420 Weird Shows: 1-60

“I like weird shit. I enjoy it. I like it, a lot. And because I talk about it a lot... it finds me.” ~ Josh Wolf

The idea for this list was inspired by (and created as something of a companion piece to) 366 Weird Movies.

However, there's obviously major differences between those two mediums in the way that strangeness can be handled, depicted, and progress.

TV is episodic by nature. So for that reason, singular pieces such as made-for-TV movies, standalone specials, and pilots for shows that never got picked up (or were canceled after one episode) were not considered for this project. Those are more akin to films or at least short films. So that means no: Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, the 1990 anti-drug special. And same with Heil Honey I'm Home!, the axed series from the same year.

A full season (which for a miniseries is the complete run, for a canceled show, what's available) has to have been released before September 2025 in order for me to count it, otherwise I could add Alien: Earth based off the first four episodes or Women Wearing Shoulder Pads from just the first three.

Public access shows were not included, national broadcasts only. Neither were webseries, unless it was a webseries that also made it to TV or streaming at some point. The barrier to creation with those is slim to nonexistent, the fanbases too regional, and the possibilities that open up are too vast to delete all gatekeepers. Which unfortunately made me rule out '94's Concrete TV [NSFW] and Weird TV, David Lynch's Rabbits (2002) and The Show About the Show (2017).

Best-of compilations that cherry-pick from different shows didn't make the cut either. That removes Night Flight (1981) and the volumes of TV Carnage (1996). Plus it had to air on TV or a paid streaming service. That takes out direct-to-video stuff like Peppermint Park (1987).

This is all put together by me. No, I haven't seen all these. Then how do I know if something is truly odd? Clips, screenshots, the synopsis, the track record of the people involved, the title being brought up in comparison to other off the wall material...

Each part will alphabetically list the next sixty shows. Starting today, one part will be posted a day over the next week. Without further ado...

420 Weird Shows: 1-60

'til Death (2006)

12 Monkeys (2015)

12 oz. Mouse (2005)

1899 (2022)

Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! (2001)

Adventure Time (2010)

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993)

The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1993)

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (1959)

Aeon Flux (1991)

Alf (1986)

Alice in Borderland (2020)

All That (1994)

Altered Carbon (2018)

The Amanda Show (1999)

The Amazing World of Gumball (2011)

American Gods (2017)

American Gothic (1995)

American Horror Story (2011)

Angela Anaconda (1999)

Animals. (2016)

Animaniacs (1993)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000)

The Aquabats! Super Show! (2012)

Archer (2009)

Archive 81 (2022)

Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990)

Assy McGee (2006)

Atlanta (2016)

Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun (2020)

Axe Cop (2013)

The Baby (2022)

Baby Reindeer (2024)

Bananas in Pyjamas (1992)

Banshee (2013)

Banzai (2001)

Baskets (2016)

Batman (1966)

Beauty and the Beast (1987)

Beavis and Butt-Head (1993)

Beef House (2020)

Beforeigners (2019)

Behind Her Eyes (2021)

The Ben Stiller Show (1990)

Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)

The Big Lez Show (2012)

Black Mirror (2011)

Blood Drive (2017)

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2003)

BoJack Horseman (2014)

Boohbah (2003)

The Booth at the End (2010)

The Boys (2019)

Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio (2016)

BrainDead (2016)

Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021)

brassEYE (1997)

The Brothers Grunt (1994)

Bullet in the Face (2012)

Cake (2019)

How many have you seen? Lemme know in the comments. And tune in tomorrow for part two.