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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34 #2: Last Light (Peacock)

Matthew Fox ended an eight-year break from acting in September with his first TV role since Lost. His Peacock limited series Last Light a five-episode adaptation of the best-seller by Alex Scarrow and a global action-thriller set in a world through into chaos by a major global oil shortage. Critics were not thrilled, but they did appreciate how short the series was.

“A consistently inert environmental thriller that fails to deliver even the most minor thrills.” —Dan Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter

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