Shows that should have been cancelled after the first season, and why?

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Which shows do you think showed no promise, but never got cancelled after the first season but should have?

I agree about the last few seasons which I didn’t bother with, but this latest season is actually ok again!

I still think about Flash Forward!

Lost, so much promise then WTF

Murdoch Mysteries - I lost it around the aliens episode but it probably jumped the shark prior to this

People won't agree but Ghosts. It was so perfect - much more caustic and funny. By the end it all got far too bland and cosy. And I did miss Mary. Why did she leave?

I found one on TV the other day, trust me its dire. You're better off remembering your happy child hood memories of it rather than re-watching it

Good Omens.

Waterloo Road.
Because it's so logical to move a school from Manchester (?) to Scotland and keep the same title.

Life on Mars. Though I think Ashes to Ashes would have been better with a different actress.

Lucifer

Surprised I had to scroll so far to see Mrs Browns Boys. Dreadful.

The second series of Big Little Lies didn’t need to be made.

Call the Midwife should have ended when the books did, instead of going on and on.

@PuppyMonkey seasons 1 and 5 are my favourite!

The secret circle.
im still pissed.

Glee. It became painfully shite.

Also:

And Just Like That

Terrible reboot of an iconic show.

Quite a few American series ... the one that comes to mind is How to Get Away with Murder. The first series or two was quite good, with a separate legal case framing most of the episodes which gave it structure but then it got too silly and soapy.

Strictly and I'm a celebrity etc and all the bake off programmes - utter yawn! 🥱

True Detective - season 1 was amazing...2 and 3 meh. But I'm loving 4 so I'm glad it wasn't cancelled.

Lost was a great premise and should have finished at season 1.

Killing Eve. Astounding first season and that's where it should have been left.

Broadchurch. The first series was brilliant and then they ruined it.
I agree about Killing Eve. Maybe after series 2. I loved Villanelle so much.

You do get shows which dip and then regain form - The West Wing and Mad Men had weaker series but then finished really strongly.

Sherlock is an example of a show which was great when each episode was focussed on a case and a different baddie. Once it became all about some overarching linking narrative it disappeared up its own fundament. Arrow did the same.

American Gods. Season 1 was amazing, Season 2 was a mess.

Doctor Foster. And I say that loving everything that Suranne Jones does, and loving the first series.. but it didn't need a second one.

Misfits. First series was perfect. Second series was okay. After that, Rudy was a poor replacement for Nathan and all the switching of powers was too much.

I agree that the first series of Heroes was an excellent stand alone, and I wish I hadn’t watched the rest.

Also the Handmaid’s Tale. I thought the first series was such a great adaptation, but the second series started to tip into gratuitous torture porn so I stopped watching.

Mrs Browns boys is like the Crankies for adults.

The Missing season 1 was utter shite, really awful and they should have cancelled it. Then The Missing season 2 was fantastic so I'm glad they didn't.

Tenable
Geordie Shore
The Voice
Steph's Packed Lunch
Anything with Bradley Walsh and his son Barnardos

Glee and gossip girl. Utter shite

I have to agree about killing Eve. After series 2 I just wanted her to kill Eve and get it over with!
Also, Lucifer. I don't know what happened at the end because I got so bored of it rumbling on.

Agree with strictly, I just don't get what all the hype is about, and don't even get me started on the masked singer...utter shite