The 15 Worst TV Sitcom Couples of All Time

6. Rhoda and Joe, ‘Rhoda’

It almost seemed like Rhoda and Joe got married just so the writer’s could dash that relationship on the rocks. A mere eight weeks into Rhoda’s self-titled spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, she manages to convince a reluctant Joe that they should be married. While the wedding episode was one of the highest rated single episodes of television in the 1970s, the couple’s resultant relationship was nothing but rocky. As their relationship deteriorated into an eventual divorce, so did the show’s ratings.

5. Sam and Diane, ‘Cheers’

On the level, Sam Malone was an inveterate womanizer. But he still offered Diane Chambers a job when she had literally nothing else. Yet she still constantly treated him like a second class citizen, ultimately following her own interests regardless of how they shredded Sam. Of course, let’s not pretend Sam was a complete victim, here. He was so addicted to chasing tail that the odds of him ever being totally faithful were pretty slim.

4. Burns and Houlihan, ‘M.A.S.H.’

Okay, in all honesty, Frank Burns and Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan certainly work. They’re both slavishly dedicated to their jobs, they both believe in decorum and duty, and they both feel surrounded, excluded, and alone in their Korean War postings. But they really suck as people, so it’s hard to root for their inclusion. Just the thought of them being intimate is so gross it has the potential of ruining the whole war for everybody.