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* ''Series/JurassicFightClub'' was moderately popular when it debuted in 2008, as far as dinosaur documentaries go. But following the growing number of paleontology enthusiasts voicing their opinions online, resulting in increased awareness of paleontological media such as this series and ''Series/MonstersResurrected''[[note]]Which while similarly disparaged, does have enough redeeming factors to avoid this trope[[/note]] misusing the genre for the sake of [[LowestCommonDenominator sensationalist content with an emphasis on gratuitous violence]] (known as "Awesomebro" in the community) instead of actually ''educating'' people about prehistoric wildlife and further perpetuating the PrehistoricMonster stereotype, as well as its lax attitude towards scientific accuracy (such as being a major offender of many RaptorAttack cliches), ''Jurassic Fight Club'' became scorned, with many people who watched it and enjoyed it as kids being very critical of it once they grew older.
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* ''Series/JurassicFightClub'' was moderately popular when it debuted in 2008, as far as dinosaur documentaries go. But following the growing number of paleontology enthusiasts voicing their opinions online, resulting in increased awareness of paleontological media such as this series and ''Series/MonstersResurrected''[[note]]Which ''Series/MonstersResurrected''[[note]]Which, while similarly disparaged, does have enough redeeming factors to avoid this trope[[/note]] misusing the genre for the sake of [[LowestCommonDenominator sensationalist content with an emphasis on gratuitous violence]] (known as "Awesomebro" in the community) instead of actually ''educating'' people about prehistoric wildlife and further perpetuating the PrehistoricMonster stereotype, as well as its lax attitude towards scientific accuracy (such as being a major offender of many RaptorAttack cliches), ''Jurassic Fight Club'' became scorned, with many people who watched it and enjoyed it as kids being very critical of it once they grew older.
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However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowCommon the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially [[EasternRPG RPGs]] and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.\\\
Sessler blaming his fall from grace on "gamer culture" is ironic, because it seems that most people bring up ''X-Play'' as an example of everything that was ''wrong'' with gamer culture in the 2000's: at best, it tried too hard to come off as cool, and at worst it was downright racist.
Sessler blaming his fall from grace on "gamer culture" is ironic, because it seems that most people bring up ''X-Play'' as an example of everything that was ''wrong'' with gamer culture in the 2000's: at best, it tried too hard to come off as cool, and at worst it was downright racist.
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However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowCommon the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially [[EasternRPG RPGs]] and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.\\\
Sessler blaming his fall from grace on "gamer culture" is has been noted as ironic, because it seems that most people bring up ''X-Play'' as an example of everything that was ''wrong'' with gamer culture in the 2000's: at best, it tried too hard to come off as cool, and at worst it was downright racist.
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': The episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E3TheParadiseSyndrome The Paradise Syndrome]]" was seen as a rare bright spot in [[SeasonalRot the mostly disappointing Season 3]] for a couple of decades after it aired, due in large part to Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=] having interesting character beats and Miramanee's strong chemistry with Kirk. Unfortunately, [[ValuesDissonance time has not been kind to it]], and as societal mores shifted, the inhabitants of Amerind being a gaggle of on-the-nose Native American stereotypes played painfully straight was viewed in an increasingly negative light, especially since Miramanee was played by a white actress in {{brownface}}. Other aspects of the episode have come under increasing criticism, such as Miramanee's intelligence and personality fluctuating, a clumsily-handled two-month TimeSkip, and the episode's slow pace undermining the intended tension of Spock needing to make the right command decisions quickly. While it's generally not seen as particularly bad by third season standards, it's nevertheless now considered yet another bad episode in a season full of them, and an embarrassing relic of a less enlightened era to boot. These days, perhaps the only thing about this episode that remains popular are the mysterious [[{{Precursors}} Preservers]].
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': The episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E3TheParadiseSyndrome The Paradise Syndrome]]" was seen as a rare bright spot in [[SeasonalRot the mostly disappointing Season 3]] for a couple of decades after it aired, due in large part to Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=] having interesting character beats and Miramanee's strong chemistry with Kirk. Unfortunately, [[ValuesDissonance time has not been kind to it]], and as societal mores shifted, the inhabitants of Amerind being a gaggle of on-the-nose Native American stereotypes played painfully straight was viewed in an increasingly negative light, especially since Miramanee was played by a white actress in {{brownface}}. Other aspects of the episode have come under increasing criticism, such as Miramanee's intelligence and personality fluctuating, fluctuating depending on the needs of the plot, a clumsily-handled two-month TimeSkip, and the episode's slow pace undermining the intended tension of Spock needing to make the right command decisions quickly. While it's generally not seen as particularly bad by third season standards, it's nevertheless now considered yet another bad episode in a season full of them, and an embarrassing relic of a less enlightened era to boot. These days, perhaps the only thing about aspect of this episode that remains popular are the mysterious [[{{Precursors}} Preservers]].
