The 10 Worst TV Shows of 2016
Below are the lowest-scoring first-year TV series debuting in the United States between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016. Shows are ranked by Metascore (an average of grades from top professional critics on a 0-100 scale) prior to rounding, and any programs with fewer than 7 reviews are excluded.
Did the world really need a reboot of the 1980s-era ABC action-adventure series now starring Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class) as a much younger MacGyver? CBS was so convinced the answer was yes that it ordered the series despite a disastrous pilot that was later scrapped. And, despite mostly terrible reviews, the network was apparently right: people (well, enough for a Friday) are watching.
"The action is so predictable it feels, at times, like a joke. ... The reboot adds nothing to the archetype, which makes it less nostalgic than archaic." — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times