bizarre short-lived series of the last ten years. Take Stacked, a 2005 comedy which starred Pamela Anderson as the owner of a bookstore whose most frequent customer is retired rocket scientist Christopher Lloyd. What were they thinking?