The 10 most disappointing TV shows of 2023

In , you will only be screaming in frustration because it doesn’t live up to its intriguing title. Where’s the trademark fear Carpenter’s work elicits? Or the breathtaking visuals? Or the stomach-churning storylines? The auteur’s return to television in this documentary-horror series is sadly a flop. Carpenter’s oeuvre remains stunning, sure, but this show’s clumsy and imbalanced attempt to subvert the docudrama genre sinks it. The episodes feel less like originals and more like boring reenactments that don’t sufficiently explore the potential terrors of the suburban underbelly, leaving a bland six installments in its wake.

will actively make you angry. It’s possibly one of Marvel’s most disappointing TV originals to date. As avid MCU watchers, we were initially excited to see Samuel L. Jackson take center stage in his TV drama. Except, the Disney+ original quickly fell apart. The actor and the character deserve so much better than the weirdly dull spy offering with nothing new to offer. Jackson’s attempts to infuse vigor into the script aren’t enough, and neither is ’s very fun villainous role. Secret Invasion wastes the rest of its cast, including Ben Mendelsohn, Emilia Clarke, and Kingsley Ben-Adir. The stakes seem impossible to care about, including Fury’s marriage (!) because SI doesn’t invest in fleshing stories out. What’s more, minus Maria Hill’s () fate, the show seems to have had no impact on the canon.

Yeah, is the only returning show on this list because Apple TV+’s had sky-high expectations for . After winning over audiences with a heartwarming debut, TL lost its grip on everything that made it special by the end. Watching the overlong 12 episodes was a bummer because it felt like the writers lost sight of why Ted Lasso was a beloved respite. Storylines were rushed in and left incomplete, like Ted’s (Jason Sudeikis) therapy sessions and the outcome of Rebecca’s (Hannah Waddingham) desire to be a mom. , Brett Goldstein, and were stuck with repetitive arcs, and let’s not even talk about that horrible CGI shot of Coach’s () wedding in the series finale. The show wasted time with unnecessary characters, and couldn’t find its way back before the credits rolled. At least we’ll always have a pretty darn great season one.

The White House Plumbers is easily forgettable, which is upsetting when you look at the impressive cast: Justin Theroux, Lena Headey, Woody Harrelson, Domhnall Gleeson, Judy Greer, Kiernan Shipka, and Yul Vasquez. Not to mention, s David Mandel helms the five-episode political satire. Unfortunately, TWHP tries to stuff plenty of arcs but can’t sustain its specific tone, clashing with itself as it tries to tell the story of Watergate “masterminds” E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, and how they accidentally overturned a presidency they were sworn to protect.

Oh, : One day television will find you the action-packed, post- role you deserve, but  is simply not it. You wouldn’t think so with how the premiere’s first half goes—it’s shocking, thrilling, and evocative as a group of high school students in California’s wildfires are attacked by wolves. Soon, though, Wolf Pack devolves into a cliché YA drama. And it doesn’t help that, except for Gellar, who has only a supporting role, no one else is up to the tasks for the emotional heavy lifting Wolf Pack aspires to achieve. It’s really just a bad CW drama masked as something fancier than that.