History Website / TelevisionWithoutPity

** This was most notably seen with the recappers war with fans of the US Queer As Folk; the show was even banned from being discussed, because fans of the show were upset at the negative recaps of the show by writers who considered it inferior to the UK version and never let up on their disdain for Showtime remaking it for the US market.

** In a recap much shorter than his usual (which admittedly [[DoorStopper isn't saying much]]), Jacob Clifton dumped reviewing ''Series/DoctorWho'' midway through Series 6, because he preferred Creator/RussellTDavies' mythic arcs to Creator/StevenMoffat's interlocking puzzle plots, and objected to the characterization of Eleven and Amy.

** In the {{Series/The OC}} recaps, Che was instead named "[[Series/{{Everwood}} Bright]]" after [[Creator/ChrisPratt Chris Pratt's]] character on ''Everwood''.

** In a recap much shorter than his usual (which admittedly [[DoorStopper isn't saying much]]), Jacob Clifton dumped reviewing ''Series/DoctorWho'' midway through Series 6, because he preferred Russell T. Davies' mythic arcs to Moffat's interlocking puzzle plots, and objected to the characterization of Eleven and Amy.

** Keckler's recaps of ''Sereis/StarTrekEnterprise'' dubbed [[TheCaptain Captain Archer]]'s ready room porthole the "Weight Of The World Window" for his habit of staring contemplatively through it in times of momentous or weighty decisions. Somewhere late in the series, Archer turned away from it to [[TheEngineer Commander Tucker]] and said "Weight of the world, Trip", leaving Keckler briefly stunned in mid-recap.

** In one ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' recap, Demian refers to Chris's female sex partner as a man because he insists that Chris is gay.

** Demian has at least two from ''Series/{{Charmed}}''- in one episode, Piper said "Fricking ever-useless Elders!" ("ever-useless Elders" was one of his catch phrases when recapping) and in another, the entire episode revolved around a Darklighter named Damien who was trying to kill Leo (Demian's least-favorite character). He was overjoyed.

* ShapedLikeItself: One of the more infamous rules of the site was "No talking about the boards on the boards" -- namely, the intent was to focus on the show under discussion, not tangential conversations about the content of the recaps, the recappers, or other posters. As it was a bit of an unclear and circuitous rule to begin with, the recappers themselves were frequently the ones in-charge of enforcing it and it could be conveniently interpreted as preventing any disagreement or criticism of the views or running of the site, this gradually led to claims of unethical and overly draconian moderating. Many accusations arose that certain moderators / recappers ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement who will not be specified]]) exploited its nebulous nature to unfairly target and ban people whose only real crime was disagreeing with the mod's / recapper's opinion or otherwise bruising their ego.

* CantTakeCriticism: As discovered to be the case on the message boards. Going against the grain or even questioning the recappers or board administrators [[FridgeLogic was worthy of]] [[DisproportionateRetribution being banned]].

* ShapedLikeItself: One of the more infamous rules of the site was "No talking about the boards on the boards" -- namely, the intent was to focus on the show under discussion, not tangential conversations about the content of the recaps, the recappers, or other posters. As it was a bit of an unclear and circuitous rule to begin with, the recappers themselves were frequently the ones in-charge of enforcing it and it could be conveniently interpreted as preventing any disagreement or criticism of the views or running of the site, this gradually led to claims of unethical and overly draconian moderating, with many accusations that certain moderators / recappers ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement who will not be specified]]) exploited its nebulous nature to unfairly target and ban people whose only real crime was disagreeing with the mod's / recapper's opinion or otherwise bruising their ego.

* ShapedLikeItself: One of the more infamous rules of the site was "No talking about the boards on the boards" -- namely, the intent was to focus on the show under discussion, not tangential conversations about the content of the recaps, the recappers, or other posters. As it was a bit of an unclear and circuitous rule to begin with and the recappers themselves were frequently the ones in-charge of enforcing it, this gradually led to claims of unethical and overly draconian moderating, with many accusations that certain recappers ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement who will not be specified]]) exploited its nebulous nature to unfairly target and ban people whose only real crime was disagreeing with the recapper's opinion or otherwise bruising their ego.

