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?

Oh and Killing Eve.

We just finished 1923. What abosolute dirge. We did a lot of fast forwarding. Apparently the critics loved it! I'm assuming that was down to the two big names. The whole Spenser Arc drove me insane and I hated his wife.

Call the Midwife.

Westworld first season great the other seasons were rubbish

God I was praying Spencer and his drippy wife would get eaten or drown or not escape one of the endless other terrible scrapes they got themselves into on the longest most boring journey home ever filmed. And as for the Timothy Dalton arc - oh dear.

Yellowstone and 1883 though - both amazing.

it was good when they finally made sylar good, similar to spike in buffy, but overall it did stretch the core concept eg having sylar as nathan etc

brodie never suspect carrie, that seemed to be rushed to bring brody in

Silent Witness for me.

And definitely Mrs Brown's Boys - but why oh why does it keep continuing? I've never met anyone who watches it (or admits to), yet someone must be. It can't all just be a sadistic joke on us all, can it?

My husbands cousin and his wife actually left our wedding reception to go watch the live Mrs Brown's Boys show in our local city over a decade ago, no one else we knew was still watching then either.

I second Call the midwife, gone on far too long but I keep watching.

Terry and June was regarded as banal and formulaic by many when it was first being broadcast. CBA to look up its contemporaries, but I know there were other comedies I watched and enjoyed back then (am ancient). I sometimes watched T&J just because it was on. There were so few channels that most people watched a lot of pretty rubbish telly. The good things were good though.

It's series, not season!

Off to think now...

Waterloo road, used to watch it in the early days and all kinds of subjects had been covered which was good but then it just got really petty and predictable so I don't have the same excitement when I see it's on.. I'd rather turn the radio on.

Good omens. First season was great, second one is like they ran out of money and ideas.

Well they ran out of the book written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman!
I've not seen the second series, according to wiki the third series will be based on a plot for a sequel the pair devised so maybe that'll be better.

Designated Survivor.

Oh yes, that started with an interesting premise and plot, but then it got soapy. They started having 'funny' bits heavily signalled by plinky music iirc.

Not Going out has become awful

Yep. Very tired -- useless man / exasperated woman.
I suppose it's Lee Mack's pension plan but he can do way better.

Oh, Have I Got News For You is the same.

Not a first series cancel, but Paul Merton has been dialling it in for at least a decade.

Hubby likes rather than loves this show, but for me it's a bit meh... there's been some shows on bbc1 with this kind of format. My family, outnumbered etc

The Office (American) - The last 2 series were painful.

Car Share - the ending of the first series was so poignant and clever. (Though I was happy to see them get together in Series 2). Agree with Killing Eve.

The Durrells. I remember the first series as being really good, but then it was on a downwards slope. I didn’t watch the last series and my family told me I didn’t miss much.

Friends - but I fear that’s not a very popular opinion 😂

Lost was the same for me.

You. I enjoyed the first series but not the others, and I can’t even get through the 4th series - I’ve tried, twice.

Killing Eve.