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26 TV Shows That Don’t Deserve The Praise They Get, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group
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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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.
Greys anatomy - that show just needs to end.
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.)
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.
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.
How I Met Your Mother. Every episode glorifies Ted’s toxic behavior and makes it look romantic. I get so triggered watching that show
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.
Most doctor/hospital shows. They can be ok for a while but they get predictable quickly and run for way too long.
The Big Bang Theory
I cannot stress this enough.
Sexism, racism, homophobia, gatekeeping nerd culture. I loved the premise but the series is really bad.
weird, almost as if it reflected real life.....
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No, that's an original serie, with odd uncommon characters, a background a bit more elaborated than usually, promoting science (in a way), with anti-heroes. The character development is very interesting, and a beautiful ending. It will stay as a landmark in the history of series.
I think it’s overrated because it is highly acclaimed and it’s just a silly sitcom. But it’s also over-hated. It’s not the shining example of what’s wrong with TV. It’s just a show.
Scientist Here. With Asperger's and nieces and nephews with Asperger's. And Parents with Asoperger's.The original was a breath of fresh air - if for no other reason than learning to laugh at ourselves or work-mates. It did become utterly offensive when it changed to a Z-rated Commedy written by script writer who has no knowledge of other acquaintance with the scientific community.
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Oh, come on, I love this one. People who are able to make fun of themselves and still remain friends? People with different personalities but one common point - and still made it to keep it together? Like all people in the world, like all friends, they have quarrels, they shout to each other, but then ... at the end they are able to say "I am sorry" and mean it. It is more hearth warming than many other movies/shows. I cannot stress enough how important message I see in this, they literally say - no matter of your differences, no matter what as..ole you are, you still can have good friends and they can watch your back, because they just like you the way you are.
Working with colleague who is as disturbing as Sheldon by not his own fault but diagnosed level of autism, still one of the best, most knowledgeable people I know, I can tell you, it's how it goes for me working with him and made me like the show even more. Knowing nerds vs. sexism - if guys who never had chance to interact a lot with women get a chance, that's exactly how it goes in real life (own experience). Can't relate to homophobia here, I didn't notice it and platonic bro romance going on through show accepted publicly by everyone except of one of the persons involved, is accurate enough to my experience of such bro love.
I love the show but I can see how it's sexist and sometimes racist. Also as someone who has been both in academia and in the pharmaceutical industry, they are (sometimes dangerously) misrepresenting both. Things like not caring about side effects or making up diseases is not the norm and conspiracy theorists don't need this 'innocent' fuel.
Yes, the misrepresentation is real. Even if Bernadette and her bosses really did not care about side effects at all, FDA would bust their asses.
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The laugh track is annoying. The lack of one is why I think I loved The Office and Parks and Rec.
If you don't get this, you're probably not smart enough to be the target audience. It's like when people say Sheldon is an ahole rather than seeing his social ineptitude for what it is. Those are the people who also miss that the others rip into Sheldon far more than he does to them, and he's just as oblivious
To me it lost it's charm when I read what they make per person per episode and that they were unhappy with their salary. I wonder if they realize that most normal people will have to work their asses off for at least 20 years for what they get for one (!!) 20 minute show.
There was disagrement because the "main main characters" made more than the other. So they decided to get less, so the others can get more. I like that.
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Again another great show that so many didn’t like.. I don’t watch a show or read a book looking for things to find fault. I just watch or read for the entertainment and often the lessons they teach.. Some humor does not amuse all people. So be it.
It started out well and like many shows that run too long, went to static stereotypes and one dimensional characters. It started out celebrating the positive aspects of nerd culture and descended into everything most nerds are trying to stop.
I never got into this show. Based around a whiney know it all who you want to smack in the first 5 minutes of the first episode.
2 nerds gaping over their blond big-boobed neighbor. How did it even get past the pilot?
I never really paid that much attention to the show. I just saw it as a stereotype of geeks.
BBT was fantastic the first half of the seasons, then you could tell the writers ran out of ideas and just milked the fan base and ratings. Amazing last 2 episodes though that bring the waterworks. Basically watch Seasons 2-5 then skip to the final 2 episodes of Season 12.
