Class Action Suit Against Estate of Irwin Allen Mulled by “Land of the Giants” Viewers

A group of television viewers in their 40s and 50s has formed a committee to determine the viability of a class action lawsuit against the estate of former T.V. and film producer Irwin Allen for alleged emotional distress they and hundreds of thousands of others like them suffered through prolonged childhood exposure to the sci-fi series "Land of the Giants." The committee claims that the series hewed so closely to a deliberately exasperating and unpleasant formula from week to week that watching each episode of the show was "akin to experiencing a recurring nightmare." The committee further alleges that young viewers desperate for sci-fi programming at the time--i.e., every male under the age of 25--had no choice but to tune in to what they kept hoping would be escapist entertainment but what invariably turned out to be a depressing and frustrating object lesson in how to piss off an audience. "I remember loving the show's premise and then being annoyed by every single episode," said a committee member. "But I had no idea just how traumatically awful the show was until I saw it again a couple of years ago on Sci-Fi Channel, and I was like, 'Well, that explains why I'm still single and can't hold down a job.'"