Bad TV is a lot older than that. It probably seems weird nowadays to watch “I Dream of Jeanie” and “Gilligan’s Island” reruns because that’s what was on TV. Or how about game shows and soap operas? Daytime TV was the worst. But people watched.
Every now and then I play the Gilligan's Island theme song because it's so catchy. Still no idea what the show is about
Ahh, it's about shipwrecked people that somehow don't endlessly screw each other and still adhere to all the same social norms when they are leaving the idea as they did when they arrived. I think they once made a phone out of a coconut - I watched it before school as a kid, great show! Unbelievably innocent and naive.