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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35 Wisdom of the Crowd (CBS)

(#2) Even before star Jeremy Piven found himself being mentioned as one of Hollywood's growing number of alleged sexual assailants, his new CBS procedural (the latest in an odd trend of short-lived dramas about wealthy geniuses trying to impose their wills on society) was looking DOA. Last month, the network declined to pick up the back half of Crowd's debut season, meaning that it will end with its unlucky 13th episode.

“Lousy idea, lousy show.” —Hank Stuever, Washington Post

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