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However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially [[EasternRPG RPGs]] and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.\\\
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* Throughout the Main/TurnOfTheMillennium, ''Series/XPlay'' with Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb was a CultClassic with a devoted fanbase. Starting as the most popular show on Creator/TechTV and being one of few shows to survive the channel's merger with Creator/G4TV, the combination video game review show and SketchComedy program mixed insightful commentary on the latest games with snarky, nerdy humor. When the program was cancelled in 2013 as G4 was winding down operations, many missed it, and when Comcast briefly brought the channel back they made a brand new version of the show one of their selling points.\\
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However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially [[EasternRPG RPGs]] and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.\\\
Sessler blaming his fall from grace on "gamer culture" is ironic, because it seems that most people bring up ''X-Play'' as an example of everything that was ''wrong'' with gamer culture in the 2000's: at best, it tried too hard to come off as cool, and at worst it was downright racist.
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However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially [[EasternRPG RPGs]] and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.\\\
Sessler blaming his fall from grace on "gamer culture" is ironic, because it seems that most people bring up ''X-Play'' as an example of everything that was ''wrong'' with gamer culture in the 2000's: at best, it tried too hard to come off as cool, and at worst it was downright racist.
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* Throughout the Main/TurnOfTheMillennium, ''Series/XPlay'' with Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb was a CultClassic with a devoted fanbase. Starting as the most popular show on Creator/TechTV and being one of few shows to survive the channel's merger with Creator/G4TV, the combination video game review show and SketchComedy program mixed insightful commentary on the latest games with snarky, nerdy humor. When the program was cancelled in 2013 as G4 was winding down operations, many missed it, and when Comcast briefly brought the channel back they made a brand new version of the show one of their selling points.\\
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However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially [[EasternRPG RPGs]] and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.\\\
Sessler blaming his fall from grace on "gamer culture" is ironic, because it seems that most people bring up ''X-Play'' as an example of everything that was ''wrong'' with gamer culture in the 2000's: at best, it tried too hard to come off as cool, and at worst it was downright racist.
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However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially [[EasternRPG RPGs]] and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.\\\
Sessler blaming his fall from grace on "gamer culture" is ironic, because it seems that most people bring up ''X-Play'' as an example of everything that was ''wrong'' with gamer culture in the 2000's: at best, it tried too hard to come off as cool, and at worst it was downright racist.
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However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially [[EasternRPG RPGs]] and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.\\
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However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially EasternRPGs and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.\\
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However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially EasternRPGs [[EasternRPG RPGs]] and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.\\
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* Throughout the TurnOfTheMillenium, ''Series/XPlay'' with Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb was a CultClassic with a devoted fanbase. Starting as the most popular show on Creator/TechTV and being one of few shows to survive the channel's merger with Creator/G4TV, the combination video game review show and SketchComedy program mixed insightful commentary on the latest games with snarky, nerdy humor. When the program was cancelled in 2013 as G4 was winding down operations, many missed it, and when Comcast briefly brought the channel back they made a brand new version of the show one of their selling points.
However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially RPGs and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.
However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially RPGs and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.
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* Throughout the TurnOfTheMillenium, Main/TurnOfTheMillennium, ''Series/XPlay'' with Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb was a CultClassic with a devoted fanbase. Starting as the most popular show on Creator/TechTV and being one of few shows to survive the channel's merger with Creator/G4TV, the combination video game review show and SketchComedy program mixed insightful commentary on the latest games with snarky, nerdy humor. When the program was cancelled in 2013 as G4 was winding down operations, many missed it, and when Comcast briefly brought the channel back they made a brand new version of the show one of their selling points.
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However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially
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* Throughout the TurnOfTheMillenium, ''Series/XPlay'' with Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb was a CultClassic with a devoted fanbase. Starting as the most popular show on Creator/TechTV and being one of few shows to survive the channel's merger with Creator/G4TV, the combination video game review show and SketchComedy program mixed insightful commentary on the latest games with snarky, nerdy humor. When the program was cancelled in 2013 as G4 was winding down operations, many missed it, and when Comcast briefly brought the channel back they made a brand new version of the show one of their selling points.
However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially RPGs and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.
Sessler blaming his fall from grace on "gamer culture" is ironic, because it seems that most people bring up ''X-Play'' as an example of everything that was ''wrong'' with gamer culture in the 2000's: at best, it tried too hard to come off as cool, and at worst it was downright racist.
However, as time went on, [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the show began to pale in comparison to the newer crop of video game reviewers on the Internet who also mixed comedy with game reviews]], making ''X-Play'' and its style of reviewing seem like it was overly-nitpicky and [[FanHater too focused on trying to piss off people who liked certain types of game]] than actually telling people if a game is good or not. Not only that, but a lot of the jokes [[ValuesDissonance aged extremely poorly]]. Aside from the typical jokes that sexualized women and mocked the disabled, when reviewing games made in Japan (especially RPGs and games based off anime and manga), Sessler and Webb would make ''extremely'' racist jokes about Japanese people, with Webb at one point saying [[YellowPeril "I fear for the day that the zany bean curd loving race finally rules over us"]] and saying that [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki the Hiroshima bombings]] was "when they finally became civilized". One sketch even had an intern in {{Yellowface}} to play a Japanese person: something that was considered wrong even then. In early 2023, after Creator/SquareEnix producer Naoki Yoshida commented that he felt uncomfortable with the term "JRPG" and the way Western critics treated the genre, Twitter users pointed to these moments as examples of what Yoshida was talking about...and Sessler's attempt at deflection (where he called Japanese games "consumer boner simulators" and blamed the backlash on [[InsaneTrollLogic gamer culture and the alt-right]]) only tarnished his reputation even further, with other gaming journalists condemning him.