Saying it was sexist or anti autism, really means you missed the point. That is the reality these characters had to deal with., Racism? I don't think it suh-ggested any of these things were good.
I loved it. It was different, to me anyway. I didn't watch the last couple seasons because I just got bored maybe. But for others who liked it, great. For people who didn't, watch something else. Damn
I didn't need to watch. I worked in an industry full of these characters.
The Sheldon Cooper Show and how his colleagues cope with his neuroses. Prime example of a s_itcom. I left out the "h" between the "s" and the "I" to avoid triggering the censors.
It would have been a better series without the dorky Jewish Tech and his horrible mother. Otherwise it did originally do a pretty good portrayal of Asperger's people. Is SHOULD have stopped once the SitCom writers got a hold of it. And the YOUNG Sheldo was so embarrassingly stupis,. Showing a spoiled rotten smart-arsed kid being a smart a**e. :-(
For me, one of the very very few TV shows that makes me laugh out loud.
My husband and grandson loved it??? Even have the whole thing on dvd. Stupid.
I like this show until Sheldon and Amy became a couple. He treated her like garbage and made her beg for any kind of affectoin. None of her friends cared. She deserved so much better but couldn't believe that herself.I hated their relationship and felt the show went downhill once they got together.
For people hating on Sheldon I think he represents what happens to autistic people when they go undiagnosed, and grow in a society where they're largely unassisted, ( this coming from an autistic person who would be a down right b*tch without therapy)
I liked the first season, even I am not woke, I felt later somehow uneasy about the misogynistic tone of the show.
A show about smart people with jokes that are dumb and poorly delivered. From what I remember, I think the only one that managed to deliver some of the jokes properly was the character of Raj. By comparison, the jokes in Modern Family were quite ingenious, up until the time they introduced the character of Andy.
They should have kept the funny nerd thing going. Sheldon should’ve found a wormhole and Howard should’ve been sent too Mars.
In defense of TBBT, it's difficult to create show that is funny and totally PC and not offensive to anyone. I don't think it's even possible. There are elements I don't like, for example, Raj character has racist elements and Penny has no last name , there are elements of sexism etc. But it has its charm.
Bothers me that when I say my kids have Aspergers they tell me all about Sheldon
What bothers me the most about this show, even though I like it, is how Amy speaks of the animals she abuses for her so called experiments. How sacrificing animals is nothing to worry about. Sheldon is annoying to the point where if I were a character I would not be associating with him. They way he treats people as peons. Just goes to show how those deemed "gifted" are not so gifted and are not to emulated. Add to that the premise that they won the Pulitzer Prize and I was done.
I watched the first six episodes. Only thing funny about it was the laugh track. Didn't particularly like any of the characters, so I cut my losses and bailed.
I watched this for the first time the other day. I watched 4 episodes in a row. It was so not funny, and I wondered what the big deal was. With all the commercial breaks, the actual writing and actual "show" was probably 12 minutes. It just seemed to be someone saying a line to set up the punchline/joke, which would be the next line said - usually by Jim Parson's character. It was like spitting a line, next line, hahahaha. Everything had a laugh track. Everything. DIdn't find it at all entertaining. I know I'm in the minority
I wish they portrayed cooper better 99.9% sure he is an autistic greysexual but they portrayed him so badly, i enjoy the later seasons a lot more because they learn basic respect and the ending is quite lovely, but I agree with op, young Sheldon is better anyways :/
hey- check out the "quirky nerds" who stand apart from the others and buy Apple/Disney/Marvel/DC......
This is just nerd and inteligent humour for dumb people. So even stupid people can say ,,Hey, I like The big bang theory, so Im smart."
I'm autistic, this show is a nightmare. Sheldon Cooper is the reason why people assume I'm a narcissist. Yes I am a narcissist, but that's got nothing to do with the autism Daryl, I'm just a bitch.
A lot of people think being a bitch is endearing or cool and chic. I think those people are confusing “bitch” for “dumb” honestly, Renee.
