History YMMV / TelevisionWithoutPity

* CriticalResearchFailure: The recapper of ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel'' made a snarky quip about popular cycle three contestant Toccara Jones, who was also featured on ''Celebrity Fit Club'', not mentioning her time on the latter show during her appearance in the cycle five "Where Are They Now?" episode, as to imply that she was ashamed of it. Well, turns out, she did mention being on the show (and the cameras even caught up with her working out at a gym), but it was during her appearance in the cycle ''four'' follow up episode...[[NoExportForYou which apparently did not air in the recapper's home country of Canada]] (and surely enough, she didn't have a recap for.)

* UnfortunateImplications: Jacob Clifton's infamous decision to refuse to recap the third season of ''Series/DoctorWho'' due to the decision to replace Creator/BilliePiper with a black actress Creator/FreemaAgyeman. Given the controversy in recent years about representation, toxic fandoms, and in the case of ''Doctor Who'', the backlash against Creator/JodieWhittaker being cast as the Doctor, in hindsight paints Jacob as a bigot and racist due to his refusal to even acknowledge Freema's tenure on the show. A notion made worse, given that Freema and her character Martha Jones was and remains a universally beloved figure in Nu-''Doctor Who'' lore, to the point that even critics of Whittaker's run as the Doctor like Martha.

* UnfortunateImplications: Jacob Clifton's infamous decision to refuse to recap the third season of Doctor Who due to the decision to replace Billie Piper with a black actress Freema Agyeman. Given the controversy in recent years about representation, toxic fandoms, and in the case of Doctor Who, the backlash against the Doctor's 13th Incarnation being a woman, in hindsight paints Jacob as a bigot and racist due to his refusal to even acknowledge Freeman's tenure on the show. A notion made worse, given that Freeman and her character Martha Jones was and remains a universally beloved figure in Nu-Doctor Who lore, to the point that even critics of Jodie Whittaker's run as the Doctor like Martha.

* DevelopmentHell: Tribune announced plans to revive the site in 2017, but then they scrapped a whole bunch of staff and it didn't happen.

** Early ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' recapper Owen made a snarky joke in a season 2 recap about the backstage rivalry between the main actresses, suggesting that Rose [=McGowan=] could play a long-lost fourth sister if one of them ever needed to be killed off. By the end of Season 3, tensions had gotten bad enough that Creator/ShannenDoherty was fired, and replaced with...Rose [=McGowan=]. Made it into the site's FAQ page for ''Charmed'', with the acknowledgement that it was almost spookily accurate.

** A ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' recap contained a reference to an "Unamed Jared Padalecki Project" (''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', natch) and predicted it would be canceled quickly. Nine seasons later...

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Shack, who recapped ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', got to the part in "Objects In Space" where Simon wakes up and fights Early, and proceeded to [[http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/firefly/objects-in-space/8/ throw the adjective "shirtlessly" into every line possible until Simon actually put a shirt on.]]

** Early ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' recapper Owen made a snarky joke in a season 2 recap about the backstage rivalry between the main actresses, suggesting that Rose [=McGowan=] could play a long-lost fourth sister if one of them ever needed to be killed off. By the end of Season 3, tensions had gotten bad enough that Creator/ShannenDoherty was fired, and replaced with...Rose [=McGowan=]. Made it into the site's FAQ page for ''Charmed'', with the acknowledgement that it was almost spookily accurate.

* FunnyMoments: Shack, who recapped ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', got to the part in "Objects In Space" where Simon wakes up and fights Early, and proceeded to [[http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/firefly/objects-in-space/8/ throw the adjective "shirtlessly" into every line possible until Simon actually put a shirt on.]]

* SeasonalRot:
** There's a school of former readers who felt that this happened to [=TWoP=] after being sold to Creator/{{NBC}} (who runs it under the Bravo brand name), causing the site to quickly lose its teeth.
** Others complained that some recappers are more whiny than snarky, especially when they give up and begin [[{{Hatedom}} flat-out hating]] the show they're recapping - snark is funny, relentless loathing isn't. In particular, the forums were known for being filled with {{Hatedom}}s.

** Early ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' recapper Owen made a snarky joke in a season 2 recap about the backstage rivalry between the main actresses, suggesting that Rose [=McGowan=] could play a long-lost fourth sister if one of them ever needed to be killed off. By the end of Season 3, tensions had gotten bad enough that Shannen Doherty was fired, and replaced with...Rose [=McGowan=]. Made it into the site's FAQ page for ''Charmed'', with the acknowledgement that it was almost spookily accurate.

