# What TV Shows have you given up on lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691 "2016-05-25T20:18:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/21 "2016-05-25T22:40:21Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Class One: _Mozart in the Jungle_. I love the real Gustavo Dudamel’s story. This isn’t it. Terrible “dramatic” “comedy” “about” the New York classical music scene. I tried watching this because a friend loved it and recommended it. Whole lotta nope for me. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/22 "2016-05-25T22:44:55Z")
> [@NeonMadman](#): > > _Heroes Reborn_. I watched the first 3 episodes, then took the rest of them off my Netflix list. Too many new characters, too confusing a plot-line. I was hoping it would be better than the last 3 seasons of the original show, but I was disappointed. Wise. It was terrible and proved that the original was not just a victim of bad circumstances. The writers really did suck and the show was a complete mess. Huge disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/23 "2016-05-25T23:32:58Z")
**Modern Family** , for sure. Class three for me. Tired of Cam and Mitchell, tired of Gloria. I hung in there because I was crushin’ a little on Claire and a little on Haley (in later seasons.) Can’t even hang in there for a whole episode anymore. Phil is still pretty funny most episodes, and the interaction with him and Haley’s newest boyfriend are pretty funny sometimes. Haley’s old boyfriend was one of my favorite characters, but obviously he’s being edged out. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/24 "2016-05-26T00:20:30Z")
Gotham, class three. Elementary, ditto. The Blacklist, class one. However, I will occasionally watch an episode if the premise interests me. For example, “Hounded” on Elementary, which I though was a much better “take” on The Hound of the Baskervilles than Sherlock. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/25 "2016-05-26T00:35:04Z")
CLASS TWO: _ **Limitless** _ and _ **Blindspot** _. \*Limitless \*got too cartoonish too quickly–I gave up after about six episodes. I made it a bit further with _Blindspot_, but the lead male actor is so bad and everything is played SO. DRAMATICALLY. I canceled my DVR season pass a few weeks ago. CLASS THREE: _ **The 100** _ - I watched the first two seasons because I’m a sucker for genre shows, but it was really just insultingly stupid even from the beginning. I didn’t even start season 3. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/26 "2016-05-26T01:50:31Z")
CLASS TWO: _Soap_. I remember seeing some episodes when I was younger, and I had seen it mentioned on numerous “top 10 comedy shows of all time” lists, so I thought it would be great for bingeing. I watched the first few episodes and it was a bit dated (which I could deal with) but I just didn’t think it was funny. On to the next series… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/27 "2016-05-26T02:19:23Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > CLASS THREE: _ **The 100** _ - I watched the first two seasons because I’m a sucker for genre shows, but it was really just insultingly stupid even from the beginning. I didn’t even start season 3. Me too. Class Three: Scandal. I wasn’t particularly enjoying this season, and then I found the mid-season finale offensive, so I’ve never watched another episode. ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/28 "2016-05-26T02:24:28Z")
Class One: **The Bastard Executioner** : Too dark and violent for me. **American Horror Story: Asylum** : Loved House, Asylum and Freak show. This one was pure gorn. **Animals** : Got bored during the Rat story line and turned it off. **Houdini and Doyle** : Premise sounded great, but it was too slow moving and chock full of anachronisms. Class Two: **The Strain** : Too much time was spent on the guy and his marital problems, plus it just didn’t hold my interest after the first two episodes. **Forever** : Watched three episodes and got bored. **The Whispers** : Got bored with it. **Hell on Wheels** : Too many plot lines, too many similar looking characters, yawn. **Jekyll** : Got bored with it. Class Three: **Supernatural** : Watched it for the first couple of seasons and then stopped, tried to watch it again, but got lost and quit. **Bones** : Got repetitive. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/29 "2016-05-26T02:26:18Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Class One: _Mozart in the Jungle_. I love the real Gustavo Dudamel’s story. This isn’t it. Terrible “dramatic” “comedy” “about” the New York classical music scene. I really liked it- sure it was a kind of cliched coming to age story but it was funny and touching at the same time. Just had to put in that plug in case someone like me reads this thread and won’t try it. I don’t like romantic type comedies but I enjoyed this show even though I accidentally watched the second season first. For me, Class Three is _The Walking Dead_ and _Orphan Black_ I might come back to Orphan Black because I can’t pin down why I stopped watching it. I just always find an excuse to watch something else. But TWD… I don’t care any more. I just…don’t…care. Plus I heard that one of my favorite actors from another show was on it later after I stopped watching it and now that person is dead. So no… ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/30 "2016-05-26T02:29:50Z")
CLASS ONE: New Tricks- Looking for something to binge watch, I heard good things about this long-standing brit show about retired cops coming back to the force to assist in cold cases. And it wasn’t bad. It wasn’t terrible. I just didn’t find it compelling enough. I didn’t quit after episode 1 because I hated it, but because it almost but not quite hit the spot. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/31 "2016-05-26T02:33:12Z")
