Essay:Worst Liberal TV Shows

Starting with the infamous "Rural purge" of the early-1970s (when CBS cancelled most of its Western dramas and all of its rural/family-themed sitcoms and variety shows in favor of "socially relevant" urban-themed programs) and increasingly into the present, liberal-leaning television series creators, producers, and writers have put shows on the air that appeal more to their own personal viewpoints than to the tastes of most of the general public. As a result, in part due to the increase in TV channels since that period, many currently airing series have undergone decreases in viewership and the declining ratings that go with them. To liberals in the media, however, declining TV ratings and unsatisfied audiences mean less to them than pushing liberal ideology (including positively playing up socialism, witchcraft, feminism, gender confusion and the homosexual agenda and playing the race card for ideological purposes while denigrating religion, the family, traditional values and the First and Second Amendments) and forcing public acceptance of it does. Shown below is a list of some of the worst liberal TV series, past and present.

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Schlockumentary Series

Title	Original run	Network	TV rating	Description
60 Minutes	1968-	CBS	TV-14	It airs on the liberal news network CBS and for a while included diehard liberals Mike Wallace and Andy Rooney among its reporting team (the former of whom was its initial star reporter). It tries to make its "good guys" as good as possible and its "bad guys" as bad as possible.
The Future Is Wild	2002	BBC, Arte, ZDF, ORF, Mediaset, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel
Making Sense of the Sixties	1991-	PBS		The six-part documentary was created by David Hoffman, who has admitted to being personally involved in the events of that time period. He repeats the same liberal talking points about the 1960s, whether by claiming that the 1950s were stifling, making the 1960s inevitable, or by claiming the 1960s as a time of freedom and calling the early times innocent. Protestors against the Vietnam War, among them feminists (with at least one of the feminists, an air stewardess, falsely implying that women weren't allowed to pursue medical and science-related jobs during the 1950s, despite stating at the same time that nursing and air stewardess being two of only four jobs they were allowed to pursue besides being a stay at home mom, both of which required at least some degree of rudimentary medical knowledge for treating illnesses and injuries.), are portrayed positively as well.
NET Journal	1966–1970	NET		Series which produced many controversial documentaries that slanted heavily liberal/left-wing and drew a great deal of negative criticism, yet not surprisingly also drew much praise from liberal reviewers.
Public Broadcast Laboratory	1967–1969	NET		Hybrid news/documentary magazine show which, like NET Journal, aired controversial Left-leaning documentaries. Its debut episode featured a racist drama featuring black actors painted up in whiteface, a reversal of blackface-painted actors from minstrel shows and early Hollywood movies. Not all NET affiliates carried the series; in fact, NET stations in South Carolina and Georgia refused to air the debut episode due to its controversial content.
Vietnam: A Television Series	1983	PBS		Although it promised to give an accurate account of the Vietnam War for the historical record, serve as an antidote to misuse of history, and contribute to healing America's national esteem for the post-Vietnam War era, and contribute to historical methodology, it does the exact opposite of its promises in the most blatant way. The violation of its promises were so flagrant that it resulted in PBS being sued and legally required to make Television's Vietnam: The Real Story a year later with cooperation from Accuracy in Media.
The Vietnam War - A Conversation with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick	2017	PBS		The two title filmmakers keep reiterating the same leftist talking points about American involvement in Vietnam, painting the American and South Vietnamese alliance as the villains but showing undeserved respect for the North Vietnamese, the Vietcong, and protesters against the war.
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman	2010-2017	Science TV	TV-PG	Morgan Freeman spends a number of episodes using pseudoscience to lure viewers into atheism.

TV Specials

Title	Original run	Network	TV rating	Description
Frosty Returns	1992	CBS		An indirect sequel to the more conservative TV special Frosty the Snowman, the special barely focuses on anything pertaining to Christmas, if at all. Instead, it's an anti-global warming public service announcement: the capitalistic Mr. Twitchell is the antagonist because he uses an aerosol spray dubbed "Summer Wheeze" to melt snow and jeopardize the existence of the famed snowman.

