The Worst New TV Shows of 2017

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 22, 2017

What were the biggest television duds of the past year? Above are the lowest-scoring first-year primetime TV series debuting in the United States between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017. 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.

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27 Marvel's Inhumans (ABC)

(#1) Metacritic's Official Worst TV Show of 2017.

It was not a marvelous year for Disney's comic book juggernaut. Two different Marvel shows landed in our bottom 10 this year, with one—Inhumans—easily taking #1 after receiving the worst reviews of the year for any new TV series. Of the numerous Marvel shows on the air, it was this one that Disney picked for an ambitious unveiling that included a theatrical run on IMAX screens—a move that backfired when it turned out the opening episodes were, in fact, awful, with the show's flaws only amplified on the oversized screen.

“I’d like to say that Marvel’s Inhumans is so spectacularly awful, it’s worth tuning in just to witness the superhero train-wreck. But alas, Inhumans does not even yield sarcastic pleasures--it’s just bad. Bad in a dull way, bad in an irritating way. ... Marvel’s Inhumans is just inhumane.” —Ken Tucker, Yahoo TV

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