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"One reason why there may be a noticeable drop in writing quality in long-running television series is due to the difficulty in maintaining a fresh and compelling storyline over an extended period. As a series continues, writers may struggle to come up with new ideas or may rely too heavily on previously successful storylines, leading to a sense of stagnation or repetition," entertainment expert Mike, from LA, explained to Bored Panda why there's a noticeable drop in quality in long-running TV shows.

"Another factor that may contribute to a decline in writing quality is changes in the creative team. As writers and showrunners leave or are replaced, the show's tone and direction may shift, resulting in a departure from what made the show initially successful," he said.

"To counteract these challenges, some television series employ a writers' room, a team of writers who collaborate on the series' storyline and character arcs. Additionally, having a clear endgame in mind can help ensure that the series maintains its creative momentum and avoids a drop in quality."

Don’t hate me but Friends. Seen the first 5 episodes and absolutely hated it.

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Final score:

201points

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Melissa Powell 1 year ago

Loved it. Still watch once in awhile.

75points

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Orange is the New Black. the first few seasons were good. They lost me after a while!
Piper annoyed the f*****g s**t out of me

WarthogSilver7988 Report

Final score:

200points

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EP 1 year ago

Same with me. Eventually I lost interest but I hung on for a long time, happily. I can’t remember what it was that derailed me.

25points

The entertainment expert shared a few examples of TV series that have remained consistently good, no matter how many seasons have been on the air. According to Mike, these include Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Sopranos, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, and The Crown. These are all "critically acclaimed shows that sustained their quality throughout their respective runs."

"These shows all had a clear sense of direction and vision from their showrunners and writers, which allowed them to maintain their creative momentum over an extended period."

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Handmaid’s Tale. The first season starts so strong but as the seasons go on the story refuses to move forward. It was just an endless cycle of failed escapes. Or when characters finally have the chance to escape they either change their mind or go back inside. It’s like the writers were too afraid to shake up the status quo. After a few seasons I just gave up.

starfoxconfessor Report

Final score:

198points

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EP 1 year ago

I am severely struggling with even watching the latest season and I used to be on my Edge of my seat waiting for the next episode to drop. So sad that I feel so differently now. I used to love this show.

38points

LinkTheHylian 1 year ago

If being on the Edge of your seat isn't enough anymore, try being on the Chrome of your seat instead.

3points

Mac 1 year ago

This is because the book ends where season 1 ends, with her being taken away. Everything from season 2 on has mostly been Original, not written by the author. There's a second book now and they're just starting to incorporate some of that,.in the show, so it should hopefully end strong.

21points

Anyone-for-tea? 1 year ago

Oh I didn’t know that! I gotten as far as Serena and Fred are in Canada but gave up. Maybe I’ll try again.

5points

Mani 1 year ago

the fact that the main actress is into scientology gives a weird aura to this series

13points

Trond Øien 1 year ago (edited)

Indeed. Glad to hear it's not just me. I have a big problem separating actors who are actively promoting the "church" of scientology from their work. And yes that includes Tom Cruise.

16points

Leonard Hamers 1 year ago

I grew really tired of the close-ups of her tormented face.

8points

plantsarecool 1 year ago

Same! That's what ended it for me.

2points

SarahBee 1 year ago

The last time I watched, I held my hand up to block the tortured faces. They overused that just a little!

1point

Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

I hate her face.

0points

JayCee 1 year ago

Like Orange is the New Black, it struggled to go beyond what was presented in the book. This 100% should have been a limited series.

8points

Shane G 1 year ago

Yeah, Hollywood really needs to realize it's okay for a show to run its course and finish. If they remade Roots today it'd probably run fur 6 seasons for no good reason.

1point

PinkLadyEmpress 1 year ago

I can’t watch it anymore. My anxiety goes through the roof just watching.

6points

Hill Branda 1 year ago

I have kept watching it because my spouse wants to, but the constant drumbeat of suffering and cruelty is a bit too much to take.

6points

Christos Arvanitis 1 year ago

Same. Quit partway through Season 2. Again, it became all about cruelty... and started to resemble life in the US a bit too much.

6points

Huddo's sister 1 year ago

I still keep watching it (seems like every season is called the last season but then it comes back) but the first couple of seasons were definitely the strongest.

5points

V Martinez 1 year ago

Agreed. I was barely able to get through season 1. I get this is fake, but the idea just makes me beyond mad. I would not be surprised that there are some people out there who would enjoy this type of life situation in real life. Then there are things currently happening in real life that feel too closely related to this.

4points

ibyishimo 1 year ago

The book is illuminating. I'm glad people were introduced via the series, but the book is what makes you think. A series with a scientologist, not as much.

4points

Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

Who Elisabeth Moss? Ugh that would explain a lot

0points

RafCo (he/him/ele) 1 year ago

That book had a profound effect on me. It's like the book Beloved. Amazing books, but I only have enough courage to read it once. I have none left to watch the show.

3points

DaVida DeVito 1 year ago

It should have been a limited mini series

2points

Shelby Jackson 1 year ago

One of my favorites but I know it's not for everyone.

2points

Sarah Jane 1 year ago

And she's a Scieno. That was it for me.

1point

Illusion 1 year ago

Seasons 4 and 5 are pretty rough ngl.

1point

Suzie Alto 1 year ago

Only got halfway thru season 2 and I had to quit. I just couldn't watch anymore

1point

Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago

I watched half of the first episode and remembered why I didn't care for Margaret Atwood.

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago

Didn't last past the first 2 episodes. Such a sick & twisted storyline. No thanks.

0points

Mariko Fujita 1 year ago

I was excited for the first season and then stopped. Seemed slow after this.

0points

Kate Jones 1 year ago

Same. I keep meaning to catch up but I stopped after the season she had the baby and then gave it up to the escapers but didn't go herself because she felt like being a martyr. I got tired of her constantly giving up opportunities to save her own life and get out of this. I kept getting the sense they were going to turn her into a villain. I also started having a problem with how depressing it was. It was just unrelenting. I get it, but combine that with what was going on in the real world it was like...I need a break.

0points

Dorothy Reiser 1 year ago

The book was great (I read it when it came out). How does one drag on one book into so many seasons?

0points

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago (edited)

They should have handed over Fred Waterford to be sentenced by his own laws. Only the first two seasons were based on Margaret Atwood's novel. Everything that followed consisted of desperate story lines to keep the show going.

0points

featherytoad 1 year ago (edited)

I think there is one more season, thank god. I feel obligated to watch it since I made it this far. About 5 seasons I think is a good number for any series, then start wrapping it up. I start getting bored if it goes any longer. Breaking Bad would have been an exception though if it had gone any longer.

0points

xolitaire 1 year ago (edited)

That's mostly because a) the entire premise is a one way street to begin with and b) the book ends where season 1 ends. Everything after that is "original" garbage. Having any of them successfully get away would change the premise of the show and basically make it unneccessary to continue

0points

Lynne Hammar 1 year ago

After 2 seasons I said, "Why would I want to torture myself with the stress?"

0points

Mimi777 1 year ago

I quit watching at the end of that one season where the main woman hands her kid off to that other woman in the vehicle, and then she decided she wasn’t going to go anymore. Made me irrationally angry and I quit watching after that. So I imagine I would have been even angrier if I kept watching the failed escapes.

0points

JayhawkJoey 1 year ago

I can't handle endless tragedy. Nothing good ever happened, so I noped out.

0points

Tammy Ginter 1 year ago

So true! I watched this season or tried to and couldn't get past episode 3 or so or whenever it is she decided to go back. Ridiculous!

0points

Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

I hate June. I hate her stupid faces and crazy psychotic reactions. I know PTSD Is a factor but come on. I didn't even watch the last season. I wish they would have martyred her off 2 seasons ago

0points

Rodney McKay 1 year ago

I'm a completionist and have tried to get through the final season, but just can't do it. This has gradually become the most annoying show EVER, largely because Elisabeth Moss is so very, very obnoxious. It doesn't help that the plot is so repetitious.

0points

Penny Kemper 1 year ago

I watch first 3 and thought it was over... seemed like a good ending. I haven't watch 4 at all. Also I saw the original movie.

0points

Chrissyfox 1 year ago

I can't stand Luke. I love Nick. Shame they're both a******s in their own way.

0points

Nikole 1 year ago

Agreed. I haven’t watched at least the two latest seasons.

0points

Erik Meyenberg 1 year ago

They finally did shake up the status quo in s4. Some things were stupid, others very strong. In the end, it was a good season for me. Try it!

0points

Jelena Putinja 1 year ago

read books - much better

0points

D3v1lD0ll 1 year ago

I've tried watching three times because I loved the book and I have a lot of friends who ADORE that show, but I still haven't been able to make it past season 1. It's just so bloody ponderous.

0points

jessica r 1 year ago

HT was great in that it painted Gilead. The interesting thing was ‘what is this society and how did we get here’, not action sequences with dozens of escape attempts .

0points

Jane Martin 1 year ago

same

0points

Cthulhu Kitty 1 year ago

I thought the book was boring and couldn't finish it

0points

Gina Babe 1 year ago

I agree I couldn't make it through

0points

Joshua Moore 1 year ago

I watched the first season and had zero interest to watch anything more.

0points

Jayne 1 year ago

The fact that the actress is a lunatic Scientologist doesn´t help the show either.

0points

Bec 1 year ago

Ditto my post above for Walking Dead. The characters don't grow or revert back. I get that she'd have PTSD but acts really inconsistently.

