Dads

Yes, 'Dads' is back from the dead as a market research tool. You're asked to watch this "new" sitcom to help with its development on a "self-erasing" tape, then drilled for 45 minutes about the commercials. Beware! Audience Responses, Inc. is truly evil, because this is quite possibly the worst sitcom I've ever seen, and they make you watch it under completely false pretenses. It's got acting from the "Three's Company" school, child wannabe-stars who make you want to commit infanticide, Rue McClanahan with a "German" (drunk/Southern/Russian) accent ... ack. Vile. But "Mr. Lizard" holds a special place in my heart.

So: get on board with this movement. Get the sitcom, rip out the magnet that erases it, mess with the market researchers' heads, upload it to YouTube, write fan mail to the child actors... do what needs to be done.

I too saw this TV show on a "self erasing" video tape. When I got the call to review a "potential" new TV series I was happy to do so. I did exactly as I was instructed and then I when I got the call, they went immediately into questions about commercials. I told the lady (approximately 15 times) that I did not watch the commercials, but I took excellent notes on the show. She kept up with asking questions in detail about these commercials that I had already told her that I did not watch and that I wanted to make "proactive" comments about the show, she refused to talk about my thoughts on the show and said that she had to ask these questions first. I told her that I did not pay attention to any of the commercials and every answer would be no or 0. I also told her that when I received a call about this "potential" new series there was no mention about commercials or any products, if so I would have never ever agreed to such a thing, I was mislead and I was disrespected by this company, she even told me after the fact that the conversation may be taped, but I was not made aware of this until half way through the conversation. I will never ever buy a product that she was bound and determined to speak about before I hung up. As for the show, it was dry, boring and really could not believe anyone would have wasted their time and money to show up to work after one day of shooting. I am a fan of Rue McClanahan, she is lucky that this show did not make it, it would have tarnished her career.

so i was mailed some tickets to show up for some decisions on some "new" sitcoms and a reincarnation drama...well, the drama was a s****y show called SOULMATES starring Kim Raver and Rob Knepper and had recycled music from other movies and TV shows; it was about reincarnation and repressed memories...i wish i could repress this memory.the show looked to be made in the late '90s, and i can tell because the cell phones used were about the size of my size 13 sneakers...and then came DADS starring C. Thomas Howell and that jackass from the WEST WING who banged his babysitter...wow...what a steaming pile as well. I hadn't seen such awkward acting since Iran Contra Hearings...ironically, when i looked these shows up, i only found DADS, obviously, and neither Kim Raver nor Rob Knepper had SOULMATES on their bios, but i don't blame them. and then the questions about products...my group of friends and i pretty much just walked out after the two shows...

My first tipoff, aside from the fact that they want detailed consumer information from you, is that C. Thomas Howell looked considerably younger in this pilot than he did just this year in '24'. Secondly, the ads were off. They seemed a little dated and didn't seem to go with the program. Then when I noticed the date I just got angry. I came on here to find out the story on the show only to find out someone else gotten taken in as well.It's small wonder the show was never picked up. It was terrible. The kids were incredibly annoying. Rue McClanahan, uneven as her accent was, was still the only bright spot in this half hour I'll never be able to get back.

Yes! The terror is now worldwide. Same selling technique, but now in DVD, has arrived to Spain. Same awful chapter, full of commercials in the middle (two times, like 7-10 minutes every time). Some questions you have to answer about the show the next day when they call you home and you're supposed to be "rewarded" with some gifts, they thank you for your "collaboration with this new TV show". Oh? New? Really? I was expecting something like the 6th "The Wire"season or "The sopranos" Special comeback... bad luck! Thank you very much, IPSOS ("...a company of inquiring minds and passionate people giving a voice and shape to the thoughts of millions of individuals around the world..."eeeerr What?) to make my girlfriend & me waste some 35 precious minutes of our lives watching this lousy DVD.

Anyway, the worst TV show EVER!