14 Popular TV Shows with First Seasons that You Can and Should Skip

Not every popular TV show starts off a success. So, Here is a list of 14 popular TV shows with first seasons that you can and should skip

The first seasons are always tough with all the pressure to be a critical and rating success while trying to find a clever way to introduce audiences to a new set of characters that doesn’t feel too forced or reliant on boring exposition.

Pilot TV is a hard thing to crack and as a result, many of the most successful TV shows in history started off with some shaky first seasons.

Here are 14 popular TV shows that have bad first seasons you can and should skip

14. HBO’s “Succession” is much sharper in its multi-award-winning second season.

The popular comedy-drama TV show is almost unrecognizable during its second season as the four back-stabbing children of Logan Roy (Brian Cox), the ageing CEO of a powerful media and entertainment empire, become more funny and clever.

Rotten Tomatoes score – season one: 88% 

Rotten Tomatoes score – season two: 97%
IMDb: 8.6/10
Network: HBO

13. “The Office (US)” begins to build a narrative of its own after a cautious first season.

TV shows that have bad first seasons you can and should skip, includes: “The Office”. After a short and tepid opener that largely followed the blueprint of the original British series, Steve Carrell leads a cast who all kick into gear to create a comedy legacy of their own.

Rotten Tomatoes score – season one: 69%

Rotten Tomatoes score – season two: 100%

IMDb: 8.9/10
Genre: Comedy

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12. While “Breaking Bad” is now considered a TV classic, it originally took a while for the show to find an audience.

“Breaking Bad’s” first few seasons received generally positive reviews but it failed to draw in big viewing numbers until its third season when the show hit Netflix and was able to find a global audience.

Rotten Tomatoes score — season one: 86%

Rotten Tomatoes score — season two: 97%

IMDb: 9.5/10
Genre: Science fiction, Drama

11. “Parks and Recreation” struggled to strike the right tone on its first run.

“Parks and Recreation” first aired on NBC in 2009 and it showed potential from the start with a strong cast and clever writing, but Amy Poehler’s Leslie Knope doesn’t hit the satirical sweet spot until half-way through season two and she never looks back.

Rotten Tomatoes score – season one: 68%

Rotten Tomatoes score – season two: 96%
IMDb: 8.6/10
Genres: Sitcom, Mockumentary, Political satire

10. It’s hard to deny that “Game of Thrones” season one is a little boring.

HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic started and ended poorly. Season one is a real drag and largely because the striking Stark children (Sansa, Arya, Jon, Bran, and Rob) who go on to lead the show are either still too young or underdeveloped to pull at the heartstrings.

Rotten Tomatoes score – season one: 90%

Rotten Tomatoes score – season two: 96%

IMDb: 9.3/10

Network: HBO

9. Classic crime drama “The Wire” starts small but blooms into an epic saga

HBO’s “The Wire” started as a small crime drama set to the backdrop of Baltimore’s inner city, but after season one it begins to blossom into a profound critique of contemporary American society. which is why it makes in the list of TV shows that have bad first seasons you can and should skip.

Rotten Tomatoes score – season one: 85%

Rotten Tomatoes score – season two: 95%
IMDb: 9.3/10

Genres: Crime film, Serial, Tragedy

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