{"id":91296,"date":"2025-08-24T01:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T01:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/91296\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T01:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T01:50:12","slug":"19-shows-that-started-out-as-a-perfect-10-but-became-completely-unwatchable-by-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/91296\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Shows That Started Out As A Perfect 10 But Became Completely Unwatchable By The End"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, u\/witchy_eye<\/a> asked r\/AskReddit<\/a> “Which show do you think started as a 10\/10 but ended as a 1\/10?” Here are some of the best submissions:<\/p>\n

Warning: slight spoilers ahead.<\/p>\n

1.Once Upon A Time (2011-2018)<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

ABC<\/p>\n

“The show was always a little weird, but that first season, I felt like they really, truly had something cool. As the seasons went on, though, it just kept dragging…it had so much potential and a very large character pool to choose from…I never really understood how they messed that all up.”\u2013IBrittadThis<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0A young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.<\/p>\n

2.House of Cards<\/a> (2013-2018)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Netflix<\/p>\n

“One of the best shows ever for the first few seasons and then ended in the most disappointing fashion ever.”\u00a0\u2013\u00a0RogueTiger23<\/a><\/p>\n

“Really jumped the shark.”\u00a0\u2013\u00a0MRC1986<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.<\/p>\n

3.Pretty Little Liars<\/a> (2010-2017)<\/p>\n

\"Four<\/p>\n

ABC Family<\/p>\n

“It just kept going on and on even though the story had ended.”\u2013rdavis284<\/a><\/p>\n

“They should have stopped after they found A the first time!”\u2013fancyFranzi_<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0Four friends band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while also investigating the disappearance of their best friend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4.Grey’s Anatomy<\/a> (2005 – present)<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

ABC<\/p>\n

“I’m on Season 14, but everything is the same. Same medical conditions, same plots, same everything. It’s a great show, but it’s just so repetitive.”\u2013esk_680<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0A drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors.<\/p>\n

5.Shameless (2011-2021)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Showtime<\/p>\n

“It got harder to watch the longer it went on.”\u2013NickElso579<\/a><\/p>\n

“It was 10\/10 for several seasons. Once Debbie got pregnant and Fiona married a heroin addict, I stopped watching.”\u2013Affectionate_Lead865<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0A scrappy, feisty, fiercely loyal Chicago family makes no apologies.<\/p>\n

6.The Walking Dead<\/a> (2010-2022)<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/p>\n

AMC<\/p>\n

“It overstayed its welcome to the point that it inadvertently erased itself from the mainstream consciousness.”\u00a0\u2013whoknows130<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.<\/p>\n

7.That ’70s Show (1998-2006)<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

Fox<\/p>\n

“By the final season, it was almost unwatchable. It didn’t feel at all like the fun show I watched for years.”\u2013Arkhangelzk<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0A comedy revolving around a group of teenage friends, their mishaps, and their coming of age, set in 1970s Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

8.Westworld (2016-2022)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

HBO<\/p>\n

“Season 1 was tight and mindbending, but by Season 3, the plot felt so tangled, I stopped caring.”\u2013Ok_Map_31<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0At the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.<\/p>\n

9.The 100 (2014-2020)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

The CW<\/p>\n

“I loved that show but the ending was just terrible.”\u2013PoxControl<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0Set 97 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization, a spaceship housing humanity’s lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth, hoping to repopulate the planet.<\/p>\n

10.Game of Thrones (2011-2019)<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

HBO<\/p>\n

“It went from peak cinema to some rushed, bullshit ending. Season 8\u00a0\ud83d\udc94.”\u2013Chips899<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.<\/p>\n

11.How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

CBS<\/p>\n

“They built a whole show around meeting the mother, only to kill her off in the last season and have Ted go back to Robin.”<\/p>\n

\u2013fearswe<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0A father recounts to his children the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.<\/p>\n

12.Prison Break (2005-2017)<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

Fox<\/p>\n

“Once they escaped prison the first time, they probably should have just ended the show.”\u2013Madea_onFire<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.<\/p>\n

13.Weeds (2005-2012)<\/p>\n

\"Person<\/p>\n

Showtime<\/p>\n

“The show was great when it was just a single mother selling weed on the side. It lost the plot with the whole Mexican cartel plotline.”\u2013shadownight311<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0When a suburban mother turns to dealing marijuana in order to maintain her privileged lifestyle after her husband dies, she finds out just how addicted her entire neighborhood already is.<\/p>\n

14.13 Reasons Why (2017-2020)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Netflix<\/p>\n

“Netflix really did a good job filming the plot of the book in Season 1 and had a realistic follow-up in Season 2, but then it got so fucked up and disrespectful to the author.”\u00a0\u2013sheeta695<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0Follows teenager Clay Jensen in his quest to uncover the story behind his classmate and crush, Hannah, and her decision to end her life.<\/p>\n

15.Killing Eve (2018-2022)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

BBC<\/p>\n

“Anything past Season 2 was unwatchable.”\u2013Weird-Part-5994<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.<\/p>\n

16.Suits (2011-2019)<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

USA Network<\/p>\n

“Every single episode just became a repeat of another episode.”\u2013Beanruz<\/a><\/p>\n

“I watched obsessively and thought I was prepared for Mike (Patrick J. Adams) and Rachel (Meghan Markle) leaving, but a few episodes after they were gone…I just fell off.”\u2013onedayitshere<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0On the run from a drug deal gone bad, brilliant college dropout Mike Ross finds himself working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City’s best lawyers.<\/p>\n

17.Gilmore Girls and Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life (2000-2007, 2016)<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/p>\n

The WB<\/p>\n

“A Year In The Life\u00a0is one of the worst things I’ve seen, and I loved the original series deeply.”\u2013mymorninglark<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0A dramedy centering around the relationship between a 30-something single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.<\/p>\n

18.Yellowstone (2018-2024)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Paramount Network<\/p>\n

“I’m currently halfway through Season 5 and it feels like I’m watching an endless stream of country music videos.”\u2013ThreeLivesInOne<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0A ranching family in Montana faces off against others encroaching on their land.<\/p>\n

19.Finally, Lost (2004-2010)<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/p>\n

ABC<\/p>\n

“I will die mad about the years of my life I’ll never get back that were wasted on that show.”\u2013civilSurvivorMum<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.<\/p>\n

H\/T to u\/witchy_eye<\/a> and r\/AskReddit<\/a> for having the discussion!<\/p>\n

Did we miss any shows? Sound off in the comments below!<\/p>\n

Note: Responses have been edited for length\/clarity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recently, u\/witchy_eye asked r\/AskReddit “Which show do you think started as a 10\/10 but ended as a 1\/10?”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,435,67748,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-91296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-netflix","12":"tag-overview","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}