Most Epic Disappointments in TV History
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- CreatorDavid BenioffD.B. WeissStarsEmilia ClarkePeter DinklageKit HaringtonNine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.Started off as the best thing ever written, ended like a fucking star wars trilogy. All because the producers signed on for only 73 episodes, and refused to do more or wait for the source material to be written. The solution? Soft-cancel the most lucrative show in history, rendering any sequels or prequels doomed to fail.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.Show stuffed with "monster of the week" filler episodes, false promises, replaced lead actor, dead characters resurrected, and, most of all, "a failure to quit while ahead" (if you look that up a picture of Chris Carter comes up).
- CreatorLee AronsohnChuck LorreStarsJon CryerAshton KutcherAngus T. JonesA hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.Turned one of the funniest shows on television into a completely different, unwatchable freakshow (starting at season 9) for four fucking seasons. There's even a remote panic inducing musical scene. Unfuckingbelievable.
- CreatorGemma BakerEddie GorodetskyChuck LorreStarsAllison JanneyAnna FarisMimi KennedyA newly sober single mom tries to pull her life together in Napa Valley while dealing with her wayward mother.Started off truly great, then quickly turned into a dumpster fire after about a season or few. S03E09 is the last episode with original cast. They even did a season 8 without the lead character, lol.
- CreatorRick BermanMichael PillerJeri TaylorStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonPulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is seventy-five years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.Started off so bad it took 3 seasons to attract some writing talent. That's the reason why it was near dead on arrival. The rest of the 4 seasons are generally way more interesting than any other Star Trek show ever, IMO. Including the new ones. 1080p AI upscales are out now.
- CreatorBryan FullerStarsHugh DancyMads MikkelsenCaroline DhavernasExplores the early relationship between renowned psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter and a young FBI criminal profiler who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.Turns into an incoherent bore & gorefest starting from season 3 episode 1, while season 2 finale was the perfect ending to the show. Still Bryan wants to make more, lol.
- CreatorEilif SkodvinAnne BjørnstadStarsSteven Van ZandtTrond FausaSteinar SagenA New York mobster goes into hiding in rural Lillehammer in Norway after testifying against his former associates.Season 2 was the perfect conclusion, almost ruined by the useless sequel season 3.
- CreatorBryan FullerAlex KurtzmanStarsSonequa Martin-GreenAnthony RappDoug JonesTen years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.Ran out of coherent ideas after just a few episodes. Really, really hard to watch. The feeling of shame is that bad.
- CreatorJohn AltschulerMike JudgeDave KrinskyStarsThomas MiddleditchT.J. MillerJosh BrenerFollows the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper.Fantastic until the final episode takes a huge dump on the show's core beliefs just to end the show abruptly, as if they wanted to cancel the show because they couldn't fathom a proper ending.
- CreatorBryan FullerMichael GreenStarsRicky WhittleEmily BrowningYetide BadakiA recently released ex-convict named Shadow meets a mysterious man who calls himself "Wednesday" and who knows more than he first seems to about Shadow's life and past.Started off as one of the greatest shows to ever hit television. Season 2 has already lost most of it's fantastic charm, including it's unbelievable cinematography. Season 3, with half the main cast replaced is a complete clusterfuck and extremely boring.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyJonathan ShapiroStarsBilly Bob ThorntonNina AriandaTania RaymondeA disgraced lawyer, now an ambulance chaser, gets a case that could bring him redemption or at least revenge on the firm which expelled him.The first season is THE best lawyer story since Better Call Saul. Second and third season are an absolutely awful, unrelated story. Absolute garbage that destroyed the credibility of the entire show. Just delete them? Problem solved.
- CreatorTony JordanStarsRobert GlenisterRobert VaughnRob JarvisA motley group of London con artists pulls off a series of daring and intricate stings.Great but starts losing it's cast after 3 seasons. Definitely a waste of time after season 4 (if not season 3).
- CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.Who the fuck still watches this tamed shit? Too many shit episodes to ever find the good ones you loved, and therefore forever forgotten in history with near zero replay value. Rest in peace. Please.
- CreatorLarry DavidJerry SeinfeldStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsThe continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.First 3+ seasons are pretty bad these days, with hardly any good jokes. Start from S04E03 episode The Pitch, or season 5.
- CreatorTrey ParkerMatt StoneBrian GradenStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneIsaac HayesFollows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.Absolutely brilliant bold show sprinkled with some very bad episodes throughout, especially within the first 7 seasons. It would have been a much more consistently funny show in the 11-minute format, like most other animations would definitely be.
- CreatorFrank DarabontStarsAndrew LincolnNorman ReedusMelissa McBrideSheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.Season 1 was interesting, then instantly becomes the most boring show ever seen on television.