0points

Panda Kicki 1 year ago

I was like "OK, so some people loose an eye or get killed for causing much less severe trouble then June, why dont they just kill her".

0points

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago

A few terrible script writing decisions ruined it for me.

0points

Awkward Lady 1 year ago

Couldn't agree more! The last season just got weirder as it went along, like the writers weren't sure what to do anymore. Time to pull the plug, methinks!

0points

JB 1 year ago

Dystopian dark future drama? Pass, never saw a single episode (although I read the book :) )

0points

Hi-Dona 1 year ago

There was a stretch of a few years in the popular life of watching series where producers wanted every story, every new series to be the next Buffy, lord of the rings or even LOsT where it would successfully go on for more than 8 seasons (or ,fingered crossed, 20) Shows were deliberately dragged on and on and were subsequently watered down and ruined because the idea of the limited season series hadn't come into fashion yet. There was also that writes strike... remember? I wonder how many shows that ultimately affected...

0points

Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

Still visually stunning but yeah I stopped early in Season 5. I might have seen it through but then I learned that there was going to be Season 6 so I said "Enough!"

0points

3 Owls In A Coat 1 year ago

I read the book dozens of times when I was younger. LOVED Elizabeth Moss as Offred because that was pretty much how I pictured Offred. But once the show continued out of the book plot I just stopped watching. Still enjoy the first couple seasons though :)

0points

Dontyouwishyouknew 1 year ago

I think I made it through season 3 maybe. The OP said it spot on.

0points

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Greys anatomy. I checked out FOREVER ago.

I expect you don’t mind spoilers so I’m going with it lol, but season 18 (I think) had her finally leaving grey Sloan and she was about to leave for Boston and then her house suddenly burned down from a lightning strike and I couldn’t stop laughing, it was so absurdly overdramatic and unnecessary

venomouseyes112 Report

Final score:

192points

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JoJo Anisko 1 year ago

I stopped watching it when Izzie went nuts and started having imaginary sex with her dead boyfriend, whom she had killed. Didn't miss it.

72points

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Glee. The funny thing about this show is it originally started as a satire of the very thing it became.

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Final score:

182points

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Mark Fuller 1 year ago

Yep, descended into utter tripe, where they broke fingernails scraping the bottom of a barrel for plot...

52points

We were also interested to get the entertainment expert's thoughts on how playing a single character on a long-running TV show can impact an actor and their career. Mike told Bored Panda that there are certain advantages and disadvantages to this. Here are some of the pros:

"Consistent work: One of the most significant benefits of playing a character on a long-running series is the steady and reliable income it can provide. Actors who play a popular or iconic character on a successful show may have job security for many years.
Increased exposure: Television shows that attract large audiences can raise an actor's profile significantly. The exposure gained from appearing in a popular series can lead to more significant roles and opportunities in the future.
Character development: Playing a single character for an extended period can allow an actor to explore and develop the character over time. As the character evolves, actors may have more opportunities to showcase their range and acting abilities."

Everybody loves Raymond.

God what a manchild Raymond was. And the unnecessary hate on debra on all the subreddits. It just made me so furious.
If I ever wound up with a husband like Raymond I would just pack my bags and run for my life.

wutt-da-phuck Report

Final score:

182points

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Barong 1 year ago

What was wrong enough with the Debra character played by Patricia Heaton in the show that someone would take to Reddit to complain? She was the only somewhat normal one on the show except for perhaps she was married to Raymond and into his family and put up with it as much as she did. I think Patricia did a fine job of playing the part too. It wasn’t really my favorite show but my parents loved it so I ended up seeing a lot of episodes. On a side note. The Ray Romano is a very nice polite and humble guy based on my brief encounter many years ago.

41points

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Heroes.

Well, the main villain of the show was the writer's strike. When they fired it up for season 3 it's as if no one knew what had happened in the first 2 seasons. It had potential.

jdward01 Report

Final score:

151points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

Agree they forgot half the powers Sylar had then made him a good guy. Then wanted him to be the bad guy again. Would have been great but how they made him bad again was so bad I quit watching. They teased stuff but never delivered forgot storylines. Sylar told Claire she had more power than she knew about but all she did was just not die.

23points

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Vikings

after Ragnar died it was unwatchably boring

bodhasattva Report

Final score:

138points

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Echidna learns extreme ironing 1 year ago

On season 6 - ep 14 - only and 6 episodes to go - hope I make it - wish me luck.

14points

However, there are some cons as well:

"Typecasting: Actors who play a single character on a long-running series may become typecast, making it challenging to find other roles that are not similar to the character they are known for playing.
Limited opportunities for other projects: A long-running series can take up a significant amount of an actor's time, leaving little room for other acting projects. This can make it difficult for actors to take on other roles or participate in other productions.
Lack of creative control: Actors who play a character on a television series do not have control over the writing or direction of the show. If the writing or direction changes in a way that they do not agree with, they may have limited ability to influence the outcome."

In short, playing a single character on a long-running television series "can provide consistent work, increased exposure, and character development," however, it has certain downsides, such as "typecasting, limited opportunities for other projects, and a lack of creative control."

According to Mike, whether an actor should pursue working on a long-lasting series will ultimately depend on their career goals and priorities.

#10

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Big Bang Theory.

Hey, Big Bang was a great show! All 3 seasons!

OMFG, there's 12 seasons?

OMFG, somehow Young Sheldon has been renewed for a 7th season?

trentw24 Report

Final score:

134points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

Young Sheldon is the worst. The totally forgot the stuff that Sheldon mentioned in the BBT and he is the least interesting character on the show. Plus they do Missy wrong I know she’s not as smart but they make dumb jokes about her all the time like they all gave up on her.

58points

#11

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share The Simpsons. It was my favorite show for years and it just keeps going and it’s not funny anymore. I do like to watch the first episode when they get Santa’s little helper around Christmas and I have a DVD with some early treehouse of horror episodes I watch around Halloween.

ATXKLIPHURD Report

Final score:

133points

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Apathetic Bovine 1 year ago

Feels like the newer seasons (last 10 years or so) try too hard to make a plot based on current trends.

59points

#12

Star Trek: Picard

I found it to be an absolute betrayal and slap in the face to the spirit of Star Trek and the character of Jean-Luc Picard.

I've been a Trekkie since I was a toddler. Seeing such a positive and enlightened group that was the United Federation of Planets be twisted into a racist and xenophobic organization for the sake of hammering home its themes was awful. Yes, Star Trek was always political and was always "woke" as they say now, but I think taking a society that's progressed beyond all the awful s**t we have today and making them just as awful is saddening. It also doesn't help that the writers engage in pushing stereotypes for this same purpose. Whether intentional on the writers' part or not, I found that taking the black lead of the show, and making her addicted to drugs and living in poverty in a society that's supposed to have no addiction or money - offensive and racist.

They took Picard, a strong willed, respectful, and good man who held true to his ethics and desire to do the right thing and made him completely unrecognizable.

At the risk of sounding dramatic, Star Trek: Picard genuinely upset me. All I saw while watching it was a series that I've held dear to my heart for most of my life being mangled and twisted into a corporate product designed to hit check boxes of what modern day audiences like in sci-fi shows. Which is dark, gritty, depressing, grimdark nonsense apparently.

Old Star Trek looked at our society and said "We can be better than this." Modern Trek seems to blatantly say "No, we can't."

best_girl_tylar Report

Final score:

133points

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Austin Sauce 1 year ago

Add Discovery to the list too

29points

Whether we like to admit it or not, it’s not just good shows that we love watching. Many of us also enjoy the occasional hate-watching binge: putting on a show that we know is bad so we can unleash our inner film critic. Cue grumbling about weak storylines, inconsistent motivations, and one-dimensional characters.

Not only do we get to show the world (or, well, anyone in the same room as us) how we have far better taste than fans of show X, but we can also flex our creative muscles as we proclaim how we’d have done things completely differently—and far, far better. Schadenfreude is a powerful force, and we really do get pleasure from someone else’s misfortune. Say a writer’s script going downhill or watching actors going through the motions with no energy because it’s Season 39 and franchise Y won’t milk itself dry without them.

The fact of the matter is that creating a story is far more difficult than something sitting on the sidelines might think. Everyone who’s ever tried writing a short story, editing a book, or cobbling together a script will know that. It’s way easier to be a semi-decent critic than to be a barely-average writer. Especially for TV where there are so many other factors (from casting and filming to post-processing and marketing) to consider alongside the story.

#13

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Once Upon A Time
So effing glad I stopped at season two.

punnymama Report

Final score:

130points

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Louisa Johnson 1 year ago

This is a comfort show for me, easy to watch and follow when you are not in the best of places to take on something more tasking.

44points

#14

how i met your mother.

After that final season, this is mine as well. A whole season spent on a wedding that was undone in ten minutes.

postsexhighfives Report

Final score:

128points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

Yeah the final season was unnecessary the wedding being the setting for the whole season was constricting. Even though the show does point to her being dead at the end we didn’t need to know.

27points

#15

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Arrow.

For five years i was stranded on an island…

No wait, i was stranded on an island, and in hong kong, and then back to the island before i actually was in new york, but then i was rescued on the island again! It became an absolute mess lol

f14kee Report

Final score:

126points

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LeeAnne B 1 year ago

I started off loving this series but it became a mess once the romance was introduced.