** In a season 4 episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', recapper Sep expressed disappointment that Buffy and Spike couldn't actually get together, as their actors had infinitely more chemistry than Buffy and then-love-interest Riley. Two years later, when Buffy and Spike ''did'' get together, the recapping team hated the relationship, and Sep jokingly acknowledged in a later recap that she was entirely to blame for the entire mess and offered to jam stakes into her eyes in penance.

** Early ''{{Series/Charmed}}'' recapper Owen made a snarky joke in a season 2 recap about the backstage rivalry between the main actresses, suggesting that Rose McGowan could play a long-lost fourth sister if one of them ever needed to be killed off. By the end of season 3, tensions had gotten bad enough that Shannen Doherty was fired, and replaced with...Rose McGowan. Made it into the site's FAQ page for ''Charmed'', with the acknowledgement that it was almost spookily accurate.
** Another ''Charmed'' one: Before {{The Reveal}}, Demian knew for a fact that Chris was going to be [[spoiler:Piper's son, from the future.]] Well, he wasn't entirely wrong... [[spoiler:He was her ''second'' son from the future instead.]]
** In a season 4 episode of ''Series/BuffytheVampireSlayer'', recapper Sep expressed disappointment that Buffy and Spike couldn't actually get together, as their actors had infinitely more chemistry than Buffy and then-love-interest Riley. Two years later, when Buffy and Spike did get together, the recapping team hated the relationship, and Sep jokingly acknowledged in a later recaps that she was entirely to blame for the entire mess and offered to jam stakes into her eyes in penance.

** There is a school of former readers who felt that this happened to [=TWoP=] after being sold to Creator/{{NBC}} (who runs it under the Bravo brand name), causing the site to quickly lose its teeth.
** Others complained that some recappers are more whiny than snarky, especially when they give up and begin [[{{Hatedom}} flat-out hating]] the show they're recapping. Snark is funny, relentless loathing isn't. In particular, the forums were known for being filled with {{Hatedom}}s.

* HilariousInHindsight: This rant becomes funny when [[spoiler:Davis, host of Doomsday, falls for Chloe instead]]:

* {{Hypocrite}}s: Moderators and recappers have no problems pimping, but [[BerserkButton don't dare do likewise or call them out]] or you'll get banned (sometimes with a "Wheeeee!").

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: According to the rules, users weren't allowed to talk about shows unless they're airing. Since often mods didn't bother watching the shows they were supposed to moderate comments on, this led to said mods going on banning sprees several episodes into a new season, not realizing (or caring) that a new season had started, or that developments the commenters were talking about were actually happening on the show.
* LawfulStupid: The board moderation in general was highly stringent to begin with, but the rule about "no [[ShapedLikeItself talking about the boards on the boards]]" had, in particular, led to many accusations (fair or otherwise) of moderating that was over-draconian, unfair, and less-than-ethical.
* SmallNameBigEgo: The site - or at least several of its key contributors - was also rather notorious for being unusually thin-skinned about receiving criticism...which is a bit ironic, if not hypocritical, given that the mission statement of the site was snarky criticism of others.

* SmallNameBigEgo: The site - or at least several of its key contributors - is also rather notorious for being unusually thin-skinned about criticism of itself...which, given the mission statement of the site, is a bit ironic.

-->"First Zod falls in love with [[CreatorsPet Lana]], now [[EvilTwin Bizarro]]? Is {{Brainiac}} next? Hey, I have an awesome idea, Al and Miles. Let's introduce Doomsday, but instead of being evil, he falls in love with Lana! I'm a [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] genius! I just wrote Season 8!"

* FunnyMoments: Shack, who recapped ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', got to the part in "Objects In Space" where Simon wakes up and fights Early, and proceeded to [[http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/firefly/objects-in-space/8/ throw the adjective 'shirtlessly' into every line possible until Simon actually put a shirt on.]]

** A ''GilmoreGirls'' recap contained a reference to an "Unamed Jared Padalecki Project" (''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', natch) and predicted it would be canceled quickly. Nine seasons later . . .

** There is a school of former readers who felt that this happened to [=TWoP=] after being sold to NBC (who runs it under the Bravo brand name), causing the site to quickly lose its teeth.