What's a really popular TV show you just couldn't get into?

[oneser@lemmy.zip]

They did 2 things well (from an economic perspective) in my vaguely shit memory:

• built of the success of castaway a few years earlier and survivor
• marketed the absolute hell out of it pre-release. I remember hundreds of ads showing in the months leading to to it.

It paved the way for a lot of long running, high budget tv shows like heroes, supernatural etc...

I also severely disliked it.

[madmadbunny@lemmy.ca]

Don’t check the Red Wedding scene on Youtube

[grue@lemmy.world]

I'll be honest: I haven't made it past (or even to the end of) that episode either. I've tried a couple of times, but end up stopping after a few minutes just from the sheer cringe.

And I really like the rest of the show, to the point where I don't want to skip any episodes, but that one I really ought to skip.

[euapplehater@feddit.org]

Yellowstone. I wanted to like it because Americans riding horses and doing cowboy gun things is a vibe, and I wanted to get that without actually having to travel there and be around Americans. It’s just so bad though.

[euapplehater@feddit.org]

I love a slow burn, but Breaking Bad just never did it for me.

[euapplehater@feddit.org]

I do not understand why anyone like the mandalorian. The stupid baby yoda is terrible. The special effects are terrible. The main actors acting is terrible. The background/side actors acting is terrible. Jon Faverou or whatever is terrible. Disneys big stupid dome green screen is terrible and lazy.

Everything about that show is terrible, and it epitomizes every worry Star Wars fans had when Disney bought the ip.

Succession is a hot take that show is goated.

[euapplehater@feddit.org]

Wait until you read literally any bit of human history.

[euapplehater@feddit.org]

I’m pretty sure that was every 20-35 year old in the 90s.

[beacon@fedia.io]

For reals. That show is so absolutely unfunny, it astounds me that anyone could enjoy watching it

[lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world]

Same! I gave it way more time than it deserved because so many people raved about the show. For me, it was like a snail-paced soap opera about the least likeable people in the world.

[undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch]

I tried watching the first episode and turned off after 30 minutes because nothing happened. I had friends who loved watching it but it just seemed like a soap opera aimed at men—the drama was way too heavy for me.

[undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch]

I had to get into it on my own time. I didn’t really like it the first time I tried watching it but I eventually started it back up again in VR and got sucked in.

[mrscottytay@sh.itjust.works]

Gotta laugh or else you'll cry-ahh humour

[pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

It didn't intrigue me but the old white guys at work like it so I knew there was something wrong with that show

[pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I couldn't take getting through half of the season (at least I think I made it halfway through)

[pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

One Punch Man is good. I enjoyed it

Also Mob Psycho 100 (same studio I think)

I watched Attack on Titan and thought it was ok. If you want to watch some good anime I thoroughly recommend the above

[outwit1294@lemmy.today]

They lost me when they introduced so many new city characters in one episode and it became too much about teen romance and rebellion. I think this was start of second season.

[pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I feel this for some British comedy shows. I love British comedies like IT Crowd, Black Books, Fleabag. But man, those shows that think making people cringe really hard is funny like the original Office doesn't do it for me.

[pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I started watching Star Trek because I loved The Orville. I didn't know people had such hatred for it.

[bricklove@midwest.social]

I love how you can just say the dog episode and everyone who's seen the show knows exactly what you mean