27points

However, the story itself is still incredibly important. The narrative, the events, the characters, the details, they all have to be believable and grounded in the world’s logic—even if it’s a fantasy, sci-fi, or post-apocalyptic scenario. As we’ve written here on Bored Panda recently, the audience is willing to suspend its disbelief to enjoy a story… up to a certain point.

Yes, you can have dragons and magic and intergalactic space-faring aliens. But the story has to be believable within the context of the world you’re inviting the audience into.

Or, as writer and author Christopher Burke put it to us recently, “There can be a dragon. The dragon can swear, smoke cigars, and drink whiskey if it wants to. But if it starts talking about cigars and whiskey and gets basic facts (which are easily found) wrong, someone's going to notice, and that will pull them out of the moment. The audience will willingly accept the big stuff or they wouldn't watch the movie. It's the small stuff that's distracting, and sometimes you wonder if they could've avoided it."

#16

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share How to get away with murder. Very repetitive

needachonce Report

Final score:

124points

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Littlemiss 1 year ago

Never got the final season. Gave up after waiting over a year. Anyone would think it's the 80s still.

10points

#17

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Riverdale. I think I lost it when it became fantasy/paranormal/cult horror? And I've heard that it ventures into time travel or something. Even typing this out confuses me so much lo

Ekata97 Report

Final score:

119points

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Vic 1 year ago

I hated this series from the start. My wife started to watch it and I was like, what have they done to my favorite comic! (My wife hadn't read Archie comics so it didn't affect her)

31points

#18

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Westworld. Loved the first season. Then it started going downhill. Haven’t seen the latest season and I don’t plan on it.

dragon-rae Report

Final score:

117points

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EP 1 year ago

Nothing can beat the first season

33points

Characters spouting facts that are just plain wrong. Characters whose motivations flip-flop all over the place and change like the weather. Massive shifts in narrative tone. Storylines that become more and more complex and nonsensical, completely divorced from the show’s roots. Smart characters who become dumb whenever the plot demands it. Dumb characters who are overly dumb because the plot demands it…

…Expository dialogues. Stiff acting. Mary Sue characters that are pushed on the audience as though they’re the second coming of Jesus Christ. A lack of respect for the source material. Nonsensical dramas that don’t actually humanize the characters. Bad costumes and awful CGI. These are just some of the things that ruin our enjoyment of a show! Most of them can be solved with better writing and editing and the courage to stand up for better standards instead of pushing out what’s fast, cheap, and easy.

#19

Supernatural.

Season 1-5: Sam and Dean search for their missing father, unravel the mystery of their mother’s death, and close the gates of hell.

Season 15: Sam and Dean need to kill god.

It feels like a Dungeons and Dragons campaign that’s gone on for far too long lol

GodEmperorGoku Report

Final score:

115points

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Littlemiss 1 year ago

When they killed Crowley it went down hill.

44points

#20

Game of Thrones.

It's a tough show to watch, even if you like it. Besides killing everyone you love, it's also really ra**y.

sneezy_egg Report

Final score:

111points

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EP 1 year ago

What is that word supposed to be?

69points

#21

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Lost. Made it about 9 episodes and it seems JJ's career has done nothing since to show me he's capable of ending anything.

Nonsenseinabag Report

Final score:

105points

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saw & order 1 year ago

I’ve seen all of it, and yes, it is insane, and I don’t quite understand the last three seasons, and sure, it went on for too long, but I love it.

49points

#22

The Blacklist

Season 1 established a cool story and a great anti-hero. The remainder of the series is about the insufferable protagonist ruining his plans, and how an entire FBI agency bends over backwards to support her, no matter how often or how hard she betrays them.

There's a season without her that I thought was actually good again but she returns and starts immediately making incredibly stupid mistakes again so I couldn't continue.

lab-gone-wrong Report

Final score:

105points

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Sonja 1 year ago

The problem is that they absolutely refuse any form of reveal about Red to the point where it's absolutely unrealistic and ridiculous. And that's the point where it tips. She's supposed to be this smart and incredibly talented profiler, so she had to find out something tangible after season one, but the writers absolutely didn't want to reveal anything or make any progress. They insisted on the mystery. And that's the tipping point where Liz became insufferable to drive the plot. Without her idiotic decisions there would be no plot beyond the first season because the writers didn't write one. And when I realized that they would milk Red's mystery beyond any reason and it's most likely they'll probably never solve it until maybe a very rushed and silly conclusion when the series get cancelled, if they get that chance at all, I stopped watching.

19points

#23

I’m just glad they ended scrubs at season 8 and didn’t try to make a spin-off

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Final score:

101points

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ISeeWendiGo 1 year ago

I love Scrubs, one of my favorite shows to this day! The Med school is not to be talked about.🤫

12points

#24

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share 13 reasons why. I’m not gonna lie when this show dropped I binged all of the first season in secrecy because I was so embarrassed that I was hooked lmao. But getting to the end of that season I was satisfied. Was not into whatever school shooter plot they were setting up for the rest so just called it quits after S1. Feel zero need to ever return.

MammothKey8122 Report

Final score:

95points

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Zophra 1 year ago

I hated this for so many reasons. All my students were watching it and I think it glorified suicide.

22points

#25

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Dexter. Trinity killer season was peak tv…but then Debs finding out about things and somehow allowing it to continue just felt weird. I stopped watching not long after that. Tried rewatching it all more recently and got to the exact same point before giving up for a second time! ha

jacquetpotato Report

Final score:

95points

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Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago

I agree. The books are SO much better. But I gotta admit: Michael C Hall pulled off the role of Dexter perfectly.

57points

#26

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Suits. How they managed to put together 9 seasons of the same s**t over and over I'll never understand becuase I quit in the middle of season 3.

elizabethjacques added:

exactly. it dawned on me that all it really was was people strutting in and out of each others’ offices having brief heated exchanges.

mikeyb1 Report

Final score:

90points

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Indosidius 1 year ago

I respectfully disagree. But I lost interest when Mike moved out of New York.

15points

#27

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share The Umbrella Academy, sort of… first season was fire, second season 2 I started hating Allison, stopped paying attention, gave season 3 a chance, realized how abysmally terrible Allison’s character is, half assed my way through the rest of the season, really only paying attention to “important parts”.

The only saving Grace for season 2&3 are Aiden, who does an overly incredible job at portraying number 5.

CaptianOfCows Report

Final score:

90points

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Cthulhu Kitty 1 year ago

I heart Klaus and 5

39points

#28

Gilmore Girls

Forced myself to get through most of the show because I didn’t realize how insufferable the main characters where going to be until I was already too far in…and even then I couldn’t finish it. Rory and Lorelei single-handedly ruined the show for me.

bertmerps Report

Final score:

89points

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Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago

Oh yeah, everyone in that show makes me want to pull my hair out.

25points

#29

That 90s Show.

I liked That 70s Show. It was funny and it had its moments. But I watched the first couple episodes of That 90s Show and it just isn't cutting it for me. It seems like the old characters show up just for cheap nostalgia points for the fans and Kitty/Red/the basement are only there to keep reminding the fans its a That 70s Show sequel. Even though Kitty and Red are blatantly the best part of the show. The kids in this show are just...not people I'm interested in at all. First, they look way more like kids than the original cast which I suppose is technically more accurate and should be a good thing, but instead it just feels weird being an adult watching them deal with sex and drugs. Second, the humor feels way more modern with kids who are just unbelievably caricatures. Third, Eric's daughter is supposed to be a socially awkward nerd like he was but when you look at her you know instantly there is no way she would have had problems making friends and getting attention in school. Eric looked like a nerd. The characters in the original all looked their part and were written at least moderately believable. This feels like a lazy cash grab. Not interested.

LostxWoods Report

Final score:

86points

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Nick 1 year ago

Hey! This is from Reddit and this guy and I talked back n forth about the show lol. Ultimately, this show looks like it should be on Disney or Nickelodeon.

36points

#30

Oh man, I'm gonna get roasted for this, but Breaking bad.

Just couldn't hold my interest for some reason.

gregimusprime77 Report

Final score:

84points

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Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago

Fair enough. It's not for everyone.

41points

#31

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Netflix’s Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I really liked the first season, barely made it through the second season, and refuse to watch the third

kuromikw8 Report

Final score:

82points

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Mark Fuller 1 year ago

Never liked it from the word "go". Just couldn't warm to any of the characters, unlike the kids series where you genuinely cared about them!

29points

#32

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share The Flash.

I gave up on the entire Arrowverse about five years ago. It wasn't even like a conscious decision. I was kind of getting behind in all my shows, and I eventually realized I was about a month or so behind on Arrow and Flash and Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow, and I just didn't care. So I just never bothered to watch any of them anymore.

essentialclt Report

Final score:

81points

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And i was like WTF!! 1 year ago

OMG Iris is like one of the most annoying character ever (in the rank with Sakura). And it is the last season, so i watched like 2 episodes, efects and writting of the show is still crappy, so i spent my time on the phone "watching" the show

14points

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#33

Emily in Paris. I've heard that show described as "French Twilight minus the vampires."

Final score:

81points

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crowspectre (he/they) 1 year ago (edited)

... guys have we finally found something that is not in fact a better love story than twilight

66points

#34

The office, I’m sorry but it was too boring

Seyli04 Report

Final score:

79points

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The Alpha Geek 1 year ago

That's what she said.

121points

#35

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Shameless. Just an over the top soap opera towards the later seasons. Still haven’t finished the last 6 episodes and probably never will.

Top_Drummer6507 Report

Final score:

77points

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Test Tester 1 year ago

The American one was just terrible, the original was far better

47points

#36

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share The Witcher.

