Whether a show has been on the air too long, or keeps getting renewed regardless of its
quality *cough*, Young Sheldon, it’s never a good idea to draw things out, tarnishing
a shows reputation in the progress.
So today on Beyond the Screen, we’re going to be counting down the Top 10 TV Shows That
Should Be Cancelled.
Be sure to stick around until the end of the video, where I’ll be responding to a few
of your comments.
Let’s jump in.
10 Big Little Lies Now, hear me out with this one.
Big Little Lies is probably one of the best shows I have ever watched.
I binged all of the episodes in one night, and had the last episode on repeat for about
a month straight.
What HBO did was the show was excellent, groundbreaking, and inspiring for all women.
However, just because the show was a hit, does not mean it should have a season 2.
Yet, here we are.
Season 2 is currently in production, with a brand new member to the already star-studded
cast.
Meryl Streep.
Amazing, right?
Yes.
But, I can’t help but feel the second season is going to fall flat in comparison to the
excellence of season one.
Sometimes things are just better left alone, this is one of them.
9 This Is Us According to Variety, the season three premiere
of This Is Us had millions of fewer viewers than the season 2 premier.
That says a lot.
It is largely regarded that once Jack’s death was finally revealed in season 2, many
viewers began to drop off.
I mean, when you make an entire show based around the death of one character, building
the tension until it is finally revealed, it’s no surprise that people left after
the dreaded house fire occurred.
Many viewers agree with this, stating that once the reveal happened the show should have
ended.
Once you conclude the overarching plot, what do you have left?
A weak show that doesn’t quite know where it is going.
8 The Bachelor The Bachelor has had 22 seasons, let that
just sink in for a moment.
22 seasons of thirsty gals, looking for love and attention.
Even worse, in those 22 seasons, just one bachelor has stayed with his initially chosen
contestant.
Yup.
Come on guys, finding love on TV does not work.
Especially when it’s partially scripted love.
On top of that, like most of the shows on our list, the show has been on a rapid decline,
raking in significantly less viewers than its counterpart, The Bachelorette.
7 Survivor Survivor has had a prolific run with 38 seasons
in its locker, but many think it's time to draw a close on this survival epic -- that
is really no longer epic.
Survivor was one of the OG reality TV shows, paving away for many of the ones we see today,
like Naked and Afraid, and MTV’s The Challenge.
It was groundbreaking, for its time.
But as we know, reality TV is no longer what people wish to watch, we want to escape reality,
not live vicariously through someone else's scripted reality.
With YouTube, everyone in the world is creating their own reality TV show, and Survivor just
no longer cuts it.
On top of that, after 38 season, the show is running out of new original ideas, and
new islands.
Forcing them to return to previous seasons, bring back old contestants, and revisiting
old land.
I mean, when you run out of places to film, I think it’s time to draw things to a close.
Don’t you think?
6 American Horror Story With American Horror Story now in its eighth
season, many fans believe this is a good time to call it quits.
Leave on a high, with an everlasting legacy.
Apocalypse was a refreshing comeback after the wildly disappointing Cult , which saw
many fans dropping off mid-season -- me included.
Now, with American Horror Story creator, Ryan Murphy stepping away from FX, it seems like
the end could in fact be in sight, with the Apocalypse neatly tying everything together.
It doesn’t just bring together bring together the corner’s of the shows mythology, but
also bring back Murder House, and fan-favourite, Coven.
Where can the show go from there?
Every story has to end somewhere, so what better time to close the curtain on a wildly
popular show than now?
5 13 Reasons Why Now, 13 Reasons Why has come under fire numerous
times for its graphic content and glorification of suicide.
I mean, rightly so.
Hannah Baker’s death in season 1, was horrifying to watch and hear, and turned the show on
its head, by making it less of a PSA about suicide, and instead glorifying the entire
ordeal.
Ultimately saying that you can leave behind quite the legacy if you follow in the shoes
of Hannah.
It was disgusting to watch.
Now, although the ending was controversial, it would have been acceptable to leave it
at that.
But yet they came back with a season 2 which was far more controversial.
It focused on gun violence and sexual assault in school in an absolutely atrocious manner.
It produced the message that schools weren’t safe for kids, and that sexual violence has
become the norm.
Now, it’s easy to rationalize why they chose to go down the graphic route, yet, for young
impressionable teens watching, it created more problems instead of easing them.
Even worse, a season 3 is in the works, with Hannah Baker not returning, they should just
end the show here and leave it at that.
I’m dreading to think what horrifying, and graphic acts they have in store for us.
4 Grey’s Anatomy Ok, I love Grey’s Anatomy, well I loved
it.
I fell of the wagon right after the death of, SPOILER ALERT, Derek Shepherd.
Now, many will be surprised that I stuck around for so long, but I love it, I love to cry
at it, and I love to lust after every character.
However, the show has been going on for far too long now, and fans have become tired of
Shonda Rhimes crazy, never-ending plot twists.
The show is currently in it’s thirteenth season, and much like are other numbers, there
are only so many times you can kill characters off in a car crash, plane crash, bus crash,
shooting, and explosion.
All inside one hospital.
I mean, come on, name another hospital that has more bad luck than this one.
3 The Simpsons The Simpsons is largely regarded as the greatest
animated show of all time, and rightly so.
It’s had a prolific run, with 30 seasons on the air, but how long is too long, that’s
the question?
We have all come to love the Simpson family, with Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie
at its helm, but come on.
After 30 seasons there is only so much you can throw this family's way before you have
to start recycling material.
And, on top of that, ratings and viewers have been rapidly declining for many years.
Just end it already.
2 Criminal Minds There is something about CSI and FBI shows
that leave people coming back for more.
I get it.
They’re episodic and present something new each and every time.
But, many fans believe it’s about time to retire Criminal Minds and all of its characters.
Over the past few years the show has gradually lost stamina and ideas, recycling many episodes
and relying on overused gimmicks.
On top of that, many fans dropped off after the show lost one of its key players, Thomas
Gibson, who played Hotch, who was recently fired from the show.
Many don’t think the show can survive season 12 without its star, and it may be a sign
that the FBI drama show finally come to an end.
1 Supernatural Supernatural was built up to be the new Buffy
The Vampire Slayer, spoiler alert, it was not.
Now, the show did have a large amount of success in its first several seasons, but many fans
have fallen off the wagon, except Landon, Landon loves this shit.
Shoutout Landon.
The show first premiered in 2005, and has followed the lives of two brooding brothers
who hunt down demons, ghosts and monsters.
Two brothers who people seem to keep shipping.
Guys, it’s weird.
Stop it.
The show has been led down many different routes, and many fans believe that season
5 would have been a good ending off point, but nope, here we are in 2019 and the show
is still going.
There is only so many times a character can go to hell before it becomes less believable,
am I right?
Well, there we have it!
Do you agree with our list?
Are there any other shows you think should be cancelled?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below and perhaps we can
do a part 2.
Before I go though, I just want to respond to a few comments from one of our last videos,
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