The Brady Bunch Hour
This one-of-a-kind, 1976 TV show was not only short-lived, but it also made TV Guide’s list as one of the five worst TV shows ever created…many times. ‘The Brady Bunch Hour’ was basically a show about the Brady family starring in their own TV variety show, which ended up being a complete flop.
Apart from a weak storyline, the show featured a lot of song-and-dance routines that made it feel like a cheap musical more so than a show. With only 9 episodes being filmed, ‘The Brady Bunch Hour’ barely lasted a few months and received awful reviews before ABC pulled it off the air altogether.
Mrs. Columbo
Kate Mulgrew played Kate Columbo in the 1979 TV series, 'Mrs. Clumbo'. Created as a spin-off of the earlier, far more popular show 'Columbo.' 'Mrs. Columbo' had a big budget and quite a decent production, but the characters just weren't good enough.
NBC canceled the show after just 13 episodes, realizing the story wasn't interesting enough and receiving very low ratings coupled with intense criticism.
Get Christie Love!
The beautiful Teresa Graves played detective Christie Love in ABC's 1974 show, 'Get Christie Love!'. The show might have not been a hit, but it is still a memorable show. Detective Love was a tough police officer who worked for the LAPD's Special Investigations Division.
Unfortunately, the show was canceled after just one season, but Graves did a fine job nonetheless. Other cast members included Jack Kelly, Michael Pataki, Charles Cioffi, and more. Still, it wasn't enough to keep this crime-drama show from being canceled just a few short months after its release.
Bearcats!
CBS released 'Bearcats!' in 1971, in an attempt to get into the western TV show craze. The problem was that, by 1970, the interest in westerns had substantially gone down, and so the show was only on the air for thirteen episodes.
Its lead actors, Dennis Cole and Rod Taylor, played two adventurers riding around in a Stutz Bearcat in the American Southwest in 1914. CBS spent a lot of money on marketing the show, but it was all for nothing since, clearly, viewers weren't interested in a story set in 1914 anymore.
Gibbsville
Released in 1976, the action-drama series 'Gibbsville' was about a cub reporter that worked for the Gibbsville Courier in Pennsylvania. The show was set in the 1940s, and NBC had high hopes of it being a hit. Unfortunately, only six out of the 13 produces episodes were ever aired.
A cast that included Gig Young and John Savage as the lead roles weren't enough to save this boring show. It was based on a film that was written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, called the 'The Turning Point of Jim Malloy.'