There’s nothing more frustrating than a series taking a turn for the worst just when it’s getting good. All these examples are TV shows that started out promising, but turned out to be garbage as they went on.
These aren’t just series that fell apart after multiple seasons, either. Each of these TV shows began awesome but quickly turned out to be garbage early in the series. There’s quite a few shows I dropped on this list – how about you?
Under the Dome
I really thought Under the Dome was going to be a great show, but sadly… Not so much. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but this show wasn’t it. A lot of people (myself included) stopped watching partway through the first season and didn’t look back.
Wayward Pines
Like most shows based on books, Wayward Pines fell apart during season 2 when they no longer had the source material to reference. If they had kept it only one season they could have avoided it turning out to be garbage. Even worse, it was cancelled after season 2 anyway so ruining it was a waste.
Revolution
Where Revolution starts and where it ends are very different to what we were all expecting. Part of the reason for this was that the ending was rushed due to the show being cancelled, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t have gotten to this at a much slower pace if it had been renewed.
Stitchers
Another one that looked so good at the start, Stitchers should have been an amazing sci-fi crime show. After all, it was about a company creating technology that can see the last few minutes of someone’s life – which was used to solve murders.
Except the show wound up being a freeform style show that was more about romance and drama than sci-fi mystery.
Zoo
Based on a book by James Patterson, Zoo should have been about a zoologist that discovers some very strange things happening with the animals of the world. If the book is to be believed, that would have been great; but sadly this TV adaption was nothing like the original.
Riverdale
If you’re not familiar with what happened to Riverdale let me fill you in. It starts off as a show based on the Archie comics. What transpired over the next seasons, though, was surreal and very different from the source material or what viewers expected.
Designated Survivor
Where does Designated Survivor turn into garbage, you ask? The exact moment differs, ranging from “it got bad in season 3” to “it was horrible after the first episode”. Either way, plenty of people felt it stopped being good at some point!
Manifest
Manifest started off really interesting: after a plane lands safely on a turbulent flight everyone finds out the whole world has aged five years. Unfortunately only a few episodes in it was clear this wasn’t going to be as great as it seemed. Guess this wasn’t the calling for the Manifest writers!
How to Get Away With Murder
Most people agree this show started off as a great series with a great format, but went on for way longer than it should have.
Sword Art Online
This one is good through the first half of season one, then suddenly starts to decline very quickly. It’s really a shame, too – I for one had high hopes for this series. It felt like an anime version of Tom Clancy’s Netforce .
The Big Bang Theory
At the beginning, The Big Bang Theory was actually pretty nerdy and clever. Over time it shifted from “nerdy jokes” to “nerds being the joke”. This increased the mainstream appeal but definitely lost that initial audience.
Glee
If you watched the pilot for Glee you know exactly what I mean with this one. It seemed like it was going to be a completely different show than what we got! The first season was a little closer to that, but over the years Glee really went downhill from what we started with.
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