# Shows you thought you'd love, but ended up hating

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-thought-youd-love-but-ended-up-hating/535453>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 8, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-thought-youd-love-but-ended-up-hating/535453 "2010-04-08T20:31:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-thought-youd-love-but-ended-up-hating/535453/21 "2010-04-09T00:27:39Z")

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_Joan of Arcadia_. I really liked _Wonderfalls_, and find it to be far superior in every way. I didn’t buy the characters of JA as ‘real’ people in the way they acted and spoke. Nothing about the show rang true for me. I think I saw most of the first season before I gave up on it.

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