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one of my relatives was a guest star on an early episode, so I watched it. I texted him afterwards to say the show was trash. He wound up being a regular in later seasons. Oh well! I still never watched it. Painfully unfunny.
I'm not offended by this show like many people - it just f*****g sucks and isn't funny. It's painfully boring and cringy to watch.
I tried to watch an episode. So utterly unfunny, and trying way too hard.
The short, big-breasted, bottle-blonde, squeaky whiney girl with horrible bangs and the dorky, jacket-wearing, whiney hippopotamus who stalks his neighbor across the hall are both sociopaths. Maybe even psychopaths. Their characters check nearly all the boxes. The racist who happens to continually debase and subjugate his (Indian) best friend is good at impersonations. Other than that, he’s a serious predator and immoral, ethically devoid, to use his own words, “bad person.” The manipulative “spectrum” (that’s a flawed excuse, given he can empathize when he chooses) nerd has a slightly altered type of narcissistic personality disorder than his roommate does, but both, like all 6 main characters, have clinical personality disorders. Isn’t that all funny???? /s
OMG! I am so sick of this show! In Australia they so over played it, like for years there would be at least 2 hours (minimum) of it a day on different channels, it was so hard to avoid. Once upon a time I watched a bit of it, I've seen a handful of episodes, but not that many and it seemed like every time I stumbled upon it it was episodes I had seen. You'd stumble across the same episode multiple times a week.
It gets credited as being 'clever' for having physics references, but the joke writing is toddler level, at best
13 reasons why
Ugh, yes. My daughter was obsessed with it. A show that basically glorified teen suicide!
Game of thrones hands down, it left good threads hanging but never really stitched them into anything.
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.
Maybe you have got a point, but I really loved the Harvey character. 🤗
Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. In reality, neither of them are funny.
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.
Rick and Morty. It gets waaaay too much credit for a show filled with nonsense and fart jokes.
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.
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?
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
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.
It was just a soap opera for macho guys who don't like soap operas.
BoJack Horsemen. People act like it’s some kind of masterful psychological deep dive. But it’s just another cheep adult comedy animated show.
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.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Every character is deplorable and it just isn’t funny.
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.
Firefly. I haven't heard a single good thing about any season after the first.
Oh, come on…there’s no debate here. I mean, does anyone beat ‘Money Hiest’?
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.
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.
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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I find this list puzzling. Of course shows can't appeal to everyone's tastes. And the people who don't gravitate to a popular show will no doubt label it overrated. But I think the sitcom business model is quite simple. If enough people watch the show, Networks will pay! In theory you could perhaps only capture 5-10% of a target audience to have a profitable successful show. Meaning every single show that's ever been created is overrated to a large majority of a target audience.
Exactly! No show is going to appeal to everyone.
Load More Replies... Perhaps some of these shows went on for too long but I would not say they were bad or overrated. Maybe overhyped. People nowadays are far too critical about everything because people expect far too much. We have way too many options to choose from and in the day of social media it is easy for everyone to give their 2 cents.
God. Yes. Cancel culture is ridiculous. Times were different back then..times are different now. Shows have adjusted, but that doesn't mean the older shows are garbage. You just have to be aware of the times they were recorded in.
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It takes really talented writers to keep a show interesting when it runs f- o- r- e- v -e- r. Most of those mentioned started out well but slipped into mediocrity for lack of creative writing.
I think sooner or later the writing comes to a point where all possible plot configurations have been extinguished. And then they jump the shark.
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I'll get downvoted for this but here goes, I tend to find most American sitcoms quite.....underwhelming, even those touted as masterpieces. Now don't get your knickers in a twist, it's just my opinion and doesn't mean I don't like America or Americans. I've watched Seinfeld, Park & Recreation, The Office (US) etc and whilst they aren't bad they're a bit like the comedy equivalent of plain white bread.
Your entitled to your opinion and I agree with you on that one.
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Family Guy. Was funny for several seasons. Then just got boring and dumb.
How's about a list of some good shows others worldwide might not necessarily know about? Here's mine I encourage you to check out (from a UK perspective) - The IT Crowd, Toast of London, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Father Ted, The Inbetweeners (UK), Whitechapel, Luther.