Sessler blaming his fall from grace on "gamer culture" is ironic, because it seems that most people bring up ''X-Play'' as an example of everything that was ''wrong'' with gamer culture in the 2000's: at best, it tried too hard to come off as cool, and at worst it was downright racist.
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* Throughout the 2000s, Creator/DanSchneider was touted as a pioneer of the modern KidCom genre, shifting children's TV towards mostly live-action programming for a tween audience with such hit shows as ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. Schneider's shows launched Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DrakeBell and many others into stardom. While Schneider's shows were often criticized for their constant usage of [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour off-color jokes]] and [[FootFocus an odd fondness for feet]] as humor, these complaints didn't affect the popularity of his shows. However, by the late 2010s, concerns grew over Schneider's behavior, especially after the [[TroubledProduction extremely controversial production]] of ''Series/SamAndCat'' led Nickelodeon to absorb his production company, Schneider's Bakery. His next series, ''Series/HenryDanger'', was a ratings success, but nowhere near the level of Nick's previous juggernauts, and later shows such as ''Series/GameShakers'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' failed to gain momentum. Finally, in early 2018, it was revealed Schneider had verbally and emotionally abused several of the teenaged stars of his shows, alongside dozens of accusations of sexualization of underage girls and collaborating with convicted pedophiles. After Creator/JennetteMcCurdy's memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' revealed more of the backstage stories on the shows she was in, as well as allegations from Creator/AmandaBynes (even indicating he had a role in her star-derailing addiction problems), it's very unlikely Schneider will have his reputation restored.
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* In TheNineties, older Christian viewers made ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touched_by_an_Angel#Ratings a Top 10 show]] at the height of its run. Despite [[CriticalDissonance never being a critical favorite]] and regarded as {{glurge}} at its worst, it often outdrew ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in its Sunday night time slot, it launched a SpinOff in ''Promised Land'' that lasted three seasons, it earned eleven UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations, and reruns of the show were central to the fledgling [[Creator/IonTelevision PAX]] network's lineup. However, when its time slot was switched to Saturday nights for its final two seasons, ratings plunged, and the show's fandom evaporated. The show remains in circulation, but it is mostly seen as an overly sentimental, glurge-friendly joke, too [[SweetnessAversion sugary]] for non-devout audiences but too liberal for politically hard-right, evangelical Christians who now have [[TheMoralSubstitute plenty of entertainment aimed specifically at them]]. The participation of Creator/BillCosby (who guest-starred in two episodes) didn't help its long-term legacy either.
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* In TheNineties, older Christian viewers made ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touched_by_an_Angel#Ratings a Top 10 show]] at the height of its run. Despite [[CriticalDissonance never being a critical favorite]] and regarded as {{glurge}} at its worst, it often outdrew ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in its Sunday night time slot, it launched a SpinOff in ''Promised Land'' that lasted three seasons, it earned eleven UsefulNotes/EmmyAward MediaNotes/EmmyAward nominations, and reruns of the show were central to the fledgling [[Creator/IonTelevision PAX]] network's lineup. However, when its time slot was switched to Saturday nights for its final two seasons, ratings plunged, and the show's fandom evaporated. The show remains in circulation, but it is mostly seen as an overly sentimental, glurge-friendly joke, too [[SweetnessAversion sugary]] for non-devout audiences but too liberal for politically hard-right, evangelical Christians who now have [[TheMoralSubstitute plenty of entertainment aimed specifically at them]]. The participation of Creator/BillCosby (who guest-starred in two episodes) didn't help its long-term legacy either.
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* Throughout the 2000s, Creator/DanSchneider was touted as a pioneer of the modern KidCom genre, shifting children's TV towards mostly live-action programming for a tween audience with such hit shows as ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. Schneider's shows launched Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DrakeBell and many others into stardom. While Schneider's shows were often criticized for their constant usage of [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour off-color jokes]] and [[FootFocus an odd fondness for feet]] as humor, these complaints didn't affect the popularity of his shows. However, by the late 2010s, concerns grew over Schneider's behavior, especially after the [[TroubledProduction extremely controversial production]] of ''Series/SamAndCat'' led Nickelodeon to absorb his production company, Schneider's Bakery. His next series, ''Series/HenryDanger'', was a ratings success, but nowhere near the level of Nick's previous juggernauts, and later shows such as ''Series/GameShakers'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' failed to gain momentum. Finally, in early 2018, it was revealed Schneider had verbally and emotionally abused several of the teenaged stars of his shows, alongside dozens of accusations of sexualization of underage girls and collaborating with convicted pedophiles. After Creator/JennetteMcCurdy's memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' revealed more of the backstage stories on the shows she was in, as well as allegations from Creator/AmandaBynes (even indicating he had a role in her star-derailing addiction problems), it's very unlikely Schneider will have his reputation restored. Nowadays, ''none'' of his shows are liked or enjoyed anymore and have been criticized for the creepy elements that are obviously on display; on top of that, once you know about the extent of the awful treatment of the crew, it’s really hard to go back to those shows.
