Golden Huckleberry Nominees: 2017-2018

Well, here we are, finally here. I’m getting to the worst of television from last season. I have done this in the past and have never yet stated when things have to air to qualify for these awards. Basically from June 1^st of 2017 to May 31^st of 2018, that is when I’m choosing stuff to nominate for these “awards.” Other years will have the same time frame: June 1^st to May 31^st. That means that if they haven’t finished airing once June starts, then it will have to wait until the next award show if I thought it was bad. Now there are some more notes before the beginning of the nominees.

Something that I did in the last post was get rid of certain potential nominees because someone who was still working on the show had died and I didn’t want it to seem in poor taste to nominate a show where someone in it died. Well, I realize now that I messed up then by still nominating shows that had a recently deceased person in them. I don’t plan on changing the last post retroactively, but I do plan on making a note of this so I’ll remember not to do it in the future.

Last year when I did this post, I got rid of an award called worst cliffhanger resolution which I gave to season premiered that failed to deliver on the hype of the previous season’s cliffhanger. Instead, I did something more basic called worst season premiere. Now, I have both of the awards present as I felt that it was the best way to go forward given both of the episodes. Now let’s get to the worst of TV from my perspective.

Main awards

Worst season premiere: Kevin Can Wait

Worst cliffhanger resolution: Hawaii Five-0

Worst title: The Mick

Worst ending to a TV series: Reign, Doubt, Scorpion

Worst acting: Lucifer, Life in Pieces, Mom, A.P. Bio, Living Biblically

Worst writing: The Bachelor in Paradise, The 100, Lucifer, Mom, The Blacklist, Law and Order: True Crime, The Mick, Life in Pieces, Zoo

Worst plot: Zoo, Mom, Life in Pieces

The good riddance award: The Mick, Battle of the Network Stars, Doubt, Zoo, Taken

Why do people care award: American Idol, any show in the Bachelor franchise, Lucifer, The Gong Show, Mom, Life in Pieces, The Americans

Worst idea for a show: Love Connection, The Bachelor Winter Games, A.P. Bio, Good Girls

Biggest waste of time: Doubt, The Blacklist, The 100, Reign, American Idol

Most forgettable: Living Biblically

Bonehead decision of the season: Living Biblically

Worst pilot: Love Connection

Worst drama show: Taken, Lucifer, any show in the Bachelor franchise, Doubt, Zoo, Good Girls, The Blacklist, The 100, The Americans

Worst comedy show: Mom, Life in Pieces, The Mick, Man with a Plan, Living Bibically, A.P. Bio

Worst new show: Living Biblically, A.P. Bio, Good Girls

Why is it still on award: A.P. Bio, Bachelor in Paradise, American Idol, Love Connection, Lucifer, The Gong Show, Life in Pieces, Mom, The 100

Most overrated show: The Americans, American Idol, The Blacklist

Weakest Characters: Doubt, Zoo, any show in the Bachelor franchise, The Mick, Lucifer, Life in Pieces, Mom, The 100

Worst reason to cancel a good show: Man with a Plan

Why was it created award: A.P. Bio

What were they thinking award: Zoo

Why do people like it award: Lucifer, any show in the Bachelor franchise, American Idol, The Gong Show, Life in Pieces, Mom, The Blacklist, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The 100, The Americans

Worst retooling of a show: The Blacklist

Jumped the shark award: The Blacklist

Most obvious cancellation: Living Biblically, Taken, Reign

What’s it about award: Life in Pieces, Doubt, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Time to stop watching award: The Blacklist

They’ve stopped caring award: The Blacklist

Most average show award: Superstore

That’s actually a show award: The Gong Show

Not worth a second viewing award: The Gong Show, Battle of the Network Stars, Living Biblically

Weirdest show: The Gong Show, Living Biblically, Zoo, The Blacklist, Reign

Worst news show: The Allman Report

Biggest Dud: A.P. Bio

Dead to me award: Doubt, Scorpion, Reign

Worst show on FOX: Lucifer, The Mick, Love Connection

Worst show on ABC: any show in the Bachelor franchise, American Idol, The Gong Show, Battle of the Network Stars

Worst show on CBS: Life in Pieces, Man with a Plan, Mom, Scorpion, Living Biblically, Doubt, Zoo

Worst show on NBC: A.P. Bio, Good Girls, The Blacklist, Taken

Worst show on the CW: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The 100, Reign

Worst show on every other network: The Americans

Worst syndicated show: Maury, The Jerry Springer Show, Dr. Phil

Worst show on television nominees: pending

Other awards

Worst story arc: Walter’s dream romance on Scorpion

Worst plot twist: the blood was changed on Doubt

Worst new character: Carter Diaz from Arrow

Biggest moron: Glasses from Grey’s Anatomy

Most hated character: Cater Diaz from Arrow

Worst character transformation: Elizabeth Keen from The Blacklist

Most overrated character: any of the characters on Mom

Most obvious twist: Jake and Amy getting engaged on Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Why are they still alive award: Eobard Thawne from Arrowverse

Most accepted death: Mallus from Legends of Tomorrow

WTF death: Mary from Reign, David Rosen from Scandal, Donna from Kevin Can Wait, Fitz from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Most obvious death: Anezka from Jane the Virgin

Most useless character: Carter Diaz from Arrow, Mallus from Legends of Tomorrow, Stevie from Madam Secretary

Worst Villain: Lucifer Morningstar from Lucifer, Mallus from Legends of Tomorrow, any of the Restinghouse agents from Timeless, Carter Diaz from Arrow

Dumbest scheduling choice: All of the delays and timeslot changes of Taken on NBC, randomly pulling Ghosted from the schedule despite a half hour timeslot for reruns you could have put new episodes from this on at instead on FOX, doubling the airing of America’s “Funniest” Home Videos and Shark Tank instead of airing something more worthwhile on ABC

Worst episode yet: The Return from Doubt, All it Cost Her… from Reign, A Lie in the Sand from Scorpion, Abraham Stern from The Blacklist

Worst episode this season: The Return from Doubt, All it Cost Her… from Reign, A Lie in the Sand from Scorpion, Abraham Stern from The Blacklist

Episode not worth a rewatch award: The Return from Doubt, All it Cost Her… from Reign, A Lie in the Sand from Scorpion

Dumbest character departure: Donna from Kevin Can Wait

Weirdest plot choice: two straight women marrying each other on The Last Man on Earth, the breaking of team Scorpion on Scorpion, Petra’s sudden lesbian phase on Jane the Virgin, killing Reeves in Abby’s farewell episode on NCIS

Worst romance: Hook’s and Zelena’s daughters from Once Upon a Time, J.R. and Petra from Jane the Virgin, Sadie and her client from Doubt

Worst commercial: “Thanks,” Mike Madigan, Make Google do it, Share a Coke with you, We Like Beer

WTF moment: Michael is alive on Jane the Virgin

Worst season yet: The Blacklist season 5