2025 had some real stinkers on TV \u2013 literally.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The \u201cSex and the City\u201d franchise ended by showing an actual turd in a toilet<\/a>, for reasons that remain a mystery. It sure wasn\u2019t crucial to the plot. <\/p>\n Over on Hulu, Kim Kardashian showed that non-actors really shouldn\u2019t try to follow their Hollywood dreams.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kim Kardashian on \u201cAll\u2019s Fair.\u201d \u00a9Hulu\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Sarah Jessica Parker in \u201cAnd Just Like That\u201d Season 3. Craig Blankenhorn\/Max<\/p>\n Although the year\u2019s TV highs soared, with excellent shows like \u201cSeverance\u201d and \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d<\/a> the lows sank to new depths.\u00a0<\/p>\n The worst shows had a bevy of big stars in them, including Kardashian, Pedro Pascal and Meghan Markle.<\/p>\n From insipid reality shows to disappointing dramas, here\u2019s the worst TV of 2025. For more, check out the 10 best shows of the year.<\/a> <\/p>\n \u2018And Just Like That\u2019 (HBO Max)\u00a0<\/p>\n Sarah Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in \u201cAnd Just Like That.\u201d Craig Blankenhorn\/HBO Max<\/p>\n Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon in \u201cAnd Just Like That.\u201d HBO<\/p>\n \u201cSex and the City\u201d was an iconic show that changed the conversation around sex and dating \u2013 and, how TV depicted it \u2013 when it aired from 1994 to 2004. Its successor show, \u201cAnd Just Like That,\u201d literally crapped on its legacy<\/a>. \u201cAnd Just Like That\u201d premiered in 2021 and ended this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n It followed Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) through life in their 50s, sans Samantha (Kim Cattrall). It quickly became mired in controversy, first for unceremoniously killing Carrie\u2019s long-term love interest, Big (Chris Noth), and then for its clumsy attempts to be \u201cwoke,\u201d such as its portrayal of the nonbinary queer podcaster comedian Che Diaz<\/a> (Sara Ramirez). Fans weren\u2019t impressed<\/a>. Amid the backlash, the show abruptly announced <\/a>that it would end with Season 3, mere weeks before the series finale. They didn\u2019t even tell the crew <\/a>that it was ending. Everything about \u201cAnd Just Like That\u201d seemed to hold contempt for \u201cSex and the City,\u201d its characters, and its audience.<\/p>\n The show also earned the title for one of the worst shows in 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018All\u2019s Fair\u2019 (Hulu)\u00a0<\/p>\n Kim Kardashian in \u201cAll\u2019s Fair.\u201d \u00a9Hulu\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Kim Kardashian and Niecy Nash-Betts in \u201cAlls Fair.\u201d \u00a9Hulu\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n It racked up an astounding 0% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and was called \u201cthe worst TV drama ever.\u201d Could it really be that bad? Yes. <\/a><\/p>\n Helmed by Ryan Murphy, this legal drama had a heavyweight cast including Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close, Naomi Watts, Teyana Taylor and Niecy Nash-Betts, and Kardashian. The script felt like it was written by ChatGPT, with characters spewing nonsensical lines. Kardashian got way too much screen time for a wooden non-actress, and her mannequin-like presence did the show no favors. Even seasoned stars like Paulson couldn\u2019t save this trainwreck, as she shrieked lines like \u201cWhy can\u2019t you choose me, why?!\u201d like a deranged soap opera star. Nothing about this show made sense. It wasn\u2019t even bad in a way that was fun to watch.\u00a0Naturally, it\u2019s getting a Season 2. <\/a><\/p>\n \u2018With Love, Meghan\u2019 (Netflix)\u00a0<\/p>\n Meghan Markle in \u201cWith Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration.\u201d Netflix<\/p>\n Meghan Markle in \u201cWith Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration.\u201d Netflix<\/p>\n Meghan Markle\u2019s critically panned \u201clifestyle\u201d show<\/a> was a pointless and odd attempt to pretend she was Martha Stewart. The show featured Markle having insipid, self-indulgent on-camera love fests with celeb pals such as Mindy Kaling and Chrissy Teigen. It wasn\u2019t enough to get one season \u2013 as if Netflix was trying to punish us, 2025 gave us two seasons of the show (one in April, another in August) and a \u201cHoliday celebration\u201d special in December.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to say what the worst part of the show was: the lack of its reason to exist, as none of her cooking, hosting or flower arranging \u201ctips\u201d were anything you couldn\u2019t easily Google. The too-obvious artifice of it all, as\u00a0Markle reportedly didn\u2019t even host it in her own home<\/a>, but a staged fake TV residence. Or, merely the fact that it was dreadfully boring. \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d was a show that proves that it\u2019s not enough to be a celebrity \u2013 you need to have something to say. Otherwise, it\u2019s bland nothingness that might as well be on-screen static, which is what \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d was.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Suits LA\u2019 (NBC)\u00a0<\/p>\n Josh McDermitt as Stuart Lane, Stephen Amell as Ted Black in \u201cSuits LA.\u201d Trae Patton\/NBC<\/p>\n Azita Ghanizada as Rosalyn, Stephen Amell as Ted Black in \u201cSuits LA.\u201d NBC<\/p>\n The \u201cSuits\u201d franchise showed that TV execs ignore a successful show\u2019s secret sauce at their own peril. Clearly, they thought that since \u201cSuits\u201d went viral on Netflix several years <\/a>after its initial run (from 2011 to 2019), they could merely pull a \u201cSuits\u201d lever, and find success again. Unfortunately, \u201cSuits LA\u201d made no attempt to find what viewers liked about the original show, and why it worked. <\/p>\n Starring Stephen Amell, the revival show was missing the sense of fun and office dynamics that the original show had. Instead, it got bogged down in a strange dark plot about his backstory. Nobody was watching \u201cSuits\u201d because they cared about the characters\u2019 overly serious backstories. It was swiftly cancelled. <\/a><\/p>\n \u2018The Last of Us\u2019 (HBO)\u00a0<\/p>\n Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal in \u201cThe Last of Us.\u201d Liane Hentscher\/HBO<\/p>\n Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in \u201cThe Last of Us.\u201d AP<\/p>\n Season 1 of the dystopian drama was a harrowing, powerful series. It centered around gruff survivor Joel (Pedro Pascal) protecting teen girl Ellie (Bella Ramsey) in a virus-torn world where society had crumbled. Their pseudo father\/daughter relationship was the core of the show, and the reason to watch it. So what did Season 2 do? Ruin that. Season 2 killed off Joel,<\/a> and also killed off a reason to watch the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n Unlike \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d this show wasn\u2019t a true ensemble. Although it had other characters, there weren\u2019t enough dynamic personalities to make it worthwhile, after it axed (or golf clubbed) the main guy. Without Joel, Ellie became a brat who was tedious to watch. Yes, Joel\u2019s death happened in the video game it\u2019s based on, too. But two superior dystopian HBO shows \u2013 \u201cThe Leftovers\u201d and \u201cStation Eleven\u201d \u2013 were smart enough to know that TV is a different medium. Sometimes it\u2019s necessary to depart from the source material. \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d paid too much fealty to the game\u2019s plot, and it simply didn\u2019t work on-screen.\u00a0Rather than invigorating the plot, Joel\u2019s death hollowed it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025 had some real stinkers on TV \u2013 literally.\u00a0 The \u201cSex and the City\u201d franchise ended by showing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,7475,9843,5432,13160,1505,92],"class_list":["post-371938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-kim-kardashian","tag-meghan-markle","tag-pedro-pascal","tag-sarah-jessica-parker","tag-television","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}