Bill, I'm American and I LOVE the IT Crowd! Funniest damn show ever!
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Am I the only one who seriously hates The Office? I find it cringey and unfunny and I hated every single episode I've watched.
Hated it. Every couple of years I get it in my head to try it and Park & Recreation again, but never make it past 3 or 4 episodes. All you hear is you have to push through. It gets better. You have to make it to season 2. Why would I do that to myself?
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I think only because it hardly qualifies as a show
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Shows whose premise is based on selfish, annoying people being selfish and annoying: Frasier, Seinfeld, How I Met Your Mother, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development, The Office (to some degree).
A common thread through most of these ares show that beat a dead horse, or actually a cash cow. Its the difference between the British 'The Office" and the US one. Not a huge fan of either one but that's my sense of humor. However, Gervais had ideas for 6 episodes so that's how many he made. There weren't another 17 filler episodes. He came up with another 6, said I've done all I can with this, and moved on. Almost all of these shows ran too long, both within a season and number of seasons, and they didn't have a story to tell anymore so it became 1-dimensional stereotypes of the original characters and no plot.
This list is supposed to be shows people find overrated. Yet every post is riddled with comments telling op to change the channel. They could just not read this list. Ironic.
I feel like a lot of these submissions didn't get the point of the shows to begin with
I feel like a lot of these were less genuine gripes with shows and more people trying to seem snobby and unique. That may not be the case but that’s how it struck me.
In the u.k all the soap operas, eastenders, coronation street etc just because they have been on tv for over half a century they often receive ridiculous amounts of praise. No matter if you only watch one episode a year you can guarantee that there will be a serial killer, a poor person struggling to make ends meet, a gangster scheming to take down another characters business, teenagers struggling with whatever the social issue of the month is whether it’s drugs, eating disorders, bullying etc, then you have the character that has been in the show since it’s start who are portrayed as some kind of saint, characters returning after being killed off years before. It’s ridiculous and supposedly a portrayal of Bristol life!!!
Yep, with you on this. UK soaps (or "serial dramas" as TV channels like to call them to pretend they're more sophisticated than they are) are ridiculous. They've been on since before Noah boarded the Ark so literally every storyline was exhausted decades ago. Now, as you say, they trot out the same over the top stories year on year on year. People seemingly still lap it up for some reason though. Live and let live I suppose.
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Sex and the city. Worse show ever. It makes Keeping up with the kardashians almost Emmy award deserving. ..
Mk this list basically hated on every sitcom ever. With every show, there's always gonna be people that don't like it, and it's just a matter of personal taste.
Bunch of good shows written here with no explanation given. Like literally none. Just a title.
Make a list of *underrated* shows, so you can say what you like about them, and people might find an enjoyable new show to watch.
To be honest that's what I was using this list for anyway! The comments can be helpful as they explain why they disagree.
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I've noticed that most really popular shows have protagonists that are all just outright horrible people. Why?
Because horrible people exist in real life maybe? Most people are a mix to some extent. Would shows full of sickly sweet do-gooders be as entertaining? You need the counter balance. That's what I tell my partner when he's saying how much he hates a certain character anyway!
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Bridgerton. Bunch o complainy white people and everyone just watched it for the Duke. How it got so popular baffles me.
This list is just confusing. I mean i personally cannot STAND Friends but ignore the attraction the majority has to it is simply being dishonest. It's like saying Prince was a shitty' artist because I didn't care for his music. You can dislike something but accept how others would find it appealing.
American tv in general..all crap, and just used to sell more plastic crap to kids or sell beer to adults. pathetic people following pathetic lives and spend the next 10 years doing reunion shows to make extra cash after your attempts of living off the lives in the first shows.....predicable and poor acting, cheap special effects and poor writing. No TV for 9 years because of this...waste of time
How long before Bored Panda just calls itself Reddit Lite, Diet Reddit or Reddit Zero? Remember the days when they produced their own content and didn't just take it all from Reddit?
I don't think people in this thread should watch any TV. Like ever.
