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For Sale Mar 28, 2026 at 7:55 PM

Who is/are the biggest hack(s) in Television?

Posted by Josep_C_33


I’ll go first: The Duffer Brothers

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SnausageFest Mar 28, 2026 +15
Taylor Sheridan and Ryan Murphy. Especially Taylor. He keeps making the same show.
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Digess Mar 28, 2026 +4
Sheridan writers soap operas for those who dont wanna admit they watch soap operas
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PetyrDayne Mar 29, 2026 +2
Taylor Sheridan is just collecting ranches and needs the money. I just hope he writes a movie soon so he can flex his creative juices again.
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baileath Mar 28, 2026 +17
Ryan Murphy
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SignificanceFine3582 Mar 28, 2026 +5
People vs. OJ ruled.
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Old-Meringue3590 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Also Feud: Bette & Joan and Pose were solid. I haven’t watched AHS but initial seasons received critical acclaim. I also like *Hollywood* a lot. If you haven’t watched it, I’d say go give it a watch, it’s just a miniseries and was fun from start to end.
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kuhpunkt Mar 28, 2026 +2
Wasn't even written by Murphy, though. He "only" directed.
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Kalamac Mar 28, 2026 +1
I still love Popular.
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UserWithno-Name Mar 28, 2026 +1
His one or two outliers that are really good, don't make up for all the other stuff he shoves out. That's the problem.
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Th4ab Mar 28, 2026 +2
He can hook you in with premise and overload with camp before going off the rails entirely. At some point it's a heck of a TV show so I can't d******* the man entirely.
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Couldnotbehelpd Mar 28, 2026 +3
Ryan Murphy is many things, but a hack he is not. A hack is “I hate my stupid b**** wife and I am a lazy fat slob”. Ryan Murphy is 180 degrees from hack. He is batshit insane. You cannot guess where his crazy shows are going or even guess the next line of what any character is gonna say. Ryan Murphy is many things, but hack he is not.
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TheCitizen616 Mar 28, 2026 +26
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, I guess...
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ContinuumGuy Mar 29, 2026 +2
Total hacks (complimentary)
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IamChicharon Mar 28, 2026 +17
Bill Maher
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5ronins Mar 28, 2026 +4
Yes! I hate that he talks down to this audience. He wants to be Lorne micheal. The center of a nebula making it happen. I really just think he cares more about making a show than his own act. I bet being off television or not famous scares that dude
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Tony_Pastrami Mar 28, 2026 +5
Tyler Perry
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RoiVampire Mar 28, 2026 +11
It’s Chuck Lorree. Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory are the hackiest sitcoms I’ve ever seen.
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maddenphile Mar 28, 2026 +7
Don’t like his shows but the man makes smash hit after smash hit. Not a hack at all, just knows how to play to the general public
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RoiVampire Mar 28, 2026 +2
A hack is someone who’s unoriginal and formulaic. Not someone who doesn’t make profitable shows. All his shows are so basic and formulaic. Literally the definition of hack.
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maddenphile Mar 28, 2026 +4
My bad my man, I just looked up the actual definition of hack and Lorre fits it to a T. Carry on!
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Couldnotbehelpd Mar 28, 2026 +1
They were both the number one shows on tv for their run. Their quality might be bad but he knows what he’s doing.
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RoiVampire Mar 28, 2026 +2
Hack doesn’t refer to popularity. Both those shows were formulaic which is what hack means
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Couldnotbehelpd Mar 28, 2026 +1
Oh I know I did not disagree that they were hack.
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ButterscotchPast4812 Mar 28, 2026 +4
Alex Kurtzmen 
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urgasmic Mar 28, 2026 +3
marc guggenhim (cw dc), julie plec (vampire diaries)
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CharlesNapalm Mar 29, 2026 +1
Scott Buck ruins everything, but the studio heads love him because he delivers on time and under budget.
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Big-Soup7013 Mar 28, 2026 -1
People really hate popular award winning creators…
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winelover08816 Mar 28, 2026 +1
D*** Wolf
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Alternative-Cake-833 Mar 28, 2026 +1
David Beinoff and D.B Weiss. They ruined the last two Games of Thrones seasons and left Star Wars once they signed that multi-year Netflix deal. Surprised they haven't been mentioned in this thread so far.
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Big-Soup7013 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Because most people realize how incredibly difficult just making my that show was. They’re not hacks just because you don’t like the ending.
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Old-Meringue3590 Mar 28, 2026 -1
Mindy Kailing, I wouldn’t necessarily say she’s a hack, she’s pretty solid. But most of her shows start to decline after a few seasons.
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Exotic-West3751 Mar 28, 2026 -1
Walter White
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