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* Throughout the 2000s, Creator/DanSchneider was touted as a pioneer of the modern KidCom genre, shifting children's TV towards mostly live-action programming for a tween audience with such hit shows as ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. Schneider's shows launched Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DrakeBell and many others into stardom. While Schneider's shows were often criticized for their constant usage of [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour off-color jokes]] and [[FootFocus an odd fondness for feet]] as humor, these complaints didn't affect the popularity of his shows. However, by the late 2010s, concerns grew over Schneider's behavior, especially after the [[TroubledProduction extremely controversial production]] of ''Series/SamAndCat'' led Nickelodeon to absorb his production company, Schneider's Bakery. His next series, ''Series/HenryDanger'', was a ratings success, but nowhere near the level of Nick's previous juggernauts, and later shows such as ''Series/GameShakers'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' failed to gain momentum. Finally, in early 2018, it was revealed Schneider had verbally and emotionally abused several of the teenaged stars of his shows, alongside dozens of accusations of sexualization of underage girls and collaborating with convicted pedophiles. After Creator/JennetteMcCurdy's memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' revealed more of the backstage stories on the shows she was in, as well as allegations from Creator/AmandaBynes (even indicating he had a role in her star-derailing addiction problems), it's very unlikely Schneider will have his reputation restored. Nowadays, ''none'' of his shows are liked or enjoyed anymore and have been criticized for the creepy elements that are obviously on display; on top of that, once you know about the extent of the awful treatment of the crew, it’s really hard to go back to those shows.
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* Throughout the 2000s, Creator/DanSchneider was touted as a pioneer of the modern KidCom genre, shifting children's TV towards mostly live-action programming for a tween audience with such hit shows as ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. Schneider's shows launched Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DrakeBell and many others into stardom. While Schneider's shows were often criticized for their constant usage of [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour off-color jokes]] and [[FootFocus an odd fondness for feet]] as humor, these complaints didn't affect the popularity of his shows. However, by the late 2010s, concerns grew over Schneider's behavior, especially after the [[TroubledProduction extremely controversial production]] of ''Series/SamAndCat'' led Nickelodeon to absorb his production company, Schneider's Bakery. His next series, ''Series/HenryDanger'', was a ratings success, but nowhere near the level of Nick's previous juggernauts, and later shows such as ''Series/GameShakers'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' failed to gain momentum. Finally, in early 2018, it was revealed Schneider had verbally and emotionally abused several of the teenaged stars of his shows, alongside dozens of accusations of sexualization of underage girls and collaborating with convicted pedophiles. After Creator/JennetteMcCurdy's memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' revealed more of the backstage stories on the shows she was in, as well as allegations from Creator/AmandaBynes (even indicating he had a role in her star-derailing addiction problems), it's very unlikely Schneider will have his reputation restored.
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* Throughout the 2000s, Creator/DanSchneider was touted as a pioneer of the modern KidCom genre, shifting children's TV towards mostly live-action programming for a tween audience with such hit shows as ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. Schneider's shows launched Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DrakeBell and many others into stardom. While Schneider's shows were often criticized for their constant usage of [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour off-color jokes]] and [[FootFocus an odd fondness for feet]] as humor, these complaints didn't affect the popularity of his shows. However, by the late 2010s, concerns grew over Schneider's behavior, especially after the [[TroubledProduction extremely controversial production]] of ''Series/SamAndCat'' led Nickelodeon to absorb his production company, Schneider's Bakery. His next series, ''Series/HenryDanger'', was a ratings success, but nowhere near the level of Nick's previous juggernauts, and later shows such as ''Series/GameShakers'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' failed to gain momentum. Finally, in early 2018, it was revealed Schneider had verbally and emotionally abused several of the teenaged stars of his shows, alongside dozens of accusations of sexualization of underage girls and collaborating with convicted pedophiles. After Creator/JennetteMcCurdy's memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' revealed more of the backstage stories on the shows she was in, as well as allegations from Creator/AmandaBynes (even indicating he had a role in her star-derailing addiction problems), it's very unlikely Schneider will have his reputation restored. Nowadays, ''none'' of his shows are liked or enjoyed anymore and have been criticized for the creepy elements that are obviously on display; on top of that, once you know about the extent of the awful treatment of the crew, it’s really hard to go back to those shows.
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* Throughout the 2000s, Creator/DanSchneider was touted as a pioneer of the modern KidCom genre, shifting children's TV towards mostly live-action programming for a tween audience with such hit shows as ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. Schneider's shows launched Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DrakeBell and many others into stardom. While Schneider's shows were often criticized for their constant usage of [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour off-color jokes]] and [[FootFocus an odd fondness for feet]] as humor, these complaints didn't affect the popularity of his shows. However, by the late 2010s, concerns grew over Schneider's behavior, especially after the [[TroubledProduction extremely controversial production]] of ''Series/SamAndCat'' led Nickelodeon to absorb his production company, Schneider's Bakery. His next series, ''Series/HenryDanger'', was a ratings success, but nowhere near the level of Nick's previous juggernauts, and later shows such as ''Series/GameShakers'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' failed to gain momentum. Finally, in early 2018, it was revealed Schneider had verbally and emotionally abused several of the teenaged stars of his shows, alongside dozens of accusations of sexualization of underage girls and collaborating with convicted pedohpiles. After Creator/JennetteMcCurdy's memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' revealed more of the backstage stories on the shows she was in, as well as allegations from Creator/AmandaBynes (even indicating he had a role in her star-derailing addiction problems), it's very unlikely Schneider will have his reputation restored.
