YMMV / Kidding

• Audience-Alienating Premise: This show had an A-list cast toplined by Jim Carrey and good reviews, but while it was able to run two seasons and end with closure, it fared poorly in the ratings to the point that the second season was burnt off in five weeks by airing two episodes at a time rather than the one-episode-per-week approach of the first. This positive review of the first season admits upfront "I don’t blame viewers for skipping the 'Mr. Rogers has a breakdown' show" for being too upsetting conceptually. On the other side of the coin, the fact that the protagonist manages, despite some horrible mistakes and acts of passion, to remain an All-Loving Hero despite it all meant it was too optimistic for cynical viewers who would appreciate a Deconstruction of the trope rather than a Decon-Recon Switch.