Yes the series isn’t over (yet) but as a fan of the world just not interested after season 2

loot_it_ALL Report

Final score:

76points

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Sonja 1 year ago

There's a reason why Henry Cavil left the show and it's the same reason why so many fans left too

52points

#37

Stranger Things.

Good monster mystery show.

Awful preteen romance show.

SatanLifeProTips Report

Final score:

76points

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freakingbee 1 year ago

DONT YOU INSULT MY STRANGER THINGS LIKE THAT

51points

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#38

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share every single season of AHS since Freak Show. always starts out strong and interesting. and then usually halfway through, Ryan Murphy consistently shows that he can’t finish a story and I realize what’s going to happen and just decide to quit. around Roanoke, I stopped even giving him a chance.

Final score:

75points

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Dontyouwishyouknew 1 year ago

I still like 'em all even when they're dumb. Lol. But I will say I don't like them as much without Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters.

33points

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#39

True Blood. I can't exactly remember what happened, but sometime around when other faeries start showing up regularly (maybe end of Season 4?) I just suddenly couldn't stand it anymore.

I think some of the central human characters were also gone by then, which might have made it harder to stick with as well.

rickjamesia Report

Final score:

72points

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Dontyouwishyouknew 1 year ago

Watched until the end. The last episode sucked but still glad I finished the whole thing. Not one I can go back and rewatch though.

16points

#40

Sons of Anarchy.

Man, I was so into this show! Then Clay starts beating up on Gemma and someone kidnaps Jax's kid so now we have to go to Ireland?? It felt like when an 80's sitcom would introduce a cute kid when the ratings were slipping and the show should just end.

oldmomlady3 Report

Final score:

67points

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Sandy D 1 year ago

I just kind of lost interest around when the baby got kidnapped or maybe a lithe after. I binned a bunch and just got sick of it. Kinda my own fault for watching too much in to short a time

4points

#41

The last two seasons of Killing Eve.

Season 1 is one of the most perfect seasons of any show I have ever seen. I am still convinced that there's no way the rest of it was the same show.

studyinthai333 Report

Final score:

66points

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Madster 1 year ago

The ending 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

12points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#42

Late, but Once Apon a Time. God the show was a masterpiece up until it wasn't.

Everything Has A Price

IcanMakeThePiecesFit Report

Final score:

59points

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The Ghost of Glasgow 1 year ago

Can't even say what happened in season 7.

4points

#43

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Designated Survivor

First season was incredible, second season was fine, after that it was awful. It became something so different than when it began that the show was unrecognizable so I stopped watching within a few episodes of when it became a generic Washington DC based show.

Sss00099 Report

Final score:

56points

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Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago

I like Kiefer Sutherland as a guy, but I agree.

7points

LastoftheFucksIGive Report

#44

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share You

I know it's supposed the be scandalous [criminal] porn for modern basic women but the first season wasn't that bad. Then it all derailed and now it's just the same thing: dude obsesses over woman, he somehow gets the girl, girl turns out to be not what he wanted, he finds a different one to obsess over, repeat. I gave up on season 3 when everyone was so [unalive] happy.

Final score:

55points

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Mark Fuller 1 year ago

WTF?? Can we literally not use the word "dead" on BP. As in dead basic, dead simple, dead boring, dead dead dead. Is it always now "unalive"?? As in a word that actually doesn't exist?? Oh heaven help us.

96points

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#45

Girls, I just hated all the characters. No redeeming qualities.

Laelegs Report

Final score:

54points

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TruestBlack 1 year ago

I have a strange reaction to Lena, like I get physically ill when she is present. It's terrible and I don't know why I react that way. Didn't like the show anyway but she made is ten times worse so that I had to stop watching.

18points

#46

This is us.

This show was like a never-ending drama sledge hammer to my head. It never ended. I only made it though the first two seasons.

Aurochbull Report

Final score:

51points

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Melissa Powell 1 year ago

I found it to be unrelentingly sad. Don’t need that.

14points

#47

Prison break. Watched a few episodes into season 2 but it got boring.

insanebluealien Report

Final score:

51points

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Louisa Johnson 1 year ago

Totally agree, it had such potential after the first series. Should of just kept it as a one series show.

9points

#48

Arrested Development after Netflix took over

salagma_love Report

Final score:

48points

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Green Tree 1 year ago

I like Arrested Development although it definitely gets worse as it goes along. I will still put it on for background noise sometimes but in small doses.

12points

Mobilelurkingaccount Report

#49

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Bojack, actually. The show was really good… so much so that I found that I was commiserating too much. I have depression and the show would negatively affect my mood so much that I ended up hating it. Can’t stand how it makes me feel, so I never finished it.

Final score:

47points

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Wilson. 1 year ago

Yes! My partner absolutely loved it, and i thought it was an excellent show while we watched, but my god did it depress me. Hated how weird and drained i'd feel after - comforting to know that was not a weird "only me" thing!

30points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#50

Wednesday. I don’t think im the target demographic though. Seemed like a corny CW show.

johnsonfromsconsin Report

Final score:

27points

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Jake B 1 year ago

I’ll be the dissenting voice. I really liked it. I found it hilarious.

117points

#51

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share Under the dome. I really like the book and the show started off pretty solid as I remember, but then it slowly got to where it was like "okay what's the dumbest thing we can think up?"

egd96 Report

Final score:

21points

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Suzy Creamcheese 1 year ago

Other than the names of the characters, and the dome itself, the show bore very little resemblance to the novel.

5points

#52

Peaky blinders.

I got quite annoyed with the fact that every season Tommy needed to have a new girl to f**k.

Especially him the communist suffragette, why did they need to get together? Seemed really forced and annoying. I wish they had just had mutual respect eventually and not gone to romance.

Steel_boss Report

Final score:

20points

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Nea 1 year ago

Oh come on! Peaky Blinders is amazing!!!

31points

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#53

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share The 100.

I surprisingly made it 5 seasons in I think. I almost quit watching part way though season 1, because even though I really liked some aspects of the show, the characters and drama just pissed me off so much. I decided to keep going, and then I think episode 5 or 6 (?) got me hooked. It didn't change how much I disliked most of the characters, and that kind of remained a trend throughout the show for me. Was absolutely captivated by the story and concept, absolutely hated the characters and drama. Clarke, her mom, and Octavia sunk the show imo. After season 5 I think I just thought to myself "you know, I enjoyed a lot of that, but I think I've seen all I need to see"

Edit: spelling

songsfrombeyond Report

Final score:

17points

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Froggi Juice 1 year ago

I only got half-way into season 1-

6points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#54

The Good Doctor. Sorry just too many cheesy flashbacks.

ZARgirl_14 Report

Final score:

16points

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Elita One 1 year ago

When they killed Dr. Melendez they lost most of their viewers, such a stupid decision.

5points

#55

Manifest. No character to root for. No character growth. Each person making the same dumb choice over and over.

mk9836 Report

Final score:

16points

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Louisa Johnson 1 year ago

And how many times can they get away with saying "the callings" in one show.

3points

#56

Someone Asks "What Show Did You Start And Wind Up Hating So Much You Didn't Finish It?" And 50 People Share The end of the line for me was how they were painfully dragging out the whole Negan saga. I don't remember what season it was but I just quit in the middle of it.

The_Woodsmann added:

That's right when I checked out as well. I was so done with the incredibly repetitive nature of the show at that point. Crew finds safe place, bad guys attack, find new safe place rinse and repeat over and over again

AlwaysInWrongLane Report

Final score:

16points

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Sandy D 1 year ago

I'm not sure which season it was, but it just but monotonous and repetitive. I think they had Negan in a jail cell around the time I lost interest. Waiting to watch it on the day it was on (sunday??) got to feel like a burden

1point

#57

Weeds.

I'll still rewatch the early stuff. Up until the fire. Never past the fire.

surprisevicky Report

Final score:

15points

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madbakes 1 year ago

My stopping point is the season on the run.

0points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#58

The Crown. Sad because the cinematography was top notch. The story however, too much for my historical fiction loving a*s

overthesilenthill Report

Final score:

15points

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RafCo (he/him/ele) 1 year ago

I really like the Claire Foy seasons. But i just don't care enough about some family in the UK to keep going with it. Really, i just liked Ms Foy and Matt Smith

2points

#59

Altered Carbon. The show has the an amazing first season, great story, acting, cinematography, sound design, special effects etc. Then the second season feels like they hired writers to just pump out more content. I've never seen a show so good turn so mediocre/boring/bad.

wishIknewwho Report

Final score:

15points

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Scary Laugh 1 year ago

The second series is based on book 3, you could always read book 2, although book/series 1 is definitely the best.

2points

#60

Outlander and A Discovery of Witches. Both went downhill very quickly.

g8kk8g Report

Final score:

14points

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LeeAnne B 1 year ago

I'm fairly into Outlander but now they've landed in America and I haven't caught up for around 5 months and I don't think I'm interested in it anymore.

1point

#61

"I'm Barry Allen, the fastest man alive"

Proceeds to get that line disproven almost every season.

arashisenko Report

Final score:

13points

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willitbe 1 year ago

Awwww I mean it’s true but it was cute

2points

#62

Man in the High Castle.

I remember asking a friend that had already watched if the non-Nazi characters ever get better about making the least rational decisions. He said no, so I wrapped up whatever episode I was on and never came back to it.

HatdanceCanada Report

Final score:

12points

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JoyfulZebra 1 year ago

I actually really liked it!