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* Throughout the 2000s, Creator/DanSchneider was touted as a pioneer of the modern KidCom genre, shifting children's TV towards mostly live-action programming for a tween audience with such hit shows as ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. Schneider's shows launched Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DrakeBell and many others into stardom. While Schneider's shows were often criticized for their constant usage of [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour off-color jokes]] and [[FootFocus an odd fondness for feet]] as humor, these complaints didn't affect the popularity of his shows. However, by the late 2010s, concerns grew over Schneider's behavior, especially after the [[TroubledProduction extremely controversial production]] of ''Series/SamAndCat'' led Nickelodeon to absorb his production company, Schneider's Bakery. His next series, ''Series/HenryDanger'', was a ratings success, but nowhere near the level of Nick's previous juggernauts, and later shows such as ''Series/GameShakers'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' failed to gain momentum. Finally, in early 2018, it was revealed Schneider had verbally and emotionally abused several of the teenaged stars of his shows, alongside dozens of accusations of sexualization of underage girls and collaborating with convicted pedohpiles.pedophiles. After Creator/JennetteMcCurdy's memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' revealed more of the backstage stories on the shows she was in, as well as allegations from Creator/AmandaBynes (even indicating he had a role in her star-derailing addiction problems), it's very unlikely Schneider will have his reputation restored.
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The genre received a second wind in TheNineties with ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' and its assorted copycats. During the 2000s, it was frequently joked that every show on the Creator/{{Fox}} network that wasn't ''Series/TwentyFour'', ''Series/AmericanIdol'', ''Series/HouseMD'', ''Series/{{Bones}}'', ''Fox News Sunday'', or an animated sitcom was pure T&A. However, this second boom coincided with the rise of [[TheInternetIsForPorn easily-accessible pornography on the internet]], the presence of provocative content (including instances of nudity) on premium cable, and more liberal views towards sexual matters in general. As a result, shows that once expected to coast solely on the beauty of their female players were increasingly forced to budge to vulgarity. This was best demonstrated in 2011, when ''Series/ThePlayboyClub'' and a {{revival}} of ''[[Series/CharliesAngels2011 Charlie's Angels]]'' both got quickly canned after only a few poorly-rated episodes and scathing reviews.\\
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The genre received a second wind in TheNineties with ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' and its assorted copycats. During the 2000s, it was frequently joked that every show on the Creator/{{Fox}} network that wasn't ''Series/TwentyFour'', ''Series/AmericanIdol'', ''Series/HouseMD'', ''Series/{{Bones}}'', ''Fox News Sunday'', a Creator/GordonRamsay show or an animated sitcom was pure T&A. However, this second boom coincided with the rise of [[TheInternetIsForPorn easily-accessible pornography on the internet]], the presence of provocative content (including instances of nudity) on premium cable, and more liberal views towards sexual matters in general. As a result, shows that once expected to coast solely on the beauty of their female players were increasingly forced to budge to vulgarity. This was best demonstrated in 2011, when ''Series/ThePlayboyClub'' and a {{revival}} of ''[[Series/CharliesAngels2011 Charlie's Angels]]'' both got quickly canned after only a few poorly-rated episodes and scathing reviews.\\
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The genre received a second wind in TheNineties with ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' and its assorted copycats. During the 2000s, it was frequently joked that every show on the Fox network that wasn't ''Series/TwentyFour'', ''Series/AmericanIdol'', ''Series/HouseMD'', ''Series/{{Bones}}'', ''Fox News Sunday'', or an animated sitcom was pure T&A. However, this second boom coincided with the rise of [[TheInternetIsForPorn easily-accessible pornography on the internet]], the presence of provocative content (including instances of nudity) on premium cable, and more liberal views towards sexual matters in general. As a result, shows that once expected to coast solely on the beauty of their female players were increasingly forced to budge to vulgarity. This was best demonstrated in 2011, when ''Series/ThePlayboyClub'' and a {{revival}} of ''[[Series/CharliesAngels2011 Charlie's Angels]]'' both got quickly canned after only a few poorly-rated episodes and scathing reviews.\\
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The genre received a second wind in TheNineties with ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' and its assorted copycats. During the 2000s, it was frequently joked that every show on the Fox Creator/{{Fox}} network that wasn't ''Series/TwentyFour'', ''Series/AmericanIdol'', ''Series/HouseMD'', ''Series/{{Bones}}'', ''Fox News Sunday'', or an animated sitcom was pure T&A. However, this second boom coincided with the rise of [[TheInternetIsForPorn easily-accessible pornography on the internet]], the presence of provocative content (including instances of nudity) on premium cable, and more liberal views towards sexual matters in general. As a result, shows that once expected to coast solely on the beauty of their female players were increasingly forced to budge to vulgarity. This was best demonstrated in 2011, when ''Series/ThePlayboyClub'' and a {{revival}} of ''[[Series/CharliesAngels2011 Charlie's Angels]]'' both got quickly canned after only a few poorly-rated episodes and scathing reviews.\\
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This all culminated in the failure of ''Series/PinkLadyAndJeff'' in 1980, which effectively killed off the variety show format. Nowadays, while variety shows [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff still persist in Europe and East Asia]], in the Americas, the format is firmly dead in the water, with the closest to a variety show to exist now being ''Saturday Night Live'' and other late-night shows, though it's largely thanks to GrandfatherClause. Meanwhile, most other variety shows that exist are either one-offs or failed revivals.
