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Knowing how many TV shows there are, it gets hard to pick that one funny or interesting show that is really worth watching. Have you ever experienced that situation when someone recommended you watch something and after you did, you were disappointed and questioning why people like this series so much? Having this in mind, one Reddit user was curious to find out which TV series that seem to receive the most praise are actually overrated. 

The post with 30.2k upvotes was soon turned into a list of various old and new TV shows that a lot of viewers saw as masterpieces, but some people found them to be overvalued and not that good. It included some of the all-time favorites such as Friends and Game of Thrones. Some users explained why some of the series are not so good, stressing some details of the plots. 

Which one of these series do you find overrated? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts and names that haven’t been mentioned in the comments down below! 

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Bust out the downvotes folks: The Super Bowl.

No continuity. They keep changing the main characters every god damn year, the central romantic arc between Tom Brady & everyone on Earth got stale real quick. Weirdest laugh track of any show on this list, guaranteed. The lack of female representation is beyond cringe.

Besides Tom Brady there isn’t a single female character for almost 30 seasons.

But the final straw for me was the way they killed off Kaepernick, finally get a character with real substance & kill him off b/c cancel culture has no f**king boundaries.

Ugh.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to watch it only for the commercials and the half time show, now those suck too.

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Bob Belcher
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The music sucks. Bruno Mars wanted to perform with Metallica but they said No. Then he picked Red Hot Chilli Pepers and they said only with restrictions. Og but we have no issues with a hundred half naked people tweerking on stage. If they want to have pop, r&b and rap that's 100% fine. But equality means everyone should be represented. Down vote me all you want want but equality doesn't mean snuffing out one for the other.

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Candia Lee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's the only good thing about the Stuper Bowl! Commercials so good, they make whole shows of them.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is the super bowl shown anywhere else besides the US. Never hear about it being shown in Australia.

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Candia Lee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are there sports specific to Australia that I don't see statesside? Super Bowl is just American football championship, not like a world cup.

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Paul C.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

English, Packers fan of 40 years, love Football but The Super Bowl half time annoys the hell out of me. Too long, and no I don't want to hear some dreadful moron, male or female using a voice synthesizer, or just plain miming. Get on with the game!

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Christopher Doke
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They killed off Kaepernick because he only threw pick 6s'.

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Id row
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm proud to say my house is sports free. None of that mindless crap on the tv's here.

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Josh Hein
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It pretty much is a soap opera. Kaepernick was getting benched and threw a hissy fit for attention. Aaron Rodgers threw a fit and got a new coach. Payton manning cries and calls daddy on the side lines when he is not winning. Any actor who does good for a season demands more pay.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Run three yards. Fall down. Pile up. Run three yards. fall down. pile up." Name that movie ;)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nonsense. there are plenty of "Women" in football. Interviewers on the field and the dime a dozen "I'm only there for the sex appeal" Football talk shows where they have to constantly look at a mountain of notes and stats in front of them to "seem like I know what I'm talking about" while they sit there and look pretty. Meanwhile, look at the other male anchors around them, almost no notes/stats lol

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haven't watched a game since Kap's protest and following treatment. The NFL can screw themselves.

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Karen Lyon
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay: dead on with the TB comment, and the laugh track, if that actually refers to the commercials. There's been no female character in baseball in its 150 year history, nor in the 118 World Series that have been played either. by the way. Where's the indignation over that? While I agree Kaepernick got the short end of the stick in the public opinion forum, once the other teams figured out how to get to him, he just wasn't that effective. This whole rant is just dumb.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Re: killing off Kaepernick. His team went 2-14. Both wins were without him. You don't go 0-14 and ask for a raise.

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Vasha
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

American football: 12 minutes of actual playtime surrounded by hours of guys standing around discussing their next move. vs European football/soccer: 90 minute game starts with a whistle, and players don't stop running till their hearts burst (or till the 15 min break between halves)!

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Bill Karp
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know it'd a money game but it costs to much for generally fast employee turn over (over paid) cast.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never seen the Super Bowl...and this was an awesome description...no one tell me otherwise. Lol

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tuned in as I'm a huge fan of owls, the Superb Owl didn't have one in the whole show.

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lara
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You forgot that they NEVER change the costumes. Can't they get a good designer?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For non-Americans the biggest problem is that the sparse action leads to it being incredibly boring.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ROTFLMAO “Besides Tom Brady there isn’t a single female character for almost 30 seasons.” Spot on, you have done me in for the day

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I call him Tom Lady....it really ruffles the bars feathers

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Super Bowl has definitely run its course. Now it's just another example of American idiocy.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank goodness this is only shown in America and on Sky in the middle of the night. Not sure a lot of Americans realise that the rest of the world can't and doesn't want to watch it.

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Because American football is for overweight people who have no athleticism or skill or ability to play real sports like hockey or soccer or rugby.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Greys anatomy - that show just needs to end.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That show needed to end when it started showing sexual hijinks as the primary concern of interns, residents, and doctors. No. Seriously, no. Sure, some hanky-panky may occur, but trust me, we're not sitting on the floor maundering on about what to do with our lives. We're reading another chart, putting on the game face, and dreaming of uninterrupted sleep. (From my days as a med student -onward, anyway.)

