The Worst New TV Shows of 2022

– December 15, 2022

What were the biggest television duds of the past year? In the gallery on this page we rank the lowest-scoring first-year primetime TV series (including limited series and specials) debuting in the United States between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Shows are ranked by Metascore (an average of grades from top professional critics on a 0-100 scale) prior to rounding based on scores from December 13, 2022 and must have at least 4 reviews from professional critics to qualify.

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40 #4: The Terminal List (Prime Video)

Perhaps the highest-profile fail on this list, Amazon's eight-episode adaptation of Jack Carr's best-selling novel stars Chris Pratt as Navy SEAL James Reece, who survives an ambush during a covert mission only to return home and discover that he may be caught in a conspiracy. Despite boasting a major director (Antoine Fuqua) and big-name cast (also including Taylor Kitsch, Jai Courtney, Riley Keough, and Jeanne Tripplehorn), The Terminal List won't be landing on any critic's best of 2022 list; instead, reviewers opted for descriptors like "grim," "self-serious," "bland," and "monotonous." If you're looking for an action-filled political thriller on Prime Video, stick with the Jack Ryan series.

“A lot of 'The Terminal List' is pretty standard-issue, macho-man military conspiracy theory fare, just darker, bleaker, duller and more humorless than usual.” —Rob Owen, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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