Anti-Christian and Sacrilegous Series

Title	Original run	Network	TV rating	Description
Black Jesus	2014-present	Adult Swim	TV-MA	Sacrilegious from its title forward, this blasphemous television series focuses on the Messiah, Jesus Christ, living in Compton, California in the modern day. Despite the show's questionable portrayal of Christ and the black community, reviewers claim that the character's method of spreading the Lord's message of love and compassion is present and may actually act as a way to reach the young and rebellious modern audience of today. However, the continued usage of illegal substances on the show may impede that.
GCB	2012	ABC	TV-14	This blasphemous sitcom consists mainly of hate speech against Christianity, as evidenced simply by its provocative title. It was so ill-received by various mainstream Christians that they demanded a boycott of anyone who sponsored the show, which ultimately contributed to its lasting a single season.
Mr. Pickles	2013 (pilot) 2014-	Adult Swim	TV-MA	This ugly Satanic cartoon stars a border collie who is an embodiment of the Devil and engages in a lot of violent, bloody, and gory behavior. Not only that, but the show stereotypes heavy metal music.
The Real O'Neals	2015-2017	ABC	TV PG	This anti-Catholic (and, to a much greater extent, anti-family) sitcom stars a teenager who "comes out" as homosexual to his Irish American Catholic family. The series is based on the life of foul-mouthed homosexual activist and anti-Christian, anti-conservative, heterophobic and misogynistic bigot Dan Savage, its executive producer. As one of ABC's lowest-rated and least-watched shows because of its offensive content, it was finally cancelled in May 2017.
Real Time with Bill Maher	2003-present	HBO	TV MA	This political talk show typically features a liberally slanted panel that routinely insults conservatives and religion. Maher is a well-known militant atheist who denies that Jesus Christ ever walked the earth, in a manner similar to Holocaust denial, ignoring historical accounts, spiritual evidence, and even archaeological evidence of His existence. Plus, he smears conservative women in a vulgar and sexist manner but receives no controversy whatsoever for it. He has even been known to the dreaded N-word to refer to black conservatives and never came under fire by the rest of the liberal media who claims to be against racism.
Witches of East End	2013-2014	Lifetime		This short-lived series attempts to glorify witchcraft.