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This all culminated in the failure of ''Series/PinkLadyAndJeff'' in 1980, which effectively killed off the variety show format. Nowadays, while variety shows [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff still persist in Europe and East Asia]], in the Americas, the format is firmly dead in the water, with the closest to a variety show to exist now being ''Saturday Night Live'' and other late-night shows, though it's largely thanks to GrandfatherClause.SketchComedy shows. Meanwhile, most other variety shows that exist are either one-offs or failed revivals.
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* Throughout the 2000s, Creator/DanSchneider was touted as a pioneer of the modern KidCom genre, shifting children's TV towards mostly live-action programming for a tween audience with such hit shows as ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. Schneider's shows launched Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DrakeBell and many others into stardom. While Schneider's shows were often criticized for their constant usage of [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour off-color jokes]] and [[FootFocus an odd fondness for feet]] as humor, these complaints didn't affect the popularity of his shows. However, by the late 2010s, concerns grew over Schneider's behavior, especially after the [[TroubledProduction extremely controversial production]] of ''Series/SamAndCat'' led Nickelodeon to absorb his production company, Schneider's Bakery. His next series, ''Series/HenryDanger'', was a ratings success, but nowhere near the level of Nick's previous juggernauts, and later shows such as ''Series/GameShakers'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' failed to gain momentum. Finally, in early 2018, it was revealed Schneider had used his influence and connections to prey on teenaged girls, confirming the rumors about him being "The High School Insider". His name now radioactive, Nickelodeon soon fired him. After Creator/JennetteMcCurdy's memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' revealed more of the backstage stories on the shows she was in, as well as allegations from Creator/AmandaBynes (even indicating he had a role in her star-derailing addiction problems), it's very unlikely Schneider will have his reputation restored.
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* Throughout the 2000s, Creator/DanSchneider was touted as a pioneer of the modern KidCom genre, shifting children's TV towards mostly live-action programming for a tween audience with such hit shows as ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. Schneider's shows launched Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DrakeBell and many others into stardom. While Schneider's shows were often criticized for their constant usage of [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour off-color jokes]] and [[FootFocus an odd fondness for feet]] as humor, these complaints didn't affect the popularity of his shows. However, by the late 2010s, concerns grew over Schneider's behavior, especially after the [[TroubledProduction extremely controversial production]] of ''Series/SamAndCat'' led Nickelodeon to absorb his production company, Schneider's Bakery. His next series, ''Series/HenryDanger'', was a ratings success, but nowhere near the level of Nick's previous juggernauts, and later shows such as ''Series/GameShakers'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' failed to gain momentum. Finally, in early 2018, it was revealed Schneider had used his influence verbally and connections to prey on emotionally abused several of the teenaged girls, confirming the rumors about him being "The High School Insider". His name now radioactive, Nickelodeon soon fired him.stars of his shows, alongside dozens of accusations of sexualization of underage girls and collaborating with convicted pedohpiles. After Creator/JennetteMcCurdy's memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' revealed more of the backstage stories on the shows she was in, as well as allegations from Creator/AmandaBynes (even indicating he had a role in her star-derailing addiction problems), it's very unlikely Schneider will have his reputation restored.
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This all culminated in the failure of ''Series/PinkLadyAndJeff'', which effectively killed off the variety show format. Nowadays, while variety shows [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff still persist in Europe and East Asia]], in the Americas, the format is firmly dead in the water, with the closest to a variety show to exist now being ''Saturday Night Live'' and other late-night shows, though it's largely thanks to GrandfatherClause. Meanwhile, most other variety shows that exist are either one-offs or failed revivals.
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This all culminated in the failure of ''Series/PinkLadyAndJeff'', ''Series/PinkLadyAndJeff'' in 1980, which effectively killed off the variety show format. Nowadays, while variety shows [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff still persist in Europe and East Asia]], in the Americas, the format is firmly dead in the water, with the closest to a variety show to exist now being ''Saturday Night Live'' and other late-night shows, though it's largely thanks to GrandfatherClause. Meanwhile, most other variety shows that exist are either one-offs or failed revivals.
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* Throughout the 2000s, Creator/DanSchneider was touted as a pioneer of the modern KidCom genre, shifting children's TV towards mostly live-action programming for a tween audience with such hit shows as ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. Schneider's shows launched Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DrakeBell and many others into stardom. While Schneider's shows were often criticized for their constant usage of [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour off-color jokes]] and [[FootFocus an odd fondness for feet]] as humor, these complaints didn't affect the popularity of his shows. However, by the late 2010s, concerns grew over Schneider's behavior, especially after the [[TroubledProduction extremely controversial production]] of ''Series/SamAndCat'' led Nickelodeon to absorb the Schneider's Bakery production company. His next series, ''Series/HenryDanger'', was a ratings success, but nowhere near the level of Nick's previous juggernauts, and later shows such as ''Series/GameShakers'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' failed to gain momentum. Finally, in early 2018, it was revealed Schneider had used his influence and connections to prey on teenaged girls, confirming the rumors about him being "The High School Insider". His name now radioactive, Nickelodeon soon fired him. After Creator/JennetteMcCurdy's memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' revealed more of the backstage stories on the shows she was in, as well as allegations from Creator/AmandaBynes (even indicating he had a role in her star-derailing addiction problems), it's very unlikely Schneider will have his reputation restored.