4points

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

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#63

I watched Xena: Warrior Princess pretty regularly and it was starting to get ridiculous. There was a moment where Xena uttered the line “No more living for you.” And that was it. I stopped watching and never watched another episode. Now whenever a show just pushes me to quit I refer to it as a “no more living for you” moment.

enthalpy01 Report

Final score:

12points

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crowspectre (he/they) 1 year ago

That's honestly one of the worst lines I've ever seen

7points

#64

Locke & Key. About halfway through season 2 the whole "villains are demons posessing teenagers' corpses" thing just got creepy, and made the show way less enjoyable. After reading about how the rest of it went, I didn't miss much by quitting there.

EM-Pyrus_Steel Report

Final score:

12points

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Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago

Bit of an idiot's plot, wasn't it?

2points

#65

The vampire diaries. Lucifer is a great show though.

shadow_master3210 Report

Final score:

12points

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Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago (edited)

Vampire Diaries just tries to hide how teenage-cringy it is by throwing in unnecessary gore. No thanks.

6points

#66

Russian Doll

The first season was good, but then random s**t just started happening in S2 and the characters had poor reactions and made dumb, unrealistic decisions. It's possible I didn't understand the season or plot, but I got lost quickly and made me not want to keep track

KeaboUltra Report

Final score:

11points

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Dontyouwishyouknew 1 year ago

I liked it and wanted more. 🤷

7points

#67

House of Cards.

That last season was cringe.

JungleZac Report

Final score:

11points

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RafCo (he/him/ele) 1 year ago

The British show was great. First season of the US show was also great.

0points

#68

*The Magicians*

I thought the main characters in the book were insufferable enough, but somehow the show managed to more than one-up them in that department.

jerslan Report

Final score:

11points

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Kel_how 1 year ago (edited)

Never saw the show, but I immediately stopped reading the 1st book when they had the threesome. By that point, I was wondering what the h*ll the plot even was, but I just couldn't give a d*mn anymore. It was absolutely awful.

0points

#69

Money Heist. The main character, Tokyo was an insufferable b***h. Had to stop because of her. Literally the worst main character in history.

ChatGPTlover Report

Final score:

11points

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Lisboa50 1 year ago

Sorry but for me the best series ever made. It had everything. Action, love betrayal and so many clever twists and turns. I became totally obsessed with with programme ( still am) did try to watch the Korean version but only managed 2 episodes. Hated it.

5points

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#70

Billions. It was never high art but it got pretty brutal when they really leaned into the "celebrity" cameos.

Final score:

8points

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#71

Iron Fist. Boy did that end up sucking hard.

Danny Rand is a boring character and I couldn't give less f***s about the rich shareholder siblings with daddy issues.

Maybe hate is a strong word, but the Pentaverite is pretty rough. There are a few scenes that made me laugh. It makes me sad that Mike Myers hasn't produced anything funny in a long time.

sane-ish Report

Final score:

7points

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RafCo (he/him/ele) 1 year ago

I liked Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. I mostly liked Dare Devil, but the secondary characters were awful. His annoy self righteous side kick, and the red haired woman who accidentally becomes a legal assistant, then accidentally becomes an ace reporter. She's gorgeous, but not a very good actress. I only saw iron fist in the defenders, but I found him annoying in that, so skipped his show.

1point

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#72

Mr. Robot, just seemed to keep spinning its wheels and nothing ever happening (essentially the season before last “reset” progress quite literally). I heard the last season is good but that show just wore me down.

Final score:

7points

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Turnip and a Frog 1 year ago

The constant monotonous narration got unbearable after two episodes.

3points

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A girl 1 year ago

Wow. I'm a cave dweller. 72 entries and I'd only heard of 10ish of these shows. Whelp, going to go watch Casablanca again. Fade out to creaky knees and another cup of coffee;)

27points

Kenny Kulbiski 1 year ago

Same here. Apparently I didn't miss much. On a side note, I dislike any show that's a continuing series. I refuse to schedule my life around what time a TV show is on.

3points

PolymathNecromancer 1 year ago

Except for Picard and The Simpsons, I have never watched any of these shows...... lol

0points

ElsieAriel 1 year ago

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Seabeast 1 year ago

Law And Order has gone on way too long. I enjoyed the spinoff Law And Order: Criminal Intent, with Vince D'Onofrio, but after that I lost interest.

19points

Nikole 1 year ago

Criminal Intent with Vincent is the best!

12points

Marilyn Russell 1 year ago

Remember when it first started and it was so good?

1point

August 1 year ago

I liked Criminal Intent and SVU but the latter has gotten terribly boring the last few years. And now they put Olivia and Elliot together and just…No. The entire thing I liked about their relationship was that they loved each other in a non-romantic way. But now they ruined it, ugh. Not that I’m watching either of those shows now, anyway. The one with Elliot is boring af.

0points

R Dennis 1 year ago

I like Organized Crime. The OG has gone too pc for me and I'm pretty left leaning...

0points

kath morgan 1 year ago

A lot of tv suffers from being dragged on beyond its natural life. They maybe have one story in them, and then some exec somewhere is like “that made money, so instead of making something new we just need more of that”.

10points

Carol Emory 1 year ago

Maybe we also need a list of shows that we were really miffed when they got cancelled.

8points

Auntriarch 1 year ago

Start the post

1point

Awkward Lady 1 year ago

Sex and the City.....why did they have to drag it out of retirement? I couldn't watch it, and I was a major fan of the original series!

7points

Austin Sauce 1 year ago (edited)

Fun fact, in the most recent SITC, the lead characters are actually older than the lead characters in the first season of The Golden Girls.

8points

Michelle Englefield 1 year ago

Seems that USA have about 30 episodes a season uk has only 6 maybe 8. Leads to better writing and more polished storytelling rather than dragging it out over 30 episodes. Don’t get me started on the years they rinse a programme for lol

6points

Zia Barrett 1 year ago

Seasons of TV shows used to be around 20-25 episodes a season. They are currently around 4-10, which actually doesn't lead to better writing or polished story, it leads to stretching a 2 hour film plot over 8 hours and calling it a tv show.

6points

MrsFettesVette 1 year ago

Some of the people answering this question didn't understand the assignment: that the show got so bad they DIDNT finish it. A lot of people referencing final seasons, series finales, endings, etc. To answer the question myself, Grey's Anatomy. Haven't watched in years and don't care what I'm missing. Occasionally I'll watch a few eps from the "MAGIC" seasons.

5points

Red Ruffensor 1 year ago

Fawlty Towers. Just kidding, FT is the best series ever!

5points

zena bena 1 year ago

Yellowstone! Cant stand the spoiled s**t beth,they make that guy of hets like he some kinda great "man" but he a bully and a murderer and the whole show is based on rotten people.

5points

hhh cubed 1 year ago

Thank you! I made it through the first season thinking maybe the cowboy related stuff would make it worth watching and then by the 2nd season, realized how much I disliked Beth. She made it particularly unwatchable because they turned her into a caricature of an angry vengeful woman. Everything else that was good about that show faded into the background.

2points

JustinTime 1 year ago

X-Files when they replaced Mulder and Scully

5points

wowbagger 1 year ago

Yeah, it was a definite disappointment, but I ended up warming up to Robert Patrick's character. He had a nice story arc.

0points

liam newton-harding 1 year ago

For me, it was the first 5 minutes of episode 1, season 1 of "Lucifer". An angel storms into Lucifer's club, and threatens him, and Lucifer just...cowers...I knew it was going to diverge so, so far from the source material that they should never have ever spent the millions buying the rights, or even calling it, "Lucifer".

4points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

yeah Lucifer never convinced me that he was remotely the devil. More like his younger brother.

1point

Pepinie Tojetajne 1 year ago

I lasted like 5 minutes too

0points

Something 1 year ago

The source material it's based on veered quite a bit from the source material it was based on too.

-1point

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago

An old show: Fringe. It had an eventful production history. It peaked in season 3 (I was glued to the screen), then went downhill rapidly. I was so disappointed. (A story arc was designed for 7 seasons, then in season 4 the funding was cancelled, so they crammed the events for season 5-7 into half a season to finish episode 100.)(100+ episodes means higher revenue concerning re-runs and foreign markets.)

4points

Meredith 1 year ago

Seinfeld. It was torturous to watch. I can't understand the appeal of a show where all the characters are complaining about everything. Their whiny voices are like nails on a chalkboard to me.

3points

Sardonyx_3 1 year ago

Kramer's character never changed and was always annoying.

1point

Doodles1983 1 year ago

“Reality” TV.

3points

VeryDarkMatter 1 year ago

If a show runs for too long it simply doesn't fly anymore. With one exception: Breaking Bad never let me down in that regard. I was glued to my seat until the last minute. Also Better call saul, the spin off of breaking bad, was great. But other than that I cannot remember a show that didn't become redundant after a while.

3points

Sue Knerl 1 year ago

House, who can forget that! However the ending episode was great. Just watch that.

3points

The Original Bruno 1 year ago

I always hated the arc about the policeman out to get him. There are SO many shows that just became to serialized around terrible plotlines!

0points

Aria the Dog Lover 1 year ago

My dad, brother and I just got done watching the owl house and we all loved it. But then we figured out that there is a crossover somewhere between the owl house and another show called amphibia. So we started to watch amphibia, oh my god I couldn't get past the first episode. It's just not as good as the owl house, I hate it so much. Nothing against the creators or anyone who loves this show, it's just not for me.

