At the end of the meeting, I posed a question. Can we beseech Him to smite a TV show not because some quasi-Reverend thinks it stars a gay sponge, but because it's just such a shitty, horrible show? I nominated what I thought were the best candidates. First is Fox's "The War at Home." It might be the worst, most insultingly shitty show of all time. Even for Fox. Every single character, actor, line of dialogue, prop, light, cue card, set and graphic on this show is absolutely putrid. It's so bad it's hateful. It touts itself as "controversial" and "outspoken." It ain't. Oh, I'm offended, all right, by its monumental shittiness. People, actual people, have compared this show to "Married . . . With Children"—they wish! Maybe "Married . . ." wasn't His greatest creation, but try to look your pastor in the eye and tell him it never once made you laugh. My second nominee for banishment is "Stacked," yet another jewel in the Fox crown. I was totally in the Christian Right groove in calling to ban this one—I've never even watched it. It stars Pamela Anderson and it's called "Stacked." Maybe it's set in a bookstore? As far as I know, it may just be credits, followed by 28 minutes of dead air. But you really . . . oh, wait. "Stacked"! I get it! Because she's Pamela Anderson! And she . . . works . . . "Stacked"!! That's excellent. Oh, never mind, order seventy more new episodes. Where was I? Oh right, good idea canning "Arrested Development"!
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