Sorry But These Super Popular Shows Are Actually Terrible
Every so often a show blows up that has everyone scratching their heads. Sometimes even fans look back and wonder what the hell they ever saw in their old faves. Here are some of the most popular shows that actually aren't very good...
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1.Emily in Paris
Everyone who obsessively hate-watched this show is part of the problem (myself included). Emily in Paris — and the first season in particular — is objectively terrible on almost every level. But especially the titular components of Emily and (the depiction of) Paris.
2.The Big Bang Theory
Two-dimensional characters peddling regressive jokes with a canned laugh track is a specific genre of sitcom that will appear repeatedly on this list. This is perhaps the biggest offender.
3.Friends
Here's the thing: Friends hasn't aged well, it's true, but also — was it really funny at the time? Really?! Feels like no.
4.Riverdale
The first three episodes were excellent teen TV and it was SWIFTLY downhill from there. No one is enjoying this show at this point, including the people making it.
5.Two Broke Girls
Who was watching this show for six seasons?! Honestly a waste of Kat Dennings.
6.Two and a Half Men
The Charlie Sheen of it all was bad enough. And then there was the rest of it.
7.Grey's Anatomy
It was fun at first, if utterly ridiculous. Now it's just ridiculous. It needs to be laid to rest, like so many of its characters before it.
8.How I Met Your Mother
Ted Mosby is possibly one of the most irritating main characters in history (and there are plenty of others on this list alone). How I Met Your Mother had its moments, but the ultimate pay-off made it all feel pretty frustrating and pointless.
9.13 Reasons Why
Nothing but teen trauma porn. Pass.
10.Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments
Cassandra Clare's hugely popular The Mortal Instruments series has spawned multiple pretty terrible adaptations. And while the show was better than the movie...kind of...it still wasn't very good.
11.Insatiable
Offensive and not funny. It can't even use being made in the '90s/'00s as an excuse.
12.Seinfeld
If you enjoy watching unlikeable characters talk nonsense and yell at each other...sure.
13.Everybody Loves Raymond
The useless husband/exasperated wife is an unfortunate staple in sitcoms, and Everybody Loves Raymond is perhaps the worst of a very bad lot.
14.House
The novelty very quickly wore off this formulaic medical drama, despite Hugh Laurie's charisma.
15.Pretty Little Liars
It was an addictive hot mess that was not remotely worth the many hours of fans' lives it wasted (speaking from personal experience, ahem).
16.Family Guy
Sorry but, like, Family Guy is an immediate red flag.
