Two brothers who are running away from their mafia family in New Jersey end up in LA and try to live out their American Dream of being restaurant owners. Turns out that their life in hiding is a little harder than initially expected, especially when a woman enters their lives and causes a complex love triangle.
This tella-novella aired no more than 81 episodes before it got canceled in 2006. According to Detroit Free Press “In terms of intelligence, wit and quality, ‘Desire’ is a serious cut below most primetime drama series.” Better luck next time.
2013: Does Someone Have To Go?
It's like an extreme makeover but for the workplace. Dysfunctional workplaces get a second chance at succeeding in the business world. The show puts forward angry bosses, lazy employees, and conniving co-workers. Unfortunately, the mix isn't as exciting. The show fails to keep focus on office dynamics and all in all misses the point.
The 2013 show only lasted six episodes. That is barely a season. Critics gave it 27/100 and users gave it 3.3/10. Newsday said it was like "'Lord of the Flies'-meets-a-telephone book, and just about as entertaining."
2007: In Case of Emergency
This half-hour American sitcom follows the lives of a bunch of 30 something high school buddies who are disappointed in how their lives turned out. The pilot premiered in January 2007 and promptly ended in April of the same year. Out of several ABC green lights that year, In Case of Emergency was just not one of them.
The pilot episode was directed by Jon Favreau and the cast included Jonathan Silverman, David Arquette, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Hu, and Greg Germann. All in all 13 episodes of this show aired in 2007 as critics described it as "a shrill, irritating comedy" that has "fleeting glimpses of better show."
2006: Get This Party Started
Like MTV's Sweet Sixteen but for adults, this show features a bunch of A-list event planners who get together to create memorable events for people's major milestones. Too bad the show basically celebrates a bunch of nobodies with milestones that aren't particularly exciting. Not to mention the event planners who lack star quality.
Get This Party Started lasted just two episodes. It's baffling how this reality show got 'green-lit' to begin with. PopMatter magazine said that "UPN's new series has a shot — in the sweepstakes for the worst reality show of all time."
2006: Happy Hour
Happy Hour is a 2006 Canadian sitcom that debuted on September 7, 2006. The show follows Henry Beckman, a young man, who after a losing everything- the girl, his apartment and even his job, is forced to start over. The show only lasted thirteen episodes but didn't even get to air all of them. In fact, the only nation that was (un)lucky to experience all 13 episodes, was Brazil.
The show was actually created by the couple behind that '70s Show, so it was rather odd when it failed miserably. Something clearly when wrong as their previous show was everyone knows was a total hit. Critics from the Washington Post it was "sheer, excruciating pain.... 'Happy Hour' stands a good chance of being named Worst New Show, or at least feeblest new sitcom."