Everybody Loves Raymond, would be my suggestion to this list. Remembered watching an episide here and there when it was fresh on tv. Just finished watching the entire series on Stan, and they did the right thing wrapping it up. Uptight wife, self-absorbed husband, narcissitic mother, racist/homophobic father, whimpering brother, and convenience-kids. Over and over until the last season or two just became them screaming at each other, 'hilariously', with 'hilarious' racism and homophobia running down through the generations.
I stopped watching tv nine years ago, and watch only two genres of movies, and those but rarely. No more angst over all the stupidity.
Seriously, they shortened the list by one? Why? Why make me load another page to see which other show was originally listed?
I think these are just opinions. I like most of the sitcom s mentionned above. That's my opinion
The real problem with most shows is that they outlive their reason to exist. If they all ended after 3 seasons they wouldn't have a chance to "jump the shark."
Where am i? I only knew two of those shows...Seinfeld and walking dead
Id eat a pound of raw liver before I'd watch walking dead, btw..
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"Tiger King" should be on there. I'm SO over it and the fact that Netflix had so much success with it that another season, is coming is nauseating. If I never heard the names Carol Baskin or Joe Exotic again, it'll be too soon.
Just because you didn't like thw ending of the show, doesn't mean the show didn't deserve the appreciation
The Handmaid's Tale. First series was amazing, second series good, then 'what on earth is she doing' - clearly spinning it out for a third season and realised I was being played and haven't really started the fourth.
Stranger Things, BUT only Season 3. Season 1 and 2 were amazing but Season 3 honestly sucked and I don’t know why it gets the praise it does.
Too many had no discussion of what was good/bad. Anyone can list a tv show
So every program that people watch is subjective to criticism and opinion. Crazy, never saw that coming.
Better title: Things I could easily avoid but want to bitch about because I'm shallow and petty
If i had found the Sopranos on this list i had logged out deleted the logg and never looked back
The mentality seems to be: I don't like this, therefore: Its overrated.
Okay then, I have bad taste in shows and series because most of the ones I saw I this list, I like them a lot. Any suggestions of good shows and series.?
I may find the football one a good example, but the rest was questionable.
I stopped reading after 3. This list is a bunch of very popular things people don't like. It liking a popular thing is valid, but it doesn't make you interesting, special, or correct
You can ALL the reality shows, AGT and the like. Don't forget too, these shows have fake followings for ratings purposes, or after market sales.
Casually the most are American series. Sorry, there's more under the sun than the very same thing with trashy actors
One of the reasons these shows get so overrated is the marketing. The producers & networks have signed on a bunch of advertisers to get the $ to make the show. So they crank up the media machine & convince the viewing public that "this is the hot new show to watch, everyone's gonna be watching it, so don't get left out".
IMO American Horror Story....I loved the first season and every other season has just paled in comparison (I know people who love other seasons more though)
I wonder how many Star Wars fans got pissed by the submission of The Mandalorina. I sertanly did
Nah, I like it a lot but the title of thread kind of warns you that shows you may consider to be a masterpiece is not going to liked by someone else. Really not worth getting upset about.
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I find this list puzzling. Of course shows can't appeal to everyone's tastes. And the people who don't gravitate to a popular show will no doubt label it overrated. But I think the sitcom business model is quite simple. If enough people watch the show, Networks will pay! In theory you could perhaps only capture 5-10% of a target audience to have a profitable successful show. Meaning every single show that's ever been created is overrated to a large majority of a target audience.
Exactly! No show is going to appeal to everyone.
Load More Replies... Perhaps some of these shows went on for too long but I would not say they were bad or overrated. Maybe overhyped. People nowadays are far too critical about everything because people expect far too much. We have way too many options to choose from and in the day of social media it is easy for everyone to give their 2 cents.
God. Yes. Cancel culture is ridiculous. Times were different back then..times are different now. Shows have adjusted, but that doesn't mean the older shows are garbage. You just have to be aware of the times they were recorded in.
