YEAR: 1998

EPISODES: 12

Basketball great Magic Johnson was not, it turns out, such a great talk show host. THR was kinder than other critics, saying Johnson’s “gentle and kind persona, so perfect for an interviewee, was too weak for an interviewer.” Johnson’s sidekick, meanwhile, comedian Craig Shoemaker, had such terrible chemistry with the host that he was fired on the third episode — during a commercial break.