\*Modern Family. \*Every time I watch it, I wonder how I could have better spent the time. I find all the characters annoying. Originally I was crushin’ on Phil, but my annoyance has overridden that. I don’t even care for Stella. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/32 "2016-05-26T02:52:54Z")
_Big Bang Theory_ is solid Class One. Watched the pilot, and it was just awful in every conceivable regard. I’ve watched clips on YouTube - supposedly the best bits - and it’s consistently horrible, bordering on the insulting. _Lucifer_ is Class Two. I really wanted to like it. Big fan of the comic. I thought it started off promisingly enough. I was okay with it being a police procedural for some reason. I’d resigned myself to not seeing anything as cool as the Basanos, or a longship made from the fingernails of dead men. But then I got to the episode where he befriends the Catholic priest, which ends with someone telling Lucifer, “Maybe God still has a plan for you,” and Lucifer _not_ immediately punching that person in the throat. Yeah, God has a plan for Lucifer. That’s the whole point of the character: _he does not give a shit about God’s plan_. He wants to be his own man. This has been the central appeal of Lucifer as a literary figure since fucking _Milton_, and they screwed it up. Lots and lots and lots of shows are Class Three for me. With a few exceptions, it’s pretty rare for me to stick with a show longer than two or three seasons. Particularly ones that aren’t building to a defined ending. _Bones_, _Supernatural_, and _Gotham_ are all in this category for me. ---
**Author:** ![iljitsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/33 "2016-05-26T09:13:35Z")
Class three: Orange is the New Black, House of Cards. They started strong but went down unproductive paths in later seasons. The other day I gave up on Faking It. I liked the first season but then it became too soapy and early in the first episode of the new season I knew I was done with it. The Last Ship. Good first season, nonsensical first episodes in the new season. Class two: The Grinder. Not really funny. Class one: Game of Thrones. Starts with cool monsters, but then stupid politics and extremely unlikable characters. Jessica Jones. Not my thing. Class four: never actively decide to give up, but at some point you notice how many episodes you’re behind and realize you don’t really feel the need to catch up. Once Upon a Time. Too many characters, too many flashbacks, too much fantasy “anything goes”. Criminal Minds: binging through two seasons would be way too depressing. Elementary: getting there for no particular reason. ---
**Author:** ![iljitsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/34 "2016-05-26T09:15:15Z")
Oh, and class three: The Odd Couple. I’m a sucker for sitcoms. The first season wasn’t great but watchable. But the second season showed how tired both the concept and the execution really were. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/35 "2016-05-26T10:13:29Z")
I think I have to give up _Last Man On Earth_. I have something like four episodes left to watch but have no desire to see them. The parts that aren’t cringe-worthy are really good, but those that are, which can be 70% of an episode, just drive me nuts. So that’s a Class 3. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/36 "2016-05-26T11:07:51Z")
Class One - _Man in the High Castle_ - Dull as dishwater. Class Two - _Beowulf_ British ITV programme, derivative GOT clone with lots of fake leather clothing (pleather) and very modern haircuts. Truly terrible. Class Three - _Arrow_, _Marvel’s Agents of Shield_, _Gotham_ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/37 "2016-05-26T12:17:33Z")
Class Three – \*Scandal \*and _Grimm_. In both cases, I liked the show, but then went on hiatus over Christmas and I decided I had other things to do. _Gotham_ after about three episodes in the fall. I got tired of the casual sadism, and since it was the only the third best show in that time slot (after _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_ and _Supergirl_), it took too much effort to keep up. I have a Class four: Shows I’ve seen and iintend to watch eventually. That would include _Orange is the New Black_ and _The Flash_ ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/38 "2016-05-26T14:00:27Z")
I think Class One, Class Two, and Class Three all happened in one viewing of ‘Preacher’ on Sunday night. It’s too bad, because I have been hoping to get into SOMETHING that grabs me… I will probably just look at it when it comes on again, but I don’t have high hopes. Class Three: Grey’s Anatomy. It turned into a lesbian soap opera, not that there’s anything wrong with that, but why don’t they have some gay man soap opera? I suppose the sky would fall, advertisers drop out, and the Million Morons (or is it Million Moms, ha-ha) would have a collective seizure. I know the show is trying to prepare some of the younger cast to take more of a role, but none of them is very interesting. The same old angst and drama, but…meh. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691/39 "2016-05-26T14:19:58Z")
Class 3: Oz. I only have a dozen more to go, but I kind of don’t care anymore. ---
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I’m class three-ing the Walking Dead. I don’t care who was killed! Don’t care who was killed! Care who was killed? Who was killed? Damn it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-have-you-given-up-on-lately/755691.md?page=3)