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* Throughout the 2000s, Creator/DanSchneider was touted as a pioneer of the modern KidCom genre, shifting children's TV towards mostly live-action programming for a tween audience with such hit shows as ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/Zoey101'', ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. Schneider's shows launched Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DrakeBell and many others into stardom. While Schneider's shows were often criticized for their constant usage of [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour off-color jokes]] and [[FootFocus an odd fondness for feet]] as humor, these complaints didn't affect the popularity of his shows. However, by the late 2010s, concerns grew over Schneider's behavior, especially after the [[TroubledProduction extremely controversial production]] of ''Series/SamAndCat'' led Nickelodeon to absorb the his production company, Schneider's Bakery production company.Bakery. His next series, ''Series/HenryDanger'', was a ratings success, but nowhere near the level of Nick's previous juggernauts, and later shows such as ''Series/GameShakers'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' failed to gain momentum. Finally, in early 2018, it was revealed Schneider had used his influence and connections to prey on teenaged girls, confirming the rumors about him being "The High School Insider". His name now radioactive, Nickelodeon soon fired him. After Creator/JennetteMcCurdy's memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' revealed more of the backstage stories on the shows she was in, as well as allegations from Creator/AmandaBynes (even indicating he had a role in her star-derailing addiction problems), it's very unlikely Schneider will have his reputation restored.
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* ''Series/FatherKnowsBest'' was hugely popular in TheFifties, running for six seasons and reran for years afterwards. In the 1960s and 1970s, when the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Women's Liberation movement came to re-define the American landscape, ''Father Knows Best'' and its idealized middle-class nuclear family, came off as antiquated. Today, it has become infamous as a symbol of '50s conservatism at its most cornball. Similar shows from its era, such as ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'', ''Series/TheDonnaReedShow'', and ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'' have similar "rose-tinted" reputations, but they do not attract the same level of disdain, even if the latter has fallen into relative obscurity, probably because they don't have associations with rigid, outdated conservatism right there in the title.
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* ''Series/FatherKnowsBest'' was hugely popular in TheFifties, running for six seasons and reran for years afterwards. In the 1960s and 1970s, when the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Women's Liberation movement came to re-define the American landscape, ''Father Knows Best'' and its idealized middle-class nuclear family, came off as antiquated. Today, it has become infamous as a symbol of '50s conservatism at its most cornball. Similar shows from its era, such as ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'', ''Series/TheDonnaReedShow'', and ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'' have similar "rose-tinted" reputations, but they do not attract the same level of disdain, even disdain (even if the latter has fallen into relative obscurity, obscurity), probably because they don't have associations with rigid, outdated conservatism right there in the title.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The Tomb of the Cybermen"]] (broadcast in 1967) has a dimmed reputation today, for two reasons. First, when it was only known from the audio and a few telesnaps it was widely regarded as a classic; its 1991 rediscovery, revealing cheap sets, poor pacing, inconsistent props, and troubling plot logic, was disillusioning. The unearthing of the story also exposed just how racist it was with regard to the servant character Toberman, a brutish, mostly mute black strongman.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The Tomb of the Cybermen"]] (broadcast in 1967) has a dimmed reputation today, for two reasons. First, when it was only known from the audio and a few telesnaps it (1967) was widely regarded as a classic; classic when it was only survived by its audio and a few telesnaps. Its rediscovery in 1991 rediscovery, revealing cheap sets, disillusioned fans at large when it revealed the story's poor pacing, inconsistent props, and troubling plot logic, was disillusioning. The unearthing inconsistent props, cheap sets, and writing of the story also exposed just how racist it was with regard to the servant character Toberman, a black man stereotyped as a brutish, mostly mute black strongman.slave.
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The series' creators, Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas, [[CreatorBacklash clearly regret the series]] have since found success in different mediums (Walliams as a comedian and children's author, and Lucas as an actor in films like ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'' and ''Film/Paddington2014''). Walliams' 2016 series ''Walliams and Friend'' included a [[TakeThat scathing parody]] which implies ''Little Britain'' was made by stealing unused ''Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums'' sketches; Lucas outright [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b called it "rather insensitive"]] and apologized for the content.
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The series' creators, Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas, [[CreatorBacklash clearly regret the series]] and have since found success in different mediums (Walliams as a comedian and children's author, and Lucas as an actor in films like ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'' and ''Film/Paddington2014''). Walliams' 2016 series ''Walliams and Friend'' included a [[TakeThat scathing parody]] which implies ''Little Britain'' was made by stealing unused ''Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums'' sketches; Lucas outright [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b called it "rather insensitive"]] and apologized for the content.