* ShapedLikeItself: One of the more infamous rules of the site was "No talking about the boards on the boards" -- namely, the intent was to focus on the show under discussion, not tangential conversations about the content of the recaps, the recappers, or other posters. As it was a bit of an unclear and circuitous rule to begin with and the recappers themselves were frequently the ones in-charge of enforcing it, this gradually led to claims of unethical and overly draconian moderating, with many accusations that certain recappers ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement who will not be specified]]) exploited its nebulous nature to unfairly ban people whose only real crime was disagreeing with the recapper's opinion or otherwise bruising their ego.

* ShapedLikeItself: One of the more infamous rules of the site was "No talking about the boards on the boards" -- namely, the intent was to focus on the show under discussion, not tangential conversations about the content of the recaps, the recappers, or other posters. As it was a bit of an unclear rule to begin with and the recappers themselves were frequently the ones in-charge of enforcing it, this gradually led to claims of unethical and overly draconian moderating, with many accusations that certain recappers ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement who will not be specified]]) exploited its nebulous nature to unfairly ban people whose only real crime was disagreeing with the recapper's opinion or otherwise bruising their ego.

* CantTakeCriticism: As discovered to be the case on the message boards. Going against the grain or even questioning the recappers or board administrators [[FridgeLogic was worthy of]] [[DisproportionateRetribution being banned]]. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And that's all that'll be said about that.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: It was frequently noted that several recappers ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement who shall go unnamed]]), despite being incredibly blunt and snarky when it came to their criticism of the works they recapped and their disagreements with the views of the people who created them (as was the whole ''raison d'ere'' of the site), could be incredibly thin-skinned when it came to people criticising and disagreeing with ''them''.

* GrammarNazi: The moderators.

* IRejectYourReality: Lampshaded in the ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' reviews. Strega chooses to believe [[Creator/JamesMarsters Spike]] is off causing mayhem in some foreign nation, unaware that he's replaced by some dull lookalike named [[BadassDecay Brad]].

* TheNicknamer: Tippi Blevins calls Clark "[[DarkerAndEdgier Emo Blur]]" and "[[DumbMuscle Super Doofus]]".
** Likewise, Marcia Cross's character Linda in ''Series/{{Everwood}}'' was nicknamed "[[IntentionalEngrishForFunny Rinda]]" due to her character working as a doctor in China.

* ShoutOut: PlayedForLaughs. Any line of dialogue which includes a name or reference to something the recapper is known for (no matter how obscure) is jokingly declared a "Shout out."

[[BackFromTheDead However ...]] as of 2016, Tribune Media had acquired the rights to [=TWoP=] and was planning [[http://screenertv.com/twop/ a revival in 2017 as part of their Screener website]]. However, as of November 2017, references to the planned revival have mostly disappeared (the link you see there is broken) and the Screener site itself is out-of-date, still displaying content on its homepage from over a year ago. An [[https://www.thewrap.com/tribune-layoffs-screener-tv-shut-television-without-pity-relaunch-scrapped-exclusive/ article]] from [=TheWrap=] reveals that Tribune made major layoffs and the plan to revive the site was scrapped.

[[BackFromTheDead However ...]] as of 2016, Tribune Media had acquired the rights to [=TWoP=] and was planning [[http://screenertv.com/twop/ a revival in 2017 as part of their Screener website]]. However, as of November 2017, references to the planned revival have mostly disappeared (the link you see there is broken) and the Screener site itself is out-of-date, still displaying content on its homepage from over a year ago.

[[BackFromTheDead However ...]] as of 2016, Tribune Media has acquired the rights to [=TWoP=] and is planning [[http://screenertv.com/twop/ a revival in 2017 as part of their Screener website]].

[[http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/ Television Without Pity]], formerly known as ''Mighty Big TV'', is a TV recapping and discussion site featuring '''very''' snarky commentary.

If you believe some TV shows are so good that they must never be made fun of, [=TWoP=] isn't for you. However, if you recognize that even your favorite show has much which is deserving of mockery, you'll like [=TWoP=].

** In the {{Series/The OC}} recaps, Che was [[TheyJustDidntCare instead]] named "[[Series/{{Everwood}} Bright]]" after [[Creator/ChrisPratt Chris Pratt's]] character on ''Everwood''.

** Let's not forget his Charmed nicknames: "Raige" for Paige and "Big Gay Chris" for Chris. Also, Piper and Paige are sometimes referred to as "Phoebe's Fucking Backup Band."