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group The walking dead is something that always baffled me how it went beyond ~2 seasons.

They had the same loop of storyline repeated in every season - they run, they find shelter, they go out for food, someone gets bitten, they get overrun, they have to find somewhere new. Rinse and repeat for like 10 seasons.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had exactly the same feeling with this show (i.e. the rinse and repeat). It got to the stage where I thought it didn't even need to be a zombie show, it could've just been any generic post apocalypse scenario as the zombies became just an afterthought. I made it to the mid point of season 5 then ended up missing a few episodes. I kept telling myself I'd go back and watch them but as the weeks rolled on and more and more episodes kept building I found that I didn't really care anymore. That to me is when a show is on it's way out, not love or hate for it rather total indifference. Sad really as when it started it was one of my "can't miss" shows.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group How I Met Your Mother. Every episode glorifies Ted’s toxic behavior and makes it look romantic. I get so triggered watching that show

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group If no one else will say it, I will. Squid game is WAY overhyped. I’ve seen people say it’s the best Netflix show or even the best Korean show. If people give other Asian media a chance they’ll find way better than automatically assuming that the first Asian show they see on Netflix is the best thing ever.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Gilmore Girls. Rory is a horrible person

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Most doctor/hospital shows. They can be ok for a while but they get predictable quickly and run for way too long.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group The Big Bang Theory

I cannot stress this enough.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sexism, racism, homophobia, gatekeeping nerd culture. I loved the premise but the series is really bad.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group 13 reasons why

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ugh, yes. My daughter was obsessed with it. A show that basically glorified teen suicide!

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Game of thrones hands down, it left good threads hanging but never really stitched them into anything.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Suits - Most of the episodes consists of these high and mighty lawyers consistently running into ‘dead ends’, not knowing what to do, but they will be having a side conversation and the person they’re talking to makes one remark about something AND THAT’S IT, they have found their answers. Onto the next episode to do the same exact thing! It’s cheap writing and office drama, he said she said stuff.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. In reality, neither of them are funny.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Watched the first episode of the new season of Curb last night. Funny as hell, was chuckling away at bits this morning.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group This is Us.

Intense emotional sensations to get your weekly cry in which is healthy sure but not the masterpiece everyone’s Mom makes it out to be.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Rick and Morty. It gets waaaay too much credit for a show filled with nonsense and fart jokes.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the show, but agree about the fan base. There’s an egotistical current that runs through it. Fans always talk about how only intelligent people like the show, and if you don’t it’s because you’re not as gifted as them. (They’ll usually use big words to accentuate their intelligence while doing it). Not a good look.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group This is coming as someone who loves anime and who’s favorite show is naruto. But it’s naruto. That show is great, and 45% filler episodes, do I need to say more?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ugh. How old is this one? And Dragon Ball. The beginning of both is fantastic and full of character development and creates a whole story. But by now both have over stayed their welcome and its all just filling fights and drama. Same crap over and over. Like its been too long either stop or re write

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group How has noone said Sons Of Anarchy? It's ridiculous. We are supposed to believe that their "club" is the most important thing to them all and they would do anything for their "brothers". But they just kill each other.

It almost never shows why someone would want to be in that life.

We're supposed to root for the main character because everyone loves him but all I could think was get those children away from this.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group BoJack Horsemen. People act like it’s some kind of masterful psychological deep dive. But it’s just another cheep adult comedy animated show.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

see, i really enjoyed the show and found it meaningful, but the meaning didn't really start to show until the 2nd or 3rd season. so i'd agree that the beginning was kind of "cheap", but i think the rest was really well done. i especially appreciated the depictions of depression throughout. i suppose it's entirely subjective though.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Every character is deplorable and it just isn’t funny.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Euphoria. It has impressive cinematography and is well acted. But the plot is all over the place and the characters are shallower than a shower . The only characters that have any depth and don't come off too stereotypical is rue and Jules.

Its a poor man's UK skins and a rich man's US skins.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Firefly. I haven't heard a single good thing about any season after the first.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha ha, only one season and a movie. Lot's of talk about shooting more but Joss Whedon never got around to it. I loved the first and only 14 episodes.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Oh, come on…there’s no debate here. I mean, does anyone beat ‘Money Hiest’?

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group Controversial opinion probably: Dexter. Outstanding 1st season. Then meh all the way to the end.

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Edit: Dean-alings! I never said I don't like the show, just that it is overrated in it's praise! I love the first couple of seasons.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My first exposure to it was the paintball episode. I sat enthralled from beginning to end, and that doesn't usually happen to me.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group The West Wing. S**t writing, frequently misogynistic, racist, homophobic and anti-progressive, and the milquetoast political takes have influenced an entire generation of liberal politicians to be a bunch of wieners that never accomplish anything. Admittedly the cast is great, except for Bradley Whitford, but everything else about that show is disgusting and to see it heralded as a political masterpiece makes me want to barf.

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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group The Mandalorian. Actors are bad, it's always the same thing every single episode. Mando arrives at a planet, needs something from from the inhabitants, they agree to give it to him in exchange of a mission, he agrees, it doesn't go smoothly, and eventually gets what he needed while baby Yoda does something unexpected (whether it be disappearing or using the force to prevent Mando from being killed).

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