Debatable Whether Liberal

Title	Original run	Network	TV rating	Description
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	2013-Present	Fox	TV-14	Main character Captain Holt is an open homosexual in charge of the fictitious 99th police precinct in Brooklyn, New York City. To make matters worse, series regular Rosa Diaz "comes out" as bisexual in the fifth season, disregarding the fact that no clues were given about this in the first four seasons. However, their sexualities are downplayed for the most part, and this workplace sitcom seems to humanize the police in an era when liberal news media does everything it can to dehumanize the authorities. It lightheartedly teaches that the police are likeable, relatable, three-dimensional everyday people with fairly normal internal and interpersonal obstacles to overcome in a humorous fashion; and it averts the preposterous liberal assumption that the police are racist with its multiracial main cast. On top of that, a number of villains that the detectives face are drug abusers or dealers, which supports war on illegal drugs, and main character Sgt. Terry Jeffords is a devout family man who prefers to act in the best interest of his wife and daughters, whom he does not want to see him killed in the line of duty.
FBI	2018-current	CBS		Although created by liberal producer Dick Wolf and largely retreading the same left-wing themes that his prior shows Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU pushed (such as the first episode focusing on a white supremacist plot, an episode called "Prey" repeating a false statistic about how sexual violence against females occurs 1/5th of the time four times, and an episode called "Scorched Earth" infamously trying to promote a more feminist view on things while condemning males), it also, similar to its predecessors, try to promote the law, and some episodes have a more conservative bent to them (such as the episode "A New Dawn", where it not only promotes free speech on college campuses, but also depicts the leftist elements of current college campuses in a very negative light as the one behind the murder of a guest speaker at the college was a far-left professor who taught revolution at his classes, as well as Green Birds, which dealt with an Islamic terrorist, and the aforementioned episode "Prey", aside from having an implicit condemnation on abortion due to a raid uncovering a chair that was clearly meant for abortificants against the sex trafficked females, but also has a slight condemnation on media-induced hysteria via Jubal Valentine's quip about how, despite dogs being more likely to attack humans than sharks, they have "shark week".)
Gravity Falls	2012-2016	Disney Channel, later Disney XD	TV-Y7	Inspired by the life of its creator, Alex Hirsch, this mystery/science fiction/horror comedy series follows twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines as they spend as summer in the fictional town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, investigating the supernatural oddities surrounding the town with guidance from one of three journals left behind by an initially anonymous author. On the one hand, it stereotypes capitalists as either "criminals" or simply being obsessed with money: the twins' Great Uncle/"Grunkle" Stan is introduced as a relatively simple character whose only goal in life is to fool the "world's dumbest people" with a tourist trap dubbed The Mystery Shack and filled with pretend supernatural phenomena, hoping to earn their money. Even worse, throughout the series, recurring incompetent police officers Sheriff Blubbs and Deputy Durland are implied to have homosexual feelings for one another, and this is confirmed in the series finale. On the other hand, family and redemption seem to be central themes of the series in the long run. When Stan's long-lost twin brother, Stanford "Ford" Pines, returns from being trapped in another dimension and reveals himself as the author of the journals, the brothers come to grips with their personal flaws, and Stan shows how he truly regrets leading a life of crime, wishing things could have turned out differently and calling himself "the screw-up". He gets his chance at redemption when he and Ford together outwit Bill Cipher, an interdimensional dream demon and the series' main antagonist, and erase the monster from existence, which causes them to mend their relationship.
Happy Days	1974-1984	ABC	TV-G	Originally launched as a 1972 episode of Love, American Style called "Love and the Television Set" and set in the 1950s. The show was pro-family and celebrated family values, as the Cunningham family, the show's original main focus, always supported each other even through the rough times. The show is also pro-fatherhood. The show's main father figure, Howard Cunningham, is shown to be mature, calm and responsible, and always does his best to help his kids. Also a little anti-feminism, with Howard owning and running a hardware store and making all the money, and his wife Marion being the housewife. On the other hand, producers admitted to pushing pacifism and sentiments against the Vietnam War effort. Protagonist Richie Cunningham, a high school student played by Ron Howard as a regular from 1974 to 1980, is a supporter of the Democrat Party; as part of his school's Young Democrats club, he supports Democrat presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 election in the Season Two episode "The Not Making of a President" and, as such, is portrayed as young and idealistic yet naïve. Debuting to modest ratings in January 1974 after ABC green-lit it to series, Happy Days became a huge hit in its later years after the emphasis was shifted more to formerly supporting character Arthur "The Fonz/Fonzie" Fonzarelli (played by Henry Winkler); a greaser, former gang member, womanizer, and high school dropout who nonetheless became increasingly popular with the series' audience and became the main focus of the show after Howard's departure. The series spawned several spinoffs, including Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy (created as a vehicle for stand-up comedian Robin Williams), and the animated series The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang.
Pokémon	1997-	TVTokyo (1997-present; Japan only); UPN-69 (1998-1999); Kids WB (1999-2007); Cartoon Network (2007-2016); Disney XD (2016-present)		An anime adapted from a series of hugely popular trading cards and video games. The later seasons cut out the more conservative messages to promote more liberal agendas, including having the various female characters starting with May (most of whom are ten years old and thus still children) essentially act as sexual fanservice according to then-director Masamitsu Hidaka (and, at least in the case of the female leads of AG, DP, and XY, their goals of acting as Pokémon Coordinator and Showcase Trainer seemed to promote fashion industry values), as well as later on the story's refusal until Sun & Moon to allow Ash to win a league despite it being necessary to have him become a Pokémon Master (with the most infamous example of this being the Ash vs. Alain fight in the final round of the Kalos League, which had Ash losing against Alain despite the series, including the actual Japanese episode title for the battle in question, all but strongly implying the exact opposite), and