Load More Replies... It takes really talented writers to keep a show interesting when it runs f- o- r- e- v -e- r. Most of those mentioned started out well but slipped into mediocrity for lack of creative writing.
I think sooner or later the writing comes to a point where all possible plot configurations have been extinguished. And then they jump the shark.
Load More Replies... I'll get downvoted for this but here goes, I tend to find most American sitcoms quite.....underwhelming, even those touted as masterpieces. Now don't get your knickers in a twist, it's just my opinion and doesn't mean I don't like America or Americans. I've watched Seinfeld, Park & Recreation, The Office (US) etc and whilst they aren't bad they're a bit like the comedy equivalent of plain white bread.
Your entitled to your opinion and I agree with you on that one.
Load More Replies... Family Guy. Was funny for several seasons. Then just got boring and dumb.
How's about a list of some good shows others worldwide might not necessarily know about? Here's mine I encourage you to check out (from a UK perspective) - The IT Crowd, Toast of London, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Father Ted, The Inbetweeners (UK), Whitechapel, Luther.
Bill, I'm American and I LOVE the IT Crowd! Funniest damn show ever!
Load More Replies... Am I the only one who seriously hates The Office? I find it cringey and unfunny and I hated every single episode I've watched.
Hated it. Every couple of years I get it in my head to try it and Park & Recreation again, but never make it past 3 or 4 episodes. All you hear is you have to push through. It gets better. You have to make it to season 2. Why would I do that to myself?
Load More Replies... I think only because it hardly qualifies as a show
Load More Replies... Shows whose premise is based on selfish, annoying people being selfish and annoying: Frasier, Seinfeld, How I Met Your Mother, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development, The Office (to some degree).
A common thread through most of these ares show that beat a dead horse, or actually a cash cow. Its the difference between the British 'The Office" and the US one. Not a huge fan of either one but that's my sense of humor. However, Gervais had ideas for 6 episodes so that's how many he made. There weren't another 17 filler episodes. He came up with another 6, said I've done all I can with this, and moved on. Almost all of these shows ran too long, both within a season and number of seasons, and they didn't have a story to tell anymore so it became 1-dimensional stereotypes of the original characters and no plot.
This list is supposed to be shows people find overrated. Yet every post is riddled with comments telling op to change the channel. They could just not read this list. Ironic.
I feel like a lot of these submissions didn't get the point of the shows to begin with
I feel like a lot of these were less genuine gripes with shows and more people trying to seem snobby and unique. That may not be the case but that’s how it struck me.
In the u.k all the soap operas, eastenders, coronation street etc just because they have been on tv for over half a century they often receive ridiculous amounts of praise. No matter if you only watch one episode a year you can guarantee that there will be a serial killer, a poor person struggling to make ends meet, a gangster scheming to take down another characters business, teenagers struggling with whatever the social issue of the month is whether it’s drugs, eating disorders, bullying etc, then you have the character that has been in the show since it’s start who are portrayed as some kind of saint, characters returning after being killed off years before. It’s ridiculous and supposedly a portrayal of Bristol life!!!
Yep, with you on this. UK soaps (or "serial dramas" as TV channels like to call them to pretend they're more sophisticated than they are) are ridiculous. They've been on since before Noah boarded the Ark so literally every storyline was exhausted decades ago. Now, as you say, they trot out the same over the top stories year on year on year. People seemingly still lap it up for some reason though. Live and let live I suppose.
Load More Replies... Sex and the city. Worse show ever. It makes Keeping up with the kardashians almost Emmy award deserving. ..
Mk this list basically hated on every sitcom ever. With every show, there's always gonna be people that don't like it, and it's just a matter of personal taste.
Bunch of good shows written here with no explanation given. Like literally none. Just a title.
Make a list of *underrated* shows, so you can say what you like about them, and people might find an enjoyable new show to watch.
To be honest that's what I was using this list for anyway! The comments can be helpful as they explain why they disagree.
Load More Replies... I've noticed that most really popular shows have protagonists that are all just outright horrible people. Why?
Because horrible people exist in real life maybe? Most people are a mix to some extent. Would shows full of sickly sweet do-gooders be as entertaining? You need the counter balance. That's what I tell my partner when he's saying how much he hates a certain character anyway!