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* ''Series/LittleBritain'' was a hit in the TurnOfTheMillennium for its of-the-moment satire of British life, colorful {{catchphrase}}-driven characters and narration by the great Creator/TomBaker, and lowbrow, shock-driven humor. It was popular enough that a live tour combining re-enacted sketches with new pieces was a success as well. However, keeping up its momentum was tough. By Series 3, the established characters and [[RunningGag running gags]] had worn themselves into the ground, the new characters seemed to have no purpose beyond shock value, and the show and its characters had become so overexposed and overmarketed that audiences were thoroughly sick of them. The critical backlash against the traditional BritCom format with the success of ''Series/TheOfficeUK'' and Creator/RickyGervais didn't help, and a retooled Series 4 (''Little Britain USA'', co-produced with Creator/{{HBO}}) was the last nail in the coffin for the show, leading to its cancellation.\\
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In addition, the series itself has not aged well in the slightest; its constant uses of ethnic, homophobic and transphobic stereotypes, while already controversial at the time, are now seen as [[ValuesDissonance absolutely cringe-worthy]]. The show's creators, Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas, have since found success in different mediums; Walliams as a comic and children's author, and Lucas as an actor and host in shows such as ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff'', and films such as ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'' and ''Film/Paddington2014''. Lucas eventually [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b outright apologized for the content, admitting it was "rather insensitive"]] and that society has "moved on".\\
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''Walliams and Friend'', which came out in 2016, did an unflattering sketch about ''Little Britain'' which makes it clear that David Walliams [[CreatorBacklash also regrets making it]]. In said sketch, Walliams confesses that he made ''Little Britain'' by stealing unused ''Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums'' sketches "from a skip", since he "wasn't even a comedian at the time". This is followed by StylisticSuck ''Little Britain'' "clips" which emphasize the show's racism, ableism ("It's alright to make fun of you for being in a wheelchair because you don't really need one!") and transphobia. All of this culminated in the BBC taking repeats and streaming copies of the show out of circulation in 2020 after the death of George Floyd due to its copious use of blackface during sketches, completing its spectacular fall from grace. Even though the BBC would restore the (heavily-edited) series the following year, you'd be hard-pressed nowadays to find anyone happy to see it return.
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In addition, the series itself has not aged well in the slightest; its constant uses of ethnic, homophobic and transphobic stereotypes, while already controversial at the time, are now seen as [[ValuesDissonance absolutely cringe-worthy]]. The show's creators, Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas, have since found success in different mediums; Walliams as a comic and children's author, and Lucas as an actor and host in shows such as ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff'', and films such as ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'' and ''Film/Paddington2014''. Lucas eventually [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b outright apologized for the content, admitting it was "rather insensitive"]] and that society has "moved on".\\
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''Walliams and Friend'', which came out in 2016, did an unflattering sketch about ''Little Britain'' which makes it clear that David Walliams [[CreatorBacklash also regrets making it]]. In said sketch, Walliams confesses that he made ''Little Britain'' by stealing unused ''Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums'' sketches "from a skip", since he "wasn't even a comedian at the time". This is followed by StylisticSuck ''Little Britain'' "clips" which emphasize the show's racism, ableism ("It's alright to make fun of you for being in a wheelchair because you don't really need one!") and transphobia. All of this culminated in the BBC taking repeats and streaming copies of the show out of circulation in 2020 after the death of George Floyd due to its copious use of blackface during sketches, completing its spectacular fall from grace. Even though the BBC would restore the (heavily-edited) series the following year, you'd be hard-pressed nowadays to find anyone happy to see it return.
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* ''Series/LittleBritain'' was a hit in the TurnOfTheMillennium for its of-the-moment topical satire of British everyday life, colorful {{catchphrase}}-driven characters [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]]-driven characters, lowbrow shock humor and narration by the great Creator/TomBaker, and lowbrow, shock-driven humor. Creator/TomBaker. It was so popular enough that a live tour combining new bits with re-enacted sketches with new pieces was a success as well. well.\\\
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The series' creators, Creator/DavidWalliams and Matt Lucas, [[CreatorBacklash clearly regret the series]] have since found success in differentmediums; Walliams mediums (Walliams as a comic comedian and children's author, and Lucas as an actor and host in shows such as ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff'', and films such as like ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'' and ''Film/Paddington2014''. ''Film/Paddington2014''). Walliams' 2016 series ''Walliams and Friend'' included a [[TakeThat scathing parody]] which implies ''Little Britain'' was made by stealing unused ''Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums'' sketches; Lucas eventually outright [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-lucas-little-britain-big-issue-interview-regrets_uk_59d602dce4b0380b6c9a673b outright apologized for the content, admitting called it was "rather insensitive"]] and that society has "moved on".\\
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''Walliams and Friend'', which came out in 2016, did an unflattering sketch about ''Little Britain'' which makes it clear that David Walliams [[CreatorBacklash also regrets making it]]. In said sketch, Walliams confesses that he made ''Little Britain'' by stealing unused ''Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums'' sketches "from a skip", since he "wasn't even a comedian atapologized for the time". This is followed by StylisticSuck ''Little Britain'' "clips" which emphasize the show's racism, ableism ("It's alright to make fun of you for being in a wheelchair because you don't really need one!") and transphobia. All of this culminated in the BBC taking repeats and streaming copies of the show out of circulation in 2020 after the death of George Floyd due to its copious use of blackface during sketches, completing its spectacular fall from grace. Even though the BBC would restore the (heavily-edited) series the following year, you'd be hard-pressed nowadays to find anyone happy to see it return.content.
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