3points

Sardonyx_3 1 year ago

Same situation with me. ToH seems better imo.

0points

Alecto76 1 year ago

Mine was iZombie. I loved the premises, zombie girl working with the medical examiner, eats part of someone, gets their memories/personality and solves their murders. It was brilliant and funny. Then they went all into the political stuff and I completely lost interest.

3points

OnlyMe 1 year ago

I had to force myself to watch the last few seasons and I really wish I hadn't

0points

majandess 1 year ago

I really don't like the paradigm of make-a-show-until-it-fails. I much prefer a lot of Korean dramas to American shows because they have a planned end. It is so much more satisfying.

2points

Jessica J. 1 year ago

Shadowhunters. What a train wreck. I understand some editorial license, but it is so different from the books as to be unrecognizable. I tried, though, because I loved the characters, but when they killed Clary's mother (she never dies in the books, and is an important character at the end), I was done. Stopped watching it, and deleted it from the in progress list.

2points

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago

In the 90s, I watched shows such as X Files and ER. Then I moved into a students dorm, pre-internet age, they did not even have cable. So I could not watch these shows any more. When I tuned in again, years later, the shows had become unwatchable - for several reasons.

2points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

The only show I can't say went downhill (tho' it had bad episodes) was MASH.

2points

Marilyn Russell 1 year ago

Well, as soon as it’s going on for longer than the actual Korean War did…

2points

liam newton-harding 1 year ago

"Bones", and "Castle". Bones, with the birth of their child in a manger...and it was done without the slightest hint of irony, or humor. "Castle", the Super-Spy father they kept bringing back, and drawing his son into tales of international espionage, and spying. There is the willing suspension of disbelief, and then there was what ever the writers of those shows were trying to pull.

2points

Gozer LeGozerian 1 year ago

I hated Bones with a fiery passion after that

0points

The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)

I can only presume that Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans can't bring themselves to discuss it? From campy high-school comedy-horror to soapy high-school comedy-horror to struggling-to-hold-the-premise-together, no-longer-in-high-school, damn-was-this-a-comedy, horror to endless tampon/yogurt-adverisement for pre-teen girls. OK, as an adult male, I always knew I wasn't exactly the target demographic, but DAMN! that was some good writing, and WOW! that show went off the rails. The writer purposely destroyed it in season five, recognizing how unwieldy the premise had become. Season six was a complaint that you fools are making me continue writing this, but had some absolutely brilliant episodes (including one about being forced to perform until you die and a few on how we're all cursed because you wouldn't let me die). But season seven was "shut up and give me my paycheck, you bastards!"

2points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

Old woman BTVS fan, and I'll discuss it. Bringing Buffy back from the dead was just wrong. End it there, the end, she saved the world (a lot).... and let's not discuss the dre ck of the spinoff "Angel".

3points

The Original Bruno 1 year ago

I kinda feel like Happy Days jumped the shark. (Has JumpTheShark gone down the memory hole? There used to be a HUGE website devoted to people opining when their favorite show "jumped the shark," getting that name from an episode which signified when "Happy Days" became intolerably stupid, when the "bad-boy"-turned-hero motorcycle rider water skis for the first time, and not only makes an incredibly difficult jump, but Holy Cow! He jumped over a shark. In Lake Michigan.

2points

Marilyn Russell 1 year ago

But now that is classic! At the time though, we were like, The Fonz wouldn’t do that!

0points

WonderWoman 1 year ago

Call the Midwife - started out amazingly and then when they lost their main characters, it just fell so flat and redundant.

2points

MelO 1 year ago

Another show that used up the source material and rapidly went downhill after that.

0points

Sky Render 1 year ago (edited)

Here's an obscure one for you: Shannara. Loved the novels, had high hopes for the show. Started solid, started to teeter into stupidity by the third episode. I gave up on it around the time the cast of this high fantasy setting found themselves at a modern garden party, though I wanted to give up on it when they somehow ended up in a modern-day high school's ruins and found varsity jackets...

1point

Pepinie Tojetajne 1 year ago

The only show which I can watch again and again is Red dwarf :)

1point

T S 1 year ago

Outlander. I was obsessed with the show when I started it, but there is Waaaay too much rape! I'm still traumatized from the rape at the end of season one. I tried to watch season 2 but it was just too depressing.

1point

Gozer LeGozerian 1 year ago

I was more annoyed with how Jamie Fraser is just completely incapable of not being an idiot and getting himself and everyone else into trouble with his stupid bad decisions

0points

Radha Gopinath Mandir 1 year ago

I wonder why nobody mentions This Is Us.. started like a nice relaxing story with fantastic storytelling. 4th season - just a bunch of annoyingly "absolutely perfect" people showing their perfectness into everybody´s throats. Insufferable.

1point

The Original Bruno 1 year ago

Some shows that went downhill but it wasn't their fault: M*A*S*H after Radar left and Klinger went "straight" (BJ and Potter had been brilliant replacements for Trapper and Blake, but the show eventually lost all comedy.).... Cheers after Diane left (again, it survived without Coach, even though Woody was vastly inferior, but losing Diane for Rebecca?)....

1point

MelO 1 year ago

Revenge. They just dragged it out forever. I made it two seasons, realized the plot would never go anywhere, and gave up.

1point

wowbagger 1 year ago

An older, less well-known show: Silent Witness. Crime show about a medical examiner. It was free on the Roku channel, so I thought it would be a good binge. Ugh! The medical examiner was super annoying, she would interfere in cases and solve them herself, and she was portrayed as emotionally-driven and totally illogical. I had to stop after 8 episodes or so, and I think the show went on for years.

1point

Suluhu 1 year ago

Nobody said The Expanse. Cause that ia the perfect show.

1point

zena bena 1 year ago

Havent heard or watched alot but totally agree with the dislike of the rest for same reasons others brought up

1point

Apatheist Account2 1 year ago

Every show has a shelf-life, then either stops or gets tired and tries to reinvent itself, losing its original purpose. Some shows should have stopped long before they did.

1point

Sapna Sarfare 1 year ago

I suggest watching some India web series which are really good.. Scam 92, Mirzapur, Sacred Games, Patal Lok, Kota Factory, Family Man, Aarya

1point

Ariom Dahl 1 year ago

Andromeda ... had potential but when they killed Tyr Anasazi off it ruined it for me. Might just as well have been called The Kevin Sorbo Show after that. As for the others mentioned here, most of them I've never heard of. Left a few comments re some. Give me a good book any day. :)

1point

elsieairhead 1 year ago

What's everyone's take on Lucifer?

1point

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago

I only watched a few episodes. Could not stand it.

0points

TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago (edited)

My entry would have been "The Last Ship" - Just turned it on out of pure boredom but it got me hooked. The first 4 seasons are top notch, but season 5 made me quit watching after maybe 3 or 4 episodes (Thankfully it was the last season)

1point

Edgar 1 year ago (edited)

The Walking Dead. A mini-serie would have been enough. The Office (US). Not funny. Rather embarrassing. Lost, this was going nowhere.

1point

Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

One British show I started watching and gave up on was Bread, a mid 80's comedy/drama about a close knit family in Liverpool. Got sick of the various cast changes and the mother screaming about Lilo Lill etc. A ranting and raving mother just brought back too many unpleasant memories.

1point

Rob Chapman 1 year ago

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. I was a L&O addict. I gave up on the show after season 21.

1point

madbakes 1 year ago

I'm still hooked. Certainly some seasons are better than others. I didn't much care for the seasons with Amaro.

3points

ColorEd 1 year ago

Half of these miss the point.

1point

Suzy Creamcheese 1 year ago

I've honestly never heard of the majority of these shows, and I never watched most of the ones I have heard of.

1point

StrangeOne 1 year ago

I just finished binging all seasons of King of Queens. Carrie just got worse throughout the seasons with her vindictive plots and schemes to screw over people. Annoying neighbours was one thing. But then it became their good friends and then family. She just comes across as a covert, grandiose narcissist. Doug was a little better but had his moments. His parents drove me nuts. Reminds me of my ex's parents. I liked Holly. This show would have never made it on air today. Carrie just abused Doug all the time, pinching, smacking, punching him, pushing him down the stairs, fat shaming him.

1point

tom oneill 1 year ago

Sliders -_-

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago

WOW - I think there's maybe a total of 6 shows on this list that I've ever even seen.

0points

Samantha 1 year ago

I rarely watch a show through all seasons. I get bored easily and so many shows just drag on and on, changing everything you initially loved about them.

0points

Miocha 1 year ago

For me, it's "Manifest". I think I stopped after Season 2.

0points

Kate Jones 1 year ago

I'm surprised no one said X-Files. I was so obsessed with the show for so long and I literally had to stop watching around season 9/10 because it was getting so ludicrous. I have yet to watch the reboot because I heard they were broken up which I think is one last slap in the faces of the fans who kept that show afloat simply because of their love for the OG Mulder/Scully ship.

0points

Fat Harry 1 year ago

The problem is that American TV tries to absolutely milk every series by having far, far too many episodes in a series and then too many series in total. No show needs to have 10 series of 24 episodes each.

0points

Veronica Michelle 1 year ago

I recently watched Yellowstone and just couldn’t stand to finish season five. It was so boring. I held on so long hoping for growth between carter and beth only to be extremely disappointed. Monica was just an entitled drama queen who refused to ever take accountability for her actions and ugly Peter Parker was always crying in a corner.