Load More Replies... Bridgerton. Bunch o complainy white people and everyone just watched it for the Duke. How it got so popular baffles me.
This list is just confusing. I mean i personally cannot STAND Friends but ignore the attraction the majority has to it is simply being dishonest. It's like saying Prince was a shitty' artist because I didn't care for his music. You can dislike something but accept how others would find it appealing.
American tv in general..all crap, and just used to sell more plastic crap to kids or sell beer to adults. pathetic people following pathetic lives and spend the next 10 years doing reunion shows to make extra cash after your attempts of living off the lives in the first shows.....predicable and poor acting, cheap special effects and poor writing. No TV for 9 years because of this...waste of time
How long before Bored Panda just calls itself Reddit Lite, Diet Reddit or Reddit Zero? Remember the days when they produced their own content and didn't just take it all from Reddit?
I don't think people in this thread should watch any TV. Like ever.
Everybody Loves Raymond, would be my suggestion to this list. Remembered watching an episide here and there when it was fresh on tv. Just finished watching the entire series on Stan, and they did the right thing wrapping it up. Uptight wife, self-absorbed husband, narcissitic mother, racist/homophobic father, whimpering brother, and convenience-kids. Over and over until the last season or two just became them screaming at each other, 'hilariously', with 'hilarious' racism and homophobia running down through the generations.
I stopped watching tv nine years ago, and watch only two genres of movies, and those but rarely. No more angst over all the stupidity.
Seriously, they shortened the list by one? Why? Why make me load another page to see which other show was originally listed?
I think these are just opinions. I like most of the sitcom s mentionned above. That's my opinion
The real problem with most shows is that they outlive their reason to exist. If they all ended after 3 seasons they wouldn't have a chance to "jump the shark."
Where am i? I only knew two of those shows...Seinfeld and walking dead
Id eat a pound of raw liver before I'd watch walking dead, btw..
Load More Replies... "Tiger King" should be on there. I'm SO over it and the fact that Netflix had so much success with it that another season, is coming is nauseating. If I never heard the names Carol Baskin or Joe Exotic again, it'll be too soon.
Just because you didn't like thw ending of the show, doesn't mean the show didn't deserve the appreciation
The Handmaid's Tale. First series was amazing, second series good, then 'what on earth is she doing' - clearly spinning it out for a third season and realised I was being played and haven't really started the fourth.
Stranger Things, BUT only Season 3. Season 1 and 2 were amazing but Season 3 honestly sucked and I don’t know why it gets the praise it does.
Too many had no discussion of what was good/bad. Anyone can list a tv show
So every program that people watch is subjective to criticism and opinion. Crazy, never saw that coming.
Better title: Things I could easily avoid but want to bitch about because I'm shallow and petty
If i had found the Sopranos on this list i had logged out deleted the logg and never looked back
The mentality seems to be: I don't like this, therefore: Its overrated.
Okay then, I have bad taste in shows and series because most of the ones I saw I this list, I like them a lot. Any suggestions of good shows and series.?
I may find the football one a good example, but the rest was questionable.
I stopped reading after 3. This list is a bunch of very popular things people don't like. It liking a popular thing is valid, but it doesn't make you interesting, special, or correct
You can ALL the reality shows, AGT and the like. Don't forget too, these shows have fake followings for ratings purposes, or after market sales.
Casually the most are American series. Sorry, there's more under the sun than the very same thing with trashy actors
One of the reasons these shows get so overrated is the marketing. The producers & networks have signed on a bunch of advertisers to get the $ to make the show. So they crank up the media machine & convince the viewing public that "this is the hot new show to watch, everyone's gonna be watching it, so don't get left out".
IMO American Horror Story....I loved the first season and every other season has just paled in comparison (I know people who love other seasons more though)
I wonder how many Star Wars fans got pissed by the submission of The Mandalorina. I sertanly did
Nah, I like it a lot but the title of thread kind of warns you that shows you may consider to be a masterpiece is not going to liked by someone else. Really not worth getting upset about.
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