{"id":230718,"date":"2026-01-06T16:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230718\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:47:08","slug":"10-worst-series-finales-in-tv-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230718\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Worst Series Finales in TV History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2025 ended with the series finale of <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/stranger-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stranger Things<\/a>, an epic-length conclusion of the Netflix sci-fi series that was <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/01\/stranger-things-series-finale-recap-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pretty lackluster<\/a> in quality. The thing about \u201cThe Rightside Up,\u201d though, was that for all the rushing and plot holes, it felt relatively in line with the series as a whole, putting a lot of heart into saying goodbye to its large cast of characters. In short: It was not the worst series finale of all time, as anyone who\u2019s watched How I Met Your Mother, Game of Thrones, or Dallas will tell you.<\/p>\n<p>In considering the worst final episodes in television history, the Consequence staff discussed several shows with controversial conclusions, including Lost, The Sopranos, St. Elsewhere, True Blood, House of Cards, Sherlock, and Seinfeld. All had good reasons for consideration, yet those finales didn\u2019t quite reach the same level of disappointment as those mentioned below. These endings didn\u2019t just leave a sour taste in the audience\u2019s mouth \u2014 they fundamentally damaged the legacy of their shows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u2014 Liz Shannon Miller<br \/>Senior Entertainment Editor<\/p>\n<p>[Editor\u2019s note: The following contains spoilers for the shows listed.]<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025 ended with the series finale of Stranger Things, an epic-length conclusion of the Netflix sci-fi series that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-230718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}