0points

Neuridivergent 1 year ago

Most of these i hadn't watched, but some i was considering. Now i know which ones not to bother with

0points

Kristin Corlett 1 year ago

In the Dark. I was really into the first season, but how many truly horrible decisions can a person make?! I watched until the end of the second season and had to stop to save my sanity.

0points

Pepinie Tojetajne 1 year ago (edited)

I finished 4 shows from this list. Rest did not or I did not start at all :) and some I never heard of

0points

Exotic Butters 1 year ago

Walking Dead

0points

Brandon Parisien 1 year ago

Star Trek Discovery: season 3. Season 1 redesigning the klingons for no inverse reason and re-writing Canon (capt Archer had a Vulcan on his bridge who never told him to fire first, and a room full of Vulcan diplomats failed to bring it up too.), a klingon war you think Kirk would have mentioned in TOS. Maybe Season 2 will be better? Season 2: super secret organization no one knows about? Everyone knows about it. Setting up what WOULD have been a good into to The Preservers? Nope, time travel via...time crystals. Maybe Season 3 will be better? The burn caused by a child crying? Characters surviving oxygen deprivation with no I'll effects? Thus show is fir brain dead children. I heard Tilly got a cadet killed in Season 4 and was rewarded for it!!!!!

0points

Frei Parken 1 year ago

Battlestar Galactica. Consisted only of misery and that Gaius character being h.rny for the blonde in the red dress. Yuck.

0points

Jude Kay 1 year ago

Grey's.

0points

SkyTheImaginer 1 year ago

The 100, started off so strong then just got plain bad.

0points

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago

I got into "Homeland" because it was free on Amazon Prime. I tired of it after a while, but stayed on until season 5 (I was interested in the Berlin setting). Season 6 was unbearable, though. Moreover, the script writers had anticipated a female president, then Trump ruined this idea (one of many, BTW).

0points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

Sorry to disagree. I think all these shows are good, people are underrating them. Look at their IMDB scores for a more accurate appraisal. I agree however that MOST of them jump the shark after 3-4 seasons.

0points

No Way 1 year ago

The ONLY 2 things I have ever watched on this entire list was about 4 seasons of Walking Dead and the first few episodes of the Simpsons. Most of the rest, I've never even heard of.

0points

Michael Largey 1 year ago (edited)

I have watched 0 out of these 72 shows. Haven't even heard of most of them. So I gather that I didn't just miss a bullet. I missed 12 loaded revolvers.

0points

Jacky Newman 1 year ago

For me it was "Misfits". The first 2 seasons are great, but then one after another of the main characters left & the show went just downhill.

0points

Austin Sauce 1 year ago

I never finished watching the end of Scandal or The Killing

0points

Seabeast 1 year ago

I've never heard of half of these shows.

0points

Ula Grzesiuk 1 year ago

I'm suprised nobody mentioned The Witcher. Writers screwed it so bad that even the main characters are leaving (Geralt and Ciri). They took a great fantasy story and turned it into another woke-b******t. Why??? There originally were strogng female characters, lesbians, diversity in cultures, colors and any forms... They mixed it without any sense or reason and turned it into a boring and completely ridiculous and naive mush far away from the books.

0points

Marlies Gerritsen-Feenstra 1 year ago

The last season of Brooklyn 99, when they all get so woke and politically correct.....

0points

Nimbus57 1 year ago

SUCCESSION---a show about a self-centered, manipulative family and the oldest sons efforts to take his dads company over. The characters do not evolve, the sons efforts always blow up...it just churns the same plot over and over and the characters are still all selfish jerks.

0points

cb !!! 1 year ago

Community, even though it's close to my heart and a really strong comedy, SO should have ended at the third season finale. It felt like I was watching fanfiction from that moment forward.

0points

William Teach 1 year ago

Haven. Watched all the seasons except the last one. Checked out when they did this stupid body swap thing in one of the first episodes of the final season it was so dumb and annoying

0points

Dre Mosley 1 year ago

"Scandal" My GF at the time and I kind of got into it, but it got utterly absurd.

0points

Daphne Dear 1 year ago

I'm surprised no one said House. I can't get into the last season. Sheer well got me there thinking it would get better...it did not.

0points

VonBlade 1 year ago

Mine was 24. It was unbearably tense, and whilst I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, I couldn't look away. Then Tony came back. Then Tony became the bad guy. And I immediately nope'd out.

0points

Islandchild 1 year ago

I find I give up on series about the second season in. Simply because the original premise that got my attention disappears. Longest one I quit was The Walking Dead, because they put Rick and Michonne together with absolutely no context. The fact that I'd wanted Rick dead for a fair bit of time also played a part.

0points

The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago

They should just mandate that no series lasts longer than four seasons. Force everyone to do their very best work.

0points

Sardonyx_3 1 year ago

American Drama Shows: *visibly starts sweating*

0points

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago (edited)

Most tv shows thrive on conflict. So script writers are desperate to generate more conflict, ad nauseam. When you like a character, and you are happy for them when they have found some peace and quiet, it's guaranteed not to last. Relationships are meant to fall apart, since happiness means stagnation. The weakest characters (usually children) will bear the brunt. (Or, in comedies, a new pregnancy will generate further story elements.)

0points

Annik Perrot 1 year ago

Casa de Papel. First two seasons: first heist, all great and good. But they had to do another season, and a new heist... No. Without me, guys. Bye!

0points

JB 1 year ago

I've seen maaaybe 10 of the shows listed here. Only watched Friends in it's entirety. It was clever and funny enough when new. However, haven't even heard of at least half of the shows listed. Serial/episodic TV is rarely engaging enough to watch, but it's even worse nowadays with so many platforms and streaming services. I'm guessing someone could watch TV 24 hours a day and still not see all the entertainment-only shows out there, much less sports, educational, etc on top of it. Screw all that, life's too short.

0points

Vuun 1 year ago

I can't get through the first season of about 90% of the series I start. Most feel like they are scripted by a team of marketing executives, which makes them boring and predictable. Another pet peeve is the mushiness of most American shows.

0points

Huddo's sister 1 year ago

Most of these I couldn't stand watching more than one episode of in the first place! One I will add, but most people won't know is the Aussie series Rush. I loved it, but they ruined it in the last season, so I just skip that when re-watching.

0points

David Paterson 1 year ago

So glad to see these. Glad I never watched 90% of them in the first place. For me, Person of Interest. Started off great and eventually got so bad I gave up.

0points

saw & order 1 year ago

For me, it’s evil. I like the show, but it made me so angry that I had to stop watching it. Most of the characters found someway to infuriate me, except for maybe Ben. And nothing ever got resolved or answered or brought up ever again. Maybe that was the point and it just flew over my head. I don’t know. Maybe I’ll give it another chance.

0points

Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago

May I remind you all that downvotes are to protect forums against scammers, not to show someone you disagree with their opinion. Don't downvote people just because you don't share their viewpoint.

0points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

Ranger, BoredPanda no longer bans or suspends users whose comment hey downvoted past a negative ten. Instead you and other users will have a colon by their user name. If you click on this Colom and menu will pop up where you can report a user’s comment that is spam, advertising, or hate speech.

1point

Kelly Aitken 1 year ago

This list makes me so glad my tv watching days are few and far between, and I've watched almost none of the listed shows!

0points

Powerful Katrinka 1 year ago

I haven't owned a television since 2004. I'm obviously not missing anything.

0points

T5n 1 year ago

For me it was Schitt’s Creek. I thought it was an interesting premise, but I found Moira to be absolutely insufferable. I’m a fan of Catherine O’Hara but I despise that character.

0points

LeeAnne B 1 year ago

I loved the series. Every character except Moira had real growth and development. She stayed exactly the same. It was brilliant. You have to understand that Moira was indulged in her own delusion of grandeur and when her enabling ended, she had to maintain it herself. That was in itself, awesome. Losing so much but holding onto her wardrobe, jewelry and wigs. The trappings of her meaningless existence. She eventually become important to various social circles but that didn't matter because to her, she was always the most important person in the room.

3points

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A girl 1 year ago

Wow. I'm a cave dweller. 72 entries and I'd only heard of 10ish of these shows. Whelp, going to go watch Casablanca again. Fade out to creaky knees and another cup of coffee;)

27points

Kenny Kulbiski 1 year ago

Same here. Apparently I didn't miss much. On a side note, I dislike any show that's a continuing series. I refuse to schedule my life around what time a TV show is on.

3points

PolymathNecromancer 1 year ago

Except for Picard and The Simpsons, I have never watched any of these shows...... lol

0points

ElsieAriel 1 year ago

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Seabeast 1 year ago

Law And Order has gone on way too long. I enjoyed the spinoff Law And Order: Criminal Intent, with Vince D'Onofrio, but after that I lost interest.

19points

Nikole 1 year ago

Criminal Intent with Vincent is the best!

12points

Marilyn Russell 1 year ago

Remember when it first started and it was so good?

1point

August 1 year ago

0points

R Dennis 1 year ago

I like Organized Crime. The OG has gone too pc for me and I'm pretty left leaning...

0points

kath morgan 1 year ago

10points

Carol Emory 1 year ago

Maybe we also need a list of shows that we were really miffed when they got cancelled.

8points

Auntriarch 1 year ago

Start the post

1point

Awkward Lady 1 year ago

Sex and the City.....why did they have to drag it out of retirement? I couldn't watch it, and I was a major fan of the original series!

