There’s Seinfeld, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, The Office, and other legendary shows. But have you considered that for each show that garners universal critical acclaim, there is an inverse show lurking on the other end of the IMDb rating scale? Welcome to that other (dark, depressing) end of the rating scale.
1. Velma
While some recency bias is at play, few new series have ginned up such widespread vitriol like Mindy Kaling’s Velma has. Some critics have noted that the animated series, which reimagines Scooby-Doo’s sidekick as the star of the show, is so bad that it falls below “so bad it’s good” territory. If someone turns on Velma while you’re in the room, let out a “rut-row” and slink out the nearest exit.
2. The Goop Lab
It stands to reason that, in the streaming era, far more brain-numbing television shows have made it “on air.” Unfortunately, Gwyneth Paltrow’s The Goop Lab does nothing to disprove the thesis.
2. The Goop Lab
The IMDb description describes The Goop Lab as a show where “Gwyneth and her Goop team look at psychedelics, energy work, and other challenging wellness topics.” Reviewers, on the other hand, pan the show as “pseudoscience,” “dangerous,” and even “so dumb it hurts to watch.” What’s a word that describes something so horrifyingly bad that it’s hard to describe? How about goop?
3. Cavemen
Quick, name a successful television show that “evolved” out of a GEICO commercial. Nada? OK, name a failed television show that “evolved” out of a GEICO commercial. Cavemen!
4. Toddlers & Tiaras
Want rampant mental illness and child abuse in one half-hour-long show? Boy, do we have the show for you! Toddlers & Tiaras has earned every bit of its sub-2 IMDb rating. If you’re wondering who the bad guy is in this show, it’s the parents. All of them. Without exception.
5. Flash Gordon: A Modern Space Opera
What’s that? You say you missed Flash Gordon: A Modern Space Opera? I’d venture to say that’s because he’s Flash Gordon; for Usain Bolt’s sake, nobody catches him! But you probably didn’t catch Flash Gordon: A Modern Space Opera because it’s a modern space opera.
5. Flash Gordon: A Modern Space Opera
Those who did watch say you did yourself a favor—memo to Elon Musk: no operas in space.
6. The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Despite having now-starlet Shailene Woodley leading the cast, The Secret Life of the American Teenager hits all the teenie bopper clichés with a sledgehammer. Perhaps an ill-fated attempt to ride the Teen Mom wave, Woodley plays a teenage mother who must navigate high school while dealing with the baby’s father, “Ricky.”
6. The Secret Life of the American Teenager
It’s one of those shows that seemed like a good idea to watch when you were a 15-year-old girl but seemed like a terrible idea to everyone else.
7. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
When the American viewing populace caught a load of Toddlers & Tiaras, they immediately began clamoring for spinoffs. And thus, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo came to be. Then, headlines like ‘Honey Boo Boo family turning on each other as scandal worsens’ inevitably came. Don’t hold your breath for the spinoff of the spinoff. There Went Honey Boo Boo.
8. The Big Bang Theory
No show as popular or enduring as The Big Bang Theory has been as bad as The Big Bang Theory. That’s just a fact. Lots of cringe humor in this one.
9. The Rings of Power
Were it independent of any beloved source material, The Rings of Power might be a fine TV show. Compared with the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and the Peter Jackson film trilogy, The Rings of Power never stood a chance.
10. A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila
This show offered an inside look at Tila Tequila’s unrestricted, uninhibited dating life. If you want a painful snapshot of America’s popular culture circa 2007, take A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila.
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