Hugely popular and successful ≠ good. This show proves that.
Even as a child, I hated this show, everything about it, and everyone associated with it, and I hate it even more today. There are plenty of "safe, family comedies" that are actually funny and have a basic level of competence in their writing and acting. This isn't one of them, and nor was anything that came out of the Miller/Boyett/TGIF bilge machine. The fact it still airs in syndication and on TWO cable networks, whereas plenty of superior shows (like almost everything ever made) can barely get exposure today on TV or on DVD is maddening. Does a show have to start with (and rate) an "F" to get the time of day from WB?
The only show I despise more is "Friends," which WB has been regurgitating endlessly on DVD.
The only way this can be making money for WB is because there are no extras and little remastering involved.
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Night Court, Perfect Strangers and even Murphy brown, which have not been in any kind of regular syndication for years and have pretty much been forgotten. You can't really blame WB for discontinuing a show that is not selling, as frustrating as it is
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You can blame them for not doing any advertising and putting very little effort into letting people know it is available. You can also blame them for putting a $26.95 MSRP on Night Court's 13-episode first season.