7points

Austin Sauce 1 year ago (edited)

Fun fact, in the most recent SITC, the lead characters are actually older than the lead characters in the first season of The Golden Girls.

8points

Michelle Englefield 1 year ago

6points

Zia Barrett 1 year ago

6points

MrsFettesVette 1 year ago

5points

Red Ruffensor 1 year ago

Fawlty Towers. Just kidding, FT is the best series ever!

5points

zena bena 1 year ago

Yellowstone! Cant stand the spoiled s**t beth,they make that guy of hets like he some kinda great "man" but he a bully and a murderer and the whole show is based on rotten people.

5points

hhh cubed 1 year ago

2points

JustinTime 1 year ago

X-Files when they replaced Mulder and Scully

5points

wowbagger 1 year ago

Yeah, it was a definite disappointment, but I ended up warming up to Robert Patrick's character. He had a nice story arc.

0points

liam newton-harding 1 year ago

4points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

yeah Lucifer never convinced me that he was remotely the devil. More like his younger brother.

1point

Pepinie Tojetajne 1 year ago

I lasted like 5 minutes too

0points

Something 1 year ago

The source material it's based on veered quite a bit from the source material it was based on too.

-1point

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago

4points

Meredith 1 year ago

Seinfeld. It was torturous to watch. I can't understand the appeal of a show where all the characters are complaining about everything. Their whiny voices are like nails on a chalkboard to me.

3points

Sardonyx_3 1 year ago

Kramer's character never changed and was always annoying.

1point

Doodles1983 1 year ago

“Reality” TV.

3points

VeryDarkMatter 1 year ago

3points

Sue Knerl 1 year ago

House, who can forget that! However the ending episode was great. Just watch that.

3points

The Original Bruno 1 year ago

I always hated the arc about the policeman out to get him. There are SO many shows that just became to serialized around terrible plotlines!

0points

Aria the Dog Lover 1 year ago

3points

Sardonyx_3 1 year ago

Same situation with me. ToH seems better imo.

0points

Alecto76 1 year ago

3points

OnlyMe 1 year ago

I had to force myself to watch the last few seasons and I really wish I hadn't

0points

majandess 1 year ago

I really don't like the paradigm of make-a-show-until-it-fails. I much prefer a lot of Korean dramas to American shows because they have a planned end. It is so much more satisfying.

2points

Jessica J. 1 year ago

2points

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago

2points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

The only show I can't say went downhill (tho' it had bad episodes) was MASH.

2points

Marilyn Russell 1 year ago

Well, as soon as it’s going on for longer than the actual Korean War did…

2points

liam newton-harding 1 year ago

2points

Gozer LeGozerian 1 year ago

I hated Bones with a fiery passion after that

0points

The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)

2points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

3points

The Original Bruno 1 year ago

2points

Marilyn Russell 1 year ago

But now that is classic! At the time though, we were like, The Fonz wouldn’t do that!

0points

WonderWoman 1 year ago

Call the Midwife - started out amazingly and then when they lost their main characters, it just fell so flat and redundant.

2points

MelO 1 year ago

Another show that used up the source material and rapidly went downhill after that.

0points

Sky Render 1 year ago (edited)

1point

Pepinie Tojetajne 1 year ago

The only show which I can watch again and again is Red dwarf :)

1point

T S 1 year ago

1point

Gozer LeGozerian 1 year ago

I was more annoyed with how Jamie Fraser is just completely incapable of not being an idiot and getting himself and everyone else into trouble with his stupid bad decisions

0points

Radha Gopinath Mandir 1 year ago

1point

The Original Bruno 1 year ago

1point

MelO 1 year ago

Revenge. They just dragged it out forever. I made it two seasons, realized the plot would never go anywhere, and gave up.

1point

wowbagger 1 year ago

1point

Suluhu 1 year ago

Nobody said The Expanse. Cause that ia the perfect show.

1point

zena bena 1 year ago

Havent heard or watched alot but totally agree with the dislike of the rest for same reasons others brought up

1point

Apatheist Account2 1 year ago

Every show has a shelf-life, then either stops or gets tired and tries to reinvent itself, losing its original purpose. Some shows should have stopped long before they did.

1point

Sapna Sarfare 1 year ago

I suggest watching some India web series which are really good.. Scam 92, Mirzapur, Sacred Games, Patal Lok, Kota Factory, Family Man, Aarya

1point

Ariom Dahl 1 year ago

1point

elsieairhead 1 year ago

What's everyone's take on Lucifer?

1point

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago

I only watched a few episodes. Could not stand it.

0points

TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago (edited)

1point

Edgar 1 year ago (edited)

The Walking Dead. A mini-serie would have been enough. The Office (US). Not funny. Rather embarrassing. Lost, this was going nowhere.

1point

Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

1point

Rob Chapman 1 year ago

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. I was a L&O addict. I gave up on the show after season 21.

1point

madbakes 1 year ago

I'm still hooked. Certainly some seasons are better than others. I didn't much care for the seasons with Amaro.

3points

ColorEd 1 year ago

Half of these miss the point.

1point

Suzy Creamcheese 1 year ago

I've honestly never heard of the majority of these shows, and I never watched most of the ones I have heard of.

1point

StrangeOne 1 year ago

1point

tom oneill 1 year ago

Sliders -_-

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago

WOW - I think there's maybe a total of 6 shows on this list that I've ever even seen.

0points

Samantha 1 year ago

I rarely watch a show through all seasons. I get bored easily and so many shows just drag on and on, changing everything you initially loved about them.

0points

Miocha 1 year ago

For me, it's "Manifest". I think I stopped after Season 2.

0points

Kate Jones 1 year ago

0points

Fat Harry 1 year ago

0points

Veronica Michelle 1 year ago

0points

Neuridivergent 1 year ago

Most of these i hadn't watched, but some i was considering. Now i know which ones not to bother with

0points

Kristin Corlett 1 year ago

In the Dark. I was really into the first season, but how many truly horrible decisions can a person make?! I watched until the end of the second season and had to stop to save my sanity.

0points

Pepinie Tojetajne 1 year ago (edited)

I finished 4 shows from this list. Rest did not or I did not start at all :) and some I never heard of

0points

Exotic Butters 1 year ago

Walking Dead

0points

Brandon Parisien 1 year ago

0points

Frei Parken 1 year ago

Battlestar Galactica. Consisted only of misery and that Gaius character being h.rny for the blonde in the red dress. Yuck.

0points

Jude Kay 1 year ago

Grey's.

0points

SkyTheImaginer 1 year ago

The 100, started off so strong then just got plain bad.

0points

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago

0points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

0points

No Way 1 year ago

The ONLY 2 things I have ever watched on this entire list was about 4 seasons of Walking Dead and the first few episodes of the Simpsons. Most of the rest, I've never even heard of.

0points

Michael Largey 1 year ago (edited)

I have watched 0 out of these 72 shows. Haven't even heard of most of them. So I gather that I didn't just miss a bullet. I missed 12 loaded revolvers.

0points

Jacky Newman 1 year ago

For me it was "Misfits". The first 2 seasons are great, but then one after another of the main characters left & the show went just downhill.

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Austin Sauce 1 year ago

I never finished watching the end of Scandal or The Killing

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Seabeast 1 year ago

I've never heard of half of these shows.

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Ula Grzesiuk 1 year ago

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Marlies Gerritsen-Feenstra 1 year ago

The last season of Brooklyn 99, when they all get so woke and politically correct.....

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Nimbus57 1 year ago

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cb !!! 1 year ago

Community, even though it's close to my heart and a really strong comedy, SO should have ended at the third season finale. It felt like I was watching fanfiction from that moment forward.

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William Teach 1 year ago

Haven. Watched all the seasons except the last one. Checked out when they did this stupid body swap thing in one of the first episodes of the final season it was so dumb and annoying

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Dre Mosley 1 year ago

"Scandal" My GF at the time and I kind of got into it, but it got utterly absurd.

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Daphne Dear 1 year ago

I'm surprised no one said House. I can't get into the last season. Sheer well got me there thinking it would get better...it did not.

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VonBlade 1 year ago

Mine was 24. It was unbearably tense, and whilst I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, I couldn't look away. Then Tony came back. Then Tony became the bad guy. And I immediately nope'd out.

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Islandchild 1 year ago

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The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago

They should just mandate that no series lasts longer than four seasons. Force everyone to do their very best work.

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Sardonyx_3 1 year ago

American Drama Shows: *visibly starts sweating*

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Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago (edited)

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Annik Perrot 1 year ago

Casa de Papel. First two seasons: first heist, all great and good. But they had to do another season, and a new heist... No. Without me, guys. Bye!

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JB 1 year ago

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Vuun 1 year ago

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

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David Paterson 1 year ago

So glad to see these. Glad I never watched 90% of them in the first place. For me, Person of Interest. Started off great and eventually got so bad I gave up.

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saw & order 1 year ago

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Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago

May I remind you all that downvotes are to protect forums against scammers, not to show someone you disagree with their opinion. Don't downvote people just because you don't share their viewpoint.

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LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

1point

Kelly Aitken 1 year ago

This list makes me so glad my tv watching days are few and far between, and I've watched almost none of the listed shows!

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Powerful Katrinka 1 year ago

I haven't owned a television since 2004. I'm obviously not missing anything.

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T5n 1 year ago

For me it was Schitt’s Creek. I thought it was an interesting premise, but I found Moira to be absolutely insufferable. I’m a fan of Catherine O’Hara but I despise that character.

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LeeAnne B 1 year ago

3points