- CreatorMark BrazillBonnie TurnerTerry TurnerStarsTopher GraceLaura PreponMila KunisA comedy revolving around a group of teenage friends, their mishaps, and their coming of age, set in 1970s Wisconsin.When you find yourself replacing the lead character, it's time to change career paths.
- CreatorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsMillie Bobby BrownFinn WolfhardWinona RyderWhen a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.Season 2 promises something season 3 cannot deliver. In fact, season 3 is absolute garbage.
- CreatorJustin MarksStarsJ.K. SimmonsOlivia WilliamsHarry LloydA hapless UN employee discovers that the agency he works for is hiding a gateway to a parallel dimension that's in a cold war with our own, and where his other self is a top spy. The war slowly heats up thanks to spies from both sides.Intriguing, yet a bit boring espionage show with a jaw dropping ending (within it's two season run).
- CreatorAndy BreckmanStarsTony ShalhoubJason Gray-StanfordTed LevineThe series follows Adrian Monk, a brilliant former San Francisco detective, who now consults the police as a private consultant whilst battling with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.Last good episode is season 3 episode 9, after which Sharona is replaced with a horrible actor in a badly written role. The drop in writing quality also roughly doubles the amount of continuity errors etc, making it feel like a show for kids or fucktards.
- CreatorDaniel PowellAmy SchumerStarsAmy SchumerKevin KaneKyle DunniganAmy Schumer switches from sketches to doing stand-up to interviewing people on the street and people of interest, usually following a certain theme.One of the top 3 American sketch shows with actual replay value. Then comes the season 3 episode 12 angry men that seemingly forgets the comedy and delivers a 22 minute unwatchable "sketch". The rest of the show is sprinkled with bizarre glamour sketches.
- CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna GunnA chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.Sure the first season suffered because of the writer's strike but the real moment of shame (in this otherwise top show) was the episode "Fly" that was done purely for budget reasons. Why was it done at all is beyond me.
- CreatorRoger BlackWaco O'GuinStarsDavid HermanTom KennyKyle KinaneAnimated series about bad cops. Not bad as in corrupt, bad as in under-performing. They aren't first responders, they are the worst responders.Loads of funny stuff here, but the insane 30 minute episode length is way, way too much to sit through in one sitting. They should have gone for the 11-minute format.
- CreatorDan HarmonJustin RoilandStarsChris ParnellSpencer GrammerSarah ChalkeThe fractured domestic lives of a nihilistic mad scientist and his anxious grandson are further complicated by their inter-dimensional misadventures.Slowly finds a continuity plot within it's framework, culminating in an unbelievably good third season, while the fourth season abruptly ends that continuity and focuses on something else entirely. This, and the general drop in writing quality effectively killed the interest here. Nothing that another season couldn't fix, but that seems unlikely.
- StarsGary SiniseMolly RingwaldJamey SheridanAfter a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.Starts interesting, but quickly turns to something your brain refuses to make memories for.
- CreatorMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickAn idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.Don't you wish you could watch just the first and last episode of both seasons?
- CreatorSam ShawDustin ThomasonStarsBill SkarsgårdAndré HollandLizzy CaplanA psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.A really boring show sprinkled with a few very good episodes.
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonJohn NobleAn F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.Wildly inconsistant. Last season was good.
- CreatorMike GibbonsDaniel ToshStarsDaniel ToshT.K. KellySam JarvisDaniel Tosh provides humorous commentary on content from the Internet.Runs out of effort around halfway through season 5. Quit at the pink shirts. You'll see.
- CreatorRobert CochranJoel SurnowStarsKiefer SutherlandMary Lynn RajskubCarlos BernardCounter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.Should have ended with season 2. Season 3 is wildly unrealistic and ruins season 2, and the rest is just torture porn propaganda, as we all know.
- CreatorJames Manos Jr.StarsMichael C. HallJennifer CarpenterDavid ZayasHe's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.Wildly inconsistant. I remember season 4 being great.
- CreatorDavid CraneMarta KauffmanStarsJennifer AnistonCourteney CoxLisa KudrowFollows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty year-old friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.1st season is pretty bad, the hardest by far to replay.
- CreatorJon FavreauStarsPedro PascalChris BartlettKatee SackhoffThe travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.The production quality screams "kid's show" but there are a few episodes where you forget that fact.
- CreatorNoah HawleyStarsBilly Bob ThorntonMartin FreemanAllison TolmanVarious chronicles of deception, intrigue, and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. All of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.Seasons 1-3 are good. Season 4 is incredibly boring.
- CreatorTim KringStarsJack ColemanHayden PanettiereMilo VentimigliaCommon people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.Remember season 2 during the writer's strike? Still trying to forget? Why force out a season during the writer's strike? Unless you want to get cancelled.
- StarsJane BadlerMichael DurrellFaye GrantA seemingly peaceful alien race, arrives at earth and asks for help to ensure their own planets survival. However, the visitors agenda turns out be much darker.Anybody seen the sequel season to this one? Don't.