eventually by Sun and Moon delaying having Ash resume his goal until nearly 40 episodes later (as well as ultimately winning in that saga), thus initially resulting in a more nihilistic view of Ash's goal. In addition, a running gag since Hoenn and to some extent Johto has Brock constantly chasing women and trying to ask them out, depicting him as a womanizer in a more comedic light. Moreover, the concept of friendships that was strongly emphasized in prior seasons eventually got phased out due to them essentially dropping characters after each season with barely a reference to them. However, the first few seasons showcased several conservative messages, including the strife to succeed even when the odds are considered insurmountable, as well as showing parental neglect and abandonment in a negative light in regards to the characters Brock and Misty, and to a certain extent one of the main villains Jessie. In addition, in the first season at least, there were also a few Christian references from Brock and Misty, and to some extent James. Pro-family values are present due to Misty becoming a mother to Togepi, and Brock also intending to aid his family when his parents weren't around due to the latter abandoning their children (or, in the case of the dub, the father abandoning them and the mother dying), only joining Ash after his father, Flint, returned and encouraged Brock to pursue his dreams. Was also anti-Hollywood Values as well, as the episode "Go West Young Meowth" showcases the more depraved nature of Hollywood, including at least one bickering couple, and does not treat it in a positive light, nor does Meowth's sweetheart, Meowzie, an epitome of Hollywood values, come across in a flattering light, with it also being heavily implied that this was the reason Meowth turned to villainy. Similarly, another episode during the first season dealt with a condemnation of fashion industry values as Team Rocket created a salon that heavily dolled up various Pokémon without taking into account their nature, which Suzie, Ash, and Brock condemned, and Misty initially supported to an extent only to pay the price later on when she tried to have Psyduck dolled up. One episode of DP also has an implicit condemnation of the homosexual agenda due to Brock calling Pikachu and Piplup (both of whom are confirmed male in an earlier episode) having an attraction to each other "unnatural." In addition, some episodes implicitly condemn the concept of Social Darwinism by showing various trainers who care only about Pokémon who are powerful and instantly abandon them if they show any sign of weakness in a very negative light.
The PowerPuff Girls	1998-2005, Reboot 2016-Present	Cartoon Network	TV-Y	On the one hand, the three titular superhero girls seem to be the only protagonists capable of fighting their city’s various supervillains, while the police, consisting mostly of men, are depicted as bumbling and oafish, making the girls feministic (It doesn’t help that one of the working titles for the show was the more profane Whoop*** Girls). Moreover, innuendoes may be sprinkled throughout (and are more apparent in the 2016 reboot series, much to the chagrin of even the most devoted fans). On the other hand, since the girls were created by a scientist to be the “perfect little girls,” they could be more feminine rather than feminist. They try to fit into traditional gender roles despite their capabilities, and they learn family values from the professor who made them and serves as a responsible, knowledgeable, reasonable, tough but forgiving father-figure well-versed in various scientific disciplines. Plus, the recurring antagonist “Him” is an obvious reference to Satan, which hints at support for Christianity; and he is an androgynous being who demonstrates some effeminate traits, which unsympathetically depicts and satirizes gender confusion and homosexual lifestyles, respectively. Lastly, minor villain Femme Fatale personifies the feminist ideology as her crimes are built around feminist hypocrisy.
SpongeBob SquarePants	1999-Present	Nickelodeon	TV-Y	One of the most influential cartoons of the 21st century, centered on an energetic, anthropomorphic sea sponge (who more nearly resembles a kitchen sponge) and a diverse cast of his underwater friends, is decidedly one of the most politically ambiguous. On the one hand, the series suggests that capitalists are inherently malign or simply obsessed with money, as the main character’s crustacean employer, the fast food restaurateur Mr. Krabs, is inclined to put money before others’ interests, sometimes at the expense of others’ well-being. In addition, SpongeBob and his dimwitted seastar best friend Patrick Star have a habit of annoying Squidward Tentacles: a quick-tempered, cynical octopus who lives between them, behaves apathetically on his job as a cashier, and may be a copy of Sesame Street character Bert because both characters have interests that others find mundane. They tend to not face comeuppance for their childish actions against Squidward (though there are exceptions), which may teach that being annoying is “acceptable” adult behavior. Specific episodes have controversial overtones, too. For instance, “Rock-a-Bye Bivalve” is infamous for depicting SpongeBob and Patrick raising a baby scallop like a homosexual couple; and a handful of episodes like "The Jellyfish Hunter", "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful", and "SpongeBob's Last Stand" touch on themes of environmentalism. Moreover, one of the series’ worst-received episodes, “One Coarse Meal,” tries to make bullying look humorous because it centers on Mr. Krabs driving his microscopic arch business rival Plankton to suicide by appealing to the copepod’s secret fear of whales, a fear not present in any other episode. SpongeBob himself even displays some flamboyant tendencies that can be seen as gay, though Stephen Hillenburg had stated that SpongeBob would reproduce asexually like normal sponges (splitting into newer sponges). On the other hand, many episodes where SpongeBob works in his regular job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab restaurant teach young audiences to appreciate hard work and persistence as SpongeBob eagerly strives to make the most out of his rather ordinary vocation. Most episodes where Plankton appears draw a clear distinction between good and evil, showing the errors of stealing and conducting business through illegitimate means as Plankton’s schemes to outcompete Mr. Krabs, the more competent businessman, or steal his Krabby Patty recipe always backfire. In addition, depending on the writer(s), Krabs can serve as a surrogate father-figure to SpongeBob, teaching him to stay out of danger and not to act so impulsively as he usually does. Lastly, the episode "SpongeBob, You're Fired!" has gained fame among conservatives for advocating self-sufficiency while lampooning the concept of the welfare state, mainly the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program: as Patrick tries to show SpongeBob the "benefits of being unemployed" by taking SpongeBob out to a free lunch with Sandy, SpongeBob quips, "Unemployment may be fun for you, but I need to get a job".

See also

• Essay:Greatest Conservative TV Shows
• Essay:Worst Liberal Movies